Naruto Re-read?

[schattenstern]

Hi everyone,

Okay, the idea is blantantly stolen from the fma_reread community, but I really like it, so here I am.
I'm wondering if any of you were interested in re-reading the Naruto manga together. Basically, there would be one post per week covering one volume of the manga (This is just an example, but since there are so many chapters already, one chapter per week definitely wouldn't ork. We'd never catch up. *g*) with a brief summary, the new things we learned back then and things like foreshadowing. We could discuss the chapters, remember our favourite moments between the characters or mention things we, for once, didn't like. (All in a friendly atmosphere, of course.)

It's just that I'd love to do something like that, but I can't do it on my own. (But hey, Naruto is all about teamwork anyway, right?) So, would anyone here be willing to help me, or is there any interest in this project at all?
Please tell me what you think about it.

Starlit Nights,
Schattenstern

Comments

[uchuunoyanushi.livejournal.com]

Count me in! I'm always up for a re-read of Naruto. ^^

Maybe we could do three or four chapters a week. I think a whole volume a week would be pushing it, and real life interfers too much and too often for it to be a daily thing. We wouldn't want anyone to miss disussing a chapter cause they were hungover got food poisoning and spent the day worshipping the porcelain god. Or whatever. Twice a week might work out, say Wednesdays and Saturdays?

[schattenstern]

Wednesdays and Saturdays sound great. There's always some time to be found at the weekend, and who doesn't enjoy something nice in the middle of the week when work, school or whatever makes another vicious assassination attempt at our fannish lifes? ^^
So, maybe two chapters on each of these days?

Thank you for your suggestions!

[uchuunoyanushi.livejournal.com]

No Problem! I'm happy to help in any way I can. ^^

[hellishduchess.livejournal.com]

Coming out of lurkdom briefing to say that sounds like a fantastic idea and I'm in. Literary discussion (so what if it's manga? It still counts >>) is one of my favorite things to do and I'd love to be able to reread the manga in a group being all geeky together.

[bakkhos.livejournal.com]

I like that idea. I'll join. I really need a refresher on the manga anyway.

[inquisitorial.livejournal.com]

i really like this idea!seeing as how im way behind in the manga

[kayuuko.livejournal.com]

Wonderful idea ^^ Count me in! I'd love to discuss the "older" chapters <3 ~

[darksideofstorm.livejournal.com]

You can count me in. I'm definitely up for a read and discussion =D

[bubble.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a splendid idea. Please tell me when you've made the community!

[schattenstern]

Uhm... actually, I'm not sure. I don't live in the US and only own the first four volumes of the German translation. I think it's up to whoever makes the post for the chapters in question what he or she uses to base the post on. And whoever owns the official translations could still point out translation errors and the like in the comments. That's always a lot of fun ^__^.
(Am I... making any sense? I hope it all becomes clearer once the community actually exists and we have our first post. But I'm working on it ^^.)

[anigirl15.livejournal.com]

I'm in. I've been meaning to go back and re-read, but the archives on my computer crashed and Shonen Jump is only so far in...

[aradiantsun.livejournal.com]

I go back and read the older volumes all the time, so it'd definitely be cool to discuss them with others and such. Count me in~

[kylara.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a great idea. Count me in. If you need help, catch me on aim: fair arienette.

Maybe half a volume a week would work better. A lot can happen in a whole volume, but I agree a single chapter would be too slow. We might also want to point out where the good translations are and things like that.

[schattenstern]

Thank you ^_^.

I'm currently doing quite a bit of planing, and I like the idea of two posts a week with two chapters each. That way it's almost (one chapter is missing) half a volume per week and we can still concentrate on details. [I'm writing that first post with two chapters right now to see what it's like and I think three chapters would probably be too much... or maybe that's just because chapter 1 is longer than the others?]

Anyway, great idea about the translations. There could be a locked post about them so the discussions can still be visible to everyone.

[kylara.livejournal.com]

That sounds even better. Yeah, isn't chapter one about double the size of a normal chapter? Ah well, whatever works out best each time, I guess.

Thanks! Nothing sucks more than to be arguing about something only to realize the translation you read is totally wrong. :D Maybe the chapters being discussed could also be put up for download, in case people don't have a copy with them.

[kingbird.livejournal.com]

I'm in as well. :D I tried to reread it a month ago but gave up because rereading old arcs by myself just wasn't any fun. I like the idea of a couple chapters a week. (Though the first chapter is really long, so that schedule might have to be worked out...) It just depends on how fast people want to go, I guess. Anyway, great idea. :D

[deadraconis.livejournal.com]

Wow, cool idea!>__< Count me in! Count me in!

I, as a lot of the others above me, had been meaning to reread but never really got into!^_^;

So yeah, great idea!<3

[napkins.livejournal.com]

Count me in as well; I've actually been rereading the earlier chapters just for fun, but I love discussing things with other people, so I think this is a great idea!

[atom-bunny.livejournal.com]

Sounds fun. Don't know if I'll comment much but I'll definitely read along with you guys.

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