| I'm always a shonen fan, but I have friends who likes shojo manga. So, which one you like? |
| Depends on the storyline. There are times where it'll suck as hell because of the cliche plot. |
| I tend to go for seinen, but I can enjoy really good shojo or sci-fi shojo and shonen if it doesn't feel like its dragging. Difficult to pinpoint what I like, if it's good I like it, but I can certainly say that I used to hate shojo. |
| I'm not the type to like romance stuff. I like action and comedy things like Fullmetal Alchemist and Soul Eater. |
| I also prefer seinen but I'll read pretty much anything if it's good or really insane. |
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| It doesn't really matter to me as long as it has good art. Although, my list is mostly made up of shoujo... |
| Shounen, mainly because the art appeals to me a lot more than in shoujo manga. I find that I can't get into the series unless I like the art. |
| Generally, I hate shoujo. Most of my favourite manga are all shonen so I gotta say shonen. I don't like the typical shonen which are 'I gotta power up to protect everybody' kinda thing cuz that's common and too predictable. I'm more into action shonen and sports. |
| It's very weird that im a girl and like reading manga that was intended for boys. Shojo is like that Twlight crap. Girl meets guy. Girl falls in love with guy. New guy appears. Girl have to pick between both of them. I don't like that type stuff. |
| I'm pretty diverse. In all honestly, it just depends on the plot and the mood I'm in. Sometimes, when I feel like reading something that makes me go "moe", I'll read shoujo. If I want to read something exciting, then it's shounen. If I had to pick though, Shounen would definitely win. |
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| I don't really care about the genre. As long the story and art are good, I'll read it. |
| shounen or seinen. most shoujo are usually too predictable, cheesy, cliche for me. |
-BLACKBEARD- said: Touka said: Shounen, mainly because the art appeals to me a lot more than in shoujo manga. I find that I can't get into the series unless I like the art. especially the feminine looking guys on flowered backgrounds. for a guy it can be very hard to look at. Heh, those are hilarious examples. There are actually a lot of shoujo readers that also dislike it when you can't tell if the character is a man or a woman. However, I have seen some pretty sissy looking men in shounen stuff too. Here you go, here's a picture of a shoujo guy which spares you the flowery background: To answer the question, I like to read and appreciate stuff from all of the target age groups (shounen, shoujo, seinen, and josei) and most all of the genres (action, adventure, fantasy, drama, psychological, thriller, horror, romance, comedy, ect.), but if I had to pick I would say that I enjoy shoujo more than shounen. |
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| Shounen! |
-BLACKBEARD- said: Touka said: Shounen, mainly because the art appeals to me a lot more than in shoujo manga. I find that I can't get into the series unless I like the art. especially the feminine looking guys on flowered backgrounds. for a guy it can be very hard to look at. Pfft, what are you reading.. My answer would be shoujo. I also love shounen written by women apparently. Like Matsuri Special or even FMA. |
| Shoujo - but I generally dislike things set in high school. It gets so boring after a while. Girls treating high school like it's the only place to find their "destined lover" or whatever is really infuriating after a while. :| I love "action" shoujo and shoujo set in sort-of-medieval lands with monarchies and such. If I am going for a more "realistic" story I'd rather read something set after high school, which usually means josei instead. I like shounen a lot, but I have a problem with its length. Too many go on too long and many times I like an author didn't really think about the story as a whole. |
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| I used to read My sister's Shoujo manga when i was a kid (She even have seinen manga) but now I've never read it anymore It's time for Shounen and Seinen manga |
| I think I like Shonen better. |
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| Actually, thats a pretty tough one for me. I like both a lot, but I mostly read shojo and watch shonen. |
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angelfire892 said: I mostly read shojo and watch shonen. Most of the time me too. Though shoujo gets boring after a while. I skip the ones with orphan girls, high school and super-cool-popular-boys, they're just... too obvious to keep me entertained. Oh, and ugly art. I also don't like when the boys look like girls. But I've been exploring shonen manga recently, and I like what I've seen. |
| I'm a guy and I prefer Shojo over Shonen. And Seinen/Josei over both. For anime it's different. |
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swoodles said: shounen or seinen. most shoujo are usually too predictable, cheesy, cliche for me. /sign |
| i prefer shonen than shoujo...well shoujo is all about the girls falling in love...or about her daily life..pms and other girls stuffs, ect ect..but it kinda interesting based on the plot... but i i like seinen more that shonen.. |
| Without a shadow of a doubt shounen manga all the way, there are a few shoujo manga that I like though. |
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| i like shoujo too but i prefere Shounen ^-^ |
| It really depends on the artwork and the story.Both of them can be very cliché.The shojo ones are usually set in a highschool and the girls don't have boyfriends and then they fall in love wih some popular guy,her best friend starts to like her,love triangle,blabla..you get the point. While the shonen ones are usually like the main character is weak but he has to save the world so he trains and etcetc. But I admit, I like cheezy endings for both of them.And what's a super duper action manga without some romance?:'D So I'd say both,yes. |
| I prefer the Shoujo .. |
| Shoujo, without a doubt. But I do like Shounen as well, like Gintama, SZS, and the like. |
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| Both have cons and pros. But if the shounen anime has romance, then shounen it is. |
| I read both, and to answer the question I guess I like shoujo better. The shoujo stories and the characters stick in my head a lot longer. I feel that a reminiscent sigh is more worth while than, "dude remember when he was like 'gommu gommu no... and the other guy went 'URYYAAAA' and then boom" For a quick question @ adamantine adamantine said: I love "action" shoujo and shoujo set in sort-of-medieval lands with monarchies and such. If I am going for a more "realistic" story I'd rather read something set after high school, which usually means josei instead. Do you have a couple examples of action shoujo? 700+ manga entries is a lot to sort through. |
| shounen! :D I'm not really a big fan of shojo, I like epic storylines and big battles. Seinen's quite good... depending on which type. I liked Elfen Lied, Monster and Hellsing and those were seinen, I'm not sure what Blood+ is... it's a mixture of all 3! (: But I really love some of the shojo art, e.g. Godchild by Kaori Yuki. |
| some day I will be a NINJA >.< |
| Hm... I tend to read more Shojo, but I really like a lot of Shonen as well. I'm pretty split. It all boils down to the plot line, and how much I can get into the characters. For me to read it, it has to be well drawn with an intricate story. |
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| Depends on the reader and the manga and its story... |
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| It depends entirely on the series... I like a lot of Shoujo series, but I think I prefer Shounen more as a rule. |
| Both shoujo and shounen are good. It doesn't really matter to me as long as it has a good storyline and art. But most of the mangas I bought are all shoujo haha |
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| I like Shoujo but can't take it continuous or else its like too many chocolates down your throat As for Shounen there's no such thing as too much |
| depends on what mood I'm in :D:D |
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| Well i like both i like shounen like eureka seven or fullmetal alchemist but i also like shoujo manga like angelic layer, cardcaptor sakura or tsubasa chronicle (i think that's a shoujo i don't know X'D) |
| i like shoujo.... |
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| I don't care what it is as long as I enjoy the manga. |
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| as people have said, depends. i think i prefer shonen, but i also enjoy some shojo series. i find its a nice departure as many shonen titles tend to have very similar patterns (most notably romance, but i guess you could say the same of shojo) so its a nice break to switch between genres. but, honestly, some of the stuff in shojo, like between guys, just turns me off. |
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| I live on a steady dose of shonen manga 8D but I do tend to read shoujo mangas too once in a while if it's good. |
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| I like both shojo and shonen, but it seems like I've been reading more shonen lately. <_<; Trying to get back into shojo. |
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