I'm sick of high school anime and manga series so I'll only check out josei because I know those series usually aren't in high school. That makes me an elitist apparently.
Also, because of people like me, the shoujosei community is being divided? lol ok.
Is it that much of a shock when the little girls who loved shoujo grew up, became women and got sick of high school stories? Josei is just an easier category to type in when searching for a series online with adult characters. It has nothing to do with looking down on shoujo. We are sick of ALL high school anime and manga series so that includes shonen.
I'm not sorry if us saying we can't relate to teens pisses you off. If someone said they couldn't relate to adult characters, I wouldn't give a fuck. I would just now know what to recommend and what not to recommend to them. No big deal.
We just find it easier to say we only like josei and not, "I like anime and manga series with main characters as adults." It's a mouthful so just saying "josei" gets the point across....but not with shoujo fans because josei is connected to shoujo. So, the fans think we are saying josei is better than shoujo.
Let me be clear, what we are really saying is josei is better than ALL high school series. Hahaha!
I'm not sorry if us saying we can't relate to teens pisses you off. If someone said they couldn't relate to adult characters, I wouldn't give a fuck. I would just now know what to recommend and what not to recommend to them. No big deal.
We just find it easier to say we only like josei and not, "I like anime and manga series with main characters as adults." It's a mouthful so just saying "josei" gets the point across....but not with shoujo fans because josei is connected to shoujo. So, the fans think we are saying josei is better than shoujo.
Let me be clear, what we are really saying is josei is better than ALL high school series. Hahaha!
So you're half right.
In all seriousness, I'm not saying I can only enjoy an anime if I relate to it. I like many series that I can't relate to at all. It's just nice when I can relate to the main characters.
I'll still check out a high school anime/manga if a friend or someone I follow recommends it by saying, "If you're sick of this trope, this series avoids it or does it good." Or something among those lines to make me interested to see if I can like it.
If I say I can't relate to teenagers then I'm hurting the shoujosei community by being an elitist?
Okay, girl.
In all seriousness, I'm not saying I can only enjoy an anime if I relate to it. I like many series that I can't relate to at all. It's just nice when I can relate to the main characters.
I'll still check out a high school anime/manga if a friend or someone I follow recommends it by saying, "If you're sick of this trope, this series avoids it or does it good." Or something among those lines to make me interested to see if I can like it.
If I say I can't relate to teenagers then I'm hurting the shoujosei community by being an elitist?
Okay, girl.
They would point out sexism and toxicity in anime. And just dumb plot holes and dialogue in general. Its really refreshing reading someone rant about the stuff I was sick of seeing in anime. I want to still love anime but as I get older, it's getting harder and harder when it's not aimed towards my age group as much. AND they are still stuck in the same fucking cliche boxes, smutty or not.
Even josei is not that great but it's better than most high school anime.
Imagine if Yes God Yes, Pen15, Never Have I Ever, Turning Red and Stranger Things were anime and manga series? I would love that! It's a more realistic representation of what it's like to be a teenager than what shoujo and shonen give me.
Even josei is not that great but it's better than most high school anime.
Imagine if Yes God Yes, Pen15, Never Have I Ever, Turning Red and Stranger Things were anime and manga series? I would love that! It's a more realistic representation of what it's like to be a teenager than what shoujo and shonen give me.
From coming-of-age and to comedy, fantasy and horror, these series held my interest despite having teenage main characters. If high schoolers in shoujo acted like they do in the series I listed, I wouldn't get sick of them.
Shoujo staying away from being horny is frustrating. It's okay to have casual violence in the story but not casual sex?
Shoujo staying away from being horny is frustrating. It's okay to have casual violence in the story but not casual sex?
Shonen and seinen will touch sexy topics but treat female characters like objects or just love interests.
And I know a lot of josei will say their characters are adults but will give them teenage mindsets. So there is a lot of josei I dropped because it's just not as mature as I would've liked it to be.
Like I said, many of us josei fans are only calling ourselves fans because it's simple.
This goes into another topic of Japanese series and western series. But my main point is I'm getting more picky with anime and manga but josei is hanging onto me...for now.
Plus, that tweet triggered me and I felt like ranting so thanks for reading 😘
