Is Shojo for girls only? Based on what I know, I have read
manga and watched anime series related to shojo. I find girls typically, the protagonist and while the male is like the supporting character or the partner for the female. Manga that is shojo is particularly marketed to female audience between the ages of 10 and 18. I read every manga that is related to shojo and I even watch such as kaichou wa maid sama, fruits basket, Cardcaptor Sakura, Lovely Complex, and more. And i discovered that girls are mainly the protagonist and it tells about a girl's life would be. Every work on shojo manga, you will find how the female protagonist will face the challenges in life, like having a love life, and encountering people like a typical girl would be. Years passed I've always read manga about shojo and I find it in many subjects from historical drama to science fiction. I observed that the manga does not comprise a style or a genre, but rather indicates a target demographic.
According to an article entitled "The boys of shojo manga", from the site www.pulllist.comixology.com, Shaenon K. Garrity writes that, "Our columnists are independent writers who choose subjects and write without editorial input from comiXology. The opinions expressed are the columnist's, and do not represent comiXology." Having five kind of boys in the field of shojo, whereas the delinquent, who stands up to the heroine's parents, grabbing and yanking the heroine roughly to his side and beating up guys on her behalf. The tortured genius intellectually, emotionally, and physically abusing the heroine and help her study. The wealthy playboy who suddenly brings the heroine to a tropical beach, and visits the heroine's shabby home. The nice guy does the cooking and mopping, is like common and unappreciated. And lastly Mr. Perfect rescuing the heroine from attackers, his eternal devotion, and sacrificing everything for love. Here and elsewhere, there is a sense that it is the creative actions of protagonists whose identities keep the world turning. There is a sense that may take this as a good description of our lives today. Publishers and stores have problems retailing shōjo: unsure of the "right" way to spell the word. Manga and anime labeled as "shōjo" need not interest only young girls, and some titles gain a following outside the traditional audience.
Shojo literally means "girl" in Japanese, which are girls' manga or anime for girls. It is appealing to both female and male readers These early shojo manga almost invariably had pre-adolescent girls as both heroines and readers. You will mostly see Japanese teenagers in love and has this strong focus on human and romantic relationships and emotions. Shojo even shows emotional bonds between women that were stronger than bonds between a man and a woman. Fans in the west have adopted a wide range of Japanese anime and manga terminology, however the strong similarities between a sector of shojo works has led to regarding them as a genre with an attempt to assign it by degrees. Romance has become a common element of many shojo works, any title with romance such as Love Hina or Oh My Goddess tend to get mislabeled. In addition Westerners often declare falsely that violent, gory, or sexual explicit works cannot possibly be shojo. There is a poular subgenre of shojo called maho shojo, or "magical girl". While there are many subgenres of shojo, this one is predominant enough to warrant a special mention. In said, subgenre the heroines receove magical powers, usually for the purpose of fighting evil in the name of love and justice. Elaborate transformation sequences and cute costumes are a staple of magical girls. This subgenre also tends to feature more action than traditional shojo.
In another article called, "Shojo Manga," from the site matt-thorn.com, Matt Thorn writes that, "At this time, conventional job-opportunities for females did not include becoming a manga artist. Adapting Tezuka's dynamic style to shōjo manga (which had always been domestic in nature) proved challenging". Matt Thorn who studies, teaches, and writes about comics and other forms of popular culture. Was a professional translator of Japanese comics like shojo and introduce its manga since 1990. Some chose to simply create longer humor-strips, others turned to popular girls' novels of the day as a model for melodramatic shōjo manga. These manga featured sweet, innocent pre-teen heroines, torn from the safety of family and tossed from one perilous circumstance to another, until finally rescued (usually by a kind, handsome young man) and re-united with their families. Whereas manga for boys have always been about action and humor, shojo manga have undergone several dramatic metamorphoses. These older girls were no interested in stories of a passive little damsels in distress. They wanted stories that were relevant to their real lives.
Based on what i have learned from shojo, the desire to disassociate the word shōjo from its meaning "girl",
seems largely driven by fear of putting off potential new readers, particularly male ones. And by that you can find exciting stories with true to life characters and the thrill of exotic locales, connecting the heart and mind through real human relationships. And I have bought three shojo manga this year and here's a picture of it.
I find shojo not just for girls only, it could be for guys too. There are some shojo that can be devoid of any true antagonism, while some feature soul-blithering drama.
