To all MALE manga readers: Do you read shoujo manga?
| To all you males you use MAL: do you ever read shoujo manga? Do you avoid it like a disease? Read it secretly? Read it proudly? -----Perhaps I was curious about this because of the shoujo manga "Otomen." It's about a guy who likes to read shoujo manga. I later found a blog by a young Japanese man who likes Otomen, and admitted he enjoys reading shoujo manga himself. Is he a rare phenomenon? Are there other guys who like shoujo manga? Do you like all kinds of shoujo stories, or only a few select series?----- |
| I've tried to like them and read them but usually they don't interest me.. not my style However, the only good Shoujo that I really liked and have watched the anime for (planning to read manga) is SKIP BEAT It's awsome, especially Kyouko ^^ |
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| I don't mind.. as long as it's not boring. |
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| I have at least 7 shoujo manga on my list. So far, all of the shoujo manga that I've read/reading were romance manga (such as Reimei no Arcana and Koukou Debut). But then again, most shoujo contain romance (right?). I probably have some more on my to-read list. |
| I'd say about a third of the manga I read is shoujo/josei. I'm not ashamed to admit I enjoy shoujo. I'm generally more drawn to shounen/sienen, but the romance and emotions of most shoujo is always a fun counterpoint to machoness and strength of average shounen. There's a lot of variety within either demographic, but I still feel like if I just read either one without the other I'd probably burn out on manga. |
| As long its not boring then i will read it.xD |
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| Yeah I (plan to) read a lot of shoujo manga, there's even one which is one of my favorite manga. I'm not picky about reading shounen, shoujo, seinen or whatever, as long as it's good. |
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| I don't mind reading it. I just have to get in the mood to do so. |
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| I'll read or watch pretty much anything as long as it's good and that includes Shoujo. I think limiting your self to one demographic, and declaring you don't like something or say that MOST of it is the same when you haven't even read enough shoujo, josei, shounen, or seinen to rightfully make that statement, is very narrow minded. |
| "Yes, I have been deprived of emotion. But not completely. Whoever did it, botched the job." - Geralt of Rivia |
| I would probably be a hypocrite if I would say that I don't read shoujo mangas xD I actually don't read them. I don't like the art style and while romance is almost a must in everything I read, the shoujo romance is a bit too soap operish(just invented it) This being said though, I still read Kimi ni Todoke and Watashi ni Jinasai(?), the later being on course of being dropped... |
| I read shoujo manga like any other manga... as long as it´s not boring i read it :D |
Hey,Nana, do you remember our first encounter? nee 、 nana ha 、 watashi tachi no saisho no deai oboe te？ ちょっと、ナナ、最初の出会いを覚えてますか? |
| Very interesting! XD Lots of girls whack the shoujo genre, and say that only shounens are any good. It's interesting to see that a lot of guys really do read it! |
| Shoujo isn't that interesting to me but I've read a few as long as the guys aren't removing their shirts every page and it's about normal teenage love that is.. Josei beats shoujo and seinen beats shounen |
| I like shoujo manga. Not trying something just because of its demographic is silly. |
| I'll answer for my husband I guess... he does sometimes, if the story isn't outright boring or way too girly. He enjoyed Sand Chronicles, for example. |
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| Yes, yes I do, it just has to have a good story. |
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| Sure. I've read plenty. I don't treat Shojo different than Shonen, Kodomo, or Seinen. If I am interested, I read it. I've read Sailor Moon, Cardcaptor Sakura, Rayearth, High School Debut, Sugar Princess, etc. Some are boring, but there are also plenty of good ones. |
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| well i love romance but for some reason shoujo romance doesnt really do it for me, ive read a couple that i liked like akuma to love song, or highschool debut, but for the most part i cant bring myself to enjoy it at all. its probably because i cant relate to a female protagonist as much as i can relate to a male one, epecially when romance is involved. |
| I've read a few random ones, no complaints. It's a nice change of pace from Shonen/Seinen. The only one I'll probably openly admit to reading is Ouran, it's too funny. |
| Ill admit it i read shoujo here in there. I love Vampire Knight and Beast Master. Keep it a secret now ^-^ |
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| Sure I read shoujo in fact one my favorite manga's "Karneval" happens to be a shoujo so yeah my answer is a yes. ^.^ |
| "The divine is the holy and the holy is the blind when your walking that damned near straight line... Lines and minds, people nowadays are just all the same. They'll most often just be that person everyone wants them to be. No basic assumptions, no train of thought, they just get in that line and become society's dogs." |
| Yeah. If the story is good I don't really mind. |
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| Well, if the story is interesting. |
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| I'm actually a big fan of shoujo. I usually find myself enjoying it much more than shounen series or anything more action oriented. I guess in general I prefer romance and drama to violence and action. |
| I hadn't really ventured into shoujo manga much until a few months ago. I guess I just hadn't come across a series that really appealed to me, but I was recommended Nana by a friend so I checked it out and ended up adoring it. So much so that I went and bought all twenty one volumes in public with a face full of pride and satisfaction. I think it's important not to limit yourself to a specific genre or demographic. It's like Books said, that's just silly otherwise. I plan to read a lot more shoujo manga in the very near future. |
Annoyance said: I don't like the art style and with all the bishounens around... I don't really like it. but bishies are nice... lol... a read some, if its good its good genres dont realy matter much to me |
     "If only if only, the woodpecker cried, the bark on the tree was as soft as the sky" || ♪My mind, heart is broken♫ |
| yes, I read a lot, but mostly I didn't add them into my readlist because most of them is just 1 volume book and I don't know the japanese name of it I must admit most of them was pretty bad with generic flaw and story, but there's still some manga which have interesting story and I never ashamed of it, I mostly borrow shoujo manga from my girl classmate and my little sister now I'm planning to read some Josei manga |
banas002 said: yes, I read a lot, but mostly I didn't add them into my readlist because most of them is just 1 volume book and I don't know the japanese name of it/quote] MAL does recognize the English names of manga. You can search for them that way. |
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| I read a few that catch my attention or I accidentally find. But I always cross it out when I find a new manga to read in the search filter engine. |
| Every now and then I read them if If come across them. |
| I have read some too. There are some who are good, but is not my favorite kind of manga, because I haven't read that much and I'm already finding it a bit repetitive. |
| Depends. I can't stand the eyes. They are so shiny it makes me sick. Even if the story may be good, i just can't bring myself to read those mangas that i regard as "too" shiny. The art in general is annoying. but there are some that i can find interesting. |
| -I can see the ending- |
| I'll read the occasional shoujo title. I really enjoyed Love*Com (Lovely Complex). It was humorous enough to keep me interested from start to finish. I just started reading Nana; finished the first volume and am into the second one, and so far it's pretty decent. |
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Ethh said: Depends. I can't stand the eyes. They are so shiny it makes me sick. Even if the story may be good, i just can't bring myself to read those mangas that i regard as "too" shiny. The art in general is annoying. but there are some that i can find interesting. I know how you feel. I find the girls big eyes to be annoying at times too and how almost all the male main characters in a shoujo manga look the same as the male main character from another shoujo manga. |
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| I read shoujo manga all the time. Its my favorite genre. |
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| Hell naww! |
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| sure i have read a couple and i even have a few on my favorites list like artificial maiden and prunus girl i think Ichinensei ni Nacchattara is shoujo too. yes i like gender benders if your wondering. i read vampire night as well but that was before i watched the anime a long time ago. so as a whole i read shoujo manga and i'm proud of it. what is their to be embarrassed about anyways. i like shoujo because the change of perspective because girls usually write/draw shoujo manga. |
| I've read many shoujo manga, or at least a lot of what's available in print. I don't find them to be that bad, but some are just really insane. I tend to avoid the ones with yaoi in it. Most of the shoujo I read are by recommendations too. |
| I read some Shoujo and no, I'm not ashamed. I mostly read it if I want a romance. |
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| I've read very few shoujo manga titles in the past (Time Stranger Kyoko, Kaitou Jeanne, Nana), and out of those three NANA was the only one I could say I liked. The shoujo artstyle and sprawling panel "arrangements" don't quite suit me either. Though I did buy the entire Full Moon - series and the first six volumes of Ouran High School Host Club just recently (haven't read them yet), so we'll see how I like them. :) |
| I do read suhjo manga but im kind of a closet anime fan so i dont really admit me reading any manga to anyone really. Im not really asamed that i read it i just dont see the point of going up to my friends and randomly bring up me loving it |
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