Subaru Sumeragi is the 13th head of his powerful onmyouji clan. Until the time comes when he must succeed his grandmother fully, Subaru is allowed to live in Tokyo with his fraternal twin, Hokuto. While Subaru is kind and shy, Hokuto has exuberance to spare, and her favorite pastime is designing bold matching outfits for the two of them to wear. Her next favorite thing to do is try to set up Subaru with their veterinarian friend Seishirou Sakurazuka who, oddly enough, is always readily available to accompany the Sumeragis throughout the city.
Reading schedule Note: the reading schedule is based on the pages of the 愛蔵版 (collector’s edition) version available on Bookwalker.
Just wanted to get this thread posted sooner rather than later. I wanted a more visual look at how the reading schedule will look with 30-40 pages per week.
The other two volumes are about 100 pages less than the first one, so I would guess that reading the entirety of Tokyo Babylon will takes us about 32 weeks at a pace of 30-40 pages per week.
Does this reading schedule seem good for everyone?
I’m kinda with shitsurei on this one. While I’m technically fine with the schedule, that’s a really long time to spend on one “book” essentially. Though I suppose if you break it out, the three volumes = 7 volumes from the original printing, which feels more reasonable.
The original suggestion of one section per week (and vol 2 cut over two weeks) feels better to me in terms of time, though I know that not everyone’s going to have the time for that or feel comfortable with that fast of a pace. :S
We could also do what some of the book clubs aimed at less advanced readers do where you ramp up the pages per week after a few weeks. The first part of a story tends to be the hardest from both getting into the plot as well as any vocabulary you might need, so maybe we start slower and then after the first few weeks increase the section sizes?
