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Scheduling this manga is pretty hard since the chapters are around 35 pages long so a bit too long for the BBC, but splitting them up is a bit too short for one week. I’m going to propose 3 different schedules:
Fast (5 weeks)
Week
Start Date
Chapter
Page Numbers
Page Count
Week 1
Nov 05
Chapter 1
3 - 40
38
Week 2
Nov 19
Chapter 2
41 - 76
36
Week 3
Nov 26
Chapter 3
77 - 108
32
Week 4
Dec 03
Chapter 4
109 - 142
34
Week 5
Dec 10
Chapter 5
143 - 174
32
Middle (8 weeks)
Week
Start Date
Chapter
Page Numbers
Page Count
Week 1
Nov 05
Chapter 1
3 - 16
14
Week 2
Nov 12
Chapter 1
17 - 40
23
Week 3
Nov 19
Chapter 2
41 - 59
19
Week 4
Nov 26
Chapter 2
60 - 76
17
Week 5
Dec 03
Chapter 3
77 - 108
32
Week 6
Dec 10
Chapter 4
109 - 126
18
Week 7
Dec 17
Chapter 4
127 - 142
16
Week 8
Dec 24
Chapter 5
143 - 174
32
Slow (10 weeks)
Week
Start Date
Chapter
Page Numbers
Page Count
Week 1
Nov 05
Chapter 1
3 - 16
14
Week 2
Nov 12
Chapter 1
17 - 40
23
Week 3
Nov 19
Chapter 2
41 - 59
19
Week 4
Nov 26
Chapter 2
60 - 76
17
Week 5
Dec 03
Chapter 3
77 - 90
14
Week 6
Dec 10
Chapter 3
91 - 108
18
Week 7
Dec 17
Chapter 4
109 - 126
18
Week 8
Dec 24
Chapter 4
127 - 142
16
Week 9
Dec 31
Chapter 5
143 - 156
14
Week 10
Jan 07
Chapter 5
157 - 174
18
Having read the manga I have to advocate for the “Middle (8 weeks)” schedule since the “Fast” one really is break neck speed for the BBC and the “Slow” one breaks up at some not so great moments especially in chapter 3 to get the split.
Some of the dates fall onto christmas eve and new years eve. We will hold a vote on if you should take breaks on those once we have settled on a schedule
Is the breaking up chapter 4 in the middle schedule to be more like BBC schedule? Because I feel like 34 pages aren’t that much more than 32, and if 32 can fly…? But maybe it is to help for those that would find 32 pages in a week a bit much?
In any case, I voted for that option because I figured that would be better for most people. And I was somewhere between middle and fast. ^^
Yes usually the page count per week seems to hover around 20-25 for a lot of BBC manga clubs, so for the “middle” schedule I tried to have an average that falls into that range. Originally I wanted to split ch 1 into two then have ch 2 read in one go and so on, but ch 3 does not have a great point to split it up so I ended up with this schedule.
Where’s the none of the above option? I don’t think the 8 weeks option makes much sense. As @MissDagger mentioned, 32 pages is really no different from 34, so splitting the fourth chapter after reading the third all at once doesn’t make sense to me. I’d recommend 6 or 7 weeks. Basically only split the first chapter, or split the first two chapters. I think either of those would be better than the 8 week option.
The reason why it is split up, is to give people time to catch up if 34 pages is too much for them. Because constantly having over 30 pages is not something we usually do, at least not to my knowledge.
It would be interesting to see how people would vote if those options were included though. That said, I’ll just read it faster on my own if needed, and I don’t plan on voting in the poll since it’s obviously not directed at me.
Sorry to everyone that has already voted on the poll, since the poll can’t be changed afterwards I will have to create a new one. Since the slow schedule did not get any backing, the fast schedule was honestly to fast for this club and @seanblue & @MissDagger made some suggestions I have changed the available schedules.
I’d be fine reading it faster, but putting myself in the shoes of the folks who may be just getting started in the beginner’s reading club, I went ahead and voted for the slowest one. Three 30+ page readings in a row seems like it may be kind of daunting for them, even if it’s at the end.
Chapter 5 is so cute and super fast…very little text…that 30 pages might as well be 15-20… when you read it you’ll see what I mean No one should worry about ch5 at all…it was a great way to wrap up the first vol and I think people will enjoy it as well as read it FAST!
For what it’s worth, I split the 耳をすませば chapters to keep them at 17-20 to avoid them being 36-37 per week, and it seems a lot of people are getting through them quickly.
Of course, I don’t want to disregard any readers who are quietly appreciating the shorter chapter pace, and we won’t have all the same people from one club reading in the next.
And I don’t know how the density or difficulty of dialogue compares between the two manga.
This is of course where the voting comes into play =D
The voting has ended and we will be reading this manga according to the 8 weeks schedule. Since the last week would fall onto christmas eve I feel obliged to create another poll on what to do
It’s the final week, no? Just start on December 24th. Don’t need to set an end date. If people want to wait until after Christmas or the New Year to actually read it, that’s up to them.
If there were another week coming after, that might be a different story, but there’s never been an end date on when we can do readings.
I don’t mean it as an end date and more a way to set the start of the next book. Usually we start the next book 2 weeks after the last week started in the previous one. So for “run for 1 week” the next book would start on Jan 7th and for “run for 2 weeks” it would start on Jan 14th
Alright, I have made the sheet. English chapter titles are provisional (仮）until I actually read the book and know that they are correct. If somebody who has read it has a better translation, feel free to replace them!
If somebody who has read it has a better translation, feel free to replace them!