Do guys read shoujo manga?

mirokulaw39 2016-03-16 23:03:23 UTC #41

Haha! Even I gets easily swayed ever time I read them!
Kiss him, not me seems to be pretty interesting! I have check that out! It looks funny like Gekkan Shoujo!
(m_m)!

UrMom 2016-03-16 23:05:26 UTC #42

Aww, I started reading that one a while back. I was so disappointed that they didn't keep her fat, and hardly anyone payed attention to her until she got "pretty", also how she got skinny was crazy impractical (and hopefully didn't give any ignorant kids ideas with how to lose weight). But it was funny and cute while I read it, despite all their flaws, Junko's style was a guilty pleasure of mine.

BraveHeartTatsumaki 2016-03-16 23:37:22 UTC #43

Ikr, at first I was like you, like "suuure, all the guys didn't give a damn wabout her but now tht she got "pretty" everyone like her..." But there were two things that made me change my mind, the first I always liked (and is still my fav) is Mutsumi cause he was still nice to her before the makeover. And my mind changed after the episode in which she turns back to her old self and Igarashi RE-falls for her so she likes her in all the ways and I found that cute, he also became my fav, but I CAN NOT LIKE Nanashima, I despise him, he just likes Serinuma when she's thin and he doesn't even want to understand her obsession to anime and yaoi things, he just do so Serinuma might fall for him (I hope not and only stayes as a crush cause he looks like her dear Shion xD)

BraveHeartTatsumaki 2016-03-16 23:40:17 UTC #44

It's pretty funny, you won't be dissapointed with the comedy c:
I just get so passionate when it comes to manga shoujo, no idea why, but usually I finish all the chapters one has, I devour them xD
Gekkan Shoujo is great, I always feel sorry for her tho xD

UrMom 2016-03-17 00:33:04 UTC #45

Oh yeah, I knew about the guy who already liked her, I was just a bit miffed about the exaggeration of everyone else suddenly liking her. Fat people go through enough crap without ignorant creators throwing them in as the "ugly" turned "pretty" character, not only does it continue the trend of fat-shaming, but it's just generally disrespectful (just manga with racist stereotypes).
Wow, does she stay fat, or has the comic not gotten very far with that yet? I mean... I really wish I was the type who can ignore things that are morally wrong in media, but unfortunately I just can't not criticize, and be bothered by those things when it's disguised as something meant to be cute (like romanticized rape in yaoi, if it were actually categorized as rape porn rather than romance, and people didn't see it as romantic I wouldn't be so bothered). <_<

mg78 2016-03-17 01:18:22 UTC #46

of course i dont forget it at all, but what doesnt worth the experiance... go lost. its a natural thing.

BraveHeartTatsumaki 2016-03-17 01:47:37 UTC #47

I know, I had the same so that's why I don't like the other guys. THOUGH, I totally like the crosplayer xD she likes Serinuma in both forms. I actually liked the message Junko got with Igarashi falling for her with her old self because then he liked his personality and you have a contrast of the characters who likes her just physically and even called him crazy for saying how much Serinuma looked cute in her old self xD
Nanashima with the shota of the turn makes her get back to thin by making her do exercise with the regard they'd do yaoi things for her. And she stayed thin until some chapters later from what I read, I stopped cause the time.
I understand your point very well, I just hope Junko gets to pull off the characters well and give a good message that the inside is what matters and not the external things :3

UrMom 2016-03-17 03:43:49 UTC #48

Lol I dunno, while the yaoi fanatic character as a main was funny, I think I'll stick to Pochamani by Hirama Kaname for doing a better job as far as having a heavy set main character. Even though the love interest being a fat fetishist was creepy, and it certainly wasn't an amazing comic, at least the main female was adorable. But more power to you for being able to get into that comic, you are certainly less of a crotchety bag than I am.

BraveHeartTatsumaki 2016-03-17 04:22:23 UTC #49

I haven't read that one, I'll check it out
Nah, if you don't like something none can force you to read it, I'm sometimes too picky but in shoujo I guess I'm not that picky and it's the genre in which I actually SHOULD be.
Btw with fetishist made me remember this romance, comedy,action...

She falls in love with him because she has muscles fetish xD

//rolls to her cave, bye (?)

UrMom 2016-03-17 05:15:47 UTC #50

FFFF I've seen that, it makes you wonder if the author also has that fetish, or if they're messing around. It's too hilaribad to take seriously. xD There's also another shoujo out there featuring the exact opposite type of fetish, where all the male characters are legit anorexic, it actually looks like the author referenced people who haven't eaten in months; but instead of being funny that is more disturbing. :C

On another note, that reminded me of this not so much fetish, but this bad art comic.

bakasama25 2016-03-17 14:17:52 UTC #51

uh it looks somebody stuck a little kid's head on Kenshiro's body.

BraveHeartTatsumaki 2016-03-17 16:03:52 UTC #52

Oh Arceus, I've seen that pics everywhere but never get the name, please tell me the name of that manga, for artistic investigation purpose! xD
Sometimes some shoujo fall in drawing too thin characters and that kinda distracts me from the plot cause I'm reading but then notices long thing legs and long neck me: "woah is she alright?" xD

Aspie_Gamer 2016-03-17 17:15:27 UTC #53

I've seen this drawing before. At first, I thought the artist couldn't draw anatomy for shizzzzzzzz. Anorexia makes sense I guess, but still its sooooo distracting to see skinny dudes in big outfits the way the artist drew them.

Is that the next Arnold Schwarzenegger I'm looking at? Dude's so big, I'm afraid he might crush that blue haired girl if they ever got intimate with one another XD

SpavVy 2016-03-17 17:34:46 UTC #54

I read a lot of it back in high school >.<
I used to read Shinobi Life

I also read and finished Hot Gimmick
When I look back on it, it was actually a pretty stupid story and the main character pissed me off multiple times throughout the entire series and that character Ryoki pissed me off even more. Ever get that feeling when you know it's bad but feel as though you have to finish it? That's what happened to me.

If you're thinking about reading this manga here's a pro tip...DON'T!

I also read Nana, Vampire Knight (shivers) Peach Girl and Fruits Basket. That's all I can remember at the top of my head.

Then in my later teens, I discovered Seinen manga and ditched Shoujo alltogether xD

joannekwan 2016-03-17 17:47:19 UTC #55

Haha, my fiance is reading Shinobi Life right now!

SpavVy 2016-03-17 18:34:27 UTC #56

It's a pretty cute story ^_^ from what I remember anyway. It's been about 5 years since I've read it.

koffbeans 2016-11-02 16:29:37 UTC #57

If you are still interested in yaoi web comics I just posted a new one called Twin Feathers

hushicho 2016-11-02 17:02:42 UTC #58

I'm not a straight guy, but I've always loved shoujo manga. Sometimes I don't want to read about adult ideas and adult relationships; I'd still like the fantasy of a magical romance and a prince who is almost too perfect, to sweep me off my feet and take me away to his wonderful land of romance and perfect love.

My favorite is the 70s for shoujo manga: so many sparkly eyes, long legs, and painfully beautiful men. One of my very favorites is Eve no Musukotachi by Aoike Yasuko. I tend more towards comedy and silly stuff, although I do admire the ability to write a dark, gripping story like, say, Kaze to Ki no Uta, which is just too much for me.

Do you know Patalliro!? That is one of my favorites of all time! It's still running, too. Mineo Maya is incredible.

Part of what I have always loved about specifically shoujo manga is the optimism and pervasive cheer. There's a kind of magic in a lot of those stories. But there are so many stories for girls that are very deep, or even dark, or serious, or depressing. It's not just sparkles and romance, though that's my favorite part of what tends to come to mind with "shoujo manga". Many stories written for girls have a profound emotional resonance that is difficult to convey; the aforementioned Kaze to Ki no Uta is so heart-wrenching that I can't read it, but I deeply admire the artistry that created it.

Something else, which many don't know, is that several important and well-known shoujo mangaka are men. Mineo Maya, for example! Of course, the sociocultural landscape of Japan is so confusing to many who weren't born into it...

Anyway, there are many men who read shoujo manga, and plenty who create it too!

NickRowler 2016-11-02 21:49:28 UTC #59

Wasn't the concept of moé inspired by the male audience for shojo. Shojo is traditionally targeted at girls however, when a large male audience emerged, male mangakas wanted to make "girly" series but target them at people like themselves. That is where stuff like K-On and such came from.

I have met straight guys who were into Sailor Moon and Clamp. Some of which were put off by me hating on the genre. I honestly prefer Monster High or Winx. I did like Pretear, some of the Cardcaptor anime and Princess Jellyfish.

Valalaraptor 2016-11-02 22:53:17 UTC #60

I only read a handful of Shoujo, but the ones I did read were kinda off-beat.
There was Aishiteruze Baby, which actually focused around a guy who begins taking care of his 5-year-old cousin after his aunt abandons her.
Absolute Boyfriend, which was pretty much Chobits with the genders flipped.
Othello, about a timid girl who develops a brash, outgoing split personality that takes over when justice needs to be served.
Hana Kimi, which tells a story about a girl who becomes so obsessed with a guy who is a career high-jumper, she disguises herself as a boy to go to his all-boy school to meet him. Kinda creepy thinking back on it.
And, of course, Fruits Basket, where a girl gets taken in by a family that turns into various animals of the zodiac when a member of the opposite sex hugs them. Gets surprisingly dark at times.

So, tl;dr: I guess I like Shoujo?? Just so long as there's more to it than melodrama and a love-triangle.