| Name some shonen anime that are pretty mature compared to other shonen. For me, I'd have to say Hunter X Hunter, Death Note, Attack on Titan, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, and Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. |
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| I think what you named are pretty mature, maybe JJK too? It's darker than your typical shonen I guess. |
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| Jujutsu kaisen, chainsaw man, attack on titan, akgame ga kill. |
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| Death Note , Silent Voice , AOT and Hajime No Ippo probably |
| Soul Eater. I mean, haven't watched the anime of SE, just the manga, but geez, psychology of characters in the latter part of the series gets so relatable and built up, I just can't Aaand Mob Psycho 100, the second season at least: the emphasis is on adults who can't find their place in life, and the series shows it in a pretty mature way, I think EDIT: Why are people mentioning Chainsaw Man and Fire Punch, this is a topic about shounen anime xdd |
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| Neon Genesis Evangelion might count because its manga is serialized in a shounen magazine |
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| Golden Boy. There is a legend behind the scenes. |
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| What's up with the obsession of labelling a shounen as mature? Most things people consider mature is actually really infantile (sex, violence, blood, etc) and that mean they are exactly intended for a more immature audience. Just what shounen means afterall. |
| What does "mature" mean? Is lots of blood mature? People mentioned Akame ga Kill, I might've watched a different version. |
| If you're a fanboy, please don't waste my time. Watch more movies, please. Perhaps, this is hell. |
Hrybami said: What's up with the obsession of labelling a shounen as mature? Most things people consider mature is actually really infantile (sex, violence, blood, etc) and that mean they are exactly intended for a more immature audience. Just what shounen means afterall. I don't think you know what infantile means. |
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KyleRiley said: Hrybami said: What's up with the obsession of labelling a shounen as mature? Most things people consider mature is actually really infantile (sex, violence, blood, etc) and that mean they are exactly intended for a more immature audience. Just what shounen means afterall. I don't think you know what infantile means. Oh I get it, I misused a word. Though my point still stand. Lots of blood don't really make something more mature. |
Hrybami said: Oh I get it, I misused a word. Though my point still stand. Lots of blood don't really make something more mature. Your post has fair points (violence, sex, blood doesn't = mature) but I think it's a bit unfair to say those same things are intended for younger audiences. I personally would not think an anime like Ninja Scroll would be considered immature because it has a lot of nudity, violence, and blood. |
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KyleRiley said: Hrybami said: Oh I get it, I misused a word. Though my point still stand. Lots of blood don't really make something more mature. Your post has fair points (violence, sex, blood doesn't = mature) but I think it's a bit unfair to say those same things are intended for younger audiences. I personally would not think an anime like Ninja Scroll would be considered immature because it has a lot of nudity, violence, and blood. The thing is that in shounen anime, the violence is more like a gimmick that work the best for a younger audience (12-17 years old). So the violence is purposedly added there to cater to the teenagers who gets easily impressed by some blood. |
| Flying Witch is the most mature shounen anime I know of |
| You nailed them. JJBA, hxh chimera ant, death and AOT are the big ones for me. |
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| i disagree with jojo. a bunch of sexual jokes ain't mature. this to my understanding that it turns seinen later. and hxh is just confusing af |
| "Nobody is stronger than me, even when I go easy on them. Remember that" - Ayanokoji Kiyotaka |
| Pumpkin Scissor is pretty mature manga/anime. The manga started 2002 and is still going on. The story tells about the aftermath of war and how it affected both Victors and losers, even the side that won is struggling. |
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| you can never miss with hokuto no ken and I am not talking about the violence but the themes |
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| According to MAL A Silent Voice is a Shounen. Now, it's been a while since I've actually read the manga so I don't remember how mature it actually was, but it's most definitely more mature than most of these Shounen examples with the topic it tackles. Hrybami said: What's up with the obsession of labelling a shounen as mature? Most things people consider mature is actually really infantile (sex, violence, blood, etc) and that mean they are exactly intended for a more immature audience. Just what shounen means afterall. In any other topic like this I would have agreed, but I'll defend the OP since they specified in their title "mature compared to other shonen". |
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| Hunter x hunter is definetly the most mature shounen from what I’ve seen everything else doesn’t seem to delve into the dark themes and shows it’s explicitly like hunter x hunter. |
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OnionKnightRises said: According to MAL A Silent Voice is a Shounen. Now, it's been a while since I've actually read the manga so I don't remember how mature it actually was, but it's most definitely more mature than most of these Shounen examples with the topic it tackles. Hrybami said: What's up with the obsession of labelling a shounen as mature? Most things people consider mature is actually really infantile (sex, violence, blood, etc) and that mean they are exactly intended for a more immature audience. Just what shounen means afterall. In any other topic like this I would have agreed, but I'll defend the OP since they specified in their title "mature compared to other shonen". But childish violence doesn't mean it's more mature since it's added specifically for a shounen audience. |
| The original FMA. Probably the only battle shounen I actually like, because it's grounded and pretty much character driven. It doesn't throw BS over the top action at you at every turn just because that's the genre it belongs to. And the characters feel really human, rather than borderline superheros that mostly exist to show a spectacle. |
SmashBlack said: Name some shonen anime that are pretty mature compared to other shonen. For me, I'd have to say Hunter X Hunter, Death Note, Attack on Titan, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, and Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. This isn't what you're looking for but I'm trying to make a point. Naruto was one of the first big battle shounen I watched, I was pretty skeptical about shounen at that point (and the filler eps, and Sakura, are a whole other matter) but I was genuinely surprised at the beginning at the themes and presentation of the show. Some of it felt clearly adult to me even though maybe it wasn't, but many of the themes which were also sometimes handled well and executed well were of the all-encompassing kind of the type that either anyone can identify with or any parent watching a cartoon with their child would also feel entertained. Something for everyone Universal human emotions, good character development and drama, that's more "mature" than edgy teen angst or mature rated gore/semi-porn/anything else tweenies can think of. (But then that was only part of it. (Then came Sakura, then came fillers, and other stuff that made you roll your eyes) |
| jojo's bizarre adventure and attack on titan season 4 part 2 |
| chainsawman when the adaptation is released... attack on titan jjk ... well probs more like JJK s2 when it comes. JJK s1 is still sorta light with characters fooling around death note FMA and FMAB Dororo |
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| AoT and hxh(its not what you think) imo, they centered in deppression and dark theme Psycho-pass, the seinen tag is fake, its basically tpn and death note combined but with actions and more mature |
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