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Week 2 July 19
Chapter 1 part 2
Pages with text ~11
Ending line 家に帰ってからのことだった

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This week’s section ends at the next butterfly page break! :butterfly:

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(re: the first art for this week’s reading) そうか。。。 The director is the girl from the cover. I don’t know why I didn’t figure that out. :rofl: Her name is 宝野ヤカタ. Very punny. :joy:

(next page) Hmm… The director smiles at our MC and she somehow can’t calm down. And her name is Yuri. Hmm… :thinking:

(and then…) She really did forget to return the DVD. :rofl:

And I’m done for the week! This is so far shaping up to be a fun read.

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Absolutely called this. :joy:

I also loved 電卓鬼. I legit laughed at that.

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This week

「わたし、算数が、苦手で。。。」

Wait, I thought we were done reading 時間割男子 :slightly_smiling_face:

So far this book is pretty similar to ふしぎ駄菓子屋 although our museum director seems a bit more sinister than Beniko. I’m waiting to see what the catch is when you over-rely on an item or turn it in late or something.

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Interesting, I would have said the opposite, although I did only read the first book, so maybe she’s less ominous when you get to know her better :joy:

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The reason I thought the museum director was sinister is because our main character notes that she’s shaking and feels scared by her smile, plus there was the description of her eyes staring :eye: :eye: like you’ll be sucked in and the whole thing about how maybe it wasn’t a good idea to tell her her name. Plus Mei says that Yakata wouldn’t want her to give the warning about over-relying on the item. I feel like that means she wants people to fail… :thinking:

VS. Beniko, who is pretty neutral on the outcome of her sweets. She specifies in a later book that whether a customer has a good or bad result with the sweet is up to them, so it’s not like she’s rooting for them to fail, she just basically provides them with a choice and then observes the outcome.

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Yeah that’s fair now that you point that out. I now agree :joy:

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It’s because the narrator has a crush :rofl: (I’m joking…) I actually thought the book did a good job of establishing the director and the museum as a little creepy and the exchange between Yuri and Yakata was suitably tense. Goosebumps level of creepy, but I was into that when I was a kid!

I also can’t wait until we see the monkey’s paw curl. :see_no_evil:

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I can’t await the day, when I will also be able to understand all These little Details and feel what the Protagonist feels, like when I’m reading in German or english.

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Keep reading and you’ll get there eventually. :blush:

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