I'm male but i like reading shoujo manga like pita-ten and azumanga daioh. does this make me wierd? It's not all I read. i read mostly shonen (boys) manga like one piece and naruto.
2006-09-01 06:31:17 · 19 answers · asked by LeoDimachi 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Comics & Animation
It depends old son, if it is the art work that you admire, fine, if it is the story lines that yank your chain, then you be gay.
2006-09-01 06:35:35 · answer #1 · answered by ♣ My Brainhurts ♣ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just thought I'd mention that shoujo is, strictly speaking, not a "genre" as such, but a classification based on what magazine a series was originally serialized in, and the target audience of that magazine. Shoujo is targets young girls, shounen targets young boys, josei targets women, seinen targets men, etc. By this definition, the "shoujo" series you mentioned aren't actually shoujo.
Azumanga Daioh was serialized in Dengeki Daioh. Judging by other the other titles (Ichigo Mashimaro, Hayate Cross Blade, Gunslinger Girl), I would say that it targets teenagers, probably male. So, not shoujo at all. I mean, genre-wise, Azumanga is high school comedy, and appeals to both genders. It has none of the focus on emotions that shoujo typically possesses.
Pita Ten was serialized in Dengeki GAO!, a seinen magazine. I'm not familiar with the story, but, again, it doesn't sound like it has any typical shoujo elements like drama.
So, before you ask whether it's weird to like shoujo, you might try asking yourself whether you actually like shoujo at all. :P
I would recommend reading at least the first paragraph of the Wikipedia article
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoujo
(Further down, it actually mentions Azumanga Daioh, which it says is seinen, but gets mislabeled as shoujo by Westerners simply because it has female protagonists.)
But to answer the question, I would say there's nothing wrong with a guy liking shoujo. It probably means they're more intellectual and not just interested in action and violence. Demographics are really fuzzy, and I bet there are a lot of girls who like shounen series (like myself) and vice versa.
2006-09-01 10:32:55 · answer #2 · answered by Elwen 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is it weird that I'm a girl and I like shounen manga like Bleach, Zombie Powder and Death Note? NO!! It's not weird, it's just that Shoujo is targeted towards girls because they tend to have things girls like (Ex. Romance, magic, pretty clothes, hot guys, the list goes on...) while shounen interests boys mainly (Ex. Action/Adventure, Fighting with weapons or martial arts, etc.). However, just because they target specific groups doesn't mean that they are only for those groups and the opposite sex can't read them (Ex. Fruits Basket; technically it's shoujo but it has a pretty high male following). Just like guys can like chick flicks and girls can like boy flicks, it's the same with manga. And since you said you mostly ready shounen, I don't see what's wrong. I read a mix of both. That doesn't make me weird, it makes me an appreciater of good manga!!
2006-09-01 07:37:37 · answer #3 · answered by Lady Hurricane 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's not weird at all. It's true that shoujo manga was created to target female readers but that doesn't mean that there aren't any shoujo manga titles that males can enjoy too. It's the same way with shounen manga. Naruto, Bleach, and One Piece may be shounen titles but there are many female readers who enjoy reading them.
2006-09-01 06:50:47 · answer #4 · answered by Ennah 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No it's not weird. If girls can read boy manga, I don't see why not boys can't read girl manga. Although, you might not want to read girl manga in front of friends. I read a little girl manga and some boy manga like Naruto.
2006-09-01 08:58:29 · answer #5 · answered by Gamegirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's normal if you find yourself liking the girls in the shoujo mangas. I suppose shounen mangas like One Piece doesn't have as many girls as some shoujo mangas. From your description it seems you're fine.
2006-09-01 06:38:52 · answer #6 · answered by Etania 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is weird if you are say 45. But if you like that Naruto then you are probably 8 or 9 so liking shoujo is fine.
2006-09-01 06:37:20 · answer #7 · answered by The One Line Review Guy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does say things about your personality, but most of them are nice and things girls like (you're sensitive and have a good sense of humor). Honestly, I wouldn't consider Azumanga shoujo, though. It's completely not romantic.
2006-09-01 10:59:12 · answer #8 · answered by spunk113 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, that isn't weired because some goirls who doesn't even know or like anime like Naruto and that's a boy mana. I even like Yu-Gi-Oh and especially Shaman King but those are shonen jump mangas for boys. So reading girl mangas isn't weird if boys read it.
2006-09-01 07:17:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
not at all...try out Ryoko Ikeda's Rose of Versailles or the harder to find Onisama E aka Brother, Dear Brother....
as with the best of animation...what they have that keeps us coming back again and again...is story...story...story...
the genre or the subgenre does not really matter.
arigato gozaimasu.
1) Oniisama e (おにいさまへ…; lit. "To [my respected] elder brother") was an anime series loosely based on the Tale of Genji that aired on NHK from July 1991 to April 1992, based on the manga by Riyoko Ikeda.
It came to be known in English as Brother, Dear Brother due to the translation given to it by the fan sub group TechnoGirls.
The series originally started out as a manga in the early-mid 1970s, about a 14 year old girl (Nanako Misonoo (御苑生奈々子 Misonoo Nanako)) who attends a prestigious academy and deals with life as a high school student via writing letters to her "brother" (generally, brothers in this sense are merely older men who agree to read someone else's letters, like a sort of one-sided pen pal). The manga has never been officially released in English, though it has been translated into Italian.
The anime series spans 39 episodes and ends when Nanako is about seventeen years old. The show's themes can be dark, ranging from incest to suicide attempts to life-threatening illnesses.
2) Rose of Versailles
The manga was serialized in Shueisha's Margaret magazine in 1973, and became an instant success. It has been turned into a play, an anime series, a live-action movie, and a ballet. The author, Riyoko Ikeda, is working on the libretto of an opera version of her story as well.
The play adaptation of the manga is also the longest-running show by the Takarazuka Revue.
In 1983, the first two volumes of The Rose of Versailles were translated in English by Frederik L. Schodt for the purpose of teaching English to Japanese speakers and released in North America by the North American branch of Sanyusha. The Rose of Versailles was the first commercially translated manga to be available in North America.
2006-09-01 08:02:57 · answer #10 · answered by Zholla 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no it's not weird. It's your own personal preference. And it's a little sexist to say that Shojo is just for girls! So i think if you like it then read it. Don't worry about what others think! Personally Shojo rocks for me! I just love the drama and romance! It's awesome! And of you want some recomendations tell me! I know the good ones! ;P
2006-09-01 15:26:54 · answer #11 · answered by asianangel7992 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋