January 1, 2025

Well, I've finished this book, reading from November 2023-December 2024. This book has been with me through a huge change in my language skills, as I started it when it felt very above my level, and now it feels more or less comfortable to read.

I think this is a great 'challenge read' if you're at a lower level (I think I was working on Genki 2 when I started) and you read it a bunch of times as a kid. If you've never read it before, then it's probably not a good choice, as the main benefit comes from knowing the story and writing very well so that the challenging aspects in Japanese don't hurt so much.

Be warned though, if you start it as a beginner like I did, it will take a long time to read. (:

Progress: At the beginning, I was probably spending 15-20 minutes on a page, and at the end, around 4-6 minutes.

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