| to read more shoujo manga than most girls? There are all these annoying asian girls at my school who are complete weaboos but as it turns out I've read more shoujo manga than all of them combined, and I rarely mention anime/manga in my daily social life (it's more of a personal hobby). Is it weird for a guy to like shoujo manga that much? |
| I wouldn't say it's weird, just not all that socially acceptable. |
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| Yeah, I don't know why but I can't keep away from shoujo, and other mangas focused solely on romance and drama.... It's not like I don't read anything else but idk, i really like the feeling of the heart throb that shoujo manga can sometimes give. Currently I'm waiting on English scans for Suki desu suzuki-kun...haven't read such a heartfelt manga in a long time + there is drama <3 |
| Don't worry I'm a dude and with you all the way..Nothing to be ashamed of ! I especially love to read Shoujo Ai, idk I find them very relaxing even with the heart throb haha |
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| Having read only a handle of of shoujo manga, while the rest I found no interest in, I can't really say. However, even if it's weird, fuck it! What's wrong with liking strange shit? Lololol |
| Fuck society norms and dgaf what anyone else thinks |
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| Shojo manga is great, never be embarrassed or ashamed to love it. |
| it totally by taste. Of course I also know a guy who read a lot of shojo manga, and less shonen in comparison. Outside of that, he is perfectly normal. |
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FGAU1912 said: no beacuse im the same because i like romace manga and shounen romance manga REDACTED ... What |
| No. Is it weird for girls to like shounen? I love both shonen and shoujo, as long as they are good. |
| The writer who penned Clashing Feelings. You can buy the light novel on Amazon. |
| Girls read shonen too you know. |
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| Who gives a shit what the target demographic is? |
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| I like Faster than A Kiss and I don't think that's non-natural. :D |
| Use that Shoujo knowledge to get the weebo girls all over you. |
| Shoujo romance > shounen romance. It might be weird. But then again, reading manga in and of itself is kind of weird. Outside Japan at least. |
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| Where's the 'who cares?' option. Read whatever you want to read. |
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
YorozuyaGinSan said: I wouldn't say it's weird, just not all that socially acceptable. Reading manga at all isn't "socially acceptable" in America. Nobody cares what demographic it falls under. |
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ArcAdeAlchemist said: Use that Shoujo knowledge to get the weebo girls all over you. Not interested in antisocial ugly asian girls who think they are cool sorry :c |
| To answer your question: yes, it is weird for a guy to read a lot of shoujo manga. However, this does not mean it is a bad thing. Keep on reading as long as you enjoy it and do not let others hinder your hobby. |
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| Nah man! not weird at all. Just not what most people expect. If you ask me, there's nothing wrong with a girl reading lots of shounen, so the same should be said for guys. |
kuuderes_shadow said: Where's the 'who cares?' option. Read whatever you want to read. I voted "no," but I would have picked that option if it existed. I know male persons younger and older that read shoujo manga; one of them is a Marine and took some copies of "Fruits Basket" and "Skip Beat!" with him to read in Afghanistan. I know girls who read hardcore pornographic dojinshi aimed at creepy middle-aged otaku; one of them went to Japan, proudly marched into a shop in Akiba and bought a stack of them two feet tall. (In all fairness though, she admitted receiving some odd looks from both the TSA agents going through her stuff and said otaku in the dojin-shop in Akiba). Everyone accepts them for who they are, not everyone is friends with them, but no one actively looks down upon them. As if reading some cutesy comics was enough to be 'weird' anyway. If you want to see some real nut cases, just turn on C-SPAN and watch the US Congress at work. |
| Read whatever you want. Other people's opinions shouldn't bother you at all. |
| It depends how many manga in total you have read |
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bunny_lover said: It depends how many manga in total you have read About 40-60 series off the top of my head in the last 6 or so months? (Idk if that is a lot but...) and I read a lot of manga, and I don't really read a ton of shojo compared to others proportionally but I feel like I read it way more than I should (I'd say around 40% of what I read is shojo) |
acorns said: I'd say it's fine. When I started seriously reading manga at grade 10, I also read some shoujo, or even gender-bender ones... I think I was one step away from reading BL. Fortunately I stopped myself before that.bunny_lover said: It depends how many manga in total you have read About 40-60 series off the top of my head in the last 6 or so months? (Idk if that is a lot but...) and I read a lot of manga, and I don't really read a ton of shojo compared to others proportionally but I feel like I read it way more than I should (I'd say around 40% of what I read is shojo) |
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FGAU1912 said: It's not socially acceptable because it's not widely available or popular. It has nothing to do with being from Japan.TallonKarrde23 said: YorozuyaGinSan said: I wouldn't say it's weird, just not all that socially acceptable. Reading manga at all isn't "socially acceptable" in America. Nobody cares what demographic it falls under. peopel in the us are racists becuase the fact its socially acceptable" to read us comics but not art from another nation Pokemon is completely socially acceptable. Because it's a popular television show, and even more popular video game. Nintendo is socially acceptable. Toyota is socially acceptable. Sushi is socially acceptable. Manga is unpopular because it's own unpopularity perpetuates itself. Also, reading right to left is not what anybody is used to. |
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| No it isn't. Because girls read Shounen manga too. I'm a girl, I like to read both :) |
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bennitori said: Nah man! not weird at all. Just not what most people expect. If you ask me, there's nothing wrong with a girl reading lots of shounen, so the same should be said for guys. Yup, agreed. |
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| There is nothing wrong for a dude liking shoujo manga. We are free to like anything we want, aren't we? although sometimes socially unacceptable. So don't give two shits about what people say about your hobby |
| I don't mind shoujo series, but most of the time they have those horrible traits in their drawing style which I hate. That aside, it isn't weird. |
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Giotto_Kazuto said: That is a surprisingly interesting point. Most of the anime/manga-watching girls I know read mostly shounen only.No it isn't. Because girls read Shounen manga too. I'm a girl, I like to read both :) sherlock5545 said: I have to admit, shoujo art aren't for guys most of the time.I don't mind shoujo series, but most of the time they have those horrible traits in their drawing style which I hate. That aside, it isn't weird. |
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| It's okay as long as you read something with lots of violence and tits too so you have something to talk about with normal people. |
| Just read whatever you want without caring what other people think. |
| Probably for the most people can be strange, because they can have preconceptions, but in reality this fact is normal, maybe rarely, but normal, surely. At most they can think that you are homosexual(preconception) Moreover I don't think strange if a girl read violent manga, or genres for male's public, so why can't the same thing for the guys? Mistery... |
| Shoujo might be weird, Josei manga is better. |
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| Lol, don't put too much thought about it. It was a surprise for me at first when I joined a club that enjoys romance-comedy which consist of more males than females. They're great. Haha! Having conversations with them are the best. Especially when talking about series. |
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