Showing posts with label Shoujo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shoujo. Show all posts

Sunday, August 31, 2014

suki desu, Suzuki kun manga - Review

suki desu, Suzuki-kun

the teenage years were the one of greatest years of everyone's life. studying, playing, doing abnormal things and even loving for the first time. This years were the most memorable parts in a life of person. Even if its bad or good, it would really have a part to any person's heart and mind.

Suki desu, Suzuki-kun is a
typical shoujo manga. if we say its typical its about a young love in teenage days. this manga is about love between teenagers in their glorious youthful days. chapters were divided into parts. Parts can be defined as what would be the age of the characters. it starts of when the characters were in their 13 years old up to when they enter in their 17th age.

The characters were really drawn exceptionally. Since this is a shoujo manga, characters would really need to be good looking since readers would be young teenage women. Yes, the characters here where young good looking men. The plot of the story does have a good yet slow development. it really emphasize the almost each year of their teenage life. it really shows the happy and the sad part of teenage life. However, what I saw not good about the story and the characters is that the characters were way too young. starting in 13 years old and having almost a romantic love that a 18 years old have, well, I think this will depend in the culture of the country of the readers. And not just the country will play a role on it, i think the age of the reader would also depend if the age of the character is not suited. Since I'm a filipino, the age i think its not suited. For my age, I think in 13 years old were just playing and even not thinking of having a girlfriend and grows intimacy like in what the manga shows. Well, this manga might show what the generation thinks about love right now.

But the experiences of the characters would really shows the real experiences of lovers in reality. And again in the age doesn't really suited to that experiences. The story takes place first into introduction of the present 17 years old age of the characters. Then it goes back to the past in the 13 years old and gradually goes up to the present. The first parts is really exciting to read since it would make you search for the answers ofor the present. and as you go to second part where is the present age of the characters, the story would really be more easy to understand. Its just like you see finished one series in a television with a hanging story, and then here comes the season 2 to almost finished it.

I truly recommend it for women who passed their teenage years with a smile. it would really let you go back to that past. If you are a women who's teenage years would just be go to school, study, sleep then go back to school with no friends or no happy events at all (just like a studying robot). This would really not fit you. For young women, this would really depend on the culture of your country. Since the ages of the characters here is too much not suited for a young age as 13 years old in my own honest opinion.

This manga would surely not good for men or even young men. You would be really bored.But for men who does have a good teenage years and does have a wide imagination. This a worth to try. Just don't close yourself in a fact that this is a shoujo manga romance that is suited for girls only. This is also worth to try if your being bored for all the fighting adventure type of manga. This manga will also let you know of what the young japanese called "moe".


Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Categories of manga

Manga is for everyone.

Many people would think that reading manga or watching animation is childish way to do. They normally see manga just like how they see western comics that are a superhero like, something that would rarely appeal big in adults.
Another reason why manga is depicted as a childish way is because on how many manga was drawn in a way that it would appeal to children or to young adult.
The reason behind it is that many popular manga or anime shown or promoted was almost one category in manga. Yes. And that category is almost the popular. The shounen mamga which is targeted to appeal to young men(shounen).
Manga really differs to western comics, Just like how anime differs big in western animation.
Manga does have different categories. It really depends on who were the target readers.

From here, we will differentiate general categories of manga:

Shounen. This is the very popular and almost the well known.This category targets young men or boy in their high school. This type manga depicts on how young boys imagine of the real world. The themes of a shouen manga is more focused on fighting or something to protect or even a adventure like manga or almost many sports oriented manga was in shounen. some popular shounen manga would be naruto, fairy tail, detective conan,bleach, hajime no ippo



Shoujo. It targets the young women. It focuses on romnce that young women would imagine. It depicts high school romance most of the time Some shoujo manga have been created into live action.
Some popular shoujo were hana yori dango, itazura name kiss(it states with a kiss), hanazakari no kimitachi e.




Seinen. This category of manga is targeted to mature men. This category is almost like a shounen but this is more gory than shounen. Fighting in this manga includes more blood and goresome killings. It could also have nude and sex scene. It also depicts some realistic experiences of mature men in the real world.
Some no table seinen is gantz, Drifters.


Josei. This category depicts a more realistic love than the shoujo manga. Since this category is targeted to mature women. The romantic love that was depicted here is more of the experiences of mature women in real world. But there are also some josei manga that might give a more romantic way to women whom love to see a love between men. Which is called BL or boys love. Some popular josei was also been created a live action. Some examples of this were Nodame Cantabile, Paradise Kiss




Hentai. Is one category of manga. it was targeted more to mature men. More of a seinen type of readers. What sets different to seinen is that. This type of manga is focused and more erotic scenes that a mature men would imagine. (Personally I would not review this type of manga here in my blog. I would really not recommend it to the readers specially young adult or even adults.This type of manga would create a stimulus that would make the reader make this mangas real.)

Most of the people would just see one category and it was the shounen manga. Since they normally see people read or watch shounen manga like naruto, bleach, one piece. This depicts that manga are for young children. Or worst for people who does have childish mind. Yes normally you could see it like that. But for people who read different kinds of manga. You  would see that normally you just need to try a category that best suits you. I myself have tried rading some in the four categories. And I think the best that suit me right now is seinen and some shounen. Ive tried to read some shoujo and even josei but I think its not the type of manga that I can be related of.
Reading manga is fun and not much of childish way to try. It was not just a waste of time. Why? Because there are manga that would best suit a reader, that a reader mighyt relate it to his/her own life. The reviews in this blogs would help you see what manga to read that it might suit you well.