May 2026 · Reading Challenge

鬱々傳說

Utsu Densetsu

銀ぎん河が英えい雄ゆう伝でん説せつ 五ご月がつ挑ちょう戦せん

The Legend of the Galactic Heroes May Challenge.
Starting May 5th — ten hours of 銀ぎん英えい伝でん media every day, every day of the month, until the novel series is done.

Can't read it? Can't write it? Can't remember it?
Neither can we. That's the point.
May 5th — May 31st
0 Days Missed

No 10-hour days skipped. Every single day of May counts.

15 Novels Complete

The full 銀ぎん英えい伝でん novel series, finished by month's end.

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Daily Release

Audiobook Playlist

Purchase · 全15巻 Reflinks coming soon
Volume amazon.jp — eBook amazon.jp — Audio amazon.com — eBook amazon.com — Audio
Vol. 1 · 黎れい明めい篇へん
Dawn		 amazon.jp amazon.jp amazon.com amazon.com
Vol. 2 · 野や望ぼう篇へん
Ambition		 amazon.jp amazon.jp amazon.com amazon.com
Vol. 3 · 雌し伏ふく篇へん
Biding Time		 amazon.jp amazon.jp amazon.com amazon.com
Vol. 4 · 策さく謀ぼう篇へん
Stratagem		 amazon.jp amazon.jp amazon.com amazon.com
Vol. 5 · 風ふう雲うん篇へん
Wind and Clouds		 amazon.jp amazon.jp amazon.com amazon.com
Vol. 6 · 飛ひ翔しょう篇へん
Flight		 amazon.jp amazon.jp amazon.com amazon.com
Vol. 7 · 怒ど涛とう篇へん
Raging Waves		 amazon.jp amazon.jp amazon.com amazon.com
Vol. 8 · 乱らん離り篇へん
Chaos and Separation		 amazon.jp amazon.jp amazon.com amazon.com
Vol. 9 · 回かい天てん篇へん
Turning Point		 amazon.jp amazon.jp amazon.com amazon.com
Vol. 10 · 落らく日じつ篇へん
Setting Sun		 amazon.jp amazon.jp amazon.com amazon.com
外がい伝でん — Gaiden
Vol. 11 · 星ほしを砕くだく者もの
The One Who Crushes the Stars		 amazon.jp amazon.jp amazon.com amazon.com
Vol. 12 · ユリアンのイゼルローンいぜるろーん日にっ記き
Julian's Iserlohn Diary		 amazon.jp amazon.jp amazon.com amazon.com
Vol. 13 · 千せん億おくの星ほし、千せん億おくの光ひかり
A Hundred Billion Stars, A Hundred Billion Lights		 amazon.jp amazon.jp amazon.com amazon.com
Vol. 14 · 螺ら旋せん迷めい宮きゅう
Spiral Labyrinth		 amazon.jp amazon.jp amazon.com amazon.com
Vol. 15 · 夢ゆめを見みし者もの
The One Who Dreams		 amazon.jp amazon.jp amazon.com amazon.com
YouTube · Audiobook Series Vol. 1 available now · New ones Daily from May 5
Audiobook Subtitles

本ほん字じ幕まく · honjimaku.com

honjimaku.com · Subtitle Downloads Japanese subtitles for audiobooks
Anime Subtitles

字じ幕まく · jimaku.cc

jimaku.cc · Subtitle Downloads Japanese subtitles for anime
Online Reader

Manga · mokuro.moe

mokuro.moe · Embedded Reader Click to interact
Vocabulary

Anki Decks

Anki · 銀ぎん英えい伝でん Vocabulary Decks Novels · OVA Series · Die Neue These
Download Anki Decks Here →
Torrents

Nyaa internet website

Nyaa · 銀ぎん英えい伝でん All Media Own for free
Browse Nyaa here
Typography

一いっ点てん明みん朝ちょう 正せい字じ · I.Ming Seiji

GitHub · Kanji Restoration Etymological "Seiji" Font

It helps to use a proper font to read Japanese so the kanji don't look too similar to each other. You can use I. Ming Seiji to restore pre-war font (舊字體).

View Project on GitHub
鬱鬱

About That Kanji

鬱 うつ — utsu depression / melancholy
＋
々 iteration mark so you don't have to write all the strokes again
＝
鬱々 うつうつ — utsuutsu gloomily; in low spirits
29 strokes
in a single character

鬱, a pictogram of an oven, food, wood, vapor, a container, etc. which now is used in words like "憂ゆう鬱うつ" (melancholy) and "鬱うつ病びょう" (depression) — because of how hard it is to write, probably.