| All in the title. I think I prefer seinen because I find that the balance between good story development and good character development is the best, and from what I've read, there seems to be less deus ex machina or randomness in the story. For example, the MC can actually die or the characters' personalities are realistic enough that I could imagine someone like them. So I suppose I'm saying that I find them to be more fluid and realistic (in relation to the rules of whatever universe the story is set in and human nature. Fantasy settings are still fine). |
| I find Seinen to be the most enjoyable but I'm more involved in shounen fandoms because shounen manga are more popular. |
| Seinen. Most of the quality is found in Seinen manga. |
| Seinen as well, I'm not sure if it's related to the fact that I am part of the demographic it targets though... I do try to read all four, but I focus more on Shonen and Seinen stuff. |
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| Definitely seinen although I also like shounen. I prefer seinen mostly since you can read about vastly different topic, and more "adult" ones such as the trouble to get a job, debts etc... Even though you can find them in shounen it is in general kind of toned down, or used in a comic situation. Whereas with seinen I feel the different themes are more explored, deeper, more realistic (in some case?). With real for example I can read about a whole new theme that I never knew and which is quite interesting and it talks about depression, being a drop out, finding something to do with your life... I don't know, it's something I never found in a shounen or less cliché at least. Also got kind of bored by the nekketsu genre so jump series aren't so appealing to me as before when I started to read manga. I feel like the author can express himself more in the seinen genre, with more violence but not only physical, also social and psychological violence like in ushijima or mangas with "dark" themes. Or you can find more unorthodox mangas such as Homunculus or dorohedoro. |
aynoz said: Definitely seinen although I also like shounen. I prefer seinen mostly since you can read about vastly different topic, and more "adult" ones such as the trouble to get a job, debts etc... Even though you can find them in shounen it is in general kind of toned down, or used in a comic situation. Whereas with seinen I feel the different themes are more explored, deeper, more realistic (in some case?). With real for example I can read about a whole new theme that I never knew and which is quite interesting and it talks about depression, being a drop out, finding something to do with your life... I don't know, it's something I never found in a shounen or less cliché at least. Also got kind of bored by the nekketsu genre so jump series aren't so appealing to me as before when I started to read manga. I feel like the author can express himself more in the seinen genre, with more violence but not only physical, also social and psychological violence like in ushijima or mangas with "dark" themes. Or you can find more unorthodox mangas such as Homunculus or dorohedoro. Totally agree, especially with the diversity aspect of seinen manga. I really like original themes. Homunculus and Dorohedoro are pretty dope too. Never read anything like Dorohedoro before. Very unique |
CrashRHCP said: Seinen as well, I'm not sure if it's related to the fact that I am part of the demographic it targets though... I do try to read all four, but I focus more on Shonen and Seinen stuff. Yes, idk if it's related to me being in that demographic too. As for me I focus on shoujo instead of shounen. Idk why but priority goes seinen > shoujo > shounen. Josei doesn't even qualify to be in that list because I've only found a couple josei manga that interest me. |
| I'm mostly shoujo because I'm hopeless. ( ͒•·̫| The shoujo series are more interesting to me. I'm not much into fighting. I'm a scaredy-cat (*/ω＼*) that's why I prefer light and fluffy series the shoujo offers. ｡(*^▽^*)ゞ |
| I'm a shoujo nut. <3 I'm such a hopeless romantic and shoujo fulfills that need for fluff in me, so I gravitate more towards that! |
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| shounen becas im a young boy and i like motivational and cool things 👍 |
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| Seinen without a doubt. In general I'd have to say that seinen is the best of the four. Even though the other three have their moments. |
| Accoridng to malgraph: ► Seinen with 83 titles and a 6.19 mean score ► shounen with 48 titles and a 5.64 mean score ► shoujo with 18 titles and a 3.50 mean score ► and josei with 7 titles and 5.40 mean score Maybe I shoudl read more josei. |
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| i do read all 4 and prefer with seinen & shounen. sometimes i kinda confused what between shounen and seinen, is it because the MC age or the story content also counts? i found some shounen genre with a pretty deep and dark story but they have a teenager MC.. |
sogegesoge said: i do read all 4 and prefer with seinen & shounen. sometimes i kinda confused what between shounen and seinen, is it because the MC age or the story content also counts? i found some shounen genre with a pretty deep and dark story but they have a teenager MC.. Seinen means that the manga itself is targeted towards adult men, 18+. Shounen means that the manga itself is targeted towards boys ages 10-17-ish I've read shounen with main characters that are 28 years old, and I also have read seinen where the MC is 14 years old. Also, story content doesn't determine demographic either. Most of the time seinen will be more mature graphically and thematically, but not always. |
| seinen’s most enjoyable in general, though here is some good shounen/josei around. most shoujo’s suck. |
AnimeFreak-San said: is this a male gender issure...human issue...mental illness perhaps? |
| The ones I enjoy the most are usually seinen, which is fitting since I am the target demographic. |
| "Laws exist only for those who cannot live without clinging onto them." -Souske Aizen "Bleach"  |
| Seinen. It's the most mature and has the least anime bullshit in it. Why I didn't choose: Shonen: It's full of anime bullshit. Shojo: It's full of unrealistic adolescent girl fantasies. Josei: Haven't read much of this but they've left kind of a degenerate city culture impression on me. It seems to be all sex and relationship stuff. |
| Shonen. I don't think they're all great, in fact I think a lot of them run into similar pace, plot, and logical issues. But I love epic stories, I love huge casts, and exuberant personality. When pulled off with heart and effort, they're magnificent pieces of work. |
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skeletalz said: Seinen. It's the most mature and has the least anime bullshit in it. Why I didn't choose: Shonen: It's full of anime bullshit. Shojo: It's full of unrealistic adolescent girl fantasies. Josei: Haven't read much of this but they've left kind of a degenerate city culture impression on me. It seems to be all sex and relationship stuff. Don't you mean most manga BS? Most anime stems from manga after all I agree with shounen though. Most shounen is pretty bad imo. They are a couple pretty good ones like To Your Eternity and Death Note I half agree with shoujo. A lot is full of unrealistic adolescent girl fantasies, but I've also read shoujo that is a lot more mature than shounen. So that's why I like it more. Josei. Also havent read too much. The only josei I've seen is romance and horror, so I'm pretty neutral on it like you |
| It's probably between shoujo and seinen for me. I love the emotional, heart-wrenching feelings shoujo is able to bring out of the reader. With seinen, the realistic aspects make the work feel familiar and I almost always end up thinking about life. If I think about it it's probably shoujo > seinen > shounen > josei. I haven't read many josei titles to have an opinion about it yet. The ones I know are just tragic af. |
Maneki-Mew said: Seinen often has too much moe, which panders to adult men ofc, or its scifi or dark fantasy is edgy from what I have seen, but I must read more there too. It had titles I enjoyed very much for their themes and atmospheres too. I really enjoyed the SOLs there and it has some very impressive works in general. I can't really see the "moe" in seinen manga you're referring to. But maybe I didn't notice since I don't really like "slice of life"/high school background that much, and moe could be related to these themes. Moreover shonen can be also very edgy ~ As you said I think y should dig deeper because there's definitely a large number of seinen without the "edgy" side which are interesting, and there's much more than just si-fi or dark fantasy series. |
| Shounen and Shoujo are my favorites. I like both equally, although I think that I read Shoujo a little more. I refuse to read Seinen and Josei, because they usually contain disturbing content, and I am easily bothered by certain things. I don't read stuff with sex or extreme violence, and you're more likely to find those disturbing things with Seinen/Josei, which is why I avoid them. I also hate psychological stuff. |
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Seiya said: Shounen and Shoujo are my favorites. I like both equally, although I think that I read Shoujo a little more. I refuse to read Seinen and Josei, because they usually contain disturbing content, and I am easily bothered by certain things. I don't read stuff with sex or extreme violence, and you're more likely to find those disturbing things with Seinen/Josei, which is why I avoid them. I also hate psychological stuff. I'm the opposite. I prefer psychological stuff because I like studying the intent behind the action more than the consequences of the action most of the time. Psychological stuff doesn't have to be dark and edgy like a lot of people think, but that is the norm |
| I really like reading Seinen mostly. It gives me something to think about every now and then although reading too much makes my heart heavy so I have to read something more light-hearted every now and then. |
| @SkyDrop I wish more anime approached the Seinen demographic too. It seems almost taboo to attempt to adapt or create something with a "grown-up" atmosphere @EGOIST I do the same thing. About 70% of what I've read would qualify as seinen. Right now I'm trying to explore the other demographics a bit more |
| I would be more careful with that "always" and "grown-up atmosphere", there are a lot of light hearted cute girls shows/manga or even ecchi/harem that are tagged as seinen. A lot of them are made to chill after a long day at work. |
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| I've never paid attention to demographic. I enjoy a good story regardless if it's targeted at dudes, gals, or little abominations. |
| Seinen and Josei, usually more adult-oriented which i prefer(not always, exceptions occur) |
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| I prefer seinen, but lately I found that overall Josei has the best characters, which is the thing I go mostly for (even though my favourite character driven manga is a seinen). And shoujo for when I'm feeling fluffy. Shounen is eh. I like it when they don't look like shounens. Seiya said: I refuse to read Seinen and Josei, because they usually contain disturbing content, and I am easily bothered by certain things. I don't read stuff with sex or extreme violence, and you're more likely to find those disturbing things with Seinen/Josei, which is why I avoid them. I also hate psychological stuff. Uh, weird. Most manga I read are either seinen or josei and they rarely have stuff like that. The most violent thing I've read is probably Lone Wolf. |
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Satyr_icon said: I prefer seinen, but lately I found that overall Josei has the best characters, which is the thing I go mostly for (even though my favourite character driven manga is a seinen). And shoujo for when I'm feeling fluffy. Shounen is eh. I like it when they don't look like shounens. Seiya said: I refuse to read Seinen and Josei, because they usually contain disturbing content, and I am easily bothered by certain things. I don't read stuff with sex or extreme violence, and you're more likely to find those disturbing things with Seinen/Josei, which is why I avoid them. I also hate psychological stuff. Uh, weird. Most manga I read are either seinen or josei and they rarely have stuff like that. The most violent thing I've read is probably Lone Wolf. Oh, I see. I generally just don't like stuff that's geared toward adults, so I see no reason to read seinen or josei works, even if they didn't have anything overly disturbing in them. |
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| I read a lot of shoujo and really enjoy a cute love story with pretty and funny characters, but if I had to pick favorites I would probably choose seinen. Most seinen I read had a really intriguing and interesting story. I also really enjoy psychological manga and many seinen seem to have that genre as well. They also seem to work less with unnecessary fanservice (e.g. panty shots) or overused tropes. Or I just got lucky so far with most of the ones I read :D I only read a handful of josei, so I don't have an opinion about that demographic at all; and shounen is often too predictable and ecchi to me. Shoujo can really suffer from tropes as well, but for some reason I can enjoy it more than shounen (though there are definitely shounen I've enjoyed a lot, but it's often really big hit-or-miss) Short version of my preference: seinen > shoujo > shounen > josei |
Haibara said: I read a lot of shoujo and really enjoy a cute love story with pretty and funny characters, but if I had to pick favorites I would probably choose seinen. Most seinen I read had a really intriguing and interesting story. I also really enjoy psychological manga and many seinen seem to have that genre as well. They also seem to work less with unnecessary fanservice (e.g. panty shots) or overused tropes. Or I just got lucky so far with most of the ones I read :D I only read a handful of josei, so I don't have an opinion about that demographic at all; and shounen is often too predictable and ecchi to me. Shoujo can really suffer from tropes as well, but for some reason I can enjoy it more than shounen (though there are definitely shounen I've enjoyed a lot, but it's often really big hit-or-miss) Short version of my preference: seinen > shoujo > shounen > josei This is exactly how my preferences ars, and for the exact same reasons too :0 |
PaintedFox said: Josei. I like reading things targeted toward my age. It's obviously more mature than shoujo and seems to have more a variety of storylines and deeper drama because of the targeted demographic. Some Seinen is good too although I tend to prefer the romance Josei titles have to offer. I like the femininity I guess you could say. What are some good Josei titles? I've only read like 6 but none of them impressed me except Paradise Kiss. I think it was josei anyway. |
| I have always been such a shoujo fan. What can I say, sometimes all I'm in the mood for is something full of fluff and sparkles with a good old romance tossed in. Though as a kid, my love of shoujo did end with me in a rather amusing situation. Because of what a staunch, stoic tomboy I was, I loathed the idea of anybody looking at what I was reading or watching. Lo and behold, my mother walked in and in a really stupid, instinctive jolt, I slammed my laptop shut at the speed of light. She was convinced I was watching porn and drilled me for a bit, to which I ended up letting her believe, because of course watching porn to my young teenage mind was a better reputation to have with my mother than what was actually the truth: I was mid-way through a long one-shot about some new girl at high school and the delinquent boy she'd fallen in love with. So thanks, fourteen year old me. Much appreciated. |
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| Definitely Seinen, I love dark and gritty stories and seinen manga are usually like that. The arts tend to lean towards more detailed and realism too. Character wise, there's more depth to them than shounen or shoujo. A lot of what I've enjoyed are seinen too but that's probably because my taste matches that of the seinen demography. |
| I like seinen the best because they tend to be more serious and sophisticated in manner. |
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| I put seinen but josei is about as high as well imo. The way the story is narrated and the type of character yo usee in there usually clicks more with me than shounen or shoujo, although there's plenty of interesting stuff in every demographics. |
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