The first shojo-focused magazine was published in 1902, and since then, shojo has exploded into one of anime’s most popular genres. The opposite of shonen, anime that cater specifically to adolescent men, shojo anime cater more to young women. Rather than focusing on explosive fights, intriguing skillsets and saving the world from evil, shojo anime focuses more on relationships between people, discovering one’s true feelings and sense of self, and the exploration of gender and sexuality.The best shojo anime feature healthy relationships that blossom over time and teach valuable life lessons, but shojo anime is sadly also filled with many tropes that viewers find questionable at best. From unhealthy age gap relationships to male leads that treat the female leads poorly but end up with them anyway, some shojo tropes are better left in the past.This is usually done because the male lead’s revealed to have a tragic, emotionally compelling backstory that — to the female lead — explains and forgives their cruel actions. While a complicated past can certainly cause issues like this, shojo anime paints this as a good thing that should be looked past because they’re supposedly such a sweet character underneath.
The first shojo-focused magazine was published in 1902, and since then, shojo has exploded into one of anime’s most popular genres. The opposite of shonen, anime that cater specifically to adolescent men, shojo anime cater more to young women. Rather than focusing on explosive fights, intriguing skillsets and saving the world from evil, shojo anime focuses more on relationships between people, discovering one’s true feelings and sense of self, and the exploration of gender and sexuality.
The best shojo anime feature healthy relationships that blossom over time and teach valuable life lessons, but shojo anime is sadly also filled with many tropes that viewers find questionable at best. From unhealthy age gap relationships to male leads that treat the female leads poorly but end up with them anyway, some shojo tropes are better left in the past.
This is usually done because the male lead’s revealed to have a tragic, emotionally compelling backstory that — to the female lead — explains and forgives their cruel actions. While a complicated past can certainly cause issues like this, shojo anime paints this as a good thing that should be looked past because they’re supposedly such a sweet character underneath.
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