| idk how to explain it but at least for me, i can notice immediately when it's a shoujo or a shounen. i've watched some great shoujos like fruits basket, maid sama and nijiiro days (manga included), but there others that i can't enjoy at all. maybe it could be that i'm not a big fan of the male mc being way more interesting than the female one (blue spring ride, my little monster, ore monogatari, etc) popular shounen romance are mainly harem, but i do enjoy them more. i don't care about being shounen, shoujo, seinen, josei, etc, just need to be well executed and have cute girls (need at least 1 tsundere). |
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| Shoujo has more drama. Girls are often two-faced rather than idealized. Boys are usually prettier than the girls. Couples might have sex. |
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| Shoujo are generally more emotionally driven. Shounen usually focus more on the comedy also shounen ones are repetitive as fuck. Look at ones like Rent a Girlfriend or When Will Ayumu Make His Move?, you read 1 chapter you've read the entire series. It's like if you were to look up 'disappointed' in a dictionary you'd expect to see "shounen romcom development" listed. I usually tend to ignore most shounen ones nowadays because they just end up being plain boring. I mean sure at first the concept might be fun to see, but if its just the same thing copy pasted over and over again just cba lol Granted shoujo isn't free of repetitiveness either, but at least you can expect things to go somewhere lmao |
 'On-Hold' is another way for a completionist to say 'Dropped' |
| The female fantasy is to tame bad boys into good men and to soothe wounded souls. Notice how popular shoujos have a love triangle that incorporates these elements. The protagonist girl has a choice between a straight forward, brash, wild young man, vs a more refined gentlemen whose heart aches inside. In Escaflowne, Hitomi has the choice between Van (wild bad boy who has lost his kingdom) and Van (gallant knight who has made a lot of mistakes and had a tragic love). In Fruits Basket, Tohru has the choice between Kyo (wild bad boy who was abused as a kid) or Yuuki (loner who was abused and manipulated by the big bad). In Twilight, Bella has the choice between the brash and straightforward Jacob or the refined Edward (whose heart aches inside). With Shounen romances, the protagonist usually has a demure childhood friend who has been loyal to him and cares about him from the beginning, who the protagonist overlooks for the hot girl (who might be sorta bitchy). As the protagonist matures, he begins to look upon the bitchy hot girl less and less favorably, and then begins to notice his demure childhood friend, who is actually good wife material. Ie, Naruto chasing after Sakura, only to then begin to recognize Hinata. |
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