megami_girl Posted December 25, 2002 Posted December 25, 2002 ... [size=1][color=teal]Let's try to stick to writing [i]words[/i] in our posts. ;) -Syk3[/color][/size]
Guest Musahi Posted December 25, 2002 Posted December 25, 2002 Shoujo manga is manga directed towards girls. And Shonen is directed towards boys. :) :shifty: I think...
BunnyBunny05 Posted January 1, 2003 Posted January 1, 2003 Wow. I never heard of such things. The more I get into anime, the more I learn....one question. Why did they make separate ones (ones for boys and ones for girls)? :p :D :)
Rain Posted January 1, 2003 Posted January 1, 2003 [color=blue][size=1]BunnyBunny05, they're not really seperate ones, it's just that shonen manga has a plot/characters/whatever that will appeal to guys more than girls, and shojo manga appeals more to girls than guys.[/size][/color]
amiboshi Posted January 1, 2003 Posted January 1, 2003 Yeah, shoujo often has romance and the such in it, not to mention lots of bishonen that shonen doesn't always have. I highly prefer shoujo, but everyone's different. ;)
Yu Yu Hakusho! Posted January 2, 2003 Posted January 2, 2003 Shonen is for boys???????? I don't see anything wrong with Shonen Jump and I'm a girl. So then where's Shojo Jump??? ( I guess that would be a more "femine" approach to Yu Yu Hakusho or something......that would be wierd.
XxmagentaxX Posted January 2, 2003 Posted January 2, 2003 I always thought it was kind of obvious who it was aimed for... comsidering that Shoujo means girl and Shonen means boy... I personally prefer Shojou to Shonen.... But as Amiboshi said everyones different
amiboshi Posted January 2, 2003 Posted January 2, 2003 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Yu Yu Hakusho! [/i] [B]Shonen is for boys???????? I don't see anything wrong with Shonen Jump and I'm a girl. So then where's Shojo Jump??? ( I guess that would be a more "femine" approach to Yu Yu Hakusho or something......that would be wierd. [/B][/QUOTE] It doesn't quite work that way... Shoujo doesn't mean they change the manga or anything, they're just a label on manga that girls would enjoy more than boys... *can't tell if you were joking or not O.o* It's just looking at a romance story and saying "that's for girls", then looking at a fighting story and saying "that's for boys". Those are examples of course, but I mean it's just suggesting boys/girls would enjoy a story more. I think Animerica Extra has a lot more shoujo stuff in it, and Tokyopop used to publish "smile" that had shoujo stuff like Sailormoon, Peach Girl, and stuff like that. Animerica Extra has Fushigi Yuugi, which is big-shoujo, and Revolutionary Girl Utena, so they have some shoujo stuff there. But lots of girls like shonen stuff. Doesn't mean anything. ;) Simply (again) a label meaning boys might like it more than girls, or at least that's how I see it.
Yu Yu Hakusho! Posted January 2, 2003 Posted January 2, 2003 Oh, so basically more "girly" manga...like Sailor Moon. I personally don't like that kind of stuff, not much action or comedy. I guess I'll just stick with the guy stuff. So no changing the manga, just a totally different series. I'm sorry, but I'm not giving up Yu Yu Hakusho just to be more girly to read Sailor Moon...0_o
amiboshi Posted January 3, 2003 Posted January 3, 2003 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Yu Yu Hakusho! [/i] [B]Oh, so basically more "girly" manga...like Sailor Moon. I personally don't like that kind of stuff, not much action or comedy. I guess I'll just stick with the guy stuff. So no changing the manga, just a totally different series. I'm sorry, but I'm not giving up Yu Yu Hakusho just to be more girly to read Sailor Moon...0_o [/B][/QUOTE] Simply preference. ^-^ Although, there's stuff like "X/1999" by CLAMP that I'm not sure what it would be considered. There's angst and stuff, so I want to call it shoujo, but there's also a lot of fighting and gore. Just because it's [i]for[/i] girls, doesn't always mean it's "girly". Just like some girls are more girly than others...;)
eleanor Posted January 3, 2003 Posted January 3, 2003 And of course, they're are plenty of mangas that have Shoujo and Shonen mixed together. ..........I think.
BunnyBunny05 Posted January 4, 2003 Posted January 4, 2003 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Rain [/i] [B][color=blue][size=1]BunnyBunny05, they're not really seperate ones, it's just that shonen manga has a plot/characters/whatever that will appeal to guys more than girls, and shojo manga appeals more to girls than guys.[/size][/color] [/B][/QUOTE] Wow. I get it now. Thanx! :blush: :angel: :D There's a pic of Inuyasha here, YYH.
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