frieren is shonen but is it a battle shonen?

Why would it be shonen when shonen is for young male MCs.

Episodes 8,9,10,19,20,21,23,24,25,26 were battle heavy, so at least 10 of 28 overall ~36% (more probably ~40% if the small battles are added)

But I don't know the required percentage to be considered a battle Anime.

Personally it felt like there were enough battles, so I say yes.

@Zarutaku nice doing the math but i also agree 40% of content is action and more when season 2 comes so it counts as action anime like battle shonen as usual the poll is subject to big bias

@deg I guess most people vote "no" because they don't want Frieren to be associated with the bad reputation of other battle shounen.

Shonen isn't a genre but a demographic. Technically it can be considered as targeting shonen demographic simply because it is published in a magazine that usually target this audience.
Now if you ask if Frieren is a nekketsu (what we call 'battle shonen' in the West). Then no it's not a nekketsu. Frieren lacks the essence of a nekketsu. Frieren isn't the story about a human becoming a legend, but the story of a legendary geek trying to figure out a better way of life.

@Danakane the thing is rarely anyone on the west know what nekketsu is so to the western fans battle shonen is simply action manga or action anime

@deg I would argue that "action manga/anime" is not what people have in mind when they talk about "battle shonen".
For example Pumpkin Scissors is an action anime targeting the shonen demographic. Yet none would consider it as a "battle shonen".
People would name works like Dragon Ball, Naruto, One Piece, Demon Slayer, JJK... all of them being typical example of Nekketsu.

@Danakane do a lot of anime fans know nekketsu by knowledge or just by feel? because i doubt they can explain properly what makes those examples like dragon ball and naruto so similar except they are all done by shonen jump manga