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Agent_grey posted:I..that...how is that shojo? If so is Marlon brando the Tsundere in Apocalypse now? To call it shojo is kind of a misnomer; it's more josei than shojo. (Josei is to shojo what seinen is to shounen: aimed more at older women than girls and deals with more mature themes.) And the reason why it's josei is because that mysterious young gang leader and the other main character, an aspiring photographer (from Japan, would you believe), engage in a homosexual relationship. And do so in a straightforward, realistic manner, wonder of wonders. It's not even the focus of the plot, which is the mystery of Banana Fish. It's pretty cool, completely written and translated, and you just reminded me I haven't finished it yet.
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musouka posted:It's not josei (better termed "ladies"), it's a shoujo series that was aimed at girls. It was also incredibly popular with men, but that in no way takes away from the fact that it was published in a girls' magazine and printed under a shoujo imprint. Ah. After having looked up these things and the differences between them, it seems that you are right. Hmm, I'll have to be careful; although I don't think shoujo is all romance and bubbles (just like shounen isn't all fighting and friendship; Death Note is shounen, remember), it's very easy to fall into the trap of thinking that umbrella terms are in any way indicative of content or quality. I hadn't known that Banana Fish ran in a shoujo imprint; the more you know.
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Captain Invictus posted:it's really amazing how bad kimi ni todoke got, to the point that I just don't want to finish it. Every time I go to catch up I just get this overwhelming feeling of ennui from it. Ooh, sounds a bit like Nana- although KnT will probably finish first! (And at all.)
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