What, you all don’t want to read the original 1000 year old version? 
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That’s for when I learn classical Japanese, so… maybe in 5 years? 
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I’ve only ever dabbled in classical Japanese, and I think I’ll leave it at that. Dabbling is fun, like solving a puzzle. But reading full blown classical literature sounds like torture to me!
Here’s my favorite classical Japanese reference for 5 years future you. 
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I find Shakespeare annoying enough to read and he’s technically modern English. I can’t imagine ever applying myself enough to actually read classical Japanese.
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I’m struggling enough with the 1920s 
Are there digitized copies of it tho? That does sound a little interesting
Are there specific texts you’re interested in or something?
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Me too.
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I’m mostly joking, but I can see myself being the kind of sicko who’s like ‘okay, now that I know modern Japanese I better read genji monogatari in the original form.’ We’ll see if that ever actually happens though 
Perfect!
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I honestly have no idea where you’d find real classical stuff. Since it’s read in school, maybe stuff read in the curriculum is findable?
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Well, someone in 2009 was attempting to digitize it but I suspect they may not still be at it…
Aozora entry showing it as a WIP
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Please let me know as well if you do 
Very early in my Japanese learning career I proudly brought a digital version on BookWalker „for later“, only to discover at some point that it was just scanned pictures 
(needless to say, it was very early in my Japanese book reading career as well 
)
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Thank you for this, I have a thread on Wanikani about classical poetry where I try to make a list of useful references for people who are interested in this subject, I will add this website it looks great 
You can find classical litterature on the UVirginia Japanese Text Initiative. Here is a link towards the Pillow Book. The original website was down last year if I remember correctly but fortunately it’s still present in the Wayback Archives.
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The rest of this month’s:
- 百合姫 2025年4月号 | L26??
- 明日もまた勇者のとなり 1 | L24??
- ふたごわずらい 2 | L24??
- あーしとわたし。 ギャル×百合アンソロジー | L24??
- 百合オタに百合はご法度です! ? 1 | L24
- マリア様がみてる S3 | L27 OVA fan discs, and a DJCD (mix of cast talk, radio drama, music?)
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It’s literally less spicy than two of the unblured books above.
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don’t think any of these are spicy relative to other stuff … but sometimes people get fussy over covers 
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They are definitely spicier than 99% of the yuri manga I own. I wonder why. Maybe it’s just the art style.
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I definitely can’t say the same
Hmm, perhaps we’d need to see some covers to make a comparison 
(I did find covers 1 & 3 spicier tho, but amount exposed skin does seem to be a common metric)
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Last of my big orders arrived, only waiting on 1 book coming from Amazon for たったひとりのサバイバル・ゲーム series.
Full 呪術廻戦 manga series including Zero.
Husky and his white cat light novels
Dragon quest: adventures of Dai manga
5/6 of the Survival game series (last one is coming from Amazon)
And lastly:
Top row left to right:
Book 5 of 7th time Loop, book 8 of とんでもスキルで異世界放浪メシ, 変の絵 and the 3 Jujutsu Kaizen light novels
The game on the bottom row is 13 Sentinels on switch, since it was the easiest way to get it in Japanese.
Freebies!
2 plastic bookmarks in the back cover of Jujutsu Kaizen 0 novel.
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Wish listed on the covers alone - those are gorgeous!!
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That was exactly what drew me to them too. Saw them by chance on CD Japan
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