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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Optimal story length
Choices:
Lots of volumes with short chapters - votes: 1203 (11.5%)
Lots of volumes with long chapters - votes: 5142 (49%)
Just a few volumes with short chapters - votes: 371 (3.5%)
Just a few volumes with long chapters - votes: 3777 (36%)
There were 10493 total votes.
The poll ended: February 2nd 2013
Due to the low numbers, it seems like less and less people are voting on these polls. Probably my fault...
Comments (limited to first 100 replies)
» quark1020 on February 2nd, 2013, 12:57am
Some are pretty good, but whether the story continues or not depends upon the whims of the author, and you'll be lucky if the story continues at all, or get new chapters every other year.
» OtakuMadness on February 2nd, 2013, 1:11am
I suppose I just don't feel like going through the thousands available out there just to find, what might not even be, one decent read. Gave up on that idea long ago.
Edit: oh how times have changed, I am now an avid ff reader xD
» CatzCradle on February 2nd, 2013, 1:12am
I used to read a lot of fanfics, but now only when I'm desperate for a certain pairing and I've exhausted all my other sources.
» yarn on February 2nd, 2013, 1:31am
» strixflash on February 2nd, 2013, 2:06am
There is only one series whose fanfics I read. So it isn't that much difficult to complete them. Noblesse has got many talented fans whose fanfics are really worth reading.
» ColorlessHuman on February 2nd, 2013, 5:58am
Although i'm okay with doujinshis.
» Dionaea on February 2nd, 2013, 8:14am
» BaeSooky on February 2nd, 2013, 9:11am
By now they should probably be kept to a biweekly or monthly affair. There aren't that many manga-related poll topics to cover that will interest the masses every week~ Maybe it is time to do the 'Best of x' polls~ : D
» lambchopsil on February 2nd, 2013, 10:44am
By now they should probably be kept to a biweekly or monthly affair. There aren't that many manga-related poll topics to cover that will interest the masses every week~ Maybe it is time to do the 'Best of x' polls~ : D
We got plenty of poll suggestions though. They'll just keep getting backed up if we don't do every week
» Dekcah on February 2nd, 2013, 10:04am
» lambchopsil on February 2nd, 2013, 10:43am
Typically no
» Dekcah on February 2nd, 2013, 12:05pm
Personally I'd think it would be interesting to see how much of the community reads doujinshi.
» quark1020 on February 2nd, 2013, 12:10pm
Personally, I read them for the pr0ns.
» lambchopsil on February 2nd, 2013, 1:08pm
Question: Do you read doujinshi?
Choices:
Yes - votes: 7586 (58.7%)
No - votes: 4054 (31.4%)
What are doujins? - votes: 1283 (9.9%)
There were 12923 total votes.
The poll ended: January 16th 2010
» BlackOrion on February 2nd, 2013, 10:50am
Manga tends to have a clear ending so i really don't care about fics for that.
» JustPassingBy on February 2nd, 2013, 11:46am
» achyif on February 2nd, 2013, 12:05pm
Fanfics, AUs, etc., all seem kind of fake to me, as in they never ever happen or even will happen in the universe of the actual characters. In addition, they also do stuff that the author would never do or allow. They're characters based on what the fanfic writer or fanbase thinks they should be instead of who they really are.
I don't mind the occasional "what if," but arghhhh.... I hate reading fanfics because in my head they just aren't real.
It's why I don't usually read mangas that are based off of novels and animes and why I'm bothered when any kind of work remade in another medium doesn't exactly follow the original, like in movie/anime adaptations (though I do concede necessary budget/production changes)
» kirabook on February 2nd, 2013, 1:22pm
For example, Naruto. My favorite types or Naruto fanfictions are ones involving his father. Given we have 2 movies where Naruto somehow meets his father and various loopholes within the manga itself that allow for this to happen, I don't find most fanfictions like that to be too far fetched.
I read others that change everything (or almost everything) when I have nothing else to do, but there are a few goods ones in the mess of not so good ones.
While not a manga (although it technically is) I also read (and write) Kingdom Hearts fanfiction. As long as you have a Disney movie, anything is possible in that universe.
I can't say I've read any other fanfictions for other series. I tried a D.Gray Man one once, but I didn't like it at all and most of them seemed highly uninteresting. That's about it really, nothing but Kingdom Hearts and Naruto.
I'd also like to add, I generally do not enjoy fanfictions that have pairings that aren't already canon. I mean, of course there are some that I really like, but majority of the time, it doesn't feel right whether I like the pairing or not, so I don't read them.
» Peppermint on February 2nd, 2013, 4:33pm
» strixflash on February 2nd, 2013, 6:49pm
» airichan on February 2nd, 2013, 10:28pm
Like Peppermint, to me it's just another form of entertainment. As long as a piece is well-written, I don't have any qualms about most types if fanfics. Unless the story is AU or crack, I do like the people to be as in character as possible and for it to be within the realm of possible according to the original universe. I also think there needs to be a love for the canon and that a writer should make sure they are knowledgeable about the source material. But I don't mind stories about unusual pairings or side pairings. A lot of times, the people who write for those characters have the most interesting and well thought-out ideas. I have read many a fanfiction piece that actually surpassed the material it was based upon. Of course, I have also read some that were completely terrible. But that is not unlike my experience with manga in general- some good, some great, some ugly.
And like kirabook, I tend to read fics for fandoms that have a large world and set of characters (like Naruto, Bleach or A:TLA). In the original material, there are usually many characters and situations that are not fully explored. This leaves a lot of 'wiggle room' for great ideas. Someone else mentioned they don't read fanfiction because that's what imagination is for. I don't disagree that that is true for them. But I would say that for me, writing fanfiction is a way to give my own imagination form and I enjoying seeing what others do with their imagination.
» frodfy on February 3rd, 2013, 5:04pm
» Transdude1996 on February 3rd, 2013, 5:12pm
» drunkguy on February 3rd, 2013, 9:21pm
» gwkimmy on February 3rd, 2013, 10:15pm
» Rashidisw on February 4th, 2013, 6:17am
my personal reasons:
Differing style than whan used by original authors, be it in drawing, plot/story flows, settings, characters personalities, character speech patterns, characters development, etc...
Whenever i read them, my mind keep telling me: "knockoff, faker"
the more i like the original series, the inner voice get even louder.
There are exceptions though, which happens when the fanficion authors were involved somewhat in actual original series making,
usually happens when the mangaka's assistents decided to release derived works as fanfiction and not as official side stories/gaiden.
The quality of these 'exceptions' releases are way different than some stranger fanfictions.
» amaranthine on February 7th, 2013, 12:59pm
» Lenalee-hime on February 11th, 2013, 2:33am
» Badkarma on February 11th, 2013, 3:06am
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