This week's poll was suggested by Karonhioktha. Most series take place in the country of origin (manga in Japan, manhua in China, manhwa in Korea, etc.), so what other real world locales should be represented instead?

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Previous Poll Results:

Question: Scanlator is starting to translate a completed series that has lots of extra side content sprinkled throughout the story. They should...

Choices:

• Translate in order of release regardless of main story vs. side content - votes: 1365 (72.9%)
• Prioritize the main story then go back and translate the extras - votes: 508 (27.1%)

There were 1873 total votes. The poll ended: June 7, 2025

Many people pointed out that the side story tends to be only relevant whenever it was released. Without context, a side story tends to be meaningless

This week's poll was suggested by our member AUOdere. If a scanlation group is picking up a series that is already completed in the original language and it has a lot of extra content sprinkled throughout the series, should they prioritize the main story first or keep everything chronological?

You can submit poll ideas here: https://www.mangaupdates.com/topic/kilkdnn/site-manga-poll-suggestions

Previous Poll Results:

Question: How old is your current smartphone?

Choices:

• I don't use a smartphone - votes: 160 (5.4%)
• Less than 6 months - votes: 184 (6.2%)
• Between 6 months to a year - votes: 228 (7.7%)
• 1-2 years - votes: 754 (25.6%)
• 3 years - votes: 521 (17.7%)
• 4 years - votes: 357 (12.1%)
• 5 years - votes: 281 (9.5%)
• 6 years - votes: 142 (4.8%)
• Older than 6 years - votes: 322 (10.9%)

There were 2949 total votes. The poll ended: May 31, 2025

Dang, 11% of you use a smartphone that's older than 6 years? I guess you don't use apps

This week's poll was suggested by Miss Gradenko. How old is your smartphone, assuming you use one? My current one is almost 1 year old. I had my previous one for about 5 years (replaced mainly because the battery could barely last half a day)

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Previous Poll Results:

Question: How many series are you currently regularly reading?

Choices:

• None - votes: 98 (4.5%)
• 1-5 - votes: 419 (19.4%)
• 6-10 - votes: 264 (12.2%)
• 11-20 - votes: 283 (13.1%)
• 21-50 - votes: 399 (18.5%)
• 51-100 - votes: 238 (11%)
• 100+ - votes: 460 (21.3%)

There were 2161 total votes. The poll ended: May 23, 2025

You guys read a lot...

This week's poll was suggested by our member 8-3. How many series are you currently regularly reading? You can define "regularly" as whatever you like, as some series only have a new chapter every month. Or maybe the scanlator is just slow and releases even slower than that...

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Previous Poll Results:

Question: Do you prefer reading a completed or ongoing series?

Choices:

• I only read completed series - votes: 228 (8.6%)
• I prefer reading completed series but dabble in ongoing series - votes: 1308 (49.4%)
• I don't care - votes: 842 (31.8%)
• I prefer reading ongoing series but dabble in completed series - votes: 249 (9.4%)
• I only read ongoing series - votes: 23 (0.9%)

There were 2650 total votes. The poll ended: May 17, 2025

I guess that's preference, but how many of them are actually completed vs. ongoing? With TV shows, at least there's a known schedule for the current season. With scanlations, who knows when the group will translate the next chapter? Or maybe they'll just drop the series?

This week's poll was suggested by our member Miss Gradenko. Do you have a preference in terms of reading a series that's already completed vs. ongoing?

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Previous Poll Results:

Question: How should SFX be handled?

Choices:

• The original should be replaced with a translation SFX - votes: 626 (36.8%)
• A translation should be placed next to the original - votes: 445 (26.2%)
• A translation should be in the margins - votes: 470 (27.7%)
• SFX shouldn't be translated at all - votes: 158 (9.3%)

There were 1699 total votes. The poll ended: May 10, 2025

I believe the last time we did this poll, more people preferred leaving the original SFX present and putting a translation somewhere else

We haven't done a poll related to SFX in about 6 years, so suyouera suggested that we do one now. One huge difference between now and then is the rise of webtoons/webcomics. The SFX is replaced with a translation for most of the official releases. That's one of the easiest ways to see if a so-called "scanlator" just ripped it from an English publisher, as most of the scanlators for webtoons/webcomics don't bother translating the SFX.

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Previous Poll Results:

Question: What type of milk do you prefer in your drinks (standalone or mixed with something (e.g., tea)?

Choices:

• Dairy milk (e.g., cow, sheep, goat, etc., at levels of whole, 2%, etc) - votes: 1319 (59.7%)
• Flavored (e.g., chocolate, strawberry, etc.) - votes: 254 (11.5%)
• Condensed - votes: 40 (1.8%)
• Oat - votes: 151 (6.8%)
• Soy - votes: 69 (3.1%)
• Almond - votes: 85 (3.8%)
• Coconut - votes: 22 (1%)
• Cashew - votes: 7 (0.3%)
• Rice - votes: 10 (0.5%)
• Hemp - votes: 3 (0.1%)
• Pea - votes: 4 (0.2%)
• Other - votes: 27 (1.2%)
• None - votes: 217 (9.8%)

There were 2208 total votes. The poll ended: May 3, 2025

How many of you are lactose-intolerant?

This week's poll was brought to you by the milk empire (just kidding, it's our member Ruruskadoo). You like boba milk tea (the way I say it kind of reveals where I'm from) or other drinks that have milk? You have a preferred type of milk to drink?

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Question: How do you say GIF?

Choices:

• Jif (Soft G, like "gel" or the peanut butter brand) - votes: 560 (20.6%)
• Gif (Hard G, like "go") - votes: 1970 (72.6%)
• G.I.F. (Individual letters) - votes: 86 (3.2%)
• What? - votes: 96 (3.5%)

There were 2712 total votes. The poll ended: April 26, 2025

I was surprised how much conversation was in the comments around this topic. Go see it for yourself

This week's poll was suggested by thepol. How do you pronounce GIF?

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Previous Poll Results:

Question: What's your current living situation?

Choices:

• Living with parents - votes: 1343 (55.4%)
• Living with just partner / spouse - votes: 201 (8.3%)
• Living with partner / spouse + children - votes: 93 (3.8%)
• Living with children without partner / spouse - votes: 15 (0.6%)
• Living with unrelated roommates / housemates - votes: 186 (7.7%)
• Living alone - votes: 587 (24.2%)

There were 2425 total votes. The poll ended: April 19, 2025

Honestly, this question is better off as a survey with follow up questions. Oh well

This week's poll was suggested by Afiaki. What's your current living situation? This poll does not include every possible option, and I left out the "Other" option on purpose. Just choose the option that feels most relevant to you. For example, some of you have children but also are taking care of elderly parents.

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Previous Poll Results:

Question: Do you intentionally look up spoilers?

Choices:

• Always - votes: 230 (10.2%)
• Sometimes - votes: 1332 (59.1%)
• Never - votes: 690 (30.6%)

There were 2252 total votes. The poll ended: April 12, 2025

I usually look up spoilers like the plots of movies before I watch them. My friends dislike me for it, even though I don't reveal the spoilers to them.

This week's poll was suggested by Viki.kdrama. Do you try to look up spoilers? Would you flip to the end of a book and read the last chapter first? Do you look up movie summaries on Wikipedia before watching it? A paper by Nicholas Christenfeld and Jonathan D. Leavitt actually found that people tend to enjoy stories more with spoilers (some caveats, so read the paper yourself)

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Previous Poll Results:

Question: When do you rate a series?

Choices:

• After looking at the cover - votes: 17 (0.8%)
• After reading the first few chapters - votes: 211 (10.2%)
• About halfway through - votes: 227 (10.9%)
• After I finish reading it (e.g., series completion, catching up to translations, or deciding to drop it) - votes: 1292 (62.2%)
• I don't rate anything - votes: 330 (15.9%)

There were 2077 total votes. The poll ended: April 5, 2025

Would you change your initial rating after some time?