This week's poll was suggested by jacob66. Assuming you reread some series, do you have those rose-colored glasses on in your memory? I feel it happens more often with stuff you've experienced as a child. Your young self didn't know any better and didn't have as many good comparisons, so too many things were considered "good." Then when you re-experience it as an adult, you get less pleasure out of it.
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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Do you floss?
Choices:
Never - votes: 1188 (30.1%)
Rarely - votes: 1238 (31.4%)
Every few days - votes: 592 (15%)
Once a day - votes: 766 (19.4%)
After every meal - votes: 162 (4.1%)
There were 3946 total votes.
The poll ended: May 23rd 2020
I remember seeing an AskReddit asking older redditors what they would like to tell younger redditors. One of the more common answers was to floss daily and take care of your teeth because dental replacements aren't the same as real teeth.
I'm a huge fan of Humble Bundle, and the latest one deals with manga. I realize that many of you probably don't want to spend money to read manga, but this one supports charity. If you spend at least $20 USD, you'll get more or less the complete collections of these series:
Space Brothers
Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad
Love Hina
To Your Eternity
Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
Parasyte
Your Lie in April
Princess Jellyfish
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Not the dance. The process of cleaning your mouth. This PSA poll was suggested by achyif. You should floss.
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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: How old are you?
Choices:
10 or under - votes: 39 (0.5%)
11-13 - votes: 127 (1.6%)
14-17 - votes: 712 (8.8%)
18-20 - votes: 1300 (16.1%)
21-23 - votes: 1365 (16.9%)
24-27 - votes: 1655 (20.5%)
28-30 - votes: 1123 (13.9%)
31-35 - votes: 980 (12.1%)
36-40 - votes: 357 (4.4%)
41-50 - votes: 187 (2.3%)
51-60 - votes: 57 (0.7%)
61-70 - votes: 26 (0.3%)
71+ - votes: 163 (2%)
There were 8091 total votes.
The poll ended: May 16th 2020
You can compare this with the old results from 6 years ago: https://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=45825
As residentgrigo suggested, our last age poll was a little over 6 years ago. Has the users of the site aged up? Or have people stopped reading manga and just gotten replaced by new people?
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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: If a non-Japanese person that lives in Japan made a comic, would you still consider it "manga"?
Choices:
Only if it had manga-style artwork - votes: 1807 (36.4%)
Only if it was published by a Japanese company or made for the Japanese manga market - votes: 1538 (31%)
Only if they had help from Japanese assistants - votes: 16 (0.3%)
Only if they were originally born in Japan - votes: 44 (0.9%)
Only if it was written in Japanese - votes: 423 (8.5%)
Not at all - votes: 152 (3.1%)
Yes, absolutely - votes: 989 (19.9%)
There were 4969 total votes.
The poll ended: May 9th 2020
Now what makes an anime?
Our member vigorousjammer poses a question: what makes a manga? Is it a certain art style? Is it just the language? Is it Japanese culture? Is it something else? Of course the options in the poll aren't exhaustive and have a bunch of exclusions with "only", but choose the option that best fits you, and feel free to discuss the intricacies of your answer here in this thread!
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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Pol Results:
Question: What kind of mobile phone do you primarily use?
Choices:
KaiOS - votes: 3 (0.1%)
Windows - votes: 33 (0.8%)
BlackBerry - votes: 9 (0.2%)
Symbian - votes: 7 (0.2%)
Flip phone - votes: 69 (1.7%)
Other - votes: 52 (1.3%)
I don't use mobile phones - votes: 167 (4.1%)
iOS - votes: 958 (23.5%)
Android - votes: 2772 (68.1%)
There were 4070 total votes.
The poll ended: May 2nd 2020
Who are the 3 people that have KaiOS?
This week's poll was suggested by juliarox214. Not much to discuss about this one.
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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: In a straight romance story, who should be the one initiating the marriage proposal (i.e., buy the ring and get down on one knee)?
Choices:
It doesn't matter - votes: 2623 (58.7%)
Simultaneously - votes: 252 (5.6%)
Whichever is the "side" character - votes: 95 (2.1%)
Whichever is the "main" character - votes: 418 (9.4%)
The girl - votes: 133 (3%)
The guy - votes: 945 (21.2%)
There were 4466 total votes.
The poll ended: April 25th 2020
I wonder if the answer would change if you were the one in the relationship.
DandelionLilyPetals suggested this followup poll. Instead of confessions, how about marriage proposals?
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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: In a straight romance story, who should confess first?
Choices:
Simultaneously - votes: 323 (6.1%)
Neither ever confess - votes: 126 (2.4%)
Whichever is the "main" character - votes: 631 (11.8%)
Whichever is the "side" character - votes: 208 (3.9%)
It doesn't matter - votes: 3300 (62%)
The girl - votes: 221 (4.1%)
The guy - votes: 517 (9.7%)
There were 5326 total votes.
The poll ended: April 18th 2020
Will marriage proposals matter more than confessions? Find out next week!
This week's poll was suggested by DandelionLilyPetals. Does gender matter in determining who confesses first?
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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Is it important to you that your partner / significant other is into manga/anime?
Choices:
No, it doesn't matter at all - votes: 2434 (72.4%)
I prefer them to not like manga/anime - votes: 87 (2.6%)
Yes, but it doesn't matter what they like, as long as it's manga/anime - votes: 676 (20.1%)
Yes, and they have to like similar things that I do - votes: 166 (4.9%)
There were 3363 total votes.
The poll ended: April 11th 2020
A true survey would also ask about physical attractiveness, personality, age, religion, other interests...
This week's poll was suggested by imt0203. Does similar interests in manga/anime matter to you when choosing a significant other? How about other interests?
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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Are you more likely to read a comic in which the names have been "localized" for English audiences, like Yukito Tsukishiro to Julian Star?
Choices:
No, the names don't match the characters and their cultures - votes: 2117 (59.7%)
No, I can typically learn to recognize characters - votes: 590 (16.6%)
It doesn't matter - votes: 661 (18.6%)
Yes, they're less confusing - votes: 128 (3.6%)
Yes, they're more relatable - votes: 49 (1.4%)
There were 3545 total votes.
The poll ended: April 4th 2020
To be honest, when I'm reading novels I have a hard time keeping all the Korean and Chinese names straight.
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, send me a private message, 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.
