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My first comment is regarding the language–I’ve been excited for this as I’m considering it my intro to trying sci-fi/fantasy in Japanese, and I was curious how I would be dealing with the specific vocab difficulty.
So far I listened to the first chapter from the audiobook and I’m pretty happy with my comprehension. I struggle a bit with long detailed descriptions of the surroundings, but plot-wise it was fairly easy to follow.
Still happy that I’m reading along too, because a lot of terminology makes so much more sense when you see the string of kanji, for example 夜間外出禁止令 (might be the longest kanji chain I’ve seen so far, I love how self-explanatory it is).
This first chapter we already have a strong characterization of the main protagonists and I’m definitely curious how the next chapter will connect. Looks like there will be a time skip, but how long?
I finished this week’s chapter. I was a bit worried at first since the physical page count is much longer and I don’t have much experience reading physical Japanese books so I was worried about comprehension but it went so much better than expected! There were a lot of compound kanji words that I had no clue how to read aloud but could still understand their meanings. I also learned some interesting words like 局部麻酔. Also 趣味が悪い threw me off the first time I saw it since I had only seen 趣味 used for hobbies before.
The story seems interesting so far and I’m looking forward to the next chapter!
