Appropriate Age?

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I started watching it when I was 8, I would just look away from those scenes.
 

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Well if anything you should introduce her to Shojo manga, that's geared towards females. Introducing her to a series geared towards guys might not be the best of ideas.

They have series with tough chicks and female writers, etc. in Shojo.

Hmm. How are females portrayed in Shojo? And what kind of themes are promoted?

You have to know if she's actually interested in anime/manga.
Oh, she is.
 

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I think Sexsuke-sama's existence might be a bit too much for her right now.

I'd rather wait until she's 16.
 

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If your sibling is a sister and you want to prevent her from reading Naruto based on the Harem jutsu, age 10 is just fine.

If your sibling is a brother and you want to prevent him from reading Naruto based on the Harem jutsu, age 11 is just fine. (are we really into that point where we are more scared of nipples than gore or language?)
 

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If your sibling is a sister and you want to prevent her from reading Naruto based on the Harem jutsu, age 10 is just fine.

If your sibling is a brother and you want to prevent him from reading Naruto based on the Harem jutsu, age 11 is just fine. (are we really into that point where we are more scared of nipples than gore or language?)
There isn't much gore in Naruto (I think worst is Hidan but that's in Part 2 anyway) and I think the English hard-copy translations take out swearing?
 

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Damn you misogynistic bastard. Why can't she decide what she wants to read? Let her be an independent female! Typical man, trying to bring women down... Women are strong and can read whatever they want!
It has to do more so with age...
 

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Hmm. How are females portrayed in Shojo? And what kind of themes are promoted?

They range, just how shonen has different types like HxH, OP, bleach, but instead of the males being the main one it's usually a female and the other females aren't so useless like in shonen.

But for the stuff geared towards younger readers it's mostly positive.
 

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I will say 10 could be a good age i did not read the original but also it depends on how mature she is i mean i say 7 may be to young but if she was mature for her age may 9 could be okay.

Also has she read any manga?
 
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Three things:

1) Where are your parents? It's a bit odd they're not deciding something you consider important enough to corrupt her view on *** (though I somewhat understand this, the parents may not have any idea what anime/manga is like).

2) Have she ever watched movies or cartoons with suggestive content in it?

3) There may be more effective material (and more appropriate) out there for the goals you are trying to achieve.

It has to do more so with age...

He's being sarcastic.
 
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I'd get her started right away. The younger she is, the less she'll understand why the last half of the manga was so disappointing
 

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I let my 6 year old sister watch it Lol
 

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When Naruto came out I was 10, and I already watched DB before that, so I would say 9-10 is definitely appropriate. And she probably won't understand any references u were talking about. Kids that age are too pure.
 

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When Naruto came out I was 10, and I already watched DB before that, so I would say 9-10 is definitely appropriate. And she probably won't understand any references u were talking about. Kids that age are too pure.

That was a good one...
 

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It seems like a manga that people can read at the ages which they learn to read.
 

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I wouldn't recommend to a seven year old because I doubt a seven year would fully understand the story for what it's worth.
 

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Shonen in Japan is aimed at 12 year old boys, the age that it is made for is twelve, so that would be the age to let her start reading.

If she is very girly I would start her on shojo, try fruits baskets, I have never spoken to a girl who didn't like it, in shojo like fruits baskets, card captor and sailor moon, she could start at eight.

Don't just judge the manga that you read, lots of manga is aimed at younger audiences but remember some shojo is very inappropriate, so check it out first.
 
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My little brother started watching it at 8, so i would say something around that since it ain't that graphic
 
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Tell her to watch hentai before she reads this. It's gonna get good.
 
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