Over the last couple of weeks, there's been some disputes between the scanlation group Yo Manga and the aggregate/scanlation group heymanga.xyz.

• YoManga accused HeyManga of using their raws without credit and hosting their releases without permission. And apparently the hosting is automated, as I've seen it happen within minutes of the release going up...
• HeyManga ignores the accusations and threatens with DDoS
• YoManga's site goes down due to DDoS (although no one can pin it on HeyManga)
• When YoManga comes back up, they start hosting HeyManga's releases without permission (and removing HeyManga's credit pages)

So it's basically like fighting fire with fire. Neither side appears to be letting up. Even earlier today, YoManga put up HeyManga's releases of Si-Eun.

In response, we've removed all of both groups' releases from MangaUpdates.

Life happens, and Japanzai is now leaving the scene.

More info here: https://t.co/Gs0i9laaag

This week's poll comes from our member KaoriNite. It may not seem so black and white to you, but the poll only has 2 options for a reason

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 American comics?
Choices:
Lots, and more than manga! - votes: 160 (1.9%)
Lots, but I read more manga - votes: 615 (7.3%)
Just a little - votes: 2684 (31.8%)
Never have - votes: 2105 (25%)
Does watching superhero movies count? - votes: 2864 (34%)
There were 8428 total votes.
The poll ended: May 15th 2016

Looks like very few of us have ready American comics.

This week's poll was suggested by our member residentgrigo. You read any American comics? I guess the most well known are Marvel and DC, but there's plenty of other stuff out there. And Captain America: Civil War just came out! (Great movie, by the way. I highly recommend you watch it).

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: Which of the following categories is the most important to you?
Choices:
Strong Female Lead - votes: 1792 (20.1%)
Adapted to Anime - votes: 174 (2%)
Childhood Friend/s - votes: 227 (2.6%)
Strong Male Lead - votes: 889 (10%)
Age Gap - votes: 242 (2.7%)
Love Triangle/s - votes: 150 (1.7%)
Collection of Stories - votes: 121 (1.4%)
Character Growth - votes: 3288 (37%)
Possessive Lover/s - votes: 593 (6.7%)
Student/s - votes: 77 (0.9%)
Special Ability/ies - votes: 583 (6.6%)
Rape - votes: 335 (3.8%)
Dead Family Member/s - votes: 27 (0.3%)
Glasses-Wearing Male Lead - votes: 125 (1.4%)
Tsundere - votes: 274 (3.1%)
There were 8897 total votes.
The poll ended: May 7th 2016

So if the series has a strong female lead that grows a lot, then we're golden?

This week's poll was suggested by Trimutius. The categories listed are the top 15 most agreed categories, which is why "Rape" is there... For that option in particular, if you like, you can treat it as "most important because I want to avoid it"... Let's just say there's a lot of hentai and doujinshi in the database.

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: How long between releases before you forget what was happening in the story?
Choices:
A couple of weeks - votes: 1487 (19.6%)
A couple of months - votes: 2546 (33.6%)
Half a year or so - votes: 1619 (21.3%)
Over a year - votes: 1023 (13.5%)
I never forget - votes: 617 (8.1%)
I only read completed series - votes: 295 (3.9%)
There were 7587 total votes.
The poll ended: April 29th 2016

For those monthly series, I often forget what happened in the previous chapter...

This week's poll was suggested by jacob66. The phrasing is a bit odd, but basically how long does it take for you to forget what was happening in a series? I'm not talking about memorizing every single detail though. By forgetting, I mean forgetting what happened in the last couple of chapters or so, to the point that you feel like you should re-read those previous chapters just to understand what's going on in the current chapter.

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: What kind of ending do you prefer?
Choices:
Happy - votes: 3992 (42.5%)
Unhappy - votes: 54 (0.6%)
Tragic - votes: 390 (4.2%)
Ambiguous - votes: 179 (1.9%)
Open ended - votes: 207 (2.2%)
Surprising / Plot twist - votes: 750 (8%)
Abrupt / Rushed - votes: 28 (0.3%)
Any ending (as long as it's not rushed) - votes: 3792 (40.4%)
There were 9392 total votes.
The poll ended: April 22nd 2016

Happy = good

This week's poll is from sk_shankar11. Any preference in how you'd like a series to end? I bet most will either want a happy ending!

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: How many manga chapters do you read weekly?
Choices:
1-10 - votes: 2279 (28.6%)
11-20 - votes: 1572 (19.7%)
21-50 - votes: 1635 (20.5%)
51-100 - votes: 1074 (13.5%)
101-200 - votes: 577 (7.2%)
201-500 - votes: 378 (4.7%)
501+ - votes: 466 (5.8%)
There were 7981 total votes.
The poll ended: April 15th 2016

How many of you that voted 501+ are lying?... You seriously read that much?...

This week's poll comes from miskatsura. So purely for bragging rights, how much manga do you read a week right now? To be perfectly honest right now, I only read about 10 chapters a week...

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: Have you ever tried to contact an author or mangaka (for any novel, manga, comic, etc)?
Choices:
Yes, and I got a reply back! - votes: 364 (5%)
Yes, but no response... - votes: 274 (3.7%)
Never tried - votes: 6683 (91.3%)
There were 7321 total votes.
The poll ended: April 8th 2016

More people got replies than not. That's good!

Yet another poll from myrt... For this week's poll, have you ever tried to contact (phone, email, letter, etc) an author or mangaka? This could be for any novel, book, manga, comic, etc.

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

Question: How many times have you reread your most reread series?
Choices:
I've never reread a series - votes: 1108 (11.8%)
Reread once - votes: 1062 (11.3%)
Twice - votes: 1059 (11.3%)
Three times - votes: 1741 (18.6%)
4-10 - votes: 3165 (33.8%)
11-20 - votes: 598 (6.4%)
20+ - votes: 642 (6.8%)
There were 9375 total votes.
The poll ended: April 1st 2016

Dang, a lot of you reread a bunch of stuff! I'm curious for those people who answered 20+, how long are those series?...

In a few days is the infamous April Fools' Day (April 1st). At MU, we [color=red]WILL NOT[/color] tolerate any fake/joke releases being reported/announced to us (on any day, not just April Fools). If we, by accident, allow a fake release to get through, please report the mistake to us (either via a [sitelink=submit.html?act=add_change]Change Request[/sitelink] form, through the forum, post a comment in this news post, or you can email me at lambchopsil[at]mangaupdates[dot]com if you are not a registered member here).

As you have been warned against doing it, if we discover a person still attempting to post a joke release here, that person will be dealt with. Severe action will be taken upon that scanlation group.

Thank you for considering our request to remain as accurate as possible for our members.

Some people seem to think this news post is a joke or something similar. I assure you, I am being totally serious. Don't take it lightly.

And we can figure out if someone is trying to frame a group. We're not naive, so don't even try.