Bunpro Book club (Beginner)

[Superpnut]

WE DEMAND A RECOUNT
pen and paper right now
AND SHOW YOUR WORK JUST LIKE MATH CLASS

[Rukifellth]

gotta say, I’m in the same boat. I really don’t like that series lol.

[Neon_Kitsune]

Sorry, it’s my fault. That was my second choice.

ANYWAY, I’ve ordered my book (along with a few other beginner manga) from Kinokuniya. Hope I don’t have to wait too long!

[Superpnut]

OH thanks for reminding me
I bought the entire yotsuba series on ebay a year ago or so. You can normally find the entire series shipped for 55-70$ USD
Which is what I would recommend because the series is a well known beginner read for a reason

So, searching ebay is a recommended move for people interested.

[Radish]

Thanks for the tip! I just picked up the whole set in eBay for around $60 USD including shipping.

If others are interested, there are several more complete sets available for around the same price as of now.

[Neon_Kitsune]

lol, I didn’t even think about eBay!

[Asher]

Official book club rules available for viewing here. Keep in mind that these are rules that have been created based on our best estimate of how book clubs will proceed. Things may change in the future.

Book Club Rules + News

Hi all! Bunpro book clubs are a place for users to come together and enjoy reading Japanese in a group setting, where all users are free to ask questions and discuss the content of the book or book series currently being read. Book clubs are available at the Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced difficulties. For information in regard to the average difficulty of each level, as well as information on the current list of suggestions, please check out the individual threads. Beginner Intermedi…

I will also be editing the original content of this post to better reflect a long term starting point and guide for users that join this level.

[camercha]

I also picked up the entire series on ebay as well. Thank you for this tip.

It’s amazing how much cheaper it is to read the entire series in Japanese then in English.
Manga in general seems to be cheaper in Japanese(all the more reason to get better at the language and stop buying Manga in English ).

[Mango1]

It’s probably a bit early to do so, but I’d like to suggest キッチン by 吉本ばなな - Level 30 on Natively and Kiki’s Delivery Service - Level 25 on Natively for next week. I’ve heard they’re good beginner novels.

Anyway, I’m excited to start reading よつばと!

[Asher]

Nice suggestions! If possible, please refer to the suggestion guideline here. Book club rules.

Here’s the excerpt to save you some time

@Asher

In some cases, there can be many different versions of the book that you are suggesting. This is especially true for Japanese, as books are often rewritten to target several different age groups. So that the group knows exactly what you’re suggesting, please include a hyperlink to the book on one of our recommended stores, along with the exact name. It would also help if you find the book on Natively, and write the level that Natively has assigned it, so that everyone knows the rough difficulty. Here is an example of a good recommendation.

‘I would like to recommend 文春ジブリ文庫 シネマコミック もののけ姫 (文春文庫) ‘Princess Mononoke’. Level 28 on Natively’

If you’re able to write a brief summary of the story as well for
people that may not know the book that you are recommending, that would help a lot!

[Gremli]

Great tip for people in Germany as well. I just ordered the whole series for about 60 € including shipment. German stores charge 15 € per book for the Japanese version. Or you pay over 20 € just for shipment from Amazon JP.

[Mango1]

How did you format it so the title of the book is a link?

[Asher]

When you’re writing a reply, above the box you’re typing in there are a few icons to do bold, italic, quote, and several others. If you press the one that looks like two linked chains, it opens a box that you can paste a link into, and then another box below it where you can put the name, so that the name appears instead of the link. Hope that helps

[Mango1]

Thanks :D. I’m gonna edit my suggestion now

[Asher]

Kiki’s delivery service is already in the suggestion list (Edit- No it’s not, I seem to have gone crazy. Editing it in now), and if it’s alright with you, I’ll add キッチン to the intermediate book club section too. There are a lot of fairly advanced grammar patterns and difficult kanji without furigana.

[skullclutter]

I’m kind of glad we picked よつばと to start with - I bought volumes 1 and 2 from Amazon Japan a few years ago. This might be the kick I need to finish the series. Now I’ve just got to find which box in my basement they’re in.

[Sisthra20]

Sadly I don’t think I will be able to participate in this since it’s not available digitally, I’m away from home these days and prefer to buy Japanese books digitally since I can easily read them on the way on my phone/kindle and bring them everywhere… I think I will still follow the discussion to see what kind of questions pop up maybe

[Asher]

No worries mate! I think in 99% of cases we will end up going with something that is available digitally. It’s just an unfortunate coincidence that よつばと happens to have no digital version despite being one of the most popular manga for beginners

[Mango1]

I must have been on that section of the internet where the recommended beginner stuff is actually more along the lines of “once you’ve lived in Japan for 5 years and know 50,000 kanji, you’re all set”

Edit: I also wanted to ask about that tool that automatically turn the vocab from the book into a deck. Since it says it’s in a trial phase, do we need to be opted in to test beta features?

[mekomori]

im in! :3