This week's poll was suggested by Katsono, in response to last week's poll. I added the boba option though...

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: How do you like your coffee?
Choices:
Black - votes: 603 (14.9%)
Espresso - votes: 177 (4.4%)
Latte - votes: 581 (14.3%)
Cappuccino - votes: 396 (9.8%)
Americano - votes: 87 (2.1%)
Macchiato - votes: 113 (2.8%)
Mocha - votes: 353 (8.7%)
I don't drink coffee - votes: 1739 (42.9%)
There were 4049 total votes.
The poll ended: May 21st, 2022 9:31am PDT

Good, many of you are not addicted to caffeine. I had a roommate go through caffeine withdrawal at the beginning of the pandemic because he always had it at work but didn't know how to make coffee at home. He eventually learned and got his fix again.

Hi all,

It is our pleasure to announce the immediate release of the MangaUpdates API. Please click here to access it: https://api.mangaupdates.com

This release represents over two years of effort to modernize the site's codebase and put the foundation in place to bring this API to life. We know many of you have been asking for this for years, so it feels good to finally deliver.

If you have API suggestions, bugs, or comments, please use the following global API topic: MangaUpdates API Comments/Suggestions/Bugs.

Have a great weekend!
MU Staff

This week's poll was suggested by Sherryl. I'm not an expert in coffee (as I don't drink it), so I have no clue how many poll options I'm missing. I'm sure someone will tell me how wrong I am. If you are a coffee lover, some close friends of mine started a roasting company a few years ago: https://convocationcoffee.com/

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: You have the power to stop time. What do you choose to do first?
Choices:
Something funny - votes: 178 (6.1%)
Something greedy - votes: 548 (18.6%)
Something philanthropic or benevolent for others - votes: 229 (7.8%)
Something for self improvement - votes: 683 (23.2%)
Something erotic - votes: 397 (13.5%)
Something spiteful or for revenge - votes: 103 (3.5%)
Something mundane or useless - votes: 801 (27.3%)
There were 2939 total votes.
The poll ended: May 14th, 2022 8:17am PDT

I agree with a lot of people that you would first do something mundane just to test your powers.

Good evening,

MangaUpdates will have a scheduled downtime on May 13th, from 5pm to 7pm PDT (8pm to 10pm EDT) for database upgrades.

Thank you!

Hi all,

We discovered some issues with our latest update, so we will be postponing a couple days. Stay tuned for additional updates.

Thanks!

This week's poll was suggested by jacob66. Imagine you had the power to stop time whenever you wanted, and of course you could still do things while time was stopped. What would you do first with your powers?

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Non-Japanese Live-Action adaptations on average
Choices:
Finally got good - votes: 67 (3%)
Are almost respectable - votes: 128 (5.8%)
Are very slowly improving - votes: 546 (24.7%)
Still suck - votes: 1468 (66.5%)
There were 2209 total votes.
The poll ended: May 8th, 2022 12:00am PDT

Long way to go

Good evening,

MangaUpdates will have a scheduled downtime on May 11th, from 5pm to 7pm PDT (8pm to 10pm EDT) for database upgrades.

Thank you!

This week's poll was suggested by residentgrigo. We've recently (i.e., in the last few years) had Western adaptations of stuff like Cowboy Bebop, Alita: Battle Angel, Ghost in the Shell. Think these are a step in the right direction or just firing a miss?

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: How often do you look at the scanlation releases on MangaUpdates?
Choices:
Multiple times a day - votes: 602 (22.9%)
Once a day - votes: 399 (15.2%)
Few times a week - votes: 570 (21.7%)
Once a week or less - votes: 631 (24%)
Never - votes: 425 (16.2%)
There were 2627 total votes.
The poll ended: April 30th, 2022 3:31pm PDT

I don't think many of you realize that the red numbers for most recently chapter in your reading lists are driven by the releases that are added here

Good afternoon,

MangaUpdates will have a scheduled downtime tomorrow (April 28) from 5pm to 7pm PDT (8pm to 10pm EDT) for database upgrades.

Thank you for your consideration and patience!

This week's poll is a bit selfish. I'm planning on taking a less active role in MangaUpdates at some point in the future. Over the past 16 years, I've added about 40% of the releases historically, perhaps closer to 80% of the recent releases. Since it appears most people don't add releases themselves, we're trying to gauge how drastically my leave would affect the site.

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: You are given the chance to stop 1 major tragedy that happened in the past. Would you?
Choices:
Yes - votes: 1882 (63.8%)
No, you should not change the past - votes: 1068 (36.2%)
There were 2950 total votes.
The poll ended: April 23rd, 2022 7:29am PDT

I was amused by orochijes' "Time to save the Romanovs". I watched the animated Anastasia as a child.