Difference Between Shonen and Shojo

[Bankai11]

You know, it's funny how some "fans" calling the Naruto The Last movie "shojo" and I am wondering are those smart people even know what is shojo?

Shonen and shojo are both targeting children from age 10 to age 16. The ONLY (possible) difference is that shojos are focusing on more the romance sub-plot than shonen. Yes, shonens also targeting males while shojo targeting females, but in the 21th century this is not a factor anymore.

Yet, despite this is the only difference between them, those "smarties" using the shojo word as a cursing word, like it would be inferior to shonen, while not. There are tons of shojo mangas which are faaar better than the majority or even the most famous shonen mangas.

It's funny that shippingers (NaruSaku, NaruHina, SasuSaku, ShikaTema ect) always wanted more romance for Naruto and now "some of them" are interestingly have problem with that.

"Are they stupid? Kissing in a shonen?" - sure, that's why there are soooo many fanarts where characters are kissing on their lips. ;P

So, would somebody tell me why those people using the shojo as a cursing, lowlife word while both shonen and shojo targets the same age audiance and there are shojos whiches are far superior than the majority of shonens?

 

[DeadManWonderLand]

Massive buthurt led to anus cancer which led to fits of rage

 

[HENI]

shojo is girl stuff

 

[Luciform]

Okay U_U
Thanks for letting me know..

 

[BLAZE]

They call it shoju becoz Romance centered plot nothing more

 

[The Dreamer]

Shonen isn't up to 16. It goes to 17/18. 18+ is seinen.

 

[-immortal-]

Shonen isn't up to 16. It goes to 17/18. 18+ is seinen.

If it goes 18+ it's hentai

 

[The Dreamer]

If it goes 18+ it's hentai

Pervert... @.@ 18+ is a Seinen manga wich containts mature material (not sexual content) and in such group fall Deathnote, Aot etc.

Hentai is classified as Ero-manga. It holds 18+ because of sexual content.

 

[xcoyote]

Whats wrong with Shoujo?Heck characters in this manga like Sasuke and Itachi(brooding bishounen with tragic pasts and whatnot) target that demographic.

 

[-immortal-]

Pervert... @.@ 18+ is a Seinen manga wich containts mature material (not sexual content) and in such group fall Deathnote, Aot etc.

Hentai is classified as Ero-manga. It holds 18+ because of sexual content.

You sure know alot about Hentei :snick:

 

[Shruikan]

Shojo is actually for girls

 

[Sjhsgjhsgjshjshjsh]

Those who name it shojo as an insult are simply butthurt pairing fans who didn't get their pairing at the end and they suddenly started acting as if they care about the quality of the story .

 

[uchihamad]

This is the first time I hearing about shojo.

 

[Koshej]

Sailor Moon is a shojo - and it has a 9000 times better plot than 90% of Naruto Shippuden.
Including the fights.

 

[Ansatsuken]

Shounen is for man

Shojo is for women

Sausage is for gay/lesbian

 

[Bankai11]

Shojo is actually for girls

Yes, I know, but the main age audiance (10-16/18) are the same and as I said there are tons of them which have not only better stories but even better fights then the majority of shonens.

Also, some elements of shojo are already were in Naruto, like the bishonen characters, because if Sasuke, Gaara, Itachi, Madara, Kabuto, Shikamaru ect are not bishonens I don't know who are.

And my problem is that despite these facts and the fact that the only difference between shonen and shojo is the amount of romance and the gender audiance (which is in the 21th century became useless as girls read boys comics and via verca) they are not superior or inferior to each others. Yet, some people use "shojo" as an insulting word, like shojo is for children under 10 or something.

 

[1Told]

puberty is a difficult time OP

 

[Natsu Shazneel]

Good question Op. The only way to answer that is the butthurtness of few fans. Also its a cool thing to hate the Last since it is the Last.