Seinen Manga

[Brandon]

Most of the manga I read today falls into this category of Seinen manga and I was wondering if anyone else reads this genre. It's basically the adult manga, and although the name suggests that it tackles only adult themes, I think it better falls under the descripton of realist manga. While some do verge on pornographic, like Golden Boy, its really more about the plot being slightly more down to earth that makes them adult. The genre usually crosses over shonen and slice of life, but can sometimes have fantasy elements like 3x3 Eyes.

There is a women's counterpart called Josei which I think Nana falls into and so does Nodame Canabile, two of my favorite series.

[Hillary]

I was checking out the wikipedia entry on seinen manga. They had a list of manga that were classified as such, but I haven't read many of them. So, I checked out the josei entry and noticed Parakiss. I think I now have a better understanding of what josei is now.

It seems to me that Yazawa's manga (NANA, Paradise Kiss) have that certain realistic romance element found in this genre. :D If they can be considered josei, then I would say that I do enjoy it.

I'm really glad you brought this up. Perhaps we should start a listing of genre titles and descriptions to better aid in our analysis.

[Millie]

I think I mentioned in the first meeting my two favorite genres are Josei and Slice of Life. I like some Seinen, like Gantz, Chobits (I own the Anime but I've only read the manga once), Cowboy Bebop, Azumanga Daioh, I'm taking these examples from the Wiki article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seinen I wouldn't have considered Azumanga 'Seinen', but I can see it now.

If it's weird for a girl to like Gantz, I agree It's one of the most f-ed up series out there, after Gantz nothing is shocking anymore... but... its*so*good! Like the saying says it's a train wreck you can't help but watch.

[faust]

Wow, I guess I never realized the genre most of my favorites are in! I may have to check out a few more of these now.