Weeks 3 (and beyond) 明日の世界で星は煌めく - Beginner's Light Novel Club

Welcome to week 3 (and beyond) https://learnnatively.com/book/50d0aa123c/ :smile:

Schedule & Links

Week Chapter(s) End Page (physical) Percent (Kindle version)
Week 1 Intro + 1 (partial) 10 - 24 6
Week 2 1.1 41 13
Week 3 1.2-end of ch 1 61 21
Week 4 2-2.1 75 27
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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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Finished the section, it definitely had some harder passages I had to read slowly, towards the end with the descriptions of the action I just gave up and just read along the audiobook without fully understanding. Maybe I’ll go back and read those bits again later.

I don’t have much to say about the actual content, I feel like we are still firmly in the “setup” phase. I like the mc, It’s fun to have a misanthropic lead. It looks like the other character will be a good contrast to her.

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Chapter notes

I love all the penguin noises in the audiobook.

The father is in the loop, huh? Now I wonder if the reason why he was so adamant of her not going to that other school school with living quarters is that he wanted her to be able to come back to the house when the zombie apocalypse started.

The book continues to read like the author was torn between writing a zombie or a fantasy novel and decided to why not just do both, and I’m absolutely here for it.

それに比べると今はむしろ分かりやすい。

Man, I really feel sorry for what our protagonist had to suffer before this. Imagine a zombie apocalypse happens, and you’re like “This is actually better than before.” :cry:

And now we have gun girl Honoka join the group, completing it (by the looks of the cover at least). I wonder if she specifically came to this town to look for Yuki?

So now we have:

  • Protagonist introduction: Check.
  • Setting introduction: Check.
  • Group complete: Check.

Next stops, I assume:

  • Potentially a tiny bit more about Honoka.
  • A goal beyond simply surviving day to day.

You might also like 裏世界ピクニック | L33 / 裏世界ピクニック | L23 - it’s almost the same personality combination (and there are other parallels too, but it definitely has less zombies, penguins, magic and bullying).

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Thanks for the rec, I intended to read the LN, it’s one of those works I am holding out on because I want to be able to enjoy it with a higher level of japanese.

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Hmm, I guess I can kinda see that? The characters feel quite different tho

I’m planning to read the manga first, for that reason… Maybe in March or April

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Ah, yeah, understandable; I have those too.

In this case: I’ve never read the LN so I don’t know how they compare, but the manga is quite good!

Oh yeah, absolutely. But I feel like we have “antisocial character pairs up surprisingly well with extrovert” going on in both - although maybe I’m just projecting, we haven’t learned much about Honoka yet after all.

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We’ve officially started Week 4! (I’ll update the top of the post laster)

Week Chapter(s) End Page (physical) Percent (Kindle version)
Week 1 Intro + 1 (partial) 10 - 24 6
Week 2 1.1 41 13
Week 3 1.2-end of ch 1 61 21
Week 4 2-2.1 75 27
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Week 4

I find the bullying aspect a bit boring. But I don’t mind Yukis “darker” personality at all. Having another character and conversations and stuff is kinda fun. Especially with the audio, I think. I’m glad they quickly started using their given name, as I can actually kinda read the kanji for 由貴 and 帆乃果 unlike their family names (you’d think it doesn’t matter given that I have the audio, but it does a little. And I can’t really remember their surnames)).

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Week 4 thoughts

「はぁ……」
けれど榊さんは大きく溜息を吐き、ひどく面倒くさそうに──冷めた表情で〝仲間〟だったはずの女子グループを見据えた。
「分かんない? あんたらの頭の悪い会話にこれ以上付き合わせんなっつってんの。ホントくっだらない……」

That… how I expected this to go, but I’m absolutely here for it.

「あたし、二学期が終わったらまた転校するの。だからもういっかなーって。たぶんあたしも明日からハブられるし、しばらくお昼は一緒に食べよーよ」

Aw, okay. That puts it more into perspective. Still, good on her for acting on what she thought was right!

友達なんて……もう一生、できないかもしれないんですよ?

:cry:

Audio timestamp: Until 19:04.

Luckily, this is probably the end of it. It was necessary for her backstory to establish her view on life and people, and it’s part of how the two met. Now we’ve talked about both of those, so we’ll probably move on to the present where there’s nobody left to bully her.

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