# \[MONTH 1\] MBC Off-Shoot : 🏴 💀 🏯 黒死館殺人事件 🏯 💀 🏴 - Month 1 - Sept 1st/Sept 28th **URL:** \ **Category:** Book Clubs\ **Created:** [August 31, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/month-1-mbc-off-shoot-month-1-sept-1st-sept-28th/18361 "2025-08-31T18:34:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Magyarapointe](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/magyarapointe/32/9932_2.png) [@Magyarapointe](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Magyarapointe)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/month-1-mbc-off-shoot-month-1-sept-1st-sept-28th/18361/41 "2025-09-24T06:50:23Z")
Great ! I have to update the chracter list to keep it up to date with the chapters… As for the references : I’ve updated each write-up post with the relevant reference post, and updated the first post with links to each write-up and each reference post. ---
**Author:** ![xnd521](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/xnd521/32/13923_2.png) [@xnd521](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/xnd521)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 4:25am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/month-1-mbc-off-shoot-month-1-sept-1st-sept-28th/18361/42 "2025-09-25T04:25:01Z")
I’m at chapter 1.1 and I found that there are so many more kanji words which has no furigana and my ereader dictionary seems to detect those as human names instead of things. 😥 ---
**Author:** ![Magyarapointe](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/magyarapointe/32/9932_2.png) [@Magyarapointe](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Magyarapointe)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 4:54am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/month-1-mbc-off-shoot-month-1-sept-1st-sept-28th/18361/43 "2025-09-25T04:54:24Z")
Which ereader (more precisely, which ereading software) are you using ? ---
**Author:** ![xnd521](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/xnd521/32/13923_2.png) [@xnd521](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/xnd521)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/month-1-mbc-off-shoot-month-1-sept-1st-sept-28th/18361/44 "2025-09-25T06:45:14Z")
I’m using the Kobo Clara BW ereader and Japanese-English dictionary from [https://www.reddit.com/r/ajatt/comments/10kcu2v/updated\_2023\_japaneseenglish\_dictionary\_for\_kobo/](https://www.reddit.com/r/ajatt/comments/10kcu2v/updated_2023_japaneseenglish_dictionary_for_kobo/) For example, 肉調 only shows the meaning of 肉 meat and 彫 carving. So I’m not sure whether it’s read as にくほり or にくちょうand whether it really meant meat carving. 😅 Another example is 刈込. The dictionary identified it as かりごめ、かいこめ、かいこみ、かりこみ surnames. But from the context of the book, I guessed that it’s about the garden. When I typed into the Shirabe Jisho app on my phone, it showed meanings of each kanji only. 🙃 ---
**Author:** ![Magyarapointe](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/magyarapointe/32/9932_2.png) [@Magyarapointe](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Magyarapointe)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 7:15am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/month-1-mbc-off-shoot-month-1-sept-1st-sept-28th/18361/45 "2025-09-25T07:15:34Z")
I’ve sent you a DM. ---
**Author:** ![xnd521](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/xnd521/32/13923_2.png) [@xnd521](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/xnd521)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/month-1-mbc-off-shoot-month-1-sept-1st-sept-28th/18361/46 "2025-10-03T11:04:43Z")
I’m at 9% now. Hope to catch up soon. I’m mostly reading by guessing the meanings based on the kanji meanings without knowing the actual reading in Japanese. 😓 ---
**Author:** ![xnd521](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/xnd521/32/13923_2.png) [@xnd521](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/xnd521)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/month-1-mbc-off-shoot-month-1-sept-1st-sept-28th/18361/47 "2025-10-04T13:09:10Z")
> [@Magyarapointe](#): > > 降矢木算哲/鯉吉 received some magical artefact ( a sorcerytome, a chaldean pentagram, a hand-of-glory) from his former associates. I missed this part 🤣 thank you for the summary. ---
**Author:** ![xnd521](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/xnd521/32/13923_2.png) [@xnd521](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/xnd521)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2025, 7:16am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/month-1-mbc-off-shoot-month-1-sept-1st-sept-28th/18361/48 "2025-10-06T07:16:12Z")
I finally finished these chapters! Here are my thoughts: 1. Language-wise, it’s quite challenging due to the use of kanji combinations not found in my dictionary. Additionally, I’m unfamiliar with Japanese pronunciation since these words aren’t included in the dictionary. So, I usually just go with my gut and guess what the kanji mean, or I just skip them altogether. Then, I read the chapter summaries here and use ChatGPT. 2. There are many things I’m not familiar with, such as 四角の光背, which was mentioned in Chapter 1.3. I found its meaning by asking ChatGPT. > **四角の光背** > > test. 1. The book is quite interesting, so I’ll keep reading. Moving on to Chapter 2! 🤗 Edit: Not sure why the spoiler and hide details function didn’t work for me. I was trying to paste what ChatGPT explained about the Square Halo and how it relates to Shizuko’s comments. Only works with the word “Test” [Previous page](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/month-1-mbc-off-shoot-month-1-sept-1st-sept-28th/18361.md?page=2)