The irony is isekai was originally meant for a female audience in Japan. SAO (which is not an isekai technically) changed the whole landscape by making it more male centered when it used to be either female centered (Escaflowne, Fushigi Yuugi, Rayearth), or more equal (InuYasha)
@naruto-team7413
Жыл бұрын
Nice Fact. 🎉
@theddae
Жыл бұрын
12 Kingdoms was pretty good shoujo isekai too. I rarely see it talked about though. MC has great character development throughout the story
@treeseasontree1043
Жыл бұрын
@@theddaedude i was literally about to mention 12 kingdoms because it’s one of my all time anime’s and i had no idea isekai was meant for women originally plus it was created long before SAO
@saymabagwan2999
11 ай бұрын
@@treeseasontree1043 I love it too! I haven't finished watching it yet but it's great so far. Youko is an amazing protagonist. I honestly didn't have much hope for her in the start. I thought she'd be one of those characters who'll depend on the others to save her and never really get much strength other than maybe some mental fortitude or would just get a crazy superpower, but her swift and fierce development was lovely.
@charko4191
11 ай бұрын
yup then there is fushigi yugi(typical isekai shoujo) and inuyasha(which treds the line with who it caters to)
@leizee1011
11 ай бұрын
As a diehard shoujo fan who's been consuming the medium for over a decade, this video honestly makes me want to cry for how validating it feels to be seen from a male youtuber. Thank you so much for this video and touching on the struggles a lot of us in the shoujo community have felt. You're doing a huge help for exploring the topic and genre!
@YozakuraSensei
11 ай бұрын
It’s my pleasure, I’m glad you and many other Shoujo fans felt seen :)
@NunyaBiznessss
Жыл бұрын
You saying that the Sailor Moon girls could beat Goku has convinced me to finally watch the show.
@xxthecoolkingxxgaming6456
Жыл бұрын
I am a boy and got into. sailor moon when I was 11
@SariaSchala
10 ай бұрын
I haven't seen DBZ or Sailor Moon but I love Pretty Cure and I wonder which PreCures could beat Goku (though from what I know about Goku he'd probably rather be the PreCure's ally)
@andreaguzman4885
11 ай бұрын
Another thing is, Shoujo isn't just romance. Plenty of Shoujo focus on other things, but when people think of Shoujo or girls stuff, they think it's only romance. When there's action Shoujo like banana fish or Slice of life Shoujo like Natsume Yuujinchou. Plenty of people see romance and think it's Shoujo even when it's not (Horimiya) but Shoujo has such variety that it could also easily be marketable to boys too
@bobi200samatar6
Жыл бұрын
I'm reading Basara right now, and it would make such a perfect long running anime. It's got action, political drama, some spicy romance, a cute bird mascot. It's perfect. But it only got 12 episodes decades ago and been left high and dry. Big sad.
@changedname2244
11 ай бұрын
The first chapter alone slaps so hard already, I loved the whole ride!
@WijaVT
10 ай бұрын
thanks for reminding me, i need to reread it. it's one of my favourites. it's one of the bests, BASARA walked so Yona could run.
@changedname2244
10 ай бұрын
@@WijaVT Why do you think Yona is better?
@WijaVT
10 ай бұрын
@@changedname2244 i don't think Yona is better but it certainly is much popular coz it's more recent. im not comparing them either because i think they're both really good for different reasons.
@WijaVT
10 ай бұрын
@@changedname2244 oh but i do think they have similarities - fantasy in a certain time/setting.
@YozakuraSensei
Жыл бұрын
Thought I'd mention I just started fruits basket
@nadithyaweerasinghe6741
Жыл бұрын
i hope you enjoy it. it's a staple
@danielafartade5935
Жыл бұрын
I finished it a week ago!! Really liked it, made me into a sobbing mess
@Serocco
Жыл бұрын
Queen's Quality (and its prequel QQ Sweeper) is a battle shoujo that should absolutely get an anime and would absolutely go toe to toe with JJK or My Hero because it combines high octane, almost horror esque action with themes of mental illness via superpowered inner evil side. It's so underrated.
@JuneieBack
Жыл бұрын
There is so much shojo anime waiting to be adapted and not all of them have romance as the central focus. But people don’t even consider it because its target demographic is female. It’s a shame. Stuff like Basara, Queens Quality, even Skip Beat! A manga that’s been going on FOR SO LONG only has a one season, 25 episode anime have yet to be adapted. It’s saddening…
@cadethumann8605
8 ай бұрын
Must be tough being a girl/woman, having works that target your demographic be considered not worth it as if they are inferior (to which I say "to Hell with those people"). It's a shame because there's so many shojo that are more mature and deserving of a good adaptation than many shonen series. Like, why are there shojo manga that have a mature story and cast of characters ignored while there are shonen manga that have garbage writing yet are greenlighted for anime? Even as a man myself, I find myself gravitating towards shojo.
@lemon5000-tj6nv
Жыл бұрын
fr tho, shoujo never get the same chance that shonen and seinen do, at best they get 12-24 episodes and thats it, its a miracle that natsume yuujinchou somehow managed to get 7 seasons
@lemon5000-tj6nv
Жыл бұрын
also another reason why ppl dont try shoujo is because they think its just high-school romance, even tho u have shoujo like queens quality, requiem of the rose king and banana fish
@DameOfDiamonds
11 ай бұрын
It's a miracle that they actually finished kamisama kiss
@LisaMichelle98
11 ай бұрын
@Cringey_weeb they left out quite a lot imo though! I love Kamisama Kiss but a lot didn't make it into the anime
@scraplette9608
Жыл бұрын
Another problem I find when talking about Shoujo anime with folks is the shoujo=romance mindset, which is just false. I say there is a lack of shoujo anime and the person goes "Oh but I watched 'blah blah' recently" nine times out of ten that anime they watched was actually a romance shounen or seinin. I saw this a lot last season with Skip and Loafer which, while lovely and fully recommended, is a seinin manga. People might genuinely believe Shoujo adaptations are more common than they actually are because of this mindset.
@sunnysodapop
11 ай бұрын
That's one of the most frustrating things. I saw an article recommend full on seinen and shounen including Skip and Loafer as shoujo romance it made me wanna claw my arms like you're literally publishing this how could you do no research writer?!
@Aishyo
8 ай бұрын
This right here! Someone called Ascendence of a Bookworm Josei and although it may feel that way nope, it's Seinen.
@crystellik
4 ай бұрын
@@Aishyo it would appear as if Ascendance of a Bookworm is a shojo
@rochipapaya4839
21 күн бұрын
Similar to trying to the struggle of finding a shojo playlist and finding songs in it from shounen romance (Horimiya, Your lie in April’s) 🥲
@platitski1078
11 ай бұрын
I just want to point out that The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity, Horimiya, and The Quintessential Quintuplets are shounen mangas while Kaguya-sama: Love Is War is seinen. Thanks for putting a spotlight on shoujo, though! I love Colleen's channel and would like to see more shoujo mangas adapted to anime, too!
@Professor_Brie
10 ай бұрын
What even distinguishes a good shounen romance from a good shojo one? I’ve read fragrant flower blooms with dignity and it’s maybe my favorite romance manga I’ve ever read. The protagonist is male, but the author is female, and it doesn’t really feel like it’s geared towards one gender or the other.
@starlightveronica1873
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for doing this. I love shojo/josei and it gets really discouraging realizing the things I love seldom get adapted and even when they do almost never get enough seasons to really tell their story. Shojo/Josei is great and it really can hit my feels like nothing else. I hope more people, both men and women (and enbies too!), will check it out. Also I'm thrilled you showed the Kageki Shojo art. That is such an underappreciated title.
@WijaVT
10 ай бұрын
It's so ironic too coz isekai shoujos are so big (again) right now in the manga/manhwa industry (yes, jp and kr both). There's like massive amounts of villainess isekai series coming out left and right and a lot of them tend to be good too. recently, Raeliana got an anime and i really wish it'd get a 2nd season...
@medtle1
10 ай бұрын
In short, shoujo and josei don't get as much marketing or attention as shounen and seinen because of sexism. Even if shoujo and josei have a lot of fans, companies, marketing teams, and male executives won't care unless they think it can appeal or pander to (cis straight) guys. [It is even more skewed if tou see which mangas and anjnes get translated and sold to other countries versus only staying in japan.]
@Yona550
10 ай бұрын
I feel like if more men watched/enjoyed shoujo it would become popular. I love shoujo and it really needs more recognition and more merch i would spend every penny I have to buy shoujo merch😂
@senselessplace
11 ай бұрын
So does anyone else remember when anime was supposed to make Japanese men want to start families? ( I'm putting it nicely) And that was why there was so much fan service? But it seems to have backfired. They should be making more shoujo and romance anime for men so they know HOW to have a relationship.
@cadethumann8605
8 ай бұрын
In fairness, I wouldn't blame the low birth rates and lonely people squarely on shonen. There's other factors such as toxic work culture, poor mental health services, and other problems. If anything, fanservice-laden works seem to be a symptom as many retreat to them just as a relief from their rough lives.
@SlideysWorld
11 ай бұрын
More then half my manga collection is shojo. I am a 21 year old male college student. Shojo is supperior😎
@divaincantare
Жыл бұрын
With Komi and Love is War being Shonen/Seinen, they make a good gateway into Shojo.
@marywallace3620
Жыл бұрын
It's funny, I used to love any kind of anime and cartoons and other kid shows aimed at kids (most of the shows i watched had either lots of action or were purely fantasy or they were something like rugrats or hey arnold with kids dealing with kid problems). And for the longest time, because of my obsession with superheroes and fantasy/adventure cartoons and animes, I watched mostly shonen animes and magical girl animes and ignored any anime that were just basically people living their every day ordinary lives. But now I cant really watch shonen animes probably due to how fast paced they are for the most part (except when the main OPed protaganist is involved in a big fight with what's considered the big baddie of the current arc, those fights take like three or four episodes to go through because you have the side characters commenting on the fight while the villain makes a remark like, "OH you think you're so strong ahahahahahaha~!" and the main hero is standing or sitting there with his body all tense and his arms stretched to the sky or pulled back and clamped together while he's screaming/groaning and gathering the biggest ball of energy/power to throw at the main villain. In actuality those fights probably didn't last no more than maybe an hour or two which if we cut out all that needless talk in Jojo's BIzarre Adventure (in the first part alone) all of Jonathan's fights would probably be over about 5 episodes (this is probably just if we cut out Speed Wagon crying out to Jonathan and commenting on the fights constantly). So nowadays I like my slow paced fluffy shoujo animes even if some of the will they won't they plot lines never get fully resolved.
@honeydewof7975
Жыл бұрын
YONA OF THE DAWN SEASON 2 NEVER😭😭
@theloverofnothing7120
Жыл бұрын
I saw yona I came. I’m so confused now
@theloverofnothing7120
Жыл бұрын
Never mind i caught up. Kamisama kiss and yona are all I need for romance anime.
@vibinig_sora
Жыл бұрын
I really loved maid sama as my first shoujo anime
@Aishyo
8 ай бұрын
Another thing shoujo doesn't always mean romance there are plenty of psychological drama, action and horror shoujo manga where romance is not I. The forefront.
@inkylynx2777
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad to finally be getting into shoujo, but one of my biggest struggles is finding a shoujo that doesn't have what I call "romance as the entree of the story". I just really don't like romance-heavy stories, preferring the romance as the "side-dish" where it's probably a subplot but not the main plot, or the "garnish" where it's barely there. But shoujo is as infected with romance as fanfiction is, but unlike fanfiction, I can't filter out the stuff I don't want to see. So if you manage to find any shoujo that isn't as romance-heavy but still Very Shoujo, I would be very interested.
@annafirnen4815
Жыл бұрын
Yona of the Dawn. It's literally a fantasy story with politics, action and mysterious magic. Main character starts as a naive princess but the brutality of the world hits her like a truck so she has to grow up quickly and go on a quest to find _something_ (trying not to spoil lol). The romamce does come to play at some point but it's in no way the main part of the story. If anything it's heart lies in the bond between the members of the main crew. Some characters are absolute badasses. They made 1 season of anime from this manga but just to warn, they basically animated a PRELUDE of what's to come in the story. Highly recommend the manga.
@shipperina2213
Жыл бұрын
I have some good recommendations of non romance shojou Baby and Me: it focuses on the shift of family dynamics after the MC's mother dies and the relationship between the MC and his younger brother. It is good at portraying kids as they manage to not write off kids as cute angels or evil assholes. You can see how each character in the family is effected by the mother's death and how the characters change because of it. Natsume's book of friends: natsume was born to see yokai, but resents himself for this ability as it left him as an outsider in society, when he come to live with his aunt and uncle's house he learns a out his dead grandma who had the same ability as him. It is a sweet story of a boy who is healing from his past and learning to build new relationships. Ascendence of a bookwork (part 1-3): an isekai story about a girl who loves books transported into a frail lower class girl's body, her status makes her unable to learn the new language either, so she finds ways to learn. It handles topics that are not usually discussed in iskeai anime, such as the guilt of stealing someone else's life and the grief of never going back to your old life.
@scraplette9608
Жыл бұрын
@@shipperina2213 just coming here to recommended Accendance of a Bookworm. I adore that series! It's an older one but The 12 Kingdoms is a fun story. About a girl called Youko, and her two friends, taken to another world by a Kirin who picked her as the new ruler for his kingdom. Was made back before isekai really exploded so it doesn't really follow any of the overdone tropes. Lots of plotting and intrigue. Last one! Raven consort of the inner palace is a supernatural detective show but set in a fantasy world based on ancient China.
@inkylynx2777
11 ай бұрын
THANK YOU ALL OF YOU YOU ARE ALL AMAZING
@nikolettasedziak5506
11 ай бұрын
YONA OF THE DAWN. Also Natsume Yuujinchou, Chihayafuru (josei) and Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu (josei). I heard good opinions about shoujo manga like Queen's Quality, Basara, Don't Call It Mystery. ✨
@teruhashipleasenocrimefav5815
Жыл бұрын
ACTUALLY I PREFER A MANHWA SHOUJO THAN MANGA. I miss a greater visual identity in shoujo (although to me every issekai blonde looks the same.) and I feel that Japanese protagonists are too idealized too pure too perfect which distances me (I like protagonists full of remorse and fear like in The Flower Dance And The Wind Song).
@kineticmeow9242
5 ай бұрын
You would probably like QQ Sweeper and Queen's Quality.
@ll1vingdollyyy
9 ай бұрын
Thank you for this video! I recently got into shoujo anime, i still have many shoujos to watch but I'm afraid of running out of shoujos
@Sayu277
9 ай бұрын
Definetly check out Colleens channel then she has some good recs going. If you're a fan of shounen manga her video series "to shounen jump to shoujo" should give you great starting points. If you're like urban mythic dooms day prophecy type stuff maybe check out X 1999. The TV anime adaptation is from the early 00s iirc but I still really like it (holds up way better than 2001 furuba IMO). Similarly to maybe Banana Fish it shows what shoujo can also be. The Art in the Manga is sooo beautiful. If you like slice of life, comedy, coming of age set against the Entertainment industry with a serious slow burn (the first confession doesnt happen until over 270ish long chapters into the Story) maybe give skip beat a try. Maybe start with the anime and continue with the Manga where the anime stops after its 1 season.
@kineticmeow9242
5 ай бұрын
We need a season 2 of Yona of the Dawn! I also want to see QQ Sweeper/Queen's Quality get animated.
@sofimt5248
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the shoujo/josei manga video!💃🎉
@YozakuraSensei
Жыл бұрын
My pleasure! Hope you enjoyed
@MewDenise
Жыл бұрын
So long ago I watched a good shoujo. Yona of the dawn never got a sequel so...
@theddae
Жыл бұрын
It’s criminal that it never got a sequel. 😭 The manga is so good and I can think of a few scenes that would look amazing animated
@DameOfDiamonds
11 ай бұрын
Well if you want to continue in the manga, ch.47 is where the anime ends 👀👀
@Mr360LP
10 ай бұрын
Shoujo/Josei are attracted to villainess from manhwa now. end of story. And i agree with Ao Haru Nonsense Ride theory.
@JustA-Person
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for bringing up the sailor senshi could 100% whoop Goku hell Usagi could probably do it on her own and it’s a guarantied win if it’s all the rest of the inners are there
@Sunnernite
7 ай бұрын
My favorite anime each year for the last 3 have been shoujo. Requiem of the rose king, My happy marriage, and A sign of affection (so far) and I'm a 29 year old man.
@YozakuraSensei
7 ай бұрын
I’m watching A Sign of Affection this season and it’s so good!
@charko4191
11 ай бұрын
and there is Natsume's book of friends that does great with various nyanko-sensei merch and it's a shoujo not ina sense of romance but in the sense of being made with female audience in mind It gonna get another season bytw
@azzi7588
Жыл бұрын
snow white with the red hair low diffs the whole demographic
@singingsarah8133
8 ай бұрын
I would buy so much fruits basket merch but it literally DOES NOT EXIST!!! Every time I check out shops with anime apparel or merch there is none for any other shojo but sailor moon. So disappointing because I would buy the heck out of shojo merch if it actually existed.
@YozakuraSensei
8 ай бұрын
One day Shoujo will have its renaissance era , but not today 😔
@______________________-___
Жыл бұрын
Great video also will you fix the link with coleens manga Recs not much of an issue as it’s quite easy to find the channel and you showing the channel making it even easier to find it though the link does not work I guess it’s less of a complaint more to have link fix is all Though great video gonna check out the video with Coleens manga recs on the topic of the video after typing this
@YozakuraSensei
Жыл бұрын
Just fixed it, thank you for letting me know!
@______________________-___
Жыл бұрын
@@YozakuraSensei oh wow quick
@twideslauriers7875
5 ай бұрын
theres a better timeline where a shojou goes on for a zillion episodes and one piece got cut at one season.
@Ongaliman
Жыл бұрын
To be fair the problem is women read a lot of Shonen and Seinen, but men rarely read shoujo or josei. So technically speaking shonen and seinen has a lot more viewers, than shojo.
@spiritofchaos58
8 ай бұрын
What's the clip at 3:45 from? Looks neat. But yeah, I get so envious of the freaken shounen dudebros...They're drowning in shows, and I can't even get season 2 of Monthly Girl Nozaki-kun...On the brightside, I love to see a Shonen that actually treats the female cast fairly (Chainsaw Man my beloved), plus the girlies on Tumblr are doing more for the shoujo community than studios ever will.
@Toastcat890
6 ай бұрын
It's not just anime Hollywood did this to until recently and you see the backlash they're getting for trying to cater to females this is why females of any age should stick to reading where we're actually respected and catered to properly I'm done with anime and am really into manhwa and Webtoons because they heavily cater to females. This is also why cozy games have exploded because gaming ignored females for so long that we're happy to have something of our own to play.
@missskabls2247
Жыл бұрын
👍🏾
@nyankitocat
9 ай бұрын
I see yona i click
@doll2941
10 ай бұрын
Can u write the names of the two shoujo that appeared after insomminiacs after school? would love to read it
@YozakuraSensei
10 ай бұрын
The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity is the first one. The second one is called Pure, Shameful & Irritating
@CalliopeFive
Жыл бұрын
Well this isn't how I wanted find out that the Yuri on Ice movie is dead... 😂
@naruto-team7413
Жыл бұрын
I loves some romantic animes such as Kaguya sama, Horimiya, Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun etc, but the main problem why i hate some other romantic anime is that they are sometimes cliche. They dont try to put up new ideas and some ideas are just straight up trash. Also some of my fav romance animes wont even get a second season 😢
@sunnysodapop
Жыл бұрын
You literally listed shounen and seinen romance. If you actually look at shoujo romance anime and manga you'll find they're extremely diverse and tackle plenty of cliches very well.
@animelly
Жыл бұрын
Shoujo is way more than just romance. Its a lot more diverse than you think and all the series you mentioned are romance but they are targeted towards the male audience, therefore they are shonen and seinen. Just because its a romance doesn't automatically means its a shoujo. Colleen's Manga Recs even made a video what makes a shoujo based on the art style
@Sayu277
9 ай бұрын
...ah the old shoujo=romance argument while listing shounen and seinen...you would really benefit from colleens vids...
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