Also, what are your favorite types?
The… erh, opposite would be ‘shonen’, which means ‘boys’: Manga made for young boys, example Yuyu Hakusho, Naruto etc etc. You often find a lot of action in these series, and stuff like friendship, growing up…
These two are probably the two big, best-known types. However, it�s not often that clear if a manga is ‘shonen’ or ‘shojo’, and even if it is, you often find boys reading shojo manga, or girls adoring ‘shonen’ manga. Like me. o_O
There�s also this stuff called hentai… What�s the best description? Porn?
Then there�s ‘shonen-ai’ and yaoi: stories featuring love between men… (yaoi being the more explicit version, if I am not mistaken… I am not that much of an expert on that field).
The same kind of stories only with women would be called ‘yuri’, again, if I am not mistaken…
And now I will leave it to others to fill any gaps I left. I sure left some.
Oh… and like I said: I prefer shonen manga, although I�m also open to shojo. It�s just that silly love stories easily piss me off. Gah. Another factor is that I just don�t like the way most shojo manga are drawn, those big eyes, little back ground, and no need for anatomy. Talk about Clamp.
I�ve found shonen manga to offer me better art, more interesting stories, more interesting characters… yeah, and action.
That clears up a lot. ^_^
There’s Shoujo for girls, Shounen for boys, Shounen-Ai which is implied homosexuality, Yaoi which is guyXguy, and Yuri which is girlXgirl… then of course there’s all out hentai.
I like most types (Bar full out hentai), but prefer Shoujo and Shounen-Ai. Most Shounen is stuff like Dragonball Z, Naruto, Hunter X Hunter and stuff.