Is this a shoujo?

Chalc_ said:
Definitely not a shoujo. It barely hints at any romance at all

rohan121 said:
The writer is in fact a woman so technically I would say yes

0063873192871 said:

Doesn't need to have romance though. It's more about the overall tone and interactions between the characters.

This also doesn't mean much but could influence it. I see many shoujos not labeled as such which is why I asked in the first place... guess I'll download 1 episode and see for myself though I'm pretty sure this is a shoujo

Chalc_ said:
Definitely not a shoujo. It barely hints at any romance at all, maybe twice at most. Just dark, mystery detective.

0063873192871 said:
Smart female detective with a... male android?
Is this a shoujo?
I wanna know before I download the episodes, cause if it is then I don't even wanna bother

rohan121 said:
The writer is in fact a woman so technically I would say yes. Just like with apocrypha diaries the manga is oddly labeled seinen likely to appeal to male viewers too.

Chalc_ said:

My bad, I've never been 100% on the term. All I can say is I've seen quite a good amount of Shoujo and this doesn't give off any of the vibes they did. Sorry if my response didn't help.

sailorkugisaki said:

Shôjo simply is the publishing target. It takes the publishing target of the magazine it is published in. If it’s a shônen magazine like the Weekly Shônen Jump then it is a shônen. If it’s published in the magazine Hana to yume then it’s a shôjo. Shôjo/shônen/seinen/josei don’t define the themes of a manga. There are shônen romances, the same way there are shôjo romances. There can be mystery shôjo, psychological shôjo etc :)

Chalc_ said:
Sorry if my response didn't help.

sailorkugisaki said:
What’s the reason you don’t want to watch shôjo?

0063873192871 said:

it's ok

because they disgust me
last time I gave a chance to a shoujo (grimm kumikyoku, which is also not labeled as shoujo) I almost died of cancer within 10 seconds of the female characters yapping about being jealous of each other
u may not give it much thought but this kind of thing infuriates me beyond measure
same thing happened when I accidentally watched 7 seeds
and I also disliked psycho pass for similar reasons as it is a closeted shoujo imo

0063873192871 said:
Smart female detective with a... male android?
Is this a shoujo?
I wanna know before I download the episodes, cause if it is then I don't even wanna bother

Chalc_ said:
Definitely not a shoujo. It barely hints at any romance at all, maybe twice at most. Just dark, mystery detective.

ReXiRa said:

I love it when people conflate demographic and genre, like yes there's exactly 0 romance shonen and exactly 0 sci-fi shojo/josei

ReXiRa said:

I love it when people conflate demographic and genre, like yes there's exactly 0 romance shonen and exactly 0 sci-fi shojo/josei