How is this even Shounen?!?!

Oct 6, 2:11 PM

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Why would anyone categorize it as shounen?
MAL staff where were you looking??

This is clearly a romance show. Maybe even shoujo.
but never shounen.

Once this HORI starts throwing bankai rasengans at this MIYA who uses American Breathing,
then I'll see it as a shounen.

Oct 6, 2:18 PM

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facepalm

*kappa*

Oct 6, 2:18 PM

PortuStein

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Not this topic again, please. Horimiya is serialised in a shonen magazine. That's what the demographics are about. Period.

Oct 6, 2:23 PM

Ripperdoc

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Bro has over 250 watching days and still doesn’t know what shounen is.

RipperdocOct 6, 7:37 PM

Oct 6, 2:25 PM

MrHunterxHunter

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has to be a troll post

Oct 6, 2:35 PM

Cateloise

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Shonen is a demographic not a genre, there are plenty of shonen romance. Horimiya was published through a shonen magazine which makes it a shonen series.

Oct 6, 2:37 PM

Antisocial-Weeb

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There are two kinds of illiterate people are out there in the world.
1. Who is illiterate from the very existence and refuse to learn anything despite the fact that they don't have any kind of microbiological level values in terms of perspective opinions.
2. The person he/she who created this discussion topic.
Like seriously, our PM is giving free education to all, don't your country PM do that? Basic and very rudimentary english can be spoken by African tribes.
Shounen, is a 'Demographic'
Do you know the meaning of demographic? If not so, google it, using Google is free FYI.
Then learn about the combination of Genres and Theme, what they actually mean and how are they classified.
Then learn what Demographic impacts a group of audience.
Seriously, why basic knowledge and common sense is still a far fetched idea in this economy?

Oct 6, 2:44 PM

MeherabHB

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There are difference in shounen and battle shounen bro, if thats what you think shounen means 🥀

Oct 6, 2:54 PM

AntiSadboi

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The demographic of a manga is determined by what magazine publishes it, this is shonen cuz it's published in a shonen magazine that's literally it.

Oct 6, 3:08 PM

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Rad_Scientist

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Most boring ragebait

Oct 6, 3:28 PM

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Flick_on

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It's a shonen manga, but not an anime watched by young male teens, predominantly, so it's not a "shounen" anime if you will, but that's too much for people

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Oct 6, 3:52 PM

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IWatchAnimeBruh

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Shonen = made for boys. can be any genre

Oct 6, 4:09 PM

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ryzxgum

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you don't know what it means to be a shounen.

Oct 6, 5:07 PM

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Cielord

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>OP has been at this site since 2016.

I refuse to believe this is anything other than bait.

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Oct 6, 5:23 PM

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DragyG

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Yes and this is supposed to be tagged as shoujo as well.

Oct 6, 5:28 PM

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Ravex1

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No, no, he has a point. I just don't see the logic of just being like "it's published in this, so it's this". So if I put Tokyo Ghoul in a magazine called "7 year old girls Jump", the demographic for Tokyo Ghoul would be 7 year old girls? That kinda defeats the whole purpose of listing the demographic if the content of the show doesn't even affect the demographic listing.

Oct 6, 5:44 PM

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Ravex1 said:
No, no, he has a point. I just don't see the logic of just being like "it's published in this, so it's this". So if I put Tokyo Ghoul in a magazine called "7 year old girls Jump", the demographic for Tokyo Ghoul would be 7 year old girls? That kinda defeats the whole purpose of listing the demographic if the content of the show doesn't even affect the demographic listing.

Came here to see what kind of funny stuffs there would be to read but you are perfectly right.

Saying it's in a magazine made for a specific demographic doesn't imply this is necessarily something made for this demographic.

Here comes actual media literacy from university

In the past when newspapers were starting to be mass media one process that has been used to foster the sales was to add sections for kids (like the yellow kid) and women while the media's historic main target was the educated men. This proves that medias and publishers actually do include sections targeted at a wider audience than their main demographic. As a result the demographic of a magazine isn't necessarily equal to the target demographic of a specific manga.

However, once you pick a rule to categorize stuff it's natural that all the stuff under this rule are categorized as such and you'd make a fool of yourself (like OP) to say the category is wrong.

Oct 6, 5:53 PM

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ImSpookd

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not all shounen is battle shounen

Oct 6, 6:36 PM

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Pablo_Neruda1

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it's serialized in a shounen magazine. hence why it's shounen. not every romance anime is a shoujo anime dude. go do your research on demographics before you make a fool out of yourself.

Oct 6, 7:28 PM

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MaRuu__

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i always found this funny how people try to down play shounen romance animes/mangas . just coz Horimiya , The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity etc gives a soft tone people starts to cry about how it's a shounen. More over people claim Skip and loafer as shoujo they doesn't even know that's it's a seinen . Shounen, seinen , shoujo , josei are demographic categories but just coz it's mean to made for certain audience doesn't mean others can't watch it lol.

Oct 6, 8:36 PM

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CheliosX

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yup, bait.
definitely bait.
2025 and you don't know what makes something shōnen, shoujo, seinen, and josei regardless of themes? lmao.

Oct 6, 10:46 PM

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Vitoz

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Pablo_Neruda1 said:
it's serialized in a shounen magazine. hence why it's shounen. not every romance anime is a shoujo anime dude. go do your research on demographics before you make a fool out of yourself.

Sometimes if you are not into Manga you dont know that. But also its a very common mistake that happens with light novels I guess.

Oct 6, 10:58 PM

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Piromysl

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Shounen is not just brainrot action. It's demographic.

Oct 7, 12:07 AM

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MatBoi7

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250 anime days and we still don’t know what shonen is. Are we srs rn

Oct 7, 2:11 AM

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Rejakos

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its for marketing sake, not necessarily to tell you its only for that demographic. book stores can benefit with this demographics thing because they can put one demographics into a room/section and decorate it or/and add any stuff nearby that popular with certain demographic. same with manga magazine because with that, they can have specific target demographic advertisement, just like any magazine around the world. those are, I guess, how far demographics are useful nowadays. other than that, it just a book/magazine that anyone can read anyway.
and since demographics are not much impactful on digital stores, most manga that originate from digital publishers aren't labeled themselves into certain demographics. even though some still, its already a cultural thing I guess.

Oct 7, 2:38 AM

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umekuroe

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viewers dont get to decide the genre of an anime its determined by the magazines theyre published in, like the shoujo genres published Hana to Yume or LaLa

Oct 7, 3:31 AM

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it was published on a shounen magazine. that's the only real criteria

Oct 7, 4:06 AM

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Shounen confused the term "Shounen" with some power based battle type shounen stuff, which isn't exactly what a shounen is, Shounen.

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Oct 7, 4:32 AM

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Vitoz said:

Sometimes if you are not into Manga you dont know that. But also its a very common mistake that happens with light novels I guess.

light novels? no, it doesn't have to be mangas. it's the same for animes too.

Oct 7, 6:34 AM

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Ello08

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the demographic has nothing to do with anime or even ln. It's only for manga since it's based on the magazine where they are serialized. Also the target has nothing to do with genres

Oct 7, 8:59 AM

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Antisocial-Weeb said:
There are two kinds of illiterate people are out there in the world.
1. Who is illiterate from the very existence and refuse to learn anything despite the fact that they don't have any kind of microbiological level values in terms of perspective opinions.
2. The person he/she who created this discussion topic.
Like seriously, our PM is giving free education to all, don't your country PM do that? Basic and very rudimentary english can be spoken by African tribes.
Shounen, is a 'Demographic'
Do you know the meaning of demographic? If not so, google it, using Google is free FYI.
Then learn about the combination of Genres and Theme, what they actually mean and how are they classified.
Then learn what Demographic impacts a group of audience.
Seriously, why basic knowledge and common sense is still a far fetched idea in this economy?

Lol, that's the perfect and most fancy reply

Oct 7, 9:22 AM

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zooglygoogly

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because it was published under a shonen magazine

Oct 7, 9:32 AM

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GojoTheStrongest

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Well no idea why they put this show in shounen genre as it has more wholesome vibe the. shounen

Oct 7, 9:38 AM

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JKKH

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shonen, shoujo, seinen, and josei are just magazine demographics not genres. Horimiya ran in a shonen magazine. Demographics only mean target audience, doesn't mean anything about the series itself. Like how Berserk and K-on are both seinen.

Oct 7, 9:39 AM

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DrakoakAnime

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I dont think you know what shonen even is lol. its serialized in square enix's GFantasy magazine which is a shonen magazine. Shonen is a demographic, not a genre. If its serialized in a shonen magazine, its a shonen. its that simple.

Oct 7, 9:59 AM

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VforWitty

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Brother you need to watch shoujo to understand horimiya is definitely a shounen. Try watching maid-sama, fruits basket or kimi ni todoke.

Oct 7, 12:40 PM

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gasman66

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Every day someone discovers that “shonen,” “seinen,” and “shojo” labels just have to do with the type of magazine the manga is published in

Oct 7, 2:39 PM

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MT_Ally

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It is a shonen cause it's main protagonist...which is Miyamura...goes through relatable stuff that young boys go through in high school and how he dealt and transitioned into a new person...and becoming more confident with Hori and his friends...
So even though...it is a romance...it can be classified as shonen...cause it's audience are STILL YOUNG BOYS...and yes, Hori is a main character too... however, Miyamura is the real focus...

Oct 7, 3:20 PM

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Shark_

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im so tired of this shit go search the difference

Oct 7, 5:04 PM

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ilusatus

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Shounen literally mean it marketed for male teenager.
Wether the male teenager like it or not is different topic, the publisher just aim it that way regardless.

Oct 10, 3:40 AM

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EmiPyon

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because shounen these days like this kind of story that's why it's categories as shounen 🤭

Oct 12, 7:44 AM

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The SHOUNEN genre does not belong to the Shounen Jump magazine! They do not have a monopoly on it.
If so, then who OWNS the horror genre?!? The Germans?
Who owns the Noir genre? The French?
Now we have to ask their permission to make noir or horror content or else they don't "officially" count as such?

Man, you japanophiles and animephiles are way too much in love with Japan and overprotective of their soulless anime industry that couldn't give a ratss about you or what you want or care about. Stop being sycophants and start putting objective truth and yourself on top priority. We as consumers are the only thing that should matter to us as consumers.
No wonder, you all are "brand loyal" to lets say Apple products. What is this cultistic zeal?

Horimiya is a romance, not a shounen. By that logic then why isn't Kaguya sama shounen? Why is it seinen then? It is for young people, nothing rated hard R 18+.
See, your people's logic crumbles in this.

Demographic? ALL ANIME IS SHOUNEN DEMOGRAPHIC at this point. Your parents ain't watching it, casuals ain't watching it, heck even the majority of watchers are male, not female.

You all don't know what shounen truly means. It is not a defined dictionary description that can't be challenged. It keeps evolving and growing and taking more of other genres and dilluting/polluting itself making so many hybrids, you people don't even know what real shounen is.
Shounen is anime for BOYS, for young little BOYS. Aimed at 9-14 age range. These BOYS still think girls are "yucky", how the F are they going to understand Horimiya?!?
Shounen is DBZ, Naruto, Bleach and One Piece. Have you seen any romance there? Yes, very little and highly underdeveloped. A surface level shallow display. And that is good, no need to pollute the genre. We wait every week for a new episode, we want to see the epic battle continue, not be dragged away to watch a prequel flashback about a tertiary characters love story.

Shounen genre does NOT equal the Shounen Jump magazine and vice versa.
When will that finally get through your thick heads.

Oct 14, 4:31 PM

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Because this is demographic in which determines what magazine original source material was published in this has nothing to do with the story not the actual genre/theme, the actual genre of this series is romance.

This video explains better than I do

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y_bBKm2gkE&t=

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