| I prefer the adventure like Shounen anime. Ones that have a huge cast of characters and with a good amount of action. One Piece is peak Shounen, and is the golden ideal of how others should follow it's execution. While I did like JJK, most of the time it didn't feel like a Shounen. It only felt like that briefly with the team battle match towards the end. If anything it's really a Seinen anime |
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| I like most shounen yes even Fairy Tail there is nothing wrong with it my favorites are One Piece, FMA:Brotherhood I also love Dr Stone I love Shaman King I am glad it got a reboot so that I can see a favorite manga of mine fully animated. |
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| Good worldbuilding I guess like One piece. |
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| I love Shounen with very diverse and loveable characters plus great world building, power systems and of course villains. Don't forget good humor too. Tbh I hate how every Jump title need to incorporate humor, where in fact only a few authors have a knack in that area. Considering these criteria, Shounen titles that I love would be; - One Piece - Gintama - HXH - Jojo - Magi - FMAB |
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| Just as long as it’s interesting like lot of fighting and cool power ups. |
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| I don't really watch Shonen anymore. But my top 3 are HxH, One Piece and FMAB. |
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| My favorite 5 shounen is: 1:HxH 2:Gintama 3:fmab/one piece 4: aot 5: jojo I like shounen that have dark element, interesting idea and good action P.s sorry if my english is not good |
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| I like shonen where the protagonist doesn't have the ability to warp reality to disgusting levels through ideals alone and reality will always reach through and give them a beating if they start any of that power of friendship, blindly not giving up nonsense. So Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man, HxH and One Piece. Also Gurren Lagann. |
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| Shounen tier: JJK/MHA/Demon Slayer > BC/Bleach/DBZ/DB >> One Piece/FMAB/GT > Naruto/Fire Force > Fairy Tail/Dragon Ball Super |
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| I only vibe with a lot of old shounen nowadays like Gintama, GTO, and Hajime no Ippo. I still enjoy shounen today though but yeah it’s hard for me to vibe with superpower shounen |
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| My personal favorites are Space Cobra, Ginga nagareboshi Gin, Devilman, Cyborg 009, Captain Tsubasa, Slam Dunk, Ace of Diamond, Major, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Pandora Hearts and Yu-Gi-Oh!. Hm, that's more so about manga (but since I like these titles I have some sort attachment to the adaptations too) and I feel reasons vary why I dig these titles, but I guess all of them have some level of action going on. I'd say I'm more so sucker for sports genre when it comes to shounen. But I think first four titles I mentioned just hit differently for me and have also strong nostalgia value so I like going back to them every now and then. Favorite over everything else is still Space Cobra and I doubt any other title will take its place. Only titles I can think of for now that I'm interested to check more are Hell teacher Nube, Princess Resurrection, Star of the Giants and Tomorrow's Joe. |
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| What is the ideal piece of YA fiction is basically what you are asking. Shonen has a lot of variety as a demographic I wouldn't say there is an ideal for me. |
| hmm, maybe the dark and gritty series? idkk |
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| cool action, likeable characters... particularly characters who actually get along with each other... also it's gotta have some twists and not be totally predictable |
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| From the ones you listed, probably dark and gritty and sci-fi. |
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| Gintama - a series full of parody and jokes, but hardcore during battle scenes.. One Piece - a series full Adventure... Bleach - a series full of Shinigami's, Arrancars, Hollows and Quincy. |
| Shonen is usually always my cup of tea no matter what kind of Shonen. Guess I’m pretty mainstream xd |
| Darker atmosphere and strategic rock paper scissors combat, I need a series that isn't to friendship based where the main characters have no chance of being harmed, and where power levels don't determine fights as much as strategy and power interactions. |
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| Ummm... Magic with fighting, I think. |
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| Nothing against shounen although I'm more of a seinen fan personally but basically I just like JoJo's (PART 6 CONFIRMED EARLIER TODAY!) and Saiki K. My Hero Academia's alright too I've been meaning to watch Death Note, FMA and Attack on Titan someday too |
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| Being a big shonen fan myself, I've to say that my overall 'taste' on it is.. well.. it doesn't really matter. If it is dark and gritty or light-hearted doesnt really matter too much for me, I'm a fool for the power of friendship, tournament arcs and so on lol |
| all of them. I like all types of shows. My "taste" is not specific. It never has been and never will be. Well, technically speaking, it is specific. But not to the point that I prefer something "dark and griddy" over something "kiddish." I can enjoy anything and everything and I'm not gonna shut myself out from new experiences just because it's different. |
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| I've always been a big fan of lighthearted adventure shounen. Genres like adventure and fantasy are also my favorites with games and books so similar type of stuff |
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| Jujutsu Kaisen being gritty is what made me give it a 10 because it something I don't see everyday, but I think a comedy sci-fi with medium stakes like Dr. Stone would be a formula I would like to see repeated. |
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| Anime: Gintama season 1-2 Manga: pre-timeskip One Piece |
| Probably the big 3 like hxh,fmab,and aot But although i like both fmab and hxh,i dont care about fullmetal that much,or probably ijust looking forward to t hxh,i doubt this would be a 10 and meruem will be my favs,but it is actually my least favorite fanbase,almost 99% are fucking obnoxious,they cant divide subjectivity and objectivity at all and better not talk about downvotes,burn in hell. |
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| My personal tastes for shonens are the non-battle ones and the ones more forced on romance and funny stuff. Stuff like YLIA, Quintessential Quintuplets, Tonikawa and Toilet Bound Hanako-Kun is the sort of shonens I like. Though i'd say that Demon Slayer is a pretty good shonen even though I don't like battle shonen's. |
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ImNOTAmOtaku said: PirateHasan said: Do give Kingdom a chance, you'll definitely like it. The anime adaption for first 2 seasons is pretty bad as to how good looking the manga is, but season 3 has been picked by a different studio with better animation. Isn't Kingdom a seinen tough? (altough it have plenty of aspects and tropes that make it seem like just a shounen with extra violence and sex, not to say it's bad tough because it's fucking amazing) Exactly my point, just an added extra touch of violence, otherwise it has the Shonen elements only. But there is NO explicit sex in Kingdom. Other than that, Kingdom is worth reading. |
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WaveyAk said: I liked Reborn, the concept of a mafia battle shonen intrigued me. FMAB had great world building and the story was complete Also Bleach, i really like the power system and how each faction has their own ability But my favourite shonen rn has to be World Trigger. The MC is a true underdog, the fights are great with all the tactics and strategy, the power system is the best i've seen in shonen and it has a large cast so I really like it. Other new gen shonen are decent but World Trigger imo is just better. Inazuma Eleven is also a great sports anime and one of my personal favourites, great character development and hype moments, defo the sports anime i've enjoyed the most watching. World Trigger is an underrated gem, only because of its slow start many people I've known have dropped it. I seriously enjoy World Trigger because of the characters and world building. The mangaka felling ill and it becoming a monthly series has affected the popularity of World Trigger. |
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taylormoo said: I've found myself liking more dark shounen lately, like Dororo and The Promised Neverland (RIP), but I also really enjoy Saiki K, and that's just because it's batsh*t hilarious. If you like comedy shonen, try Gintama too. That one will crack you up. |
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PirateHasan said: taylormoo said: I've found myself liking more dark shounen lately, like Dororo and The Promised Neverland (RIP), but I also really enjoy Saiki K, and that's just because it's batsh*t hilarious. If you like comedy shonen, try Gintama too. That one will crack you up. I'll definitely have to try it! It helps that Saiki K straight-up references it too, haha! |
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| dark and gritty: Mirai Nikki Akame ga Kill Claymore light-hearted: Gegege no Kitarou Ansatsu Kyoushitsu Kuroshitsuji sci-fi: Kanata no Astra Tsubasa Cronicle |
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zieek said: dark and gritty: Mirai Nikki Akame ga Kill Claymore light-hearted: Gegege no Kitarou Ansatsu Kyoushitsu Kuroshitsuji sci-fi: Kanata no Astra Tsubasa Cronicle Those are some great picks, I haven't read/watched Astra; Thank you for recommending it, will give it a try. |
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| If it's heavy on action and doesn't have that interesting of a story or great characters it better have good production values. Luckily this seems to be the route most modern battle shounen are taking in general. Say no more to filler, garbage pacing and crap visuals. |
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| Gar, or you can call it "adult shounen". Unlike classical shounens, characters are not whiny/noisy minors but manly men who are so hard-boiled it's almost impossible to self-insert. Although having some classical shounen traits, it's still more mature and thought provoking. Examples of gar shows: Hokuto no Ken, Grappler Baki, Jojo. |
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Kaliyahscake said: My top 3 shounens are hxh, Haikyuu and death note but they’re all essentially the same in why I like them. And that’s the characters so I guess I don’t really care about what the setting/tone is like as long as the characters are unique/well developed Haikyuu is for sure a shounen. Shounen is just the target audience, not a genre |
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| I personally like shounen genre bt I don't like new gen shounen I feel like they have lost the touch... Just fighting fighting fighting nothing much... Recently I came across chainsaw man it was the only new gen shounen which caught my attention |
Talgikiwi said: Yeah I got that that’s why I modified it:/Kaliyahscake said: My top 3 shounens are hxh, Haikyuu and death note but they’re all essentially the same in why I like them. And that’s the characters so I guess I don’t really care about what the setting/tone is like as long as the characters are unique/well developed Haikyuu is for sure a shounen. Shounen is just the target audience, not a genre |
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| When I started to watch anime (when I were 9-12y old), my all time favourites were Naruto, Bleach, Death Note and D.Gray-man. Nowadays (+25) I'm into Kimetsu no Yaiba, One Piece and Jujutsu Kaisen. |
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| definitely the ones that are a lil darker, like jjk or chainsaw man. beautiful animation like in kny and jjk is an aspect I also really look for in shounen. aside from that category, I personally think haikyuu is one of the best shounen out there, regardless of its fanbase. |
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Kuroshitsuji s1 is mostly happy go lucky filler, the sequels are darker, but nothing I would call over the top. Gegege is cute and like a catalogue for japanese and even some european demons. Claymore has scary beasts compared to Gegege. And Akame is much darker than Kuroshitsuji. |
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