Red Hawk Scanlations and its subsidiary Red Hawk NEO has closed its doors. Their website currently reads the following

All things must come to an end, and this is no exception. After more than seven years of bringing you manga, the decision has been made to close Red Hawk's doors. You may have noticed that the amount of series we do has dropped significantly lately, and the reason is that most of us have just gotten too busy with real life to pick up anything new. After much consideration, we decided that with our key members having less and less time to focus on manga, the best course of action was for us all to stop while we were ahead instead of giving you something that we couldn't put our hearts into.
To all the readers and staff, thanks for following us all this time. You're the reason we do what we do.

P.S.: PRAISE THE SUN.

This week's poll is yet another one from icassop. It's kind of wordy, but I rather like the topic. I guess it depends a little on the type of series that you read, but even Naruto might encourage you to do some research on how actual ninjas fight or if running with your hands behind you makes you go faster.

You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: Has an opinion or view expressed in a manga ever noticeably influenced you?
Choices:
Yes, in a positive way - votes: 2883 (42.1%)
Yes, in a negative way - votes: 314 (4.6%)
No, but it made me think about it - votes: 2884 (42.1%)
No, I don't look for any deeper meaning - votes: 773 (11.3%)
There were 6854 total votes.
The poll ended: November 13th 2015

We've never had an option win by just 1 vote before...

Imperial Scans is closing its doors after 4 years of scanlation. Their statement is as follows:

Hey folks,

It's a sad day for all of us at Imperial Scans today as we've decided to close down for good.
We've been struggling to maintain our efforts for a while now, and it hasn't been easy with everyone getting more and more responsibilities in real life as we grow older, getting more tied up in jobs, family situations, etc. We've reached a point where going on has really become a burden in the little spare time we got, and despite us all still enjoying what we do, it's now time to accept our limits.
We've asked our friends over at MangaStream if they're interested in continuing any of our current series. They're down with Tokyo Ghoul:re, but still have to look at staff availability for anything else.
We want to thank all of those who supported us over the years. All of you who simply appreciated the service we've been happily providing, you were the best fans. It's been one hell of a ride.

Imperial Scans Founders

P.S.: Fuck Touka

This week's poll is from our member icassop. Has anything that you read in a manga ever noticeably influenced you in some way such that you actually acted upon it? Comment below with your stories!

You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: Do you read any of the translated web comics listed on MU?
Choices:
Lots! - votes: 1311 (26.5%)
Several - votes: 1778 (35.9%)
Haven't yet, probably would try - votes: 666 (13.4%)
Used to, but not anymore - votes: 299 (6%)
Never have, probably never will - votes: 902 (18.2%)
There were 4956 total votes.
The poll ended: November 7th 2015

Not too many voters compared to our usual polls, but I'm surprised that many of you do read web comics. I guess it's a rising form of entertainment.

We have decided that for novel releases, we are only allowing full chapter releases to be listed. No more of this chapter 3e-f stuff. Only submit the release once the entire chapter 3 is completely translated. This mainly affects groups like Baka-Tsuki, NanoDesu, and the smaller a0132.

For releases that are currently in the middle of a full chapter, we will allow you to complete the chapter with partial release listings. For example, the series Meiyaku no Leviathan (Novel) currently is on vol 3, ch 3a. You can submit a release for 3b and 3c; but once you get to ch4, you can only submit the release entry once the entire chapter has been translated.

This policy only affects novels and not manga, manhua, or manhwa. Policy is effective immediately.

• MU Staff

As residentgrigo suggested, this week's poll is a complement to last week's.

Edit: Reformed the poll to add another option, so everyone can vote again!

You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: Do you read any of the translated web novels listed on MU?
Choices:
Lots! - votes: 2116 (31.6%)
Maybe a couple - votes: 1897 (28.3%)
Used to, not anymore - votes: 333 (5%)
Never had, probably never will - votes: 2348 (35.1%)
There were 6694 total votes.
The poll ended: October 30th 2015

I'm really surprised that over 30% of you said you read lots of web novels. Like REALLY surprised

Another poll that's related to what someone suggested (this time our member MewMan) but not actually the poll they suggested. Any opinions on the surge of translated web novels?

You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: Do you listen to J-pop?
Choices:
All the time! - votes: 1061 (11.5%)
Sometimes... - votes: 2213 (24.1%)
Just the anime songs - votes: 2758 (30%)
Used to, but not anymore - votes: 1004 (10.9%)
Tried it, didn't like it - votes: 934 (10.2%)
Never tried it - votes: 1229 (13.4%)
There were 9199 total votes.
The poll ended: October 24th 2015

More people do than not... Interesting. Wasn't actually expecting that.

This week's poll stemmed from something our member luispauloml said, but it's not actually the question he (she?) suggested. For the uninitiated, J-pop is Japanese pop music.

You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: You're mildly sick, so you normally...
Choices:
Treat it like a regular day as much as possible - votes: 3623 (40.7%)
Only try to get more sleep than usual and drink lots of water - votes: 2683 (30.1%)
Drink a special tea or eat a special food (chicken soup, porridge, etc) - votes: 1096 (12.3%)
Use pills or other medicine - votes: 1301 (14.6%)
Visit the doctor / hospital - votes: 60 (0.7%)
Other - votes: 141 (1.6%)
There were 8904 total votes.
The poll ended: October 16th 2015

Fine, I guess a flu isn't mildly sick...

Back to the normal user-suggested polls! This week's poll was rooted in an idea our member DragonReader had, but it's not quite what he had suggested. Basically we're asking about the most common thing you do when you get a mild sickness, such as a cold or the flu.

You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: Best Josei
Choices:
Nodame Cantabile - votes: 1121 (19%)
07-Ghost - votes: 1014 (17.2%)
Chihayafuru - votes: 623 (10.6%)
Kuragehime - votes: 538 (9.1%)
Cheese in the Trap - votes: 529 (9%)
7 Seeds - votes: 486 (8.3%)
Gokusen - votes: 483 (8.2%)
Sakamichi no Apollon - votes: 444 (7.5%)
14-sai no Koi - votes: 381 (6.5%)
Bokura no Kiseki - votes: 267 (4.5%)
There were 5886 total votes.
The poll ended: October 10th 2015

Not as many votes as the other polls, but that's to be expected.

93 people for 99 series. People just don't seem to read as much josei...

Here are the nominations that almost made the cut:
Annarasumanara
Usagi Drop
Paradise Kiss
Honey and Clover
Hapi Mari
Karneval

If you're curious what happened 6 years ago:
Nodame Cantabile - votes: 3200 (34.7%)
Midnight Secretary - votes: 2134 (23.1%)
Paradise Kiss - votes: 1326 (14.4%)
Kimi wa Pet - votes: 1321 (14.3%)
Usagi Drop - votes: 1245 (13.5%)
There were 9226 total votes.
The poll ended: September 26th 2009

You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: Best Seinen
Choices:
Berserk - votes: 1829 (21%)
Tokyo Ghoul - votes: 1756 (20.1%)
One Punch Man - votes: 1515 (17.4%)
Monster - votes: 766 (8.8%)
Liar Game - votes: 616 (7.1%)
Hoshi no Samidare - votes: 498 (5.7%)
Vinland Saga - votes: 492 (5.6%)
Kingdom - votes: 452 (5.2%)
Vagabond - votes: 400 (4.6%)
Oyasumi Punpun - votes: 394 (4.5%)
There were 8718 total votes.
The poll ended: October 2nd 2015

The interesting thing was that the winner from 6 years ago was xxxHoLic, which scored pretty low during the nomination process.