Why does Yea Forums think of shounen, seinen, shoujo, josei, etc. as genres rather than demographics?
Why does Yea Forums think of shounen, seinen, shoujo, josei, etc. as genres rather than demographics?
Ayden Murphy
Robert Cox
Also what the fuck is soft seinen?
William Price
Because they are both.
Oliver Powell
it's a stupid idea and only brainlets do it. Bokuben and Act-Age obviously aren't the same genre as Boku no Hero and Black Clover
Benjamin Ross
I have nothing to contribute but here's a cute picture of yuno
Colton Rivera
Christopher Gonzalez
Because Yea Forumsutism.
Hunterfags made up that term to feel superior.
Colton Flores
horrible OP bar Yuno
needs more wides
Alexander Nelson
Joshua Nelson
"Shounen" is used as a synonym for "battle shounen". This upsets autists.
Eli Myers
Because most of Yea Forums is media-illiterate and just likes to autistically categorize things.
The more nuanced answer is that stories for each demographic have common themes and tropes that recur across genres, so it's sometimes convenient to refer to those tropes by their demographic as conversational shorthand, or as a modifying adjective to single out that part of a genre that is aimed at a particular demographic: battle shounen, shoujo drama, etc.
Jackson Sanchez
Teenage kids are usually really dumb and uninformed.
Austin Davis
>wide
Logan Campbell
Is wide a genre?
Austin Powell
S-Sugoi
Thomas Nelson
I primarily read seinen and I'm willing to read effectively untested series in hopes I find something good. Shounen has a few gems so I usually wait for others to dig them out. Similarly for shojo. I find that josei is primarily about relationships which I don't find as entertaining so I rarely read any.
Isaiah Williams
iyashikei
Can't go wrong with wide there.
Ian Rivera
Because they're Japanese words and it would be sacrilege to use English words like fantasy or drama to describe superior Japanese animation.
t. weebs
Ethan Myers
Elijah Reed
Because Yea Forums is fucking retarded.
Jonathan Hall
because any form that is crystallised enough is a genre
Joseph Williams
Alexander Myers
Logan Lee
This seems to be the most factual answer ITT.
Christopher Lopez
Because anons are retards
Juan Ortiz
God I hate Yuno so much
Aaron Gutierrez
But why
Liam Ramirez
Look at this BUTT
Samuel Cook
You son of a bitch.
Samuel Baker
I don't
Wyatt Davis
>K-On! and OPM are seinen
wait what
Then again, do we even need to differentiate between shonen and seinen? It's pretty much the same shit, except one targets brainlets 3 years older.
Jordan Carter
Josei is an underrated genre.
Anthony Thomas
One of my favorite movies.
Dominic Richardson
It just means the target demographic of the magazine they're published in. The content itself is more dependent on the brand of the magazine than the demographic. The stuff published in Ultra Jump is more or less a natural step up from WSJ, whereas Kirara is all CGDCT, all the time.
Jayden Davis
>Then again, do we even need to differentiate between shonen and seinen? It's pretty much the same shit, except one targets brainlets 3 years older.
That's the point of the image. You can find identical shows in each demographic.
Samuel Lopez
A manga is whatever demographic the magazine it runs in is aimed at. K-ON runs in a seinen magazine just like Yotsuba runs in a shounen magazine.
Nathan Clark
That's not even a manga, I don't think you know how these terms work.
Owen Taylor
listen here, faggot.
Sebastian Nelson
trips of justice
Charles Martinez
I don’t think it’s fair to say that Akagi and Hidamari Sketch are the same genre.
Mason Lopez
God I love Yuno so much
Luis Wood
>Hidamari
>Taters Last Boil
>Hakumei and Mikochi
what else
Levi Bell
yes
Brandon Bell
Nothing, made up shit
Colton Nelson
The inchlings aren't wide, they're just fat.
Ethan Powell
Shit posts.