Happy holidays! This week's poll was brought to you by our member Nyxsha. What are the worst parts of a protagonist? Maybe in the comments you can talk about the worst protagonist you've ever read?

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: What age do you prefer the protagonist being in a series?
Choices:
0-10 years old - votes: 79 (2.4%)
11-20 years old - votes: 651 (19.7%)
21-30 years old - votes: 2018 (60.9%)
31-40 years old - votes: 298 (9%)
41-50 years old - votes: 35 (1.1%)
51-60 years old - votes: 11 (0.3%)
61-70 years old - votes: 6 (0.2%)
71-80 years old - votes: 8 (0.2%)
81+ years old - votes: 35 (1.1%)
Immortal - votes: 171 (5.2%)
There were 3312 total votes.
The poll ended: December 23rd, 2023 8:49am PST

As the comments suggested, I really should have split some of the younger ages up better instead of by decade. Oh well

This week's poll was suggested by Karonhioktha. There's no "no preference" choice, so make a pick. This is similar to a poll we did in 2012 which had you choose the preferred age of the protagonist relative to yourself, where the top pick (outside of no preference) chose the option "Approximately the same age as me".

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: If you could choose which series world you would be isekaied into, which genre would it have?
Choices:
Romance - votes: 384 (15.7%)
Fantasy - votes: 620 (25.4%)
Harem - votes: 240 (9.8%)
Action - votes: 44 (1.8%)
Mystery - votes: 37 (1.5%)
Thriller - votes: 7 (0.3%)
Horror - votes: 11 (0.5%)
Adventure - votes: 156 (6.4%)
Comedy - votes: 147 (6%)
Sci-fi - votes: 141 (5.8%)
School life - votes: 62 (2.5%)
Gender bender - votes: 135 (5.5%)
Sports - votes: 19 (0.8%)
Martial arts - votes: 43 (1.8%)
Tragedy - votes: 8 (0.3%)
Mecha - votes: 54 (2.2%)
Something 18+ - votes: 336 (13.7%)
There were 2444 total votes.
The poll ended: December 16th, 2023 10:09am PST

No one wants the scary and sad stuff

This week's poll was suggested by Nyxsha. Say you were hit by a truck and somehow wake up in a manga universe. What genre is this series?

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: What's the sharpest thing in your bedroom?
Choices:
Weapon (sword, knife, spear, etc.) - votes: 580 (25.2%)
Writing tool (pen, pencil, etc.) - votes: 221 (9.6%)
Pins / Needles - votes: 212 (9.2%)
Office supplies (paper, scissors, box cutters, etc.) - votes: 694 (30.1%)
Gardening tools - votes: 12 (0.5%)
Grooming tools - votes: 99 (4.3%)
Construction tools - votes: 54 (2.3%)
Exposed nails, screws, or wires - votes: 29 (1.3%)
Keys - votes: 40 (1.7%)
Toys - votes: 16 (0.7%)
The edge of furniture - votes: 203 (8.8%)
Other - votes: 43 (1.9%)
My bedroom only has fluffy clouds and nothing is sharp - votes: 99 (4.3%)
There were 2302 total votes.
The poll ended: December 9th, 2023 9:41am PST

A surprising number of you keep weapons in your bedroom

This week's silly poll was suggested by thehamzatsuit. What's the sharpest thing in your bedroom? Maybe you sleep with a knife under your pillow.

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Favorite ice cream flavor?
Choices:
Chocolate - votes: 547 (17.5%)
Vanilla - votes: 511 (16.3%)
Strawberry - votes: 197 (6.3%)
Stracciatella - votes: 69 (2.2%)
Matcha/green tea - votes: 126 (4%)
Fruit (apple, lemon, mango, etc.) - votes: 267 (8.5%)
Nuts (walnuts, pistachio, etc.) - votes: 195 (6.2%)
Cookie (cookies & cream, cake, etc) - votes: 379 (12.1%)
Yogurt or buttermilk - votes: 37 (1.2%)
Alcoholic (rum, amaretto, etc.) - votes: 48 (1.5%)
Coffee - votes: 133 (4.3%)
Sweet (caramel, cotton candy, bubblegum, etc.) - votes: 124 (4%)
Mint - votes: 258 (8.3%)
Something else - votes: 183 (5.9%)
I don't like ice cream - votes: 53 (1.7%)
There were 3127 total votes.
The poll ended: December 2nd, 2023 10:29am PST

So in Neapolitan, strawberry loses

This week's poll was suggested by icassop. It was originally suggested during the summer, but it's (almost) winter now... There's way too many ice cream flavors out there, so of course it's not an exhaustive list.

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: What time do you normally wake up?
Choices:
12 AM - votes: 24 (0.6%)
1 AM - votes: 7 (0.2%)
2 AM - votes: 18 (0.5%)
3 AM - votes: 30 (0.8%)
4 AM - votes: 120 (3%)
5 AM - votes: 290 (7.3%)
6 AM - votes: 610 (15.3%)
7 AM - votes: 696 (17.5%)
8 AM - votes: 597 (15%)
9 AM - votes: 471 (11.8%)
10 AM - votes: 356 (8.9%)
11 AM - votes: 183 (4.6%)
12 PM - votes: 179 (4.5%)
1 PM - votes: 91 (2.3%)
2 PM - votes: 84 (2.1%)
3 PM - votes: 42 (1.1%)
4 PM - votes: 31 (0.8%)
5 PM - votes: 24 (0.6%)
6 PM - votes: 23 (0.6%)
7 PM - votes: 25 (0.6%)
8 PM - votes: 25 (0.6%)
9 PM - votes: 15 (0.4%)
10 PM - votes: 16 (0.4%)
11 PM - votes: 24 (0.6%)
There were 3981 total votes.
The poll ended: November 25th, 2023 7:38am PST

Now I wonder when most people are productive

This week's poll was suggested by Great. What time do you wake up on average, assuming some sort of regular schedule? I only listed every hour, so if you normally wake up at 8:30 AM, choose either 8 AM or 9 AM as your option. Up to you.

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: From the scanlation perspective, what is your current status?
Choices:
Scanlator - votes: 50 (2.2%)
Reader - votes: 1918 (86.1%)
Both - votes: 147 (6.6%)
Neither - votes: 112 (5%)
There were 2227 total votes.
The poll ended: November 18th, 2023 2:30pm PST

If neither, why are you here?

This week's poll was suggested by mlemaudit. You a scanlator? I used to be...

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: The glass is
Choices:
Half empty - votes: 1029 (47.1%)
Half full - votes: 1157 (52.9%)
There were 2186 total votes.
The poll ended: November 11th, 2023 6:32pm PST

We did the same poll back in 2010, and the results are pretty similar both times

This week's poll was suggested by LazyReviewer. How do you see a glass of water water halfway between empty and full?

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: When was the last time you actually read manga, manhua, or manhwa in physical print form?
Choices:
Within the last week - votes: 419 (14.8%)
Within the last month - votes: 288 (10.2%)
Within the last year - votes: 519 (18.4%)
Within the last decade - votes: 579 (20.5%)
More than a decade ago - votes: 360 (12.8%)
I've only ever read digitally - votes: 657 (23.3%)
There were 2822 total votes.
The poll ended: November 4th, 2023 7:48pm PDT

I'm surprised that almost 25% of you have never read physical manga

Our member 8-3 is wondering about the last time you read manga, manhua, or manhwa in physical form. Probably been more than a decade for me...

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Question: What religion were you raised in (even if you no longer practice)?
Choices:
Christian - Catholic - votes: 1109 (30%)
Christian - Protestant or Evangelical - votes: 525 (14.2%)
Christian - Orthodox - votes: 183 (4.9%)
Mormon - votes: 43 (1.2%)
Jehovah's Witness - votes: 43 (1.2%)
Christian - Other - votes: 199 (5.4%)
Jewish - votes: 57 (1.5%)
Muslim - Sunni - votes: 304 (8.2%)
Muslim - Shi'a - votes: 29 (0.8%)
Muslim - Other - votes: 26 (0.7%)
Hindu - votes: 136 (3.7%)
Sikh - votes: 15 (0.4%)
Buddhist - votes: 121 (3.3%)
Confucianist or Taoist - votes: 18 (0.5%)
Shinto - votes: 6 (0.2%)
Other religion - votes: 31 (0.8%)
Spiritual but not religious - votes: 75 (2%)
No religion - agnostic - votes: 310 (8.4%)
No religion - atheist - votes: 468 (12.7%)
There were 3698 total votes.
The poll ended: October 28th, 2023 2:22pm PDT

I'm surprised that more people were raised Catholic than agnostic/atheist combined

Our member juliarox214 is interested in what religion you grew up with. The actual poll options were copied from some other online poll I found

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: When you see the title "Prince of _", what word do you use to fill the blank?
Choices:
Tennis - votes: 1043 (35.8%)
Stride - votes: 18 (0.6%)
Persia - votes: 1076 (37%)
Egypt - votes: 269 (9.2%)
the City - votes: 5 (0.2%)
Darkness - votes: 316 (10.9%)
Other - votes: 184 (6.3%)
There were 2911 total votes.
The poll ended: October 21st, 2023 8:31am PDT

Do we have more gamers than shounen sport manga readers? I'll admit that I've never played a Prince of Persia game...