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not really a discussion question, just noticed that Gyro was at the top of the page image even though Steel Ball Run moved to Ultra Jump (seinen) after only a year in Shonen Jump, so the time frame of the image is between Feb 2004 and Apr 2005, found that a bit funny
Angry queer dude. Ze/zer, they/them, or xe/xyr/xem pronouns.
Isn't Princess Mononoke a Shonen? Miyazaki said that the film is aimed at older kids, which pretty much translates to shonen. I know its pretty violent and has a lot of emotional aspects for a shonen but its pretty tame compared to later stuff like Attack On Titan
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Shonen in general are primarily for teenage boys. 12-18. Not kids. Attack On Titan is for older teens 15+. And no cuz Princess Mononoke is a film and Shonen mainly attributes to manga. Only anime based on Shonen manga can be classified as Shonen anime.
So what does Shonen actually mean? The article doesn't do a good job of making it clear. In fact, this is a common problem with articles here where tropes are not properly explained in the opening few paragraphs, which are instead taken up with lengthy introductions like "There is x, and there is y, and then these is this trope."
Strategy. I know I'm asking a lot but seems like in every Shonen there is a point, usually right before or right after the main character gets their first power up but there is always a fairly early point story wise where no amount of strategy, luck or even playing the numbers game are going to do anything but piss off your opponent.
Am I the I Ou one who thinks that the universe would explode in a singularity of awesome if all the characters in the page image met in real life?
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Japanese culture. Japanese culture in America. Media for teens/ boys. Animation. Action. What do you mean its drama? Just some ideas.
Edited by sdmitch16 Will I be informed if people reply to my discussion post?
What is up with this site's policy of its lists of shonen/shojo etc. series being entirely determined by what magazine a manga adaptation ran in? I mean, I get that that's literally what demographic they were marketed to, but what is even the point of defining shonen/shojo and its tropes if the truth of the matter comes down entirely to objective market facts instead of anything about their stories? I'm not even sure why I'm saying this because nothing is going to change, but hopefully I'm not the only person in history to realize how pointless this makes the articles.