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Welcome to the home thread for イケメン王子とオタクな俺: ~この気持ちの名前を教えて~!

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Japanese Summary

オタクの俺が仲良くなったのは、クラスで人気者の王子様だった——！？ 冴えないオタク・七瀬玲司（ななせれいじ）は、ひょんなことからクラスの人気者・藤野春樹（ふじのはるき）と仲良くなった。全くタイプが違うのに、なぜか一緒にいると楽しい。そう思っていたのだが、徐々にふたりの関係は変わっていく。

English Summary (DeepL)

I’m a nerd, and the guy I befriended was the popular prince in my class–! Reiji Nanase, a dull geek, happens to become friends with Haruki Fujino, the popular prince in his class. Although they are completely different types of people, for some reason they have fun together. But gradually, their relationship changes.

Reading Schedule

Week Chapter(s) Kindle “page” count End % End location End line
1 Prologue, 1 (part 1) 18 16% 144 ＊＊＊
2 1 (part 2) 20 30% 415 藤野の背中でそんなことを思っていた。＊＊＊
3 1 (part 3) 22 45% 644 …なんとなく気まずくて俺は無理矢理眠ること にした。
4 1 (part 4) 18 57% 824 —— 今年も、よろしく。
5 1 (part 5) 17 69% 995 何それ。何それ……こんなの、反則だ。
6 1 (part 6) 15 78% 1142 end of chapter
7 2 (part 1) 17 92% 1340 夢の中で、俺は七瀬を抱く。時に優しく。時に、激く。
8 2 (part 2) + あとがき 14 100% 1462 end

Discussion Guidelines

  • Spoilers should always be hidden using spoiler blur.
  • When discussing a specific section, please mention where you are in the book, ideally by chapter so people reading different versions have a clear point of reference.
  • Feel free to read ahead if it’s exciting, but please refrain from spoiling ahead of the appropriate week.
  • If you have a question about grammar, vocab, cultural things, etc - ask! That’s a welcome part of the discussion too, and other readers will be happy to help.
Will you be joining us?
  • Yes!
  • No.
  • Maybe?
  • I’m planning to read at my own pace.
  • I’m just here for the discussion.
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こいものがたり wraps up July 12.

When should we start?
  • July 13
  • July 20
  • July 27
  • Aug 3
  • Other (please comment below)
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What pace would you like to read at?
  • ~10p/wk (~14 weeks)
  • ~15p/wk (~10 weeks)
  • ~20p/wk (~7 weeks)
  • ~30p/wk (~5 weeks)
  • Other (please comment below)
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I’m not 100% sure whether I’ll be joining or not; depends on start date and how many other books I have going on and work and all that stuff. :thinking: I will be keeping my eyes on the thread. :eyes:

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@prath I want to make sure that if we start later that you’d still want to/be able to read with the club since the 13th was the only date you voted for. We’re tied for a mid to late July start so I’m thinking we probably won’t start for a few weeks after your vote.

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Oh yes, I absolutely don’t mind and will join either way! Late is better for me cause I’m currently catching up with all the other book clubs. I was just too excited ahaha

Updated my vote! (if that helps)

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Ok great! I wanted to make sure bc I want as many readers as we can get!

I’ll probably start making up a schedule for us pretty soon. It looks like barring any last minute upsets we’ll start on the 20th. :blush:

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Btw, is kindle the only available option to purchase the book? It’s unfortunately not available on Amazon in my country :"(

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Oh, damn, it seems to be the case.
I may sit this one out too, then :frowning:

I have undone my votes, since they aren’t relevant anymore.

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Yeah, I may have to sit this one out too if I can’t find it anywhere else. I was hoping my relatives in the US could buy and send it to my ereader, but I’m not sure if that’ll work TT

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I’m pretty sure that’s explicitly forbidden by Amazon.

Actually, I just went ahead and checked the Amazon FAQ. If the book is not available in your region, it will still be unavailable even if someone else buys it for you. (You will have to move physically to a place where it is available; or, you know, use a VPN, but then you could just do that from the start).

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Oh welp I did not know that

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Oh, I had no issues getting it from Amazon - it’s even in Kindle Unlimited. Pity that so many people are having issues with it :confused:

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Yeah when I nominated it I did call it out that it looked like an Amazon only book, but that’s only on the nomination post. :face_with_diagonal_mouth:

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Yay start date. Looking forward :slight_smile:

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Yeah I probably should do more than change the title, but I’m on my phone rn. And now we’ve commented here and it’ll bump the thread to the top, so, job well done? :sweat_smile:

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And we’re off!

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