With this reading, we’re heading into the manga’s final act. We’re on the home stretch now.
And as we’re finishing a volume, time for one last spacing poll:
- No break (Nov 11)
- One week (Nov 18)
- Longer (please specify)
And a bonus poll! Since the final volume is longer than any of the previous volumes, I’ve also split it into more weeks in my schedule - that is to say, five instead of three (which is, perhaps, a bit more than the relative length of volume seven really calls for). Do we want to change the pace for the final volume? One point for is that we’ve all had some practice with Miyazaki’s style of dialogue, so perhaps we can manage a higher speed. Point against is that we’re about to run smack-bang into possibly the most philosophical parts of the manga, so it might be best to keep it spaced out so that our brains don’t reach capacity.
- Five weeks (average 44 pages per week)
- Four weeks (average 56 pages per week)
- Three weeks (average 74 pages per week)
- Other (please specify)