Every and I mean every fight is for some reason bullshit.

It's always one guy holding back, getting cocky, just standing around while the other is acting out a plan and a thousand other things which makes every fight just feel wrong.

Is there a shonen where the fights actually make sense?

Currently Watching:

I mean here's my watchlist

Currently Watching: Demon Slayer-10 Episodes In (8/10)

Fairytail-3 Episodes In (9/10)

Haruhi Suzumiya-3 Episodes In (8/10)

Hunter X Hunter-3 Episodes In (7/10)

Jujustu Kaisen-3 Episodes In (8/10)

Little Witch Academia-13 Episode In (9/10)

My Dress Up Darling- 1/2 An Episode In (TBA)

Overlord-1 Episode In (4.5/10)

Rent a Girlfriend-2 Episodes In (8/10)

Soul Eater-2 Episodes In (9/10)

Sword Art Online-3 Episodes In

Uzakai Chan Wants To Hangout-1 Episode In (TBA)

Completed Series:

High School DxD (100/10)

Madouka Magica (20/10)

Rosario+Vampire (20/10)

Dropped Series:

Bleach-13 Episodes In (2/10)

Chainsaw Man-1 Episode In (1/10)

Fire Force-1 Episode in (5.5/10

Gintama-1 Episode In (6.5/10)

Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple-1 Episode in (4/10)

Kill La Kill-13 Episodes In (2/10)

Panty And Stocking-1 Episode In (1.5/10)

The Testament Of Sister New Devil-1 Episode In (2.5/10)

To Love Ru-2 Episodes In (1/10)

In Consideration Of Watching:

Afro Samurai

Akiba Maid War

Attack On Titan

Bastard

Berserk

Black Clover

Black Lagoon

Card Captor Sakura

Catseye

City Hunter

Code Geass

Cowboy Bebop

Date A Live

Dead Man Wonderland

Death Note

Evangelion

Fruits Basket

Full Metal Alchimist

Garren Lagan

Ghost In The Shell

God Of High School

Hellsing Ultimate

Inuyasheki

Inuyasha

Kakegurui

Kodoncha

Lupin The Third

Medaka Box

Mob Psycho

One Piece

One Punch Man

Promised Neverland

Saint Seiya

Seki-K

Seven Deadly Sins

Shinji Adventures

Space Adventure Cobra

Spy X Family

That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime Trigun

Tokyo Ghoul

Tokyo Revengers

Yasuke

Yu Gi Oh+Yu Gi Oh GX

Yu Yu Hakasho

Never Watching /Never Watching Again

Boruto: Naruto Next Generation

Chainsaw Man

Panty And Stocking

The Testement Of Sister New Devil

To Love Ru

Considering Rewatching: Bleach

Kenichi: The Mightiest Discple

Kill La Kill

It’s something I always thought would be hilarious for battle shonen depending on the series. After the story is over and the main plot is final, just another 100% fan service season for fun. After Naruto and Sasuke have their final battle, Sasuke comes back but leaves again to atone, the 4th shinobi war is over there’s just another season of “what if”. It would basically just be 1-3 eisodes of who would win in a fight, Hokage kakashi or alive hokage Minato? Just a season of characters meeting and/or fighting that have no ability to engage with each other in the canon story, like Yamato and Guy.

I’m using Naruto as an example cause they have a good amount of canon fights and power scaling conversations but it could be fun for other series like DBZ or JJK. Seeing 18 go head to head with say…adult gohan. JJK has plenty of characters we don’t get to see in too many fights, like Yuki. So maybe a what if combat episode of Yuki vs Yorozu.

It might not be a smart for fans or financially worthwhile but I always thought it would be fun to see.

Generally, my focus is in the shonen fandom and I am supposed to conduct an ethnographic research paper. My research questions are on the lines of:

- RQ 1. What is the role of gender in the Shonen anime fandom?

- RQ 2. How do fans create subculture through interpreting and recreating representations of gender in Shonen anime through their own work?

- RQ 3. How do Shonen fanworks challenge, subvert, and/or transform the representations of gender in Shonen works?

I need primary data and to get it I need to interview shonen fans. It would be really appreciated if any of yall can reach out if you don't mind being interviewed by me either just by replying to this thread or personally by discord (or any other platforms you're comfortable).

Luffy as a saiyan Or goku with the gomu gomu nomi

Why Goku beats Saitama neg diff

Saitama did 100 push ups, 100 sit ups, and 100 squats for 3 years and 3 years is 1095 days. 1095 x 100 is 109500.

And Goku did 1 trillion sit ups. Easy 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

Like it's very obvious, why do ya'll even have to debate???

This opinion is very based.

(I'm def ending up in r/youngpeoplereddit cuz that sounded like some 8 year old redditor wrote that LMAO)

For me, I think it would be

Bleach: ichigo's bankai which he uses for most of the run being so boring. Apparently Kubota couldn't come up with anything besides "he's just better"

Naruto: side characters not being developed very much. Lots of awesome potential shown, but author decided to not focus on them.

One piece: call me biased but couldn't think of anything much. I looked around and the worst I could find was how characters don't really die, which is valid but I feel like there should be something worse to compare with the rest of the post lol

Hey, I've just finished watching jjk and Demon slayer, do you guys have any suggestions on what to watch next? My genre is mainly anime where they have some kind of powers that get stronger and stronger (medieval setting is preferred but not necessary). I've watched all the mainstream ones tho. Any suggestions?

Jobless reincarnation is a shounen. The definition of shounen, meaning manga for "young boys," usually consists of the story's moral. Jobless reincarnation embodies many characteristics of a shonen series through its themes of reincarnation, personal growth, adventure, and relationships. Despite its unique premise and mature content, it effectively resonates with the core values of shounen storytelling, making it a compelling addition to the genre.

I need this for my anime club

mine is jjk

Mind you, I say "useless" in quotation marks but I feel like it's often falls into a "pop criticism" mindset where it's referenced but never truly interrogated.

What constitutes as "useless?"

Are the female lead indicative of the story's potential gender bias?

How much of a hinderance is it on the stories's quality?

I hope for a good faith discussion here. No easy memes. Video Essay links are appreciated but I hope many have their own words to contribute.

Thank you.

Something I've noticed about the Yu-Gi-Oh! fandom, at least in the US are very vocal about how the female characters get mistreated. In addition to this very subreddit, there are a bunch of videos on YouTube about how the female characters of the anime and manga constantly get screwed over. A similar thing happens with the US Naruto fandom, but as far as I can tell it's to a lesser extent.

However as far as I can tell the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga is far from the only shonen anime/manga that drops the ball when it comes to female characters, whether it be screwing them over for no clear reason or introducing lots of male characters but very few female characters or having female characters sit on the sidelines while the male characters get all the cool powerups and stuff.

So what makes the Yu-Gi-Oh! fandom different from all of the other fandoms? Also, I just want to say before someone says that I'm disagreeing with them is not that I'm saying that the girls of Yu-Gi-Oh! don't get mistreated and that you guys are just mean, trust me, I'm not saying that at all. In fact, I agree with everyone's
complaints completely.

This is just something I've noticed while looking at how the fandom sees other shounen anime characters. But maybe this is just me being ignorant. I am more of a casual fan of anime than anything else and am really more interested in fan made content than official content. So what do you guys think?

Im not super familiar with exodia historical feats in the yugioh verse and im lightly familiar with Mahoraga but seriously they’re both in the cracked "oh no we’ve summoned a literally force of destruction" category

Has anyone here ever seen, read or heard of a shonen harem anime/manga/light novel that you think would be better if it was darker, more serious and not a harem? If so, then can I please get some reasons why?