| I think it can't since battle shounen is too much male oriented. Mod Edit: Thread cleaned. |
CCAug 24, 2025 12:55 AM
| There is this Akame ga kill. It was not very pop, but it was pop. Also Railgun. And Shana |
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There is this Akame ga kill. It was not very pop, but it was pop.
Also Railgun. And Shana
Also Railgun. And Shana
| @Sasori56483 None of these can be called really popular. |
| Sousou no Frieren Claymore Chrno Crusade Kino no Tabi JoJo Part 6: Stone Ocean Cutie Honey |
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Soul Eater was very popular in the early to mid 2010s. Great show also.
| @Maythews I doubt average anime watcher today has even heard of Soul Eater. |
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Sousou no Frieren
Claymore
Chrno Crusade
Kino no Tabi
JoJo Part 6: Stone Ocean
Cutie Honey
Claymore
Chrno Crusade
Kino no Tabi
JoJo Part 6: Stone Ocean
Cutie Honey
| @tchitchouan You should learn what battle shounen means, it does not equal to just any shounen with some action scenes in it. the only anime on that list that can be called battle shounen is Jojo but Jojo part 6 is not really popular as previous Jojo seasons tbh . And Kino no Tabi is nowhere close to being a battle shounen. |
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@tchitchouan
You should learn what battle shounen means, it does not equal to just any shounen with some action scenes in it. the only anime on that list that can be called battle shounen is Jojo but Jojo part 6 is not really popular as previous Jojo seasons tbh . And Kino no Tabi is nowhere close to being a battle shounen.
You should learn what battle shounen means, it does not equal to just any shounen with some action scenes in it. the only anime on that list that can be called battle shounen is Jojo but Jojo part 6 is not really popular as previous Jojo seasons tbh . And Kino no Tabi is nowhere close to being a battle shounen.
| @JoeChip You can partly blame the lessened popularity of the Part 6 adaptation on the dogshit release schedule tbh. A LOT of discussion was stunted by the batch release format and killed a lot of the hype for Jojo fans. |
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bucciest said: True. That's a big one right there. Except it's obviously not a battle shounen. |
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| @JoeChip It is a shonen, it has battles. It qualifies to be a battle shonen. what do you think a battle shonen is ? |
| Sure, if teen boys can relate well to the female protagonist. |
*kappa* |
| I wanted to say Mahoutsukai no Yome but It's not a battle-shounen. [and It's not that popular either]. Soul Eater will be the better choice, but it stopped being talked about a while ago. [maybe it will get a remake from David Production... I hope so at least] Undead Unluck depending if you call Fuuko or Andy the "true mc" but yet again, I barely see it mentioned anywhere which is a shame. "Shy" would be a nice choice if it was popular at all, but yet again, barely anyone watched that. edit; and maybe I will try to actually respond to this question. I like female battle shounen mc's for two reasons, It's refreshing and... shipping XD, ship art always gets more interesting when the MC is female. But would they get popular? Well till now, It didn't really happened did it? I hope it will tho. |
SzczelajoJun 11, 2025 12:44 PM
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| @JoeChip They can't be called popular, but they are around popular. They be ahead of https://myanimelist.net/anime/967/Hokuto_no_Ken and https://myanimelist.net/anime/1254/Saint_Seiya Watching + completed: >2 mil https://myanimelist.net/anime/1735/Naruto__Shippuuden/stats 2 mil https://myanimelist.net/anime/21/One_Piece/stats 1.8 mil https://myanimelist.net/anime/22199/Akame_ga_Kill/stats 1.1 mil https://myanimelist.net/anime/3588/Soul_Eater/stats 450k https://myanimelist.net/anime/392/Yuu%E2%98%86Yuu%E2%98%86Hakusho/stats 410k https://myanimelist.net/anime/6213/Toaru_Kagaku_no_Railgun/stats 40k https://myanimelist.net/anime/967/Hokuto_no_Ken/stats 140k https://myanimelist.net/anime/1254/Saint_Seiya/stats 7k https://myanimelist.net/anime/34539/Saint_Seiya__Saintia_Shou/stats 1k https://myanimelist.net/manga/54761/Saint_Seiya__Saintia_Shou/stats So the idea of a battle shounen with a FMC, is basically popular, but not top popular. |
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@JoeChip It is a shonen, it has battles. It qualifies to be a battle shonen.
what do you think a battle shonen is ?
what do you think a battle shonen is ?
| @tchitchouan it’s not typical shounen tho, there’s a clear difference between calling Frieren a battle shounen and calling something like Jujutsu Kaisen (or other similar anime) by the same label. Frieren is more like a drama fantasy dressed in the shounen demographic. |
| Lot of teens now relate with horny mc so it might get popular if she is horny enough |
| Dandadan has two mc. One of them is female. And Momo is by far more popular. |
| Yes, comments have already stated some great examples. Tho, for my example, I would go with fairytail as lucy is a mc, or even a underrated one like medaka box. |
 "Hard work is worthless for those that don’t believe in themselves" - Naruto Uzumaki I rate by enjoyment |
Szczelajo said: "Shy" would be a nice choice if it was popular at all, but yet again, barely anyone watched that. Nice to see someone already mentioned Shy. This is the first thing I thought of as well. I don't quite understand why so few people watched this. I thought it was charming and decent at being a superhero action anime. Maybe the gender of the protagonist does hurt these shows. I expect most kids/teens would be fine with a female-led battle shounen, especially these days. Or maybe the show is mediocre regardless. |
| You mean like Kill la Kill? Sure, why wouldn't it be possible? |
| Akame ga Kill, Soul Eater, Kill la Kill, Shana, Railgun, Kabaneri, Claymore [not sure if it fits the so called battle shounen], Summertime render [same story], Kyouko Suiri and many more but I am bored by just browsing through first 200 top popular shows. But I am pretty sure OP wouldn't mind browsing up till maybe top 500? I guess we skip some shows ain't we? JoeChip said: None of these can be called really popular. Akame - 30th place of popularity Railgun - 370th - 300k members Shana - 437th, As I would agree with Shana, you ain't knowing what's popular. Haters used to be believable. |
| @perseii @Szczelajo Cool, more people who watched Shy. I loved it precisely because it has a female MC, the battles were cool and imo, and the last episodes in S2 were on the scale of some male lead actionshounen. Hope it get's a S3 but unlikely sadly. |
| "Well, she's flatter than a pancake" -Mimi Alpacas |
| Op just discovered anime a few years ago because a lot of these things are and were popular |
| The real gold would be a series that puts a woman front and center without toning down the bloody violence and the carnage. Give her a goal that burns, a tragic backstory that hurts, and villains who make us genuinely fear for her life. You give her the spotlight and let her go full-powered monologue mid-fight. viewers will eat it up. Btw I'm obviously talking about Maki Zenin here. Style minimalist, brutalise battle hardened body that show she been through wars. That’s the blueprint. Not "tough girl lite" but someone who radiates aura through physique, ruthlessness brutality and violence. |
RainyEveningsJun 11, 2025 7:42 PM
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@tchitchouan
You should learn what battle shounen means, it does not equal to just any shounen with some action scenes in it. the only anime on that list that can be called battle shounen is Jojo but Jojo part 6 is not really popular as previous Jojo seasons tbh . And Kino no Tabi is nowhere close to being a battle shounen.
You should learn what battle shounen means, it does not equal to just any shounen with some action scenes in it. the only anime on that list that can be called battle shounen is Jojo but Jojo part 6 is not really popular as previous Jojo seasons tbh . And Kino no Tabi is nowhere close to being a battle shounen.
| @JoeChip How narrow is the definition in your mind? If it's too narrow then it's basically equivalent to just "knockoffs of DBZ". If there are battles and it is shounen then it is battle shounen. I don't get the "battle shounen elitism" that there's only 20 true battle shounens in the world. If you're that strict on the definition, it might not even be possible to have a battle shounen with a female MC because that would probably put it outside of the definition. |
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| Kill la Kill is super popular. You might wanna check it out if you haven't already. |
"Nobody could laugh at someone who's trying their hardest" -Machio- |
| god damn do i of all people wish there were way more.... 😭😭😭😭😭 Keijo and AKame ga Kill are 2 of my favs, i wasn't super into KLK but i think its still pretty GOATED anyway, much of the time when we DO get a female lead in action, she mostly fights guys, which i hate... so its not always a win for me even if the MC is a girl |
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| Frieren is exactly that. Same for Dandadan and Medaka Box. Spy x Family is huge and most of the mcs are female. |
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| ofc .......auidence wants a good action packed shonen so, gender doesn't matter . |
| No. I don't think so. Especially people in this site don't even know what anime is battle shonen. |
| It can if the character is hot...... |
If you enjoyed the time you wasted, then its not a waste of time.  |
| Intresting bait goes on disregarding ever example given to him man just wants to stir the pot lmao. |
| Generally I don't watch any any anime with female protagonist. And I think there are many people like me. I want to see only male protagonist. I can't relate to women protagonist at all. Sonit is better not waste time with female mc in shonen. |
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| This thread had potential, but then nearly every poster demonstrated that they have no idea what a battle shounen anime is. First battle shounen with a female protagonist that was popular is called Inuyasha (2000), which is also somewhat of a genre mishmash, so it's debatably a battle shounen and the female protagonist didn't really do much besides spectating the fights. Then there was Soul Eater (2008) and Queen’s Blade (2009). |
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| Yes, but it needs a male MC alongside the female MC so that the male audience can self-insert. Among all the battle shounen mentioned so far (so excluding all the anime that are original or whose source material isn't a shounen manga and Keijo!!!!!!!! since it's a spokon), only Shy doesn't have any male character listed as main and it's ranked 2655th by popularity on MAL. The real question should be "can a battle shounen with only female main characters be really popular?" I'd say no. |
NirinboJun 12, 2025 7:29 AM
| if it was done well and not just being all about "girl power" or some stupid "Woman succeeding in a man's world" bs |
| My waifu is the most wonderful waifu. Mai Valentine. We're freaking out that we're running out of time, but to do what? Should i stop and think of that? Is there something i could do to slow it down? Live in a day for once, instead of watch it sprinting by |
Reply to Sasori56483
@JoeChip They can't be called popular, but they are around popular.
They be ahead of https://myanimelist.net/anime/967/Hokuto_no_Ken and https://myanimelist.net/anime/1254/Saint_Seiya
Watching + completed:
>2 mil https://myanimelist.net/anime/1735/Naruto__Shippuuden/stats
2 mil https://myanimelist.net/anime/21/One_Piece/stats
1.8 mil https://myanimelist.net/anime/22199/Akame_ga_Kill/stats
1.1 mil https://myanimelist.net/anime/3588/Soul_Eater/stats
450k https://myanimelist.net/anime/392/Yuu%E2%98%86Yuu%E2%98%86Hakusho/stats
410k https://myanimelist.net/anime/6213/Toaru_Kagaku_no_Railgun/stats
40k https://myanimelist.net/anime/967/Hokuto_no_Ken/stats
140k https://myanimelist.net/anime/1254/Saint_Seiya/stats
7k https://myanimelist.net/anime/34539/Saint_Seiya__Saintia_Shou/stats
1k https://myanimelist.net/manga/54761/Saint_Seiya__Saintia_Shou/stats
So the idea of a battle shounen with a FMC, is basically popular, but not top popular.
They be ahead of https://myanimelist.net/anime/967/Hokuto_no_Ken and https://myanimelist.net/anime/1254/Saint_Seiya
Watching + completed:
>2 mil https://myanimelist.net/anime/1735/Naruto__Shippuuden/stats
2 mil https://myanimelist.net/anime/21/One_Piece/stats
1.8 mil https://myanimelist.net/anime/22199/Akame_ga_Kill/stats
1.1 mil https://myanimelist.net/anime/3588/Soul_Eater/stats
450k https://myanimelist.net/anime/392/Yuu%E2%98%86Yuu%E2%98%86Hakusho/stats
410k https://myanimelist.net/anime/6213/Toaru_Kagaku_no_Railgun/stats
40k https://myanimelist.net/anime/967/Hokuto_no_Ken/stats
140k https://myanimelist.net/anime/1254/Saint_Seiya/stats
7k https://myanimelist.net/anime/34539/Saint_Seiya__Saintia_Shou/stats
1k https://myanimelist.net/manga/54761/Saint_Seiya__Saintia_Shou/stats
So the idea of a battle shounen with a FMC, is basically popular, but not top popular.
| @Sasori56483 Mal stats are nowhere a reasonable way to judge a show's poularity. Hokuto no Ken is insanely poular in Japan and inspried many workd that came after it but it's barely known among western anime fans of today. |
JoeChipJun 12, 2025 12:09 PM
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Kill la Kill is super popular. You might wanna check it out if you haven't already.
| @Yuu_Kanzaki Kill la Kill is OBVIUSOLY not a battle shounen, if it had any demographics it would be more likely seinen . And it's nowhere "super popular" as you would think it is, When it comes to popularity Cutie Honey easily curb stomps, but that's not a battle shounen either. |
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This thread had potential, but then nearly every poster demonstrated that they have no idea what a battle shounen anime is.
First battle shounen with a female protagonist that was popular is called Inuyasha (2000), which is also somewhat of a genre mishmash, so it's debatably a battle shounen and the female protagonist didn't really do much besides spectating the fights. Then there was Soul Eater (2008) and Queen’s Blade (2009).
First battle shounen with a female protagonist that was popular is called Inuyasha (2000), which is also somewhat of a genre mishmash, so it's debatably a battle shounen and the female protagonist didn't really do much besides spectating the fights. Then there was Soul Eater (2008) and Queen’s Blade (2009).
| @TransferUser I'd say Inuyasha is more isekai than battle shounen. |
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@Sasori56483
Mal stats are nowhere a reasonable way to judge a show's poularity. Hokuto no Ken is insanely poular in Japan and inspried many workd that came after it but it's barely known among western anime fans of today.
Mal stats are nowhere a reasonable way to judge a show's poularity. Hokuto no Ken is insanely poular in Japan and inspried many workd that came after it but it's barely known among western anime fans of today.
| @JoeChip Yes, because Railgun is not popular in japan. Stop trying to sell me oil. > I doubt average anime watcher today has even heard of Soul Eater Hokuto no Ken. |
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@JoeChip Yes, because Railgun is not popular in japan. Stop trying to sell me oil.
> I doubt average anime watcher today has even heard of Soul Eater Hokuto no Ken.
> I doubt average anime watcher today has even heard of Soul Eater Hokuto no Ken.
| @Sasori56483 Railgun is not even battle shounen, my boy. FYI, Fist of the Northstar has many video games , and even a Hollywood movie, with a remake on the way, so it's much more likely for a western anime watcher to know Fist of the Northstar/Hokuto no Ken than Soul Eater. Mod Edit: Removed insults. |
CCAug 23, 2025 6:53 PM
JoeChip said: I'd say Inuyasha is more isekai than battle shounen. Technically it's not isekai, since Higurashi Kagome doesn't go to another world. She time travels to the Sengoku period and can also go back to the present whenever she wishes. Isekai involves a different world that the protagonist usually ends up stuck in. But yeah, it's a genre mix. There's some battle shounen, some normal action, some romance, some comedy, some drama, maybe even isekai if you bend the rules of the genre a bit. Also ecchi, tragedy, epic fantasy and there's even a few episodes with school life. If it wasn't needlessly long and had an unsatisfactory ending I'd feel like rewatching it now. Maybe I should give the sequel from 2020 a try after all... |
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