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Little Mushroom: Chapters 10 - 12 (EN) or 21 - 24 (CH)

Welcome to Week 4's "Little Mushroom" (小蘑菇) discussion for English chapters 10 - 12 of Book 1 and Chinese chapters 21 - 24 (inclusive). This spreadsheet contains the schedule and concordances of the chapter endings across the Chinese and English versions. There's an associated Discord server (ask

superborb for an invite if you'd like one), and we'll be running comment posts here.

This discussion will wrap up and next week's will begin on May 8th.

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SPOILER POLICY: I personally don't give a fuck or even like to give unearned credence to the concept, so since I'm writing the post, anything's fair game.

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Little Mushroom: Chapters 7 - 9 (EN) or 14 - 20 (CH)

Welcome to Week 3's "Little Mushroom" (小蘑菇) discussion for English chapters 7 - 9 of Book 1 and Chinese chapters 14 - 20 (inclusive). This spreadsheet contains the schedule and concordances of the chapter endings across the Chinese and English versions. There's an associated Discord server (ask

superborb for an invite if you'd like one), and we'll be running comment posts here.

This discussion will wrap up and next week's will begin on May 1st.

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SPOILER POLICY: I personally don't give a fuck or even like to give unearned credence to the concept, so since I'm writing the post, anything's fair game.

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Little Mushroom: Chapters 4-6 (EN) or 5-13 (CH)

Welcome to week 2's "Little Mushroom" (小蘑菇) discussion for English chapters 4-6 of Book 1 and Chinese chapters 5-13 (inclusive). This spreadsheet contains the schedule and concordances of the chapter endings across the Chinese and English versions. There's an associated Discord server (ask

superborb for an invite if you'd like one), and we'll be running comment posts here.

This discussion will wrap up and next week's will begin on April 24th.

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SPOILER POLICY: I personally don't give a fuck or even like to give unearned credence to the concept, so since I'm writing the post, anything's fair game.

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Little Mushroom: Chapters 1-3 (EN) or 1-4 (CH)

Welcome to week 1's "Little Mushroom" (小蘑菇) discussion for English chapters 1-3 of Book 1 and Chinese chapters 1-4 (inclusive). This spreadsheet contains the schedule and concordances of the chapter endings across the Chinese and English versions. There's an associated Discord server (ask

superborb for an invite if you'd like one), and we'll be running comment posts here.

This discussion will wrap up and next week's will begin on April 17th.

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SPOILER POLICY: I personally don't give a fuck or even like to give unearned credence to the concept, so since I'm writing the post, anything's fair game.

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Little Mushroom: Intro Post

Danmei+ Reading Club and Dank Odes are back! We're starting "Little Mushroom" (小蘑菇) the week commencing April 10th. There's an associated Discord server (ask

superborb for an invite), and we'll be running comment posts here.

We'll read three (English translation) chapters per week. This spreadsheet contains the schedule and concordances of the chapter endings across the Chinese and English versions. (Each English chapter encompasses 1-4 Chinese chapters.)

Participants are welcome to read in English, Chinese, or however suits them. Discussion in either language is also welcome.

If you'd like to see more poetry content on Dankodes, please drop me a comment.

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"Nirvana in Fire"/"Lang Ya Bang" Group Read: Discussion Post for Chapters 170 - 174

Week 42 of the "Lang Ya Bang" book club, chapters 170 - 174 (inclusive). This discussion will draw to a close on February 20th. THIS IS THE FINAL WEEK.

Chinese text: https://sj.uukanshu.com/book.aspx?id=17338
English translation: https://merelhyn.tumblr.com/post/641747965727358976/the-langya-list-epubpdf

SPOILER POLICY: I personally don't give a fuck or even like to give unearned credence to the concept, so since I'm writing the post, anything's fair game.

After Monday, we'll talk about next steps.

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"Nirvana in Fire"/"Lang Ya Bang" Group Read: Discussion Post for Chapters 166 - 169

Week 41 of the "Lang Ya Bang" book club, chapters 166 - 169 (inclusive). This discussion will draw to a close, and the next session will open, on February 13th.

I'll be doing a weekly post with thoughts on this community. Feel free to join in/discuss. If you'd like to join the Discord, contact

superborb for an invite.

Chinese text: https://sj.uukanshu.com/book.aspx?id=17338
English translation: https://merelhyn.tumblr.com/post/641747965727358976/the-langya-list-epubpdf

SPOILER POLICY: I personally don't give a fuck or even like to give unearned credence to the concept, so since I'm writing the post, anything's fair game.

(If anyone is interested in

dankodes running further poetry content during or after NiF, please let me know what you'd be keen to discuss. I'm happy to work with you on that. I'll probably ask this again once NiF draws to a close.)

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"Nirvana in Fire"/"Lang Ya Bang" Group Read: Discussion Post for Chapters 162 - 165

Week 40 of the "Lang Ya Bang" book club, chapters 162 - 165 (inclusive). This discussion will draw to a close, and the next session will open, on February 6th.

I'll be doing a weekly post with thoughts on this community. Feel free to join in/discuss. If you'd like to join the Discord, contact

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"Nirvana in Fire"/"Lang Ya Bang" Group Read: Discussion Post for Chapters 154 - 161

Weeks 38 and 39 of the "Lang Ya Bang" book club, chapters 154 - 161 (inclusive). This discussion will draw to a close, and the next session will open, on January 30th.

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"Nirvana in Fire"/"Lang Ya Bang" Group Read: Discussion Post for Chapters 146 - 153

Weeks 36 and 37 of the "Lang Ya Bang" book club, chapters 146 - 153 (inclusive). This discussion will draw to a close, and the next session will open, on January 16th.

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"Nirvana in Fire"/"Lang Ya Bang" Group Read: Discussion Post for Chapters 130 - 145

Weeks 32, 33, 34 and 35 of the "Lang Ya Bang" book club, chapters 130 - 145 (inclusive). This discussion will draw to a close, and the next session will open, on January 2nd.

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"Nirvana in Fire"/"Lang Ya Bang" Group Read: Discussion Post for Chapters 125 - 129

Week 31 of the "Lang Ya Bang" book club, chapters 125 - 129. This discussion will draw to a close, and the next session will open, on December 5th.

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"Nirvana in Fire"/"Lang Ya Bang" Group Read: Discussion Post for Chapters 115 - 124

Weeks 29 - 30 of the "Lang Ya Bang" book club, chapters 115 - 124. This discussion will draw to a close, and the next session will open, on November 28th.

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"Nirvana in Fire"/"Lang Ya Bang" Group Read: Discussion Post for Chapters 107 - 114

Weeks 27 - 28 of the "Lang Ya Bang" book club, chapters 107 - 114. This discussion will draw to a close, and the next session will open, on November 14th.

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"Nirvana in Fire"/"Lang Ya Bang" Group Read: Discussion Post for Chapters 87 - 106

Weeks 21 - 26 of the "Lang Ya Bang" book club, chapters 87 - 106. This discussion will draw to a close, and the next session will open, on October 31st.

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"Nirvana in Fire"/"Lang Ya Bang" Group Read: Discussion Post for Chapters 82 - 86

Week 20 of the "Lang Ya Bang" book club, chapters 82 - 86. This discussion will draw to a close, and the next session will open, on September 26th.

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"Nirvana in Fire"/"Lang Ya Bang" Group Read: Discussion Post for Chapters 78 - 81

Week 19 of the "Lang Ya Bang" book club, chapters 78 - 81. This discussion will draw to a close, and the next session will open, on September 19th.

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"Nirvana in Fire"/"Lang Ya Bang" Group Read: Discussion Post for Chapters 74 - 77

Week 19 of the "Lang Ya Bang" book club, chapters 74 - 77. This discussion will draw to a close, and the next session will open, on September 12th.

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"Nirvana in Fire"/"Lang Ya Bang" Group Read: Discussion Post for Chapters 70 - 73

Week 18 of the "Lang Ya Bang" book club, chapters 70 - 73. This discussion will draw to a close, and the next session will open, on September 6th.

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"Nirvana in Fire"/"Lang Ya Bang" Group Read: Discussion Post for Chapters 66 - 69

Week 17 of the "Lang Ya Bang" book club, chapters 66 - 69. This discussion will draw to a close, and the next session will open, on August 29th.

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