Occasionally, "pure shÅ?jo" mangthe revolves in romance & hard female protagonists; but, a few shÅ?jo anime & manga come other plot/action-oriented to attract a wider audience. E.g., very much of older salarymen were drawn to a manga called Banana Fish for its hard-edged yakuza action (which is more typically observed inside seinen manga). What saved female audiences concerned in that act was the gentle relationship between 2 gay bishÅ?nen lovers amongst all the violence.

ShÅ?jo anime & manga typically contain elements of shÅ?nen-ai or even yaoi (sexual relationship between male characters) does'nt to mention shÅ?jo-ai and, recently, yuri (sexual relationship between female characters). A esthetic of the bishÅ?nen is very prominent. A second super popular genre is magical girl, of which the far-famed series Sailor Moon is a prime example.

ShÅ?jo should exist as distinguished from either bishÅ?jo (pretty lassie); a latter term refers, somewhat decoct, to content like than target market. ShÅ?jo is manga/anime for girls; bishÅ?jo is manga/anime that has pretty girls, commonly targeted towards the male audience.

Numerous shÅ?jo titles come typically described when dark & moody, which is occasionally counterintuitive from either the American viewpoint.

Understand too shÅ?nen, anime and manga meant for boys; josei, anime & manga meant for grownup women; and seinen, anime and manga arranged for full-grown men.

List of shÅ?jo anime and manga

Ai Shite Knight Aishiteruze Baby Alice 19th Angel Sanctuary Aquadom Boys Over Flowers (Hana Yori Dango) Cardcaptor Sakura Ceres, Celestial Legend (Ayashi no Ceres) CLAMP School Detectives Clover D.N.Angel Descendants of Darkness (Yami no Matsuei) Fancy Lala Fruits Basket Full Moon (Full Moon wo Sagashite) Fushigi Yūgi Gakuen Alice Gravitation Hana-Kimi (Hanazakari no Kimi-tachi e) Kodocha: Sana's Stage (Kodomo no Omocha) Love Witch Magic Knight Rayearth Magical Angel Creamy Mami Magical Pokémon Journey Majokko megu chan Maria-sama ga Miteru Marmalade Boy Mars Please Save My Earth Prétear Pretty Sammy Princess Tutu Red River Ribbon no Kishi Revolutionary Girl Utena RG Veda Sailor Moon Suki (Suki Dakara Suki) The Rose of Versailles The Vision of Escaflowne The Wallflower (Perfect Girl Evolution, Yamatonadeshiko Shichihenge) Time Stranger Kyoko Tokyo Babylon Tokyo Mew Mew Ue Wo Muite Aruko W Juliet Weiß Kreuz Wish X/1999 Yuuwaku Healing

Shojo come too sea demons from either Filipino myths.

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