SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS
AND RECOMMENDATIONS
SUMMARY
This paper
attempted to determine on why some boys prefer shojo while some girls prefer
shounen. The research used in this study is the descriptive method on how
gathered data from online sources such as articles and sites were used to
answer the research question posed. The research findings are the following:
1. Girls
preferred stories with male leads while boys preferred stories with female
leads. They wanted the role of their preferred gender lead being the main
protagonist of the story. That shounen’s main theme is competitive fighting
while shojo’s theme is simply love through a process of overcoming obstacles.
2. There are many genres of manga yet some girls prefer shounen over
certain genres while some guys prefer shojo instead of shounen. Regardless of
the subject, that shounen manga are marketed for boys while shojo manga are
marketed for girls. Both genders prefer
each other’s genre when it comes to manga, this is how they find it great in
knowing each other’s genre’s limitations and strengths over other certain genre
of manga.
3. Shounen
and shojo manga are also classified by art style. In classifying a female’s manga
as shojo or male’s manga as shounen by art style, is to observe how the art
styles differ between both genres. Shojo art tends to be more whispy and
elegant and has lighter less defined lines. While shounen art tends to be
bolder with defined lines and isn’t quite elegant as the shojo has.
CONCLUSIONS
Based on the findings of this study, the
following conclusions are drawn:
1. Girls
prefer shounen that are stories with male leads when it comes to plot, that
shounen plots are pretty diversed compared to shojo plots. At times, when
female fans saw too much fighting in shounen manga makes it usually more
exciting. Also the male charcater of perfection, it seems nowadays female read
shounen manga just to see attractive looking male characters that were hot.
Another reason is that they’re less concerned of their feminism compared to
guys who are trying to be hot and manly.
2. Boys
prefer shojo that are stories with female leads when it comes to romance, that
shojo romances aren’t shallow for guys compared to shounen romances does. Both
teenagers are much closer on displaying the idea of true love over lust.
They’re all heart instead of sexual tension built from fan service and awkward
touching. Generally more are drawn to shounen, but the emotions and romance of
most shojo is always a counterpart to machoness and strength over average
shounen. Another reason is that male readers just read shojo as long as it’s
not boring yet is interesting, because boys are usually into action, fighting
scenes, and hero like characters. And able to know more about teenage love of
what it is.
RECOMMENDATIONS
After
analyzing the conclusions of the study, the researcher hereby make the
following suggestions/recommendations:
1. Otakus in classifying a manga whether to tell
its genre, it is better that one has consideration in considering one certain
type of manga and genre. That whether girl or boy has to prefer each other’s
genre, it will still depend on how they will understand throughout by
classifying it. That today’s generation, both genres like shojo and shounen are
popular yet there are still individuals of both genders preferring each other’s
genre.
2. Scholars or for future researchers should
design a research on possible future innovations in the process to cite
possible articles or information gathered from electronic media. For future
preferences and can be used of sources in both genres of manga to based upon.
3. Manga artists should observe their audiences
review on making their mangas. They should be clear on their art styles and
define what absolute genre it is. So readers don’t have to be confused whether
to classify that manga as shounen or shojo.
4. Manga
readers in understanding its emphasis on manga of a certain genre, they should
determine if its shojo and shounen in art style, story and its character leads.
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