Thread: Good Seinen Manga

Originally Posted by Joeyt741

well I'm Looking For Good Seinen Action/Comedy Manga,

Last I checked Bitter Virgin wasn't action or comedy. That said, does 'Island' count? It's the only seinen that I've read that hasn't been mentioned.

Originally Posted by GGpX

Claymoar isn't seinen the same way MPD Psycho isn't seinen because they are serialized in Shounen Magazines..

i really dont care where they are serialized and what wikipedia states.

FDrom what i've read they fullfill every criteria to be a seinen manga. And in my opinion they are

i wouldnt want my children (if i had some) to read that kind of "shonen" mangas

If something has no males at all, then there's a decent chance it's meant to be read by them. Unless it's in Yuri Hime/Yuri Shimai.

Originally Posted by Akitsuki311

Azumanga Daioh is seinen???

I thought it was supposed to be shoujo because of the lack of boys in the story and it's just pure childish comedy...how can that be seinen??

Oh and I wonder why only one person said bitter virgin.....it's awesome!!

Azumanga Daioh belongs to the class of manga/anime known as 'healing' in Japan. Believe it or not, Azumanga Daioh, Hidamari Sketch, Kamichu!, and Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou are all hardcore seinen.

Old guys falling asleep on the train after working eight million hours like to read something light, happy, and mellow. 20th Century Boys isn't for everyone, or for every time.

If there's a reliable quality to Seinen it's that it usually has a little less manic slapstic comedy and fanservice than shounen does. Well, that, and the lack of helper hiragana beside the text. Other than that, pretty much anything goes.

That said, seinen often has more complex characters and plots, and so those of us who have read our fair share of shounen action manga tend to prefer the serious/heavy seinen stuff.

Here's my blog post on just what makes a manga shounen, seinen, shoujo, or josei.

you might want to read Sanctuary first since it's finished, but they're both tremendous so it doesn't make much difference.

Originally Posted by Ferozban

i really dont care where they are serialized and what wikipedia states.

FDrom what i've read they fullfill every criteria to be a seinen manga. And in my opinion they are

i wouldnt want my children (if i had some) to read that kind of "shonen" mangas

Just as well your "opinion" (lulz) doesn't enter into it.

Originally Posted by Ferozban

i really dont care where they are serialized and what wikipedia states.

FDrom what i've read they fullfill every criteria to be a seinen manga. And in my opinion they are

i wouldnt want my children (if i had some) to read that kind of "shonen" mangas

And I really don't care what you think, because you're wrong.

Originally Posted by Ferozban

i really dont care where they are serialized and what wikipedia states.

FDrom what i've read they fullfill every criteria to be a seinen manga. And in my opinion they are

i wouldnt want my children (if i had some) to read that kind of "shonen" mangas

The only "criteria" it needs to be labeled Shounen or Seinen is the magazine it's serialized in. (Hello, Azumanga Daioh & Yotsuba&!)

Ta-da! Voila! A Shounen! Regardless of what you may think or want; Fact is, it's a shounen.

There are differences between Western standards and Eastern standards for viewer's. Eastern is more lenient whereas Western is more strict.

Or to put it another way, seinen and shonen (and shojo and josei) are statements about where it's serialized, and not about its content -- and you can get in trouble by inferring the latter from the former.

But included in that statement is the target audience.

Shounen magazines have furigana, to make it easier to read for the kids. Whereas Seinen magazines are purely kanji.

Bitter Virgin is kinda funny, there are comedy elements although its really dark comedy and most of its pretty serious drama...

Lemme go look up what Sanctuary is about...