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09-04-2011, 03:46 AM

Apparently this dojinshi held a vote, presumably amongst its readers, covering various topics (which I have translated below). A translation of the pictures you uploaded to Photobucket follows. (While I understand there are probably extant romanizations for the characters' names, since I'm unfamiliar with this comic, I'm just going to transcribe the katakana. My comments, when necessary, are in parentheses.):

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1. Other than Rasu, please rate your 3 favorite characters (#1 = 3 points; #2 = 2 points; #3 = 1 point)
*As for why we're excluding Rasu, since he would be certainly be rated #1 and that's not very interesting for a survey, we omitted him.

(Following this are the survey results, with character popularity ranked in points rather than number of votes as per the above noted point system. The drawings on the pages appear to be fan-submitted artwork.)

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2. Among the covers, back covers, and posters of the (special) books, which volume is your favorite?
At the time of this survey there were only 8 volumes, hence the tally only includes these 8.

(The results are then presented in the order of front covers, back covers, and finally posters in separate sections. The result format is presented as rank, volume, and number of votes, with what appear to be some reasons given, presumably by the voters, as to why they voted for that cover/back cover/poster. For example, the very first result in the front cover category reads "1位 第2巻 105票", which translates to "#1 - Volume 2 - 105 votes". The reasons given below this first entry read (I would assume that each sentence is a reason from a different person): "Chibi-rasu (presumably a cute deformed drawing of the Rasu character) is cute. Because he (?) is with the one and only Kryuga. I like the soft touch. Because it made me a fan of Oshiage-sensei (Oshikami? The name is in kanji; both pronunciations are possible).

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(Above this is a continuation of the results for the posters from the last page.)

3. What's your favorite scene in the (special) books?
Ranking by scene would be pretty difficult so we decided to rank by volume.

(Following this is, of course, the ranking of the volumes, using almost the same format for presenting the results as the last question, with rank, volume, and number of votes presented, followed by a brief description of several of the scenes from that volume.)

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4. Let's think together about DK character data.
Height and weight are presented as averages. We haven't dared to publish information on characters with little data.

(Following this is data for various characters presented in the format of height, weight, possible blood types and possible birth months. Presumably, the blood type and birth months of these characters is unknown. The possibilities are ranked 1 to 3, suggesting either that they were voted on or are just how the writers of this comic ranked their own guesses. The heights and weights are also said to be averages, suggesting they are averages of what the readers voted for or, again, averages of the writers' ideas. As an example, the very first entry is for the Rasu chracter, and reads:

身長:169.6cm 体重:54.6kg
血液型:1位 AB型 2位 A型 3位 B型
誕生月: 1位 1月 2位 12月 3位 2月

Which would translate as:

(Possible) Height: 169.6 cm (Possible) Weight: 54.6 kg
(Possible) Blood Type: #1: AB; #2 A; #3 B
(Possible) Birth Month: #1 January; #2 December; #3 February)

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(Above is a continuation of the results from page 4)

5. If the characters from DK were flowers, what flower would they be?

(Following this is a ranking of the flowers and the number of votes that flower received for each character.)

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(Page 6 continues to present the answers to question 5 from the previous page.)

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6. If you could date a character from DK, who would it be, where would you go, and what would you do?

(Following this is the rank each character achieved in relation to this question and the number of votes they received, below which is some examples of what people would do and where they would go on dates. For example, for the #1 ranked character, Rasu, ideas for dates were: "Exterminate the goblins (or devils or whatever) together. Go to a deserted island. Take a nap in a forest with clear air and a tiny spring. At a pure spring, erase Rasu's memories and make him my own. Go to Tokyo Disneyland. Go to a haunted house (usually means the amusement attraction type, not a real one). Go to an amusement park and a zoo. Go to an arcade. Go bowling. Hang out and talk in my room. Go to the beach."

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(Above this is a continuation of answers to the question from the previous page.)

7. What do you think of DK yaoi (you probably already know, but yaoi are semi-fan fiction manga taking the male characters of a popular series and having them fall in love with each other, often with explicitly sexual results. In the original text, the "o" in yaoi is omitted as if yaoi were a dirty word. Following the question are the possible answers I assume readers were able to choose from, that answer's rank, and the number of votes it received. Possible answers were: 1) Like. 2) Depends on the content. 3) Can't say. 4) Hate it. 5) Unthinkable for DK. 6) Other. Below this are some example reasons and conditions readers gave with their answers, such as "It would be okay only if Rasu were on the receiving end.")

8. Let's put the DK characters in cosplay!

(Following this are the top-ranked series to have the DK characters cosplay in and the number of votes received, followed by some example characters from that series for the DK series characters to dress up as. #1 is Gundam.

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(A continuation of results from the previous question. #2 is a series called ふるうに剣心 (furu ni kenshin). #3 is Sailor Moon. #4 is Battle Arena Toshinden. #5 is King of Fighters. Following this is several honorable mentions. At the bottom of the last page is an announcement of people who have won prizes for participating in the survey.)
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