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!

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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.

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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!

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

137 people for 216 unique series.

Here are the series that got a lot of nominations but didn't quite make the cut:
Real
Tokyo Ghoul:re
Otoyomegatari
20th Century Boys
Parasyte

If you're curious what happened 6 years ago:
xxxHoLic - votes: 3763 (34.6%)
Berserk - votes: 3099 (28.5%)
Yotsubato! - votes: 1609 (14.8%)
Mushishi - votes: 1215 (11.2%)
Vagabond - votes: 1180 (10.9%)
There were 10866 total votes.
The poll ended: September 19th 2009

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Previous Poll Results
Question: Best Shoujo
Choices:
Ouran High School Host Club - votes: 1385 (16.4%)
Skip Beat! - votes: 1336 (15.8%)
Natsume Yuujinchou - votes: 1070 (12.7%)
Akatsuki no Yona - votes: 935 (11.1%)
Akagami no Shirayuki-hime - votes: 540 (6.4%)
Last Game - votes: 509 (6%)
Ao Haru Ride - votes: 461 (5.5%)
Love So Life - votes: 415 (4.9%)
Kamisama Hajimemashita - votes: 395 (4.7%)
Basara - votes: 385 (4.6%)
Oresama Teacher - votes: 328 (3.9%)
Chang Ge Xing - votes: 236 (2.8%)
Koi dano Ai dano - votes: 235 (2.8%)
Glass Mask - votes: 206 (2.4%)
There were 8436 total votes.
The poll ended: September 26th 2015

For a while there it looked like Skip Beat was gonna win again. Guess not!

For Shoujo, we had 135 people give nominations for 196 unique series. This one doesn't have a clear cut winner, so no elimination of any series!

Here are the series that got a lot of nominations but didn't quite make the cut:
Fruits Basket
Ore Monogatari!!
Mars
Kaichou wa Maid-sama!
1/2 Prince
Kare Kano
Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun

If you're curious what happened 6 years ago:
Skip Beat! - votes: 4023 (31.8%)
Ouran High School Host Club (Ouran Koukou Host Club) - votes: 3211 (25.4%)
Fruits Basket (Furuba) - votes: 2839 (22.4%)
Hana Kimi (Hanazakari no Kimitachi e) - votes: 1447 (11.4%)
Mars - votes: 1140 (9%)
There were 12660 total votes.
The poll ended: September 12th 2009

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Best Shounen (besides One Piece)
Choices:
Fullmetal Alchemist - votes: 3149 (27.1%)
Hunter x Hunter - votes: 1549 (13.4%)
Naruto - votes: 1140 (9.8%)
Gintama - votes: 1117 (9.6%)
Attack on Titan - votes: 1025 (8.8%)
Shokugeki no Soma - votes: 934 (8.1%)
Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun - votes: 643 (5.5%)
Horimiya - votes: 630 (5.4%)
Black Butler - votes: 604 (5.2%)
Pandora Hearts - votes: 458 (3.9%)
Magi - The Labyrinth of Magic - votes: 350 (3%)
There were 11599 total votes.
The poll ended: September 18th 2015

And FMA wins! In case you never noticed, my forum avatar is from FMA.

We had 163 people who nominated the Best Shounen series! Each person was allowed up to 5 nominations, and they gave 208 unique series. One Piece basically automatically wins this one (which is also what happened 6 years ago) since almost 30% of the people nominated it for being the best. So in the interest of making the poll more intense, it's not one of the choices anymore!

Here are the series that got a lot of nominations but didn't quite make the cut:
Yotsubato!
Barakamon
Death Note
Kubera
D.Gray-man
Haikyu!!
Mahou Tsukai no Yome
Slam Dunk
Fairy Tail

If you're curious what happened 6 years ago:
One Piece - votes: 4138 (28.5%)
Fullmetal Alchemist - votes: 3455 (23.8%)
Death Note - votes: 2917 (20.1%)
Great Teacher Onizuka - votes: 2180 (15%)
Claymore - votes: 1812 (12.5%)
There were 14502 total votes.
The poll ended: September 5th 2009

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: If manga or novels were to be released freely online legally but was paid for by non-intrusive ads, would you support them by clicking on the ads?
Choices:
No, ad-blocker all the way - votes: 2788 (32.8%)
Yes, I'd click them all the time - votes: 733 (8.6%)
Yes, I'd click them once per chapter - votes: 2036 (24%)
Yes, but very seldom - votes: 2937 (34.6%)
There were 8494 total votes.
The poll ended: September 12th 2015

If you look at the order of the votes, they're in increasing order of more ads