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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: How much time per week do you spend on manga and anime related activities (reading, watching, discussing, cosplay, fan fics, drawing, conventions, etc)?
Choices:
Less than 2 hours - votes: 904 (7.9%)
2-5 hours - votes: 1936 (16.9%)
5-10 hours - votes: 1939 (16.9%)
10-20 hours - votes: 2140 (18.7%)
20-30 hours - votes: 1435 (12.5%)
30-40 hours - votes: 899 (7.9%)
40+ hours - votes: 2188 (19.1%)
There were 11441 total votes.
The poll ended: January 18th 2014
Maybe I should have split the upper tier even more. My initial reasoning was because 40 hours is the typical work week for many people. I guess you would spend more time with a hobby than a job. Or perhaps all those people don't have jobs or are students...
Comments (limited to first 100 replies)
» kitty1826x on January 18th, 2014, 1:12am
Oh great it was added.
I love the MC pursuing a forbidden love interest. A family member's lover, a teacher, family member, kidnapper, someone who already is dating someone, etc. That would be my top preference.
hmmm I see teacher and student have been added, but I would still enjoy MC pursuing someone already in a relationship.
» Knightzomegaz on January 18th, 2014, 1:35am
» Nirhtuc on January 18th, 2014, 2:06am
» NightSwan on January 18th, 2014, 2:09am
Same sex romances are often called "forbidden" as well. ;p
In most cases, I'd prefer to see the heroine chase some girl, rather than some boring guy.
Other than that... I don't know? Someone who fits the character or at least makes an interesting story.
That's why I've given up on school life shoujo, since new or creative dynamics seldom happen.
To be perfectly honest, I'd like to see the character do other things beside pursuing romantic interests.
» Nirhtuc on January 18th, 2014, 2:06am
» dalek on January 18th, 2014, 2:19am
I voted "childhood friend", because since I like cute mangas, a love story about long-term friends is always good to read (I love how awkward people are in the beginning of a relationship...) and also the idea of what people call "friendzone", I like how the main character tries to get the attention of another person that only see her/him as a friend.
But I think I like this one more because there are more mangas about it, I have a hard time finding good mangas with a lot older guy x younger girl (like Miman Renai) or forbidden love (like Emma), so I probably love childhood friend more because a lot of shoujos use that romance-line.
» kitty1826x on January 18th, 2014, 2:21am
Forbidden can extent to a lot of things, and when I suggested it as an option, my main thought was a relationship deemed bad to society. Which I guess could extent to what you were saying.
Like lambchopsil said some of the choices sort of overlap. Which is why leaving a comment to explain why you picked what helps. (ex. You could explain which forbidden you meant)
Sidenote- Nirhtuc double posting is not allowed.
If you want to reply to someone you could just use the quotes and have your reply after the quotes.
(works great when you want to reply to more than one person in a single posting).
» tsuto on January 18th, 2014, 2:28am
» RoxFlowz on January 18th, 2014, 2:30am
Would vote for childhood friend, if I was looking for sweet romance. What about ghosts or other supernatural beings (like in Tasogare Otome X Amnesia) ? Should've merged the supernatural stuff together.
» Yuukii_Cross on January 18th, 2014, 2:59am
I voted for the childhood friend, because he is usually the one that ends up sufering (or finds a new love, best case scenario). But like I said above, this depends greatly on the manga itself, so my choice is more of a coincidence than a real opinion.
This aside, if I look at those types just as simple types, then I go with the Senpai. I love it when there is a not-too-big age gap between them.. you know, the guy is older, let's say 1-2-3 years older, but the relationship is still believable. I never quite understood why a 30-year old guy (male, company director or whatever else) who is NOT a pedophile would go for a 16-year old high school girl... oh well.
So my real vote goes for the senpai.
» KaoriNite on January 18th, 2014, 6:13am
I agree with you here. So many romances are cliched and predictable that I find myself wishing for the unexpected couple to end up together, just to make things different.
In the end, I chose forbidden love interest. In my case, I take it to mean enemies who fall in love.
» nunya_bishieness on January 18th, 2014, 4:12am
In this case I voted alien simply because that is something I haven't seen before.
» Lorska on January 18th, 2014, 4:47am
Yome ga Kore na Monde.
As for me there was no choice I could give 100% of my vote because I have seen various good and bad outcomes... I voted for same age, because the whole
teacher (how about no? it is a TEACHER! hands off either way!),
sibling (it's family! even though he/she is your adopted, half-sibling-half-cousin-hybrid that has no relation to you at all in the end what makes it somehow ok to date him/her),
love-at-first-sight stuff (that really isn't a reason, perhaps attraction-at-first-sight but not love...)
and that useless differentiation between senpai and kouhai (why would a person be x-times cooler just because he/she is one or two classes above? or y-times cuter just because he/she is one or two below?)
makes me kind of aggressive...
childhood friends are okay too but there are also the annoying types... And it was done way too often...
I would have voted either for the "down-to-earth" type or the "funny/crazy-supernatural-ability" type
» tactics on January 18th, 2014, 5:20am
I usually find myself sticking to the main guy x main girl formula. Sometimes it differs, depends on which girl I prefer, but yeah. Any one of those options can be the main person of pursuit xD
I decided to go with same age, but to be honest I don't really have much of preference.
» forgottenone666 on January 18th, 2014, 5:33am
» Knightzomegaz on January 18th, 2014, 7:12am
should really read other people’s post here in the news..
Uhm, I chose forbidden love(incest) simply because its kinda exciting, and you know everything about your partner(if you grew up together)
Edit:
I forgot, what I was saying is that I think the siblings should be merge in the ‘forbidden love’,
to narrow down the options..
» KaoriNite on January 18th, 2014, 9:59am
to narrow down the options..
I'm against this, but that's because of my personal bias against incest. And if you were to merge the incest into forbidden love, you'd have to do the same for the teacher and student options too.
» asdfffdsa on January 18th, 2014, 7:21am
» Miale on January 18th, 2014, 8:13am
» deadphoenix on January 18th, 2014, 8:50am
» destroyer_ck on January 18th, 2014, 9:19am
like it's been destined since the very beginning by God.
i mean, it's been destined by the mangaka of course.
Mangaka is the character's god, right?
» AceBunneh on January 18th, 2014, 9:48am
Honestly it's hard to say, because for me it depends on their personalities more than their back story. Dx
Moreover it also depends on the talent of the writer, as lately I've seen a ton of horribly done yanderes so I'm a bit hesitant to read any more, but there are some decent ones I'm sure..
Any who, it really depends on the personality, not the previous relationship to the main character.
» quark1020 on January 18th, 2014, 9:55am
Yes, I'm boring like that. I just feel that is what both characters deserve. Depending on the characters, of course.
» evilcleo on January 18th, 2014, 1:36pm
» -shiratori- on January 18th, 2014, 5:30pm
I agree. Childhood friends all the way!
» BaeSooky on January 18th, 2014, 12:32pm
» sara.. on January 18th, 2014, 5:41pm
especially if the lead MALE was the First to fall in love
» autumnsgrace on January 18th, 2014, 6:10pm
» Turbophoenix on January 19th, 2014, 10:30pm
» mg05 on January 20th, 2014, 6:50am
but if i had to choose between the other... it really depends if the MC is a boy or a girl.
also i miss a choice for the supposed looser/winner relationship. (i.e. Kuroyukihime/Haruyuki Arita).
» mysstris on January 20th, 2014, 11:43am
» gwkimmy on January 20th, 2014, 9:51pm
it's cool in other genres too, but like someone said, it gets really annoying when its the cliched "you promised to marry me and you forgot!!!" garbage. cant they just start friends and slowly develop feelings as they get older?
other times i like older female/younger male 8D
» Cherelle Ashlee on January 21st, 2014, 3:00pm
» sidzero on January 21st, 2014, 8:24pm
» mysstris on January 24th, 2014, 5:14pm
» Sogno on January 21st, 2014, 8:34pm
childhood romances are lame imo, i don't even remember who i was friends with as a child and am amazed at how this is such a common theme... surely i'm not the only one with a bad memory.
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