Hi Everyone!
A few others in the Book Collector Rehabtm community and I thought it would be fun to start a book club to help encourage people to read more. This is the welcome thread for anyone interested in reading through 魔女の宅急便 (Kiki’s Delivery Service).
If you’re interesting in joining, please have a read through this post!
Details
Book: 魔女の宅急便 by 角野栄子 (Kiki’s Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono)
Start Date: Dec 28, 2025
Pace: ~10 pages a week (see Pace section below for more detailed breakdown)
Vocab Decks: https://bunpro.jp/decks/vegl68/kikis-delivery-service
Focus of Club
The goal of this club to act as an inclusive community where we can help each other engage more with native material. This thread is a place to ask questions, help others, and just generally discuss the book. So let’s come together to support each other and share in the joy of Japanese studies!
General Rules
While this is not an official Bunpro staff-run book club, we will be using the same rules that were created for the official book club discussions. Please keep the following in mind when posting in this thread.
Keep discussion related to the target book.
You may of course make comparisons between grammar or vocabulary usages between this book and other series, but for the most part try to keep discussion related to the unique challenges that this book presents.
Search the threads for users that may have previously asked the same question as you.
It’s likely that a simple search will result in finding someone having asked the same question as you are about to ask. In addition to this, if you jump into a book late, it is expected that you would search the thread history before asking questions about content most participants have already read.
When asking questions, give as much detail as possible.
For example, if you include the page number, who is speaking, and explain what you want to know more about, that will be far easier for other users to answer rather than just asking ‘What does てっきり mean? Taking a screenshot and highlighting the portion you’re asking about would also be suitable.
Be polite! Not everyone is the same level.
Just because something is easy for you does not mean that it is easy for someone else. Let’s be thankful to those that answer our questions, and thankful also for the opportunity to help others that aren’t quite at the same level as us yet.
Keep questions in line with the pacing.
We know that some of you may want to surge ahead of the group if you are really enjoying a book. However, this can result in confusion if you are asking questions about things that people haven’t read yet. If this applies to you. Make a note of the question you want to ask, wait until the group has caught up, then ask the question
Be mindful of spoilers.
If you are asking a question about something that includes spoilers to the story, please be aware of this and let users know with a ‘SPOILER’ tag at the beginning of your question. Hiding the question by utilizing the Hide Details function of the forums would also be appreciated. Let’s allow everyone to enjoy the experience of reading spoiler free.
Let’s all have fun and create a positive learning environment together! 
Pace
| Week | Start and End Dates | Start Line | End Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | 28/12/2025 - 03/01/2026 | あるところに、深い森となだらかな草... | Coming soon... |
Okay, hope you’re all set to go! Looking forward to reading through this book with all of you! 🥳
Will just have to read a lot during my vacation week afterwards to make up for it ig