Awww 
That makes me happy, too. I’ll definitely continue to add my thoughts to the Marimite thread.
By the way, is the Sailor Moon edition also a novel or is it about the manga?
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Sailor Moon is the manga. I don’t know of any novels for it. On book 2/10, but have also read book 5 already - but they’re 2 volumes in one (originally it’s 18, but I got these ones bc they’re larger, remastered, and have all the original color photos from the magazine run)
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こんばんは 
Just casually talking about my Japanese journey.
Sometimes I find it so hard to keep Japanese part of my daily life when all the other tasks like job, household, family, community, sports are taking up more time than usually. Like when I am working too much, I’m sometimes too exhausted to do anything besides watching anime or reading web mangas. Same when I’m involved too much socially with my family or community and my social battery just overwhelmed. And don’t get me started with household stuff. Even if we ignore all the chorse like cleaning, cooking, laundry, I would love to be a countess or so from my web mangas and have all the management of those as my actual job (and getting paid for that 
). It sometimes feel like a second job. Just yesterday morning I was managing a lot of stuff for 2 hours. I was really productive and it was actually quite fun. But yeah, that were 2 hours passing by and then I had to start working on my paying job 
You may see that next to questions on what or how I shall learn Japanese I am also putting more time into how to schedule my day, what and how to prioritize so that I get actual time available that I can dedicate to my Japanese studies or immersions.
I’m currently reading “A subtle art of not giving a f*ck”. A red covered book that got my attention at the airport when heading out for a business trip lately. It is easy to read - that was my intention. But surprisingly it has a lot of interesting mind sets or ideas that get me start to think about certain beliefs in my way of living. One thing is “we choose our problems” and “satisfaction arise when solving problems. So choose the good problems”.
→ Some short allegory: I love Japanese and choose to study more → so problems might arise like “I am missing time I can allocate to studying Japanese” or “I am not seeing any progress and it is frustrating”. These are all problems I indirectly chose. And when I solve them, some satisfaction will come (and this might result in other problems being created as well). … and so on.
Quite the interesting thought. Since I am reading this book I am recognizing more situations that I could pattern that way, which might lead me to figuring out that I do not want to choose certain problems … which in return will give me more time for Japanese 
You see, a lot is going on in my mind and I’m trying to figure out a way to more Japanese 
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こんにちは
I’m taking part in April 2025 Listening Challenge - #11 by Makochou101 and was able to listen to some JapanesePod101.com episodes on Thursday while waiting at the doctors and yesterday I wanted to rewatch Skip Beat! and decided to turn off the subtitles and let it count for my listening challenge. The first episode was a bit difficult. My eyes always wandered to the bottom and my ears did not really catch what was being said, but after the next episode it got better and I could understand most of what was said. Somehow they spoke a bit fast and the main male character really mumbles 
I was not aware of this before.
Yesterday and today I also sat down and practiced a bit writing kanjis. I remembered that simply writing kanjis is kind of healing/relaxing to me and I needed this. And it still works that way for me. So glad I’m practicing with the Kanken Training Step book for level 4 and I have a Lenovo Smart Paper where I can write on without worrying about wasting too much paper. I also have light grid background. That helps a lot.
On reading side, I have four books on “in reading”, but I currently focus on かくしごと from 住野よる Sensei. I like her writing style though I struggle sometimes with the too casual conversations (am sooo used to マリア様がみてる it seems)
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おはよう！
Next month, next listening challenge. Here is my post for May: May 2025 Listening Challenge - #16 by Makochou
The last days I am really able to find time I can dedicate to studying or experiencing Japanese. I have also read a lot on Kakushigoto and am now on page 212. I was so absorbed into the story that I read from Saturday to Tuesday morning almost 80 pages. That is really a lot for me! But I also really wanted to know how the story unfolds.
I also was able to spend a bit time on JPDB. I had a long break and was kind of frustrated because the number of review kept piling up, when I saw a post from someone here that they are deleting the decks of the story they not focusing on in that case (was it you, ルナちゃん?). Nevertheless, this really helped me in reducing the number of reviews and becoming motivated again to to JPDB. So I am also finding here and there some time to do a little bit of vocabulary learning
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That was probably me. I actually had to delete a few decks last night, cuz I let things pile up too much (I recently started doing anime eps, and keeping around older decks). You can also change the review intervals or abandon due & failed cards (in the jpdb labs area of the settings), if that helps. Anyway glad you were able to find some motivation again
Btw I ended up stumbling on 聖女の魔力は万能です | L28 cuz I was glancing at your books, and now I’ve started another novel 
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I need to check the current settings for review intervals. Maybe they are too short for me as well. Thank you for pointing this out!
Hihi. Sorry, not sorry I am not sure if this story matches your usual genres but I really enjoy it. In case you like it, I recommend to read the novels first and then watch the anime. The anime is really well made!
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Mine are on normal - which works for me, except for when I add a bunch of new decks and then forget to do reviews for 5 days on a row
I’d say it fits. I ended up pausing it tho bc I’m simply reading way too many things rn. So no idea when I’ll get to it (especially as I’ve been in manga mode)
Good to know the anime is done well. On my list, but forgot cuz I never got around to it
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I finished two novels this week. Hehe. This sounds amazing in one sentence. Grin.
Actually I finished か「」く「」し「」ご「」と「 | L28 that I was continously reading in the last two weeks yesterday, and then grabbed マリア様がみてる 30 キラキラまわる | L30 and somehow finished the last remaining 50 pages in two days.
I am so happy I could incorporate more reading time in my daily life. Because of the nice weather, for example, I like to sit outside in my garden in the morning and read a bit. Or I read while eating breakfast or dinner. Or in the evenings when I relax on the couch after work.
This may also be a result of my current stress and mental load management. I mentioned before that I am absorbing information about this. And with more physical movement like going for a walk alone and listening to podcasts or together with a friend, I also actively relax my body. This is fun!
Hhhhm. I also just wrote reviews for both of the novels I finished. And I think next is to focus on かがみの孤城 | L27 that I have already started but don’t feel warmed up yet with the author’s writing style or story. I’m like 50 pages into the story still. I love the cover of the book and heard a lot of good things about the story and the natively level matches what I probably feel comfortable with, but yeah, I’ll need some time to concentrate on this to get used to it.
Anyone following here that has read this book and can share some thoughts?
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