Shounen or Shoujo?

[Charizard★]

I just want to know what Anime & Manga readers prefer on here. Shounen or Shoujo? Why is it better in your opinion? Other then that what is your favorite genre?

I prefer Shounen because its Manga & Anime are more interesting to me. (My opinion)

 

[Paper Ghost]

I tend to only like shounen for some reason. The only shoujo series I ever liked was Utena and Magical Pokemon Journey. :/

 

[Graceful]

I usually prefer shoujo, but I sometimes watch a little bit of shounen.

 

[Neiko Star]

Definitely shounen. I don't like romance. >_>

 

[jigglyppuff8]

I guess I like shounen. Obviously because I'm male and this stuff is targeted at me.

Seinen is superior in my tastes. I like shows that are more psychological or willing to rely solely on humor, satirical or not, rather than fanservice or extreme action.

Shoujo is OK as long as it's Shoujo Ai (Yuri). :3

 

[EmeraldSerenade]

I use to be really into shounen, but my friend got me reading shoujo, so I prefer shoujo :3

yeah, there's something wrong with me.

 

[Eternal Nightmare]

I perfer Shounen because there is more action opposed to Shoujo and its romance :/.

 

[Taichi]

I read/watch mainly shonen and seinen. Sometimes I watch/read semi-shoujo stuff like Shakugan No Shana (It's for shonen demographic, but you can't honestly tell me that's not shojo with a dash of shonen. lol) or Peach Girl, DNAngel, and obviously Sailor Moon. I read Gravitation until I realized what it was about (thought pink head was a girl.). The only Josei thing I've read is probably Tramps Like Us.

I love me some shonen, but some shojo stuff is good also.

 

[Giraffles <3]

Mainly shounen, not just because I'm a guy, but because alot of the more popular shoujo like "He's Dedicated to Roses" have the most god awful art style I have ever seen. I like a few shoujo manga's but I mostly enjoy shounen :3.

 

[Jordan]

I suppose I prefer shounen because I pick materials that would be considered to be targeting that demographic more often than shoujo. At the end of the day, though, I prefer seinen or josei works over these two because of their, in my opinion, more realistic and powerful emotional content. I was never a big fan of ridiculous and mindless action for the sake of action usually found in shounen or silly melodrama in shoujo (Gurren Lagann and Natsume Yuujinchou are huge exceptions for each of those, however).

 

[Eucliffe]

I used to be a HUGE shoujo fan, although my favorite shoujo series were all mahou shoujo (Tokyo Mew Mew/Mew Mew Power, Sailor Moon, Mermaid Melody, Full Moon o Sagashite, Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne, Ojamajo Doremi/Magical Doremi, take your pick).

Now, though, I like shounen a lot more. Not to be sexist or anything, but I find that, despite being called "shounen", there are still plenty of aspects in plenty of series that would attract the female population. It doesn't seem likely that a guy would be interested in shoujo series. Perhaps, if anything, they'd get into mahou shoujo (I know a lot of guys who like Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha, if that says anything) because of the violence and (perhaps) hot female characters.

 

[Alakazam17]

This is a tough decision, as I have several favourite anime series which are shoujo(Sailor Moon, Mermaid Melody, Shugo Chara, PreCure), and several which are shounen(One Piece, Full Metal Alchemist, Bleach, Code Geass). I'd like to say I like them equally, though methinks that shoujo won out long ago. The characters there tend to have more...well, character. XD

And I do like the romance, which is probably why I like so many shoujo series. =P

 

[Wings Don't Cry]

I can't say I like one more than the other. They're both pretty equal to me.

 

[Wish]

Shounen is definitely more enjoyable to watch according to my tastes, but sadly, some of them tend to drag on way too long. That's why I tend to watch Seinen.

Some Shoujo I can stand like Rozen Maiden (I think) and Cardcaptor Sakura.

 

[Rokusasu]

Shounen. I used to like Shoujo, and then found that they were getting a bit repetitive for my liking. >:

 

[thedestinedblade]

Most definitely shounen. Nothing wrong with shoujo (currently watching one right now) but I'm more into the adventure type stuff than the drama/romance.

 

[Alice]

I dunno if I've ever even watched a shoujo... although I'm not positive I understand the definitions... almost all of the anime I watch are romance, but they're definitely targeting males. So, I dunno which they really are.

 

[Taichi]

I dunno if I've ever even watched a shoujo... although I'm not positive I understand the definitions... almost all of the anime I watch are romance, but they're definitely targeting males. So, I dunno which they really are.

If you've seen Sailor Moon, you've watched Shojo.

 

[Esper]

I tend to pick my series based on who the creator is, what the art is like, how good the plot is, etc. so I've got both shoujo and shonen series I like, though I prefer manga that's targeted toward an older audience.

If I had to choose then I'd probably pick shoujo since it has more staying power in my experience. The shonen I've read tends to loose its plot if it goes on for too long.

 

[Alice]

If you've seen Sailor Moon, you've watched Shojo.

I've never watched Sailor Moon lol.