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Apr 28, 2022 10:15 PM
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I'm trying to figure out if Toaru Majutsu no Index would count as a Battle Shonen for my interest stack
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/2541

my definition for battle shonen would roughly be:

"scrappy ragtag group of newbies that all have eccentric personalities team up and fight baddies and maybe each other every once in a while with the power of friendship, and also just their powers" so basically MHA, or dark MHA (Demon Slayer)

would you consider it a battle shonen? I havent seen it yet

(also if you could restack the interest stack so more people can see it, thanks)
Apr 28, 2022 10:26 PM
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Nah i wouldn’t. Doesn’t really fit.

People fend for themselves more and team up occasionally sort of thing.

It’s also based on LN not manga like every other battle shonen.
Apr 28, 2022 11:15 PM
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I have read the LN until NT. Clearly not.
The action does look shounen, my plot and characters, not at all. Like the previous person said it, the characters are very independent, there are only a few times that they grouped up, like in NT Vol 3, but then the protagonist goes off alone in NT Vol 4. The protagonist is the type of person who wants to fight off the villains without others getting into the same danger he is getting into.

You want a sci-fi that is shounen. You should check out Mobile Fighter: G Gundam.
NewestPersonHereApr 28, 2022 11:23 PM
Apr 29, 2022 5:12 AM
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I think it's shounen, but most fans disagree with me, but it's definitely not a battle shounen
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Apr 29, 2022 5:17 AM
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Well, if u make ur own definition. Then anything can be categorised as anything based on what u think. So i dont see the point of asking.
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