This week's scanlation-related poll is from Nekomikoto. This is quite an interesting question, as I feel like fewer groups nowadays spend the time to redraw the missing stuff in the middle. In case you don't know 2 page spreads are, it's where the drawing spans over 2 pages in the original raw manga. Because of how the pages are printed, there's almost always a gap in the middle of the 2 pages where you have missing content, even if you de-bind a volume. So when you view a scanlation, what's your preference in how editors manage these spreads? (It usually doesn't affect officially released web-versions of manga since they have access to the original images from the publisher instead of being forced to scan a raw)

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Question: You find yourself transported into a stereotypical harem manga. Which role would you assume?
Choices:
Athlete - votes: 276 (2.7%)
Bookworm - votes: 1597 (15.8%)
Butler / Maid - votes: 195 (1.9%)
Childhood friend - votes: 646 (6.4%)
Delinquent - votes: 652 (6.5%)
The klutz - votes: 294 (2.9%)
Magical girl/boy - votes: 590 (5.8%)
The poor one - votes: 197 (2%)
The rich one - votes: 401 (4%)
Prince / Princess - votes: 318 (3.2%)
Transfer student - votes: 836 (8.3%)
Tsundere - votes: 515 (5.1%)
Yandere - votes: 351 (3.5%)
The short one - votes: 320 (3.2%)
The tall one - votes: 311 (3.1%)
The totally ordinary one - votes: 1386 (13.7%)
A closet pervert - votes: 1210 (12%)
There were 10095 total votes.
The poll ended: January 23rd 2016

I guess bookworms like to read manga!

This week's fun poll was suggested by our member Thailin. Just pretend you're in a harem series. Who would you be? And before anyone asks, there's no "Other" option, so too bad. Choose something that's actually on the list.

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Apart from reading manga, I also mostly do which of following manga-related activities
Choices:
Write fan fiction - votes: 554 (7.7%)
Draw illustrations - votes: 913 (12.6%)
Draw doujinshi or comics - votes: 91 (1.3%)
Cosplay - votes: 238 (3.3%)
Write reviews, commentaries, or blog posts - votes: 319 (4.4%)
Podcast - votes: 17 (0.2%)
Scanlate - votes: 411 (5.7%)
Fansub - votes: 73 (1%)
Translate novels - votes: 117 (1.6%)
Help run a manga-related website or online group - votes: 139 (1.9%)
Help run a manga-related club (not online) - votes: 64 (0.9%)
None of the above - votes: 4302 (59.4%)
There were 7238 total votes.
The poll ended: January 16th 2016

Looks like we got lots of artists in the house!

This week's poll by mattfabb would actually work best if you could select multiple choices, but that's not possible with our current website, so deal with it. Just choose the option that most applies.

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: You find a reportedly good completed series with both a manga and anime adaptation. All other things being equal, which do you choose?
Choices:
Read manga first, watch anime later - votes: 4105 (43.1%)
Watch anime first, read manga later - votes: 2949 (31%)
Only watch the anime - votes: 701 (7.4%)
Only read the manga - votes: 1759 (18.5%)
There were 9514 total votes.
The poll ended: January 9th 2016

Some people didn't realize what "all other things being equal" means. Sigh...

Happy New Year!

This week's post comes from our member VawX. Let's assume you find a good completed series that has both an anime adaptation and a manga adaptation. With all other things being equal (such as quality, plot, etc), which media would you consume? I left out choices between which one was the original adaptation or which got farther in the plot, so this is just between the merits of still images vs. moving images.

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Question: What's your favorite villainous laugh?
Choices:
Ohohohoho - votes: 939 (7.6%)
Fufufufu - votes: 1507 (12.2%)
Hahaha - votes: 191 (1.5%)
Heheh - votes: 154 (1.2%)
Ahahaha - votes: 206 (1.7%)
Muahahaha - votes: 972 (7.9%)
Mwahahaha - votes: 923 (7.5%)
Kekekeke - votes: 707 (5.7%)
Hyuk hyuk hyuk - votes: 187 (1.5%)
Woah oh oh - votes: 38 (0.3%)
A true villain instills fear with a mere smirk - votes: 6247 (50.7%)
Other - votes: 261 (2.1%)
There were 12332 total votes.
The poll ended: January 1st 2016

I guess the smirk option is a bit unfair... I'm wondering what would've won if I took out that choice. Although "Fufufufu" did win of the other choices!

This week's fun poll was from Caedis. Obviously we can only do text since it's manga...

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: With scanlations, a release with poor quality (bad translation, editing, raws, etc) is better than no release at all
Choices:
Agree - votes: 5888 (66.1%)
Disagree - votes: 3018 (33.9%)
There were 8906 total votes.
The poll ended: December 26th 2015

Take note, scanlators

This week's poll by our member cmertb is more of a agree/disagree on the idea of bad scanlation releases being better than no release at all. Comment below to elaborate more on your position!

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Question: Which sort of offensive material pisses you off the most in manga?
Choices:
Graphic violence / gore - votes: 277 (2.5%)
Dirty humor - votes: 99 (0.9%)
Sexual objectification - votes: 935 (8.4%)
Obscene language - votes: 28 (0.3%)
Sexual violence / rape - votes: 2389 (21.4%)
Child abuse - votes: 1089 (9.8%)
Incest - votes: 471 (4.2%)
Pedophilia - votes: 1795 (16.1%)
Racism - votes: 427 (3.8%)
Homophobia - votes: 399 (3.6%)
Religious hate - votes: 395 (3.5%)
Political hate - votes: 54 (0.5%)
Any other sort of prejudice - votes: 371 (3.3%)
Nothing really bothers me - votes: 2419 (21.7%)
There were 11148 total votes.
The poll ended: December 19th 2015

Lots of votes this time around, for a very controversial poll. Oddly enough, I'm surprised that the most popular option was "Nothing really bothers me"...

This week's poll is from our member Calamansi. What kind of offensive thing within manga just makes your blood boil? It pisses you off so much that you just can't stand it. It really could be all of the above, but just pick your worst one.

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Imagine the author of your favorite manga character decide to make a radical change to the character. Which transition would annoy you the most?
Choices:
Importance / relevance - votes: 1084 (14.5%)
Physical appearance - votes: 427 (5.7%)
Intellectual faculties - votes: 675 (9%)
Physical abilities - votes: 105 (1.4%)
Gender - votes: 1466 (19.6%)
Beliefs / values - votes: 824 (11%)
Love interest(s) - votes: 606 (8.1%)
Personality shift - votes: 1426 (19.1%)
Switched sides / alliances - votes: 243 (3.2%)
Nothing would affect me - votes: 629 (8.4%)
There were 7485 total votes.
The poll ended: December 12th 2015

Now I'm curious how many people like the gender-bender type of series. Ranma 1/2, anyone? I guess if it's built into the series, it's okay, but if a series unexpectedly had a character change their gender, it'd be really weird.

This week's poll by StephKuran is a bit harder to pin down. Imagine your favorite manga character was changed by the author in some way. Which type of changes would annoy you the most or make you the most mad? It technically depends on why you like that character, but that's what the comments are for!

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Your favorite series was dropped by the only group scanlating it, so you...
Choices:
Find the raws and look at them without understanding the words - votes: 1752 (22.4%)
Ask other groups to pick it up - votes: 237 (3%)
Bug the old group to pick it up again - votes: 46 (0.6%)
Try to start your own scanlation group - votes: 65 (0.8%)
Learn the language so that you can read it yourself - votes: 663 (8.5%)
Look for summaries or synopsis to spoil yourself and feed the urge - votes: 1006 (12.9%)
Do nothing and wait patiently (sadly) - votes: 3733 (47.8%)
I already read the original language, so no worries - votes: 308 (3.9%)
There were 7810 total votes.
The poll ended: December 5th 2015

Of course most of us would just do nothing, but I surprising number of you would look for the raws!

This week's poll was suggested by our member zarul. Your favorite series was dropped by the only group that was scanlating it, so what do you do? Let's assume for the sake of the poll that the series is unlicensed.

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: When I read an unknown word or complicated term, I typically...
Choices:
Gloss over it and don't bother looking it up - votes: 1497 (19.6%)
Use Google and read the first result - votes: 4085 (53.6%)
Go old-school and use a dictionary - votes: 608 (8%)
Use Wikipedia (or an encyclopedia) and read everything about it as well as the related stuff - votes: 1435 (18.8%)
There were 7625 total votes.
The poll ended: November 28th 2015

Google is a programmer's best friend

This week's poll is from MewMan. Whenever you read a word or term that you can't define or don't know very much about, are you inquisitive enough to look it up?

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: What subject or topic mentioned in a manga has most prompted you to do more research (Google, Wikipedia, library, etc) about it?
Choices:
Historical events - votes: 2137 (29.5%)
Science - votes: 444 (6.1%)
Medical issues - votes: 287 (4%)
Engineering - votes: 95 (1.3%)
Cultural aspects - votes: 1190 (16.4%)
Psychology - votes: 547 (7.5%)
Fauna/flora - votes: 91 (1.3%)
Locations (countries, cities, etc) - votes: 227 (3.1%)
Music / art - votes: 298 (4.1%)
Ethics / religion - votes: 165 (2.3%)
Sports - votes: 194 (2.7%)
Real life person (celebrity, politician, etc) - votes: 231 (3.2%)
Manga never encouraged me to do more research - votes: 975 (13.4%)
Other - votes: 375 (5.2%)
There were 7256 total votes.
The poll ended: November 21st 2015

Culture and history... Your teachers would be proud of you 🙂