Annnnnd… here we go!
The home thread with the usual polls:
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Should we run a poll to see if we want to read 2 volumes now or closer to the end of vol 1?
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I recommend
when ppl actually know if they want to continue or not. 
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You could run a pre-poll with three options
Yes
No
Undecided until Vol 1 finishes (or almost)
(And @Biblio would click on all options 
)
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It’s here 
And I just got the first two Junior Bunko volumes~
12% point-back on 12 books is not much, but with the volumes I’ve been buying, each yen matters lol.
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I found an offer for the normal volumes 1-15 set on mercari and even managed to negotiate the price further down, so now I’m getting both editions physically as well. 
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ah, the old “buying books and reading books are 2 different hobbies.” dilemma.
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Wish I could give away the ebooks, because I found out I purchased 1-3 in AmazonJP during a sale in 2023 (jeez)
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I think they were a giveaway (that’s when mine are from too) and LNs would have been so beyond my ability then that I wouldn’t have bought them even for cheap.
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It’s about that time, I think! Time for nominations! I’ll put up our next poll 2026-07-04T04:00:00Z!
On another note, I proposed over at the BL club nuking the current nominations and starting fresh (with re-nominations entirely welcome, of course). What would we think about that here?
(If we do nuke nominations, I may push the poll date a little bit to ensure we’ve got a good number to pick from, maybe 8-10 or so.)
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Book: とらドラ! (1) | L32
Is there an ebook available?: yes
Is there an audiobook available?: no
Is there an all-furigana version available?: no
Summary - Japanese
桜舞う四月。高校二年。新しいクラス。目つきは悪いが普通の子、高須竜児は、ちっちゃいのに凶暴獰猛、”手乗りタイガー”と恐れられる逢坂大河と出会う。そして彼女は知ってはいけない秘密を知ってしまい――。それが竜虎相食む恋の戦いの幕開けだった！ いつもにこにこ、超マイペ－ス娘の櫛枝実乃梨、文武両道、勤勉実直、だけどちょっとずれているメガネ委員長、北村祐作も絡み、どこか変なメンツによる恋はすんなりいくはずもなく……!? 『わたしたちの田村くん』の竹宮ゆゆこ＆ヤスが贈る超弩級ラブコメ登場！
Summary - English
April, with cherry blossoms falling. Second year of high school. A new class. Takasu Ryuuji has an intimidating glare but is really just an ordinary guy — until he meets Aisaka Taiga, tiny but ferocious, feared throughout school as the “Palmtop Tiger.” And when she stumbles upon a secret she was never meant to know — the curtain rises on a battle of love between a dragon and a tiger! Thrown into the mix are the ever-cheerful, totally at-her-own-pace Kushieda Minori, and Kitamura Yuusaku — well-rounded, diligent, and straight-laced, but just a little bit off — and with a cast this oddly wired, love was never going to run smoothly…!? From Takemiya Yuyuko, author of Watashitachi no Tamura-kun, and artist Yasu — a colossal romantic comedy arrives!!
Content warnings if known
I don’t remember the anime enough so idk.
Why are you nominating this book: It’s on my bingo because I wonder how it aged.
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Book: 魔導具師ダリヤはうつむかない ~今日から自由な職人ライフ~ 1 | L30
Is there an ebook available?: yes
Is there an audiobook available?: yes
Is there an all-furigana version available?: no
Summary - Japanese
もう、うつむくのはやめよう」 転生者である魔導具師のダリヤ・ロセッティは、決められた結婚相手からの手酷い婚約破棄をきっかけに、自分の好きなように生きていこうと決意する。 行きたいところに行き、食べたいものを食べ、何より大好きな“魔導具”を作りたいように作っていたら、なぜだか周囲が楽しいことで満たされていく。 「これも、君が作ったの!?」「この際だから商会、立ち上げない?」 ダリヤの作った便利な魔導具が異世界の人々を幸せにしていくにつれ、作れるものも作りたいものも、どんどん増えていって――。 魔導具師ダリヤの、自由気ままなものづくりストーリーが今日ここからはじまる!
Summary - English
“No more looking down.”
Darya Rossetti is a magic-tool craftswoman and a reincarnator. When her long-arranged fiancé breaks off their engagement in the cruelest of ways, she resolves to live life entirely on her own terms.
She goes where she wants, eats what she wants, and above all, creates the magical tools she loves however she pleases — and somehow, the world around her begins to fill with joy.
“You made this too!?” “Why don’t we start a trading company while we’re at it?”
As the handy magical tools Darya crafts bring happiness to the people of another world, the list of things she can make — and wants to make — just keeps growing.
The story of magic-tool craftswoman Darya and her free-spirited life of making things starts here, today!
Content warnings if known
Why are you nominating this book: Also on my bingo for this year xD. The anime was a cozy slice of (magical tool) engineering and cooking. Seemed cozy
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I’ll renominate 7th loop if it gets nuked~
There is a couple of other novels there I’m still interested in, but my tsundoku is crushing me, so I’m prioritising
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Okay, with @Kroki’s nominations, we’ve got two nomination slots left!
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Book:
Is there an ebook available?: Yes
Is there an audiobook available?: No
Is there an all-furigana version available?: No
Summary - Japanese
第1巻の内容紹介: 森田季節が贈る「小説家になろう」人気作！ 日間１位、週間１位を獲得！ 累計４００万ＰＶ突破の異世界アットホームコメディが待望の書籍化！！ 現世で過労死した反省から、不老不死の魔女になって、スローライフを３００年続けてたら、いつの間にかレベル９９＝世界最強になっていました。 生活費を稼ぐためにこつこつ倒してたスライムの経験値が蓄積しすぎたせいみたいです……。 そんな噂はすぐに広まり、興味本位の冒険者や、決闘を挑んでくるドラゴン、果ては私を母と呼ぶモンスター娘まで押し掛けて来るのですが――。 「だから、道場じゃないんだから道場破りに来ないでよ……」 冒険に出たことないのに最強……って、どうなる私のスローライフ！？
Summary - English
Volume 1 Introduction: After living a painful life as an office worker, Azusa ended her short life by dying from overworking. So when she found herself reincarnated as an undying, unaging witch in a new world, she vows to spend her days stress free and as pleasantly as possible. She ekes out a living by hunting down the easiest targets - the slimes! But after centuries of doing this simple job, she’s ended up with insane powers…how will she maintain her low key life now?!
Content warnings if known
None that I’m aware.
Why are you nominating this book: Should be a chill relaxed story, and kind of fits into my summer mood where my workload is through the roof.
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One slot left!
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I’d say nuke for the next poll maybe?
I’ll probably renominate one or two the ones I nominated, and leave the ones that performed bad in the polls regularly.
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I’m fine either way wrt starting fresh on nominations
I’ll vote for it 
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I’d renominate 浅草ばけもの甘味祓い ~兼業陰陽師だけれど、上司が最強の妖怪だった~ | L29 if there’s still a spot. (I didn’t realize that was my original nomination no wonder I wanted to read it).
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It’s still nominated, nothing wiped yet, so you’re good. 
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