Week 1 - サマーウォーズ - Beginner's LN club

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Welcome to week 1 of サマーウォーズ | L22??

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Schedule & Links

Week 1 July 21, 2024
Chapter Prologue + ch 1 (partial)
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Final Line * log out… *
Next week week 2
Home Thread thread
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Discussion ground rules

  • Any spoilers, for the current chapters must be behind spoilers or detail curtains. When we get further in you don’t need to hide details that were revealed in previous chapters.
  • Always mention where you are in the book when discussing, 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 :slight_smile:
  • If you have a question about grammar, vocab, cultural things, etc - ask! That can be part of the discussion too and I’m sure some folks would be happy to help.
  • Even if you don’t read the chapter(s) in time, you are still encouraged to post in the thread for that reading once you have finished it. I advise not reading ahead in the threads as you may see spoilers.
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the link to the home thread currently leads to 雨でも晴れでも

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Thx for catching that. Should be fixed now

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Week 1

So I had some extra commute time today, and dived right into the book as I was curious to start. The prologue felt quite difficult to me, perhaps because it uses some complex words right from the start. I had the feeling I might struggle a bit with the book. It also felt long, but I think that’s because I have been reading books with a lot of dialogue, so the pages feel shorter… once I got into chapter 1, even though there were a lot of descriptions, I think I started getting used to the style, so the reading was more fluid. I was able to finish it in a day (about 40 minutes I’d say), which is the speed I was taking for the IBC books in Wanikani (~15 pages, similar natively level) so the difficulty level feels fine for me.

In terms of story, the prologue was nice but felt a bit disconnected from the story (which is intentional I take). From the first chapter, I also felt a sense of “I’m unsure what the plot will be” as it only described the online world, but I started getting more and more into the story as the chapter continued. I’m finding it interesting so far.

I think the part that surprised me the most was that you could to business/administration (such as tax filing) in OZ. Talk about useful, I wonder if it goes faster then in real life…

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I agree, I found the prologue super disorientating! I was expecting this to be an easier read, but actually a lot of bizarre imagery and unusual terms made it feel harder, despite not having super complex sentence structure etc

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This was definitely challenging for me too, and on top of that it always takes at least a few chapters for me to get into a new book. I feel like I need to try to speed through and finish at least one of my two other current LNs to free up brain space for this one!

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