This week's poll is from our member drunkguy (who hopefully wasn't drunk when suggesting this). It's a fun little poll of no consequence except for the fate of your fictional daughter and heir to the throne.

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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: How important is manga to your life?
Choices:
Extremely! I can't get through day without it! - votes: 1327 (15.7%)
Very! I crave it, but a day or two without it won't hurt - votes: 4413 (52.3%)
So-so... I enjoy it every once in a while - votes: 2414 (28.6%)
Not that important. I prefer other forms of media - votes: 202 (2.4%)
0%. Why am I even here? - votes: 86 (1%)
There were 8442 total votes.
The poll ended: March 12th 2016

We are a manga site!

This week's poll is from Ameyer118. How important is manga to you right now?

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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: You start a new series that has a great plot but terrible artwork...
Choices:
Assuming plot stays good, I'll read it until the end! - votes: 5518 (70.3%)
I'll probably stop reading it eventually - votes: 1548 (19.7%)
Drop it right away - votes: 788 (10%)
There were 7854 total votes.
The poll ended: March 5th 2016

I guess most of us give it a chance...

This week's poll comes from Caedis. What if you read the first chapter of a new series and the story has a lot of promise but the artwork makes your eyes bleed. Would you still try to keep reading it or just give up?

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Your current main occupation status
Choices:
Student, no other job - votes: 3854 (40.5%)
Student, also working though - votes: 1357 (14.3%)
Part-time employee - votes: 459 (4.8%)
Full-time employee - votes: 2229 (23.4%)
Work multiple jobs - votes: 145 (1.5%)
Currently unemployed, but looking for work! - votes: 761 (8%)
Unemployed and not looking for work - votes: 620 (6.5%)
Retired - votes: 87 (0.9%)
There were 9512 total votes.
The poll ended: February 27th 2016

Very few old people and lots of young 'uns

This week's poll is from AlexiaLee. Everyone should be able to vote!

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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: Preferred publication frequency (per chapter)
Choices:
Weekly - votes: 3627 (51%)
Biweekly - votes: 743 (10.5%)
Monthly - votes: 639 (9%)
Bimonthly - votes: 75 (1.1%)
Quarterly - votes: 10 (0.1%)
A volume at a time - votes: 508 (7.1%)
The entire series in one go - votes: 1505 (21.2%)
There were 7107 total votes.
The poll ended: February 20th 2016

From a marketing perspective, the most popular option kinda sucks... Can't build that hype!

Another poll from residentgrigo (probably the last one in a while). This week, we're dealing with your preferred publication frequency per chapter. For example, many of the shounen series are weekly, but many other smaller series are monthly. The last option doesn't really happen in the real world, as far as I know (not counting oneshots and doujinshi here), but hey, I guess it'd be nice if it DID happen! Or you just get overwhelmed because now you have so many chapters to read at once...

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Question: For a completed series, do you skip to the ending for any reason?
Choices:
All the time - votes: 184 (2.1%)
Often - votes: 643 (7.5%)
Seldom - votes: 2765 (32.1%)
Never - votes: 5014 (58.3%)
There were 8606 total votes.
The poll ended: February 13th 2016

Spoiler alert! Don't read ahead! (Just kidding)

Another poll suggestion from residentgrigo. For a completed series, would you skip to the ending (and hopefully go back and read the middle)? Maybe to get rid of some suspense that's killing you? Or at least evaluate that the ending is any good?

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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: Are spin-off series worth it?
Choices:
Manga need to be standalone tales - votes: 1230 (19.5%)
Maybe just one spin-off - votes: 3792 (60%)
Lots of spin-offs is fine! - votes: 1295 (20.5%)
There were 6317 total votes.
The poll ended: February 6th 2016

Too much of a good thing is a bad thing...

This week's poll is from our member residentgrigo. What's your opinions on spin-off series? In case you don't know what those are, imagine a series coming to an end. You know that side character that's kinda interesting? Let's make a new series with just him and his new adventures.

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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: What's your preferred treatment of 2 page spreads in scanlations that don't align well?
Choices:
Keep them together but leave a gap in the middle - votes: 1887 (28.6%)
Keep them together and redraw the gap in the middle - votes: 1949 (29.5%)
Keep them together and put them side by side even if they don't line up - votes: 566 (8.6%)
Keep each page as a separate image - votes: 995 (15.1%)
No preference - votes: 1207 (18.3%)
There were 6604 total votes.
The poll ended: January 30th 2016

I'm amazed this was such a close vote. Before this poll, I really thought people would always prefer having the gap redrawn, but it appears lots of people also prefer preserving the gap.

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.

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: 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...