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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.
Alrighty, finished the prologue. My 関西弁 is rusty, haha, but it wasn’t too thick, all things considered. I’m curious what the writing/seal on the pot said.
It may be too early to tell, but I really like the writing style so far. The author is really good at setting the scene and characterizing the characters in a small amount of space. I could picture everything very vividly.
Also feeling grateful I live in a part of Japan where the regional dialect is close to 関西弁
I’m not sure if anybody else here is familiar with Kamen Rider OOO, but the spirit reminds me of Ankh
I struggled a bit with the dialect, but since the prologue wasn’t too long, it was ok. So far, some scenario/character setting and foreboding. Not much to comment on, but curious on how the story will develop.
Just finished this week’s section. I’m excited for the next chapter! The characters were fun to read and I like where things are going so far.
I’m in the same boat as snowwater when it comes to Kansai-ben. Additionally, my reading level is such that I can’t really appreciate the artistry of the writing, but I know what’s happening. Which is good enough for me!
I also just finished. It was a lot of vocab lookups for me, but that’s to be expected since I didn’t plan to read this until it went on sale, so I didn’t pre-learn anything in jpdb. Other than that, it seems a pretty comfortable read.
Agreed! I really liked both the boss and the wallpaperer (is that a word?). They both had only a few pages of the book that they were in but I really got a sense of who both of them were.
I had no problem with kansai ben, but the vocab of the… Everything around the characters was hard to get through.
(Which is hilarious as I’ve just finished “Hen na ie”)
The characters are very easy to imagine and I like the way the author writes dialogue so I hope it’ll be more of this and less of construction/building names going forward
If anyone things of any as we go along, let me know!
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