You Sure This Is Shounen?
Manga
Shounen manga are known to fall back on a handful of "traditional" shounen sub-categories: battles (whether they are historical, fantastical, gang fights, military, space wars, or collectible monsters who fight in the protagonist's stead), school comedies, male-centered (or pandering) fantasy adventures with either a powerful male protagonist or an eye-candy female protagonist, and of course the usual harems, yuri, and fanservice. (Can't forget the waifus!) But some series don't follow a standard shounen formula, to the point of feeling like it belongs to another genre entirely.
Manga, 7 vol, 2013
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A drama about a boy and his deaf classmate. Nothing about this really feels like a traditional shounen series.
Manga, 20 vol, 2008
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A countryside comedy/slice-of-life series about an adult calligrapher trying to find himself. Feels like seinen manga rather than shounen.
Manga, 1 vol, 2013
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Crossdressing shounen BL? Apparently so.
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Iyashikei about a young witch having low-key adventure in the countryside. Doesn't feel like shounen at all.
Manga, 8 vol, 2013
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This school comedy about a young girl trying to make friends feels more like a shoujo series.
Manga, 1 vol, 2011
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Cute slice of life about a man running a curry shop with his little girl.
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A fantasy series starring a teenage orphan girl in a magic-filled cottegecore environment in the English countryside. Seems more like a shoujo fantasy.
Manga, 3 vol, 2018
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By the author of Barakamon, and like that series, it features an adult male in the countryside trying to focus on his profession and get his life together, making it feel like seinen rather than shounen.
