Week 4 - 徒然日和 - Yuri/GL/wlw book club

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Welcome to week 4 of 徒然日和 1 | L21

Schedule & Links

Week 4	Jan 26 2025
Chapter	5-end
Pages	119 - end
Previous week	Week 3
Next week	Week 5?
Home thread	thread

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
• 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.

Are you joining us for Week 4?

• I’m reading along
• I’m reading along, but at my own pace
• I’m just following the discussion

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Final week of volume 1

There’s a new poll in the home thread about whether to continue with volumes 2-3. Edit: we’ll be continuing

Thx to everyone for participating so far!

[bbo]

Chapter 5

I was just amazed by the taught that someone has to draw a somewhat detailed picture, just to have it hang a as a calendar in the background. I had a similar thought with the rice cooker. It’s not really necessary. And I’m sure there were super and more fun things to draw. Not saying this manga is special in this regard, just appreciating manga (especially iyashikei) in general.

I’m wondering how old Nanaya really is.

[seanblue]

@bbo

I’m wondering how old Nanaya really is.

Do you have a reason to think she’s not actually high school age?

[bbo]

I just wanted to point out that she is a little childish in this chapter. I don’t doubt she is the same age as the others.

Chapter 6

This makes it sound like Mafuyu lives in the same neighborhood as Koharu, which is not the case (they used past tense before when they talked about her living in the same neighborhood and later they take different lines home). Maybe Koharu is speaking about the larger area now. I initially thought Koharu meant “if you came“ (来てくれたら instead of 来てくれたから).

It’s really funny (and adorable) how Koharu assumes she is the “culprit”.

This and the following panels are ones that really stayed with me and that I think of when I think of this series.

And a little gimmick for people that own the physical edition:

Mafuyu looks up in the sky and instead of the sun she sees Koharu (Teletubbies-style). Coincidence or intentional message from the author?

[Marifly]

@bbo

Coincidence or intentional message from the author?

Maybe a bit of both? The Kindle edition has just the sky and the sun. I prefer your drawing!

[bbo]

I guess it wasn’t obvious. “My drawing” is what happens when you hold the paper against the light and the backside shines though.

[Marifly]

@bbo

“My drawing” is what happens when you hold the paper against the light and the backside shines though.

Yes, I did see that. I still think it’s a nice coincidence (??) though! It makes me miss reading manga on paper. Kindle is more convenient, but there’s something about having a paper book in your hand that a Kindle can never replicate!

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Especially comparing to Kindle, paper is much nicer. Digital scan quality can be very variable too (especially if we’re talking about Amazon). Not to mention the smaller screen size (which applies even on larger tablets) vs actual manga size.

It’s hard to beat Kindle for LNs tho or other text-books tho!