[DeepL Translation - needs review] Volume 1 Introduction: Tomoji is a novelist who has been unable to write a new novel. When he returns to his hometown where he lived with his grandmother for the first time in a long time, he finds a hungry man lying on the ground in front of a deserted train station. When she asks him what he is doing, he says he is waiting for his wife. The newcomer Tsutomu Hinohara's tale of a different kind of love between a dragon god and a man's wife has just begun!
(Translator: DeepL)
I was going to rate this much differently, but then I checked the beginning again. The first half is definitely harder than the second. 26 is probably too high though.
Formality The dragon god is very formal. As in he uses a lot of くださる, いただくand 殿.
Grammar The formal grammar honestly made it easier to parse for me. Not much issue in this regard.
Kanji Most of the rare kanji aren’t used enough to learn them well. However, they are used in specific enough contexts to just guess