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Tamaria
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If you think josei and seinen manga are mostly about sex, you've been reading the wrong titles. Twin Spica, a coming of age story about a girl who wants to be an astronaut, is a seinen manga. Yotsuba&! is considered a seinen manga. Everything on www.sigikki.com is seinen. Monster, 20th Century Boys and Pluto are also seinen manga. As for josei, there's With the Light, about a mother and her autistic son. Or Bunny Drop, Honey & Clover, Nodame Cantabile... But honestly, I don't see what's wrong with putting some sex in manga for a mature audience, as long as it's not just sex for the sake of sex. |
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Moomintroll
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Do you also avoid other media aimed at adults, like novels or movies on the assumption that they're all doused in sex and violence? There are plenty of seinen and josei titles that don't rely on tits and bloodshed (just as there are plenty of adult-orientated novels and movies that have other things to talk about) - surely it makes more sense to search out the genres or the individual authors and titles that might appeal to you rather than dismissing entire demographic markets. Limiting yourself exclusively to comics aimed at adolescents just seems pointlessly self-restrictive.
Love Song by Keiko Nishi and All My Darling Daughters by Fumi Yoshinaga are both exceptional (and they're both single-volume works so you don't have much to lose by trying them). And if you're a fan of NANA and Butterflies, Flowers then Tramps Like Us by Yayoi Ogawa is also easy to recommend. |
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Parsifal24
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[quote="Tamaria"]
It all really depends I mean there are exceptions to every rule it's just and maybe this got lost somewhere is I dont see why promiscuous or overt sexuality is a sigin of a "mature" work. Sure if it's not gratuitous I can understand that but there's so many other ways to show case the maturity of a work. Something like Bunny Drop you mentioned is a good example or Ode to Kirihito as another one. I just don't think explicit sex makes a work mature in a meaningful sense or that's the main reason it could be considered mature. |
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Parsifal24
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[quote="Moomintroll"]
Limiting yourself exclusively to comics aimed at adolescents just seems pointlessly self-restrictive. Oh I do realize I did over generalize (sorry) there are some Seinen titles I like (Azumanga Daioh, Ai Yori Ashi, Chobits). I just don't get how explicit sexual content makes something "mature" is all. My tastes just run more in the line of Shjo Manga more akin to something like Candy Candy, Fruits Basket or Kimi ni Todoke then most Joesi or Seinen titles I just prefer them it's a personal preference nothing more nothing less. |
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kyokun703
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Sigh... did you not read how my credit card is already mad at me, and I really shouldn't be buying any more manga? *adds things to "buy" list* (I already have the Yoshinaga manga; I love her stuff, but the others I have not read) (thank you) |
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Tamaria
Posts: 1512 Location: De Achterhoek |
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I think you're reading too much into it. Sex is something many adults do and enjoy, so it's not unreasonable to put some in a manga writtin for those adults. For instance, the sex in Nana isn't there to make the reader go "Omigod, there's like sex in it, this is so edgy and mature!". It's there because sex is part of the (very screwed up) relationships the characters are in. |
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