July 11, 2021

I recommend being familiar with the story of 浦島太郎 before reading this book as it's referenced a few times. If you don't know the story yet, a quick summary can be found here: http://nihon.syoukoukai.com/modules/stories/index.php?lid=23

If you like the listening/reading method, the audiobook follows the written counterpart pretty much perfectly.

I honestly wasn't that engaged with the story, even at the end the characters felt rather poorly developed to me, but the plot was interesting enough that it wasn't hard to keep going. The real value in this book is the expansive vocabulary used and a scattering of idioms. Great as a learning resource!

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