Lesson with Y-sensei today was a huge relief. I’ve been feeling a bit off the past few days, and also stressed by various things - so it was a relief to talk about some of it. We talked about a mix of stuff: ユダヤ教の今週の祝日と習慣と掟、日本とアメリカの色々な祭り、仏教、ヘブライ語の方言と時代によって違ってるころ、関西弁と岐阜弁、イントネーションなど。I did ask her towards the end if she new of any news publications that are written in 関西弁, but seems like that sort of thing doesn’t really exist - tho some segments of local news would have 関西弁 intonation. I figured that was the case… I’ll have to try to find some blogs or something. Also I mentioned that I can tell when stuff in 自転車屋さんの高橋くん | L24 doesn’t match 関西弁. I noticed when speaking that I’m still using a lot of ない instead of へん／ひん, and なぜか instead of 何でやろ and other various things that are more 言い回し(?) 言い方(?) than 文法 per se. I also keep teetering on おる vs ある - usually I’ll use おる, but sometimes ある instead - and I haven’t really decided which to use, generally. In a general speaking sense, I feel like I generally get stuck less, but also definitely have various 悪い癖 that still need to be ironed out. I definitely feel like my intonation is different than it used to be.
I did some ラブ★コン shadowing earlier, and even though I wasn’t feeling 100%, it felt much easier than the other day. Some of the phrases I was still a little off, but like it was a much smaller difference. I finally found a JP comedian I really like (陣内智則) thanks to someone posting in the what are you watching thread. So that’s some great immersion to. And I found yet another にじさんじ Vtuber, 戌亥とこ. Her accent is about as こてこて as 早瀬走 (she even says 大きに repeatedly in one of her vids 
), maybe slightly more. - and she also talks in a normal voice, and has relaxing BGM. I’m listening to a conversation with the two of them, and otherwise checking out her other playlists. I really need to write up a “Luna’s Kansai Resources” post one of these days
I was looking at my 2025 goals update from August, and like most of it has just become totally irrelevant, with the switched focus to Kansai… I sorted wanted to make an update post now… but I think it’s not the right time for it. I’ll probly just wait for the end of the year at this rate.
I’m looking forward to finishing up some books (and clubs) in the next 2 weeks. Granted クラにか will just be replaced with Home Thread for 凜として弓を引く (Beginner LN club) - Starts October 19 - but that will be honestly be a huge relief. I’m looking forward to something new & not chained to a schedule. Speaking of not chained to a schedule 高橋さん club has been cool, but I’ve been making slower than usual progress (busy & not always feeling well). And I feel kinda torn, cuz I like the series, but it’s a bit of an interruption with the Kansai stuff… but at least the dialect is fairly similar. Anyway, I realized the deadline to finish is the 13th… which there’s more than enough time for rn.
I took 灰と幻想のグリムガル level.17 いつか戦いの日にさらばと告げよう | L31 and 百合オタに百合はご法度です! ? 2 webアクション | L24 off my Reading list for now. I’d left them up so I don’t forget about them, but like I haven’t touched them, and it’s confusing enough to find stuff to update it, with the 15 other books I’m reading rn. Which is largely why I’m looking forward to finishing stuff… that and just like I miss the “I finished this” sense of accomplishment, and dopamine rush… It’s a little weird not being the “you went through that fast!” person lately. Also took 舞妓さんちのまかないさん 2 | L25, 極主夫道 1 , and はなものがたり 1 | L30 (which I haven’t even started) off for now. I’ll definitely read them all, I just don’t like having such a huge pile. The original idea behind “a few pages of a lot of things at once, each day” was largely b/c I was worried about running out of material… but like I have no shortage of that at this point. So I’m gonna
Anyway, some books/manga I can finish this week or next (and not continue to the next one):
| Book | Percent |
|---|---|
| 卍 (まんじ) | L40 | 74% (1hr 53m left) |
| うちの師匠はしっぽがない 1 | L33 | 57% |
| 今日はまだフツーになれない【イラスト特典付】 | L27 | 29% |
| クラスで2番目に可愛い女の子と友だちになった8 | L27 | 16% |
| クラスで2番目に可愛い女の子と友だちになった 1 | L27 | 82% |
That will leave me with:
- 4 manga
- 3 textbooks
- 1 novel (when the book club starts)
Finishing まんじ will be such a relief. I almost dropped it earlier. The plot’s gotten really つまらん at this point, but like it’s just 10-15 min a day, so it’s worth it for the language learning. I’m definitely thinking of going back and shadowing the beginning at some point. Unlike everything else I’m shadowing, it involves narration… so it would probably uniquely useful
Anyway, I’ve been feeling pretty off-balance with my JP studies the last few days (other obligations, not feeling great, too much 空の軌跡). I can’t wait for a week and a half from now, when everything’s back to normal
