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confusing eh?
demographic = target audience
ito ang mga demographic:
shounen = young boys
shoujo = young girls
seinen = mature male, age 20 - 30 target
josei = adult female
and children = (doraemon style :D)

genre: Harem, Magical girl, Mecha, Yaoi, Yuri, Action, Horror, Comedy, School Life, Adventure, Drama, Sports etc
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L_kira wrote: Hmm...yung fight scene/fanservice is overgeneralizing the genre a bit. But I don't deny it. Dragonball Z set the parameter for the fight scenes. No idea about the fanservice as to who set the tone though. In this case however, as hecaitomix correctly pointed out, it is a seinen manga. It tackles around the more mature facets of life such as marriage, livelihood, maturity, society and the like in a male's viewpoint, or at least, how those aspects affects a man. The exact same ideas cane be seen in its female counterpart, Josei.

(Shounen = boys-teen male; Seinen = adult male. Shoujo = girls-teen female; Josei = adult female.)

I haven't read the manga as whole since I'm not that into the drawing anymore being accustomed to the current ones (yeah yeah I know I didn't give the classic much justification, sorry) such as Umi No Misaki. I did try Yume no Aetara though.
Ah. Thanks for the info!
I'm aware of the terms although I don't really pay attention to them. :ashamed: As long as the series looks interesting I'll give it a go naman. :)

p.s. I finished ai kora and the drawing-style is a bit different. Sort of too... rounded? And i agree, the ending was so-so. :|
But I laughed a lot while reading it so that's fine.


hecaitomix wrote:confusing eh?
demographic = target audience
ito ang mga demographic:
shounen = young boys
shoujo = young girls
seinen = mature male, age 20 - 30 target
josei = adult female
and children = (doraemon style :D)

genre: Harem, Magical girl, Mecha, Yaoi, Yuri, Action, Horror, Comedy, School Life, Adventure, Drama, Sports etc
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All right, thanks!
(doraemon-style!! :rofl: )
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^Oh..ako kasi ayoko talaga ng shojo/josei eh. No idea why. Well, exception is yung force-feed na anime na shojo theme sa TV (i.e. Magic Knight Rayearth and Cardcaptor Sakura). Mahilig ba kayo sa mga mystery/psychological genre? Try nyo Liar Game and Kurosagi. Astig pareho.
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L_kira wrote:^Oh..ako kasi ayoko talaga ng shojo/josei eh. No idea why. Well, exception is yung force-feed na anime na shojo theme sa TV (i.e. Magic Knight Rayearth and Cardcaptor Sakura). Mahilig ba kayo sa mga mystery/psychological genre? Try nyo Liar Game and Kurosagi. Astig pareho.

Ah. :D
I guess understandable naman na some people don't really like shoujo. :ashamed:

By Kurosagi do you mean Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service? I'll check it out, pati yung Liar Game though I think I'll wait until both series are done. :sweat: I don't really like waiting for new chapters. Bitin kasi e. :shock:
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Uhm..di yung Corpse Delivery Service. Ngayon ko lang narinig yun ah. Yung Kurosagi na sinasabi ko, yung protagonist nya, Con-Man na nang-cCon ng mga kapwa Con-Man. Yun lang ang target ng protagonist.

Though, I agree na bitin nga. Di pa nga tapos Liar Game. It's been a year since I've read the manga and hanggang ngayon on-going pa din. Padamihin nga muna.

Try mo rin Ai Yori Aoshi (completed). Same author ng Umi No Misaki. Maganda storyline nila pareho. Sinabay ko yun sa Midori no Hibi eh. :lol:
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L_kira wrote:Uhm..di yung Corpse Delivery Service. Ngayon ko lang narinig yun ah. Yung Kurosagi na sinasabi ko, yung protagonist nya, Con-Man na nang-cCon ng mga kapwa Con-Man. Yun lang ang target ng protagonist.

Though, I agree na bitin nga. Di pa nga tapos Liar Game. It's been a year since I've read the manga and hanggang ngayon on-going pa din. Padamihin nga muna.

Try mo rin Ai Yori Aoshi (completed). Same author ng Umi No Misaki. Maganda storyline nila pareho. Sinabay ko yun sa Midori no Hibi eh. :lol:

ay. oops. :ashamed:

binabasa kasi ng friend ko yung KCDS. meron din palang kurosagi lang.

:sweat: nabasa ko na rin yung ai yori aoshi. i even saw the anime :bigmouth: it's so... fanservice-y. although it can be serious rin naman. :)
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^Haha yep. May fanservice din kasi sa Midori No Hibi kaya akala ko ayos lang sayo basta maganda yung storyline. Kung gusto mo ng seryoso talaga, try mo yung mga Seinen titles. Sa Mangafox maganda search system nila, out of all those that I know of.
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L_kira wrote:^Haha yep. May fanservice din kasi sa Midori No Hibi kaya akala ko ayos lang sayo basta maganda yung storyline. Kung gusto mo ng seryoso talaga, try mo yung mga Seinen titles. Sa Mangafox maganda search system nila, out of all those that I know of.

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Natapos ko naman yung Ai Yori Aoshi, mas ok yung manga ending compared to the anime.
Sige. :agree: I'll try that, usually kasi I dl manga instead of reading online so hindi ko masyadong nagagamit yung Mangafox.
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Anybody here reading Sket Dance (my avatar)? It's a funny gag manga similar to Gintama, they say. Ito yung manga na tumatawa talaga ako sa harap ng monitor. :lol:
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Xezcente wrote:Anybody here reading Sket Dance (my avatar)? It's a funny gag manga similar to Gintama, they say. Ito yung manga na tumatawa talaga ako sa harap ng monitor. :lol:
Here sir. Hahaha adik tong manga na to. Bibihira lang nakakapagpatawa na manga sakin and eto yung unang una sa listahan. Next is Hajime no Ippo :lol:
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Yup, Hajime no Ippo is funny. Slapstick comedy combined with some dirty jokes. :bigmouth:
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Xezcente wrote:Anybody here reading Sket Dance (my avatar)? It's a funny gag manga similar to Gintama, they say. Ito yung manga na tumatawa talaga ako sa harap ng monitor. :lol:
:D
ah. Your avatar looked familiar! I've heard of sket dance before and I want to read it kaya lang it's still ongoing? I'll read it asap once it's completed. :sweat:


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Medyo matagal kung hihintayin mo matapos yung Sket Dance, hehe. Pero ang kagandahan naman sa manga na ito ay hindi mo naman siya kailangan subaybayan, like Naruto na continuous ang flow ng kwento. Self-contained ang story bawat chapter. :grin:
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Xezcente wrote:Medyo matagal kung hihintayin mo matapos yung Sket Dance, hehe. Pero ang kagandahan naman sa manga na ito ay hindi mo naman siya kailangan subaybayan, like Naruto na continuous ang flow ng kwento. Self-contained ang story bawat chapter. :grin:

Ah. Ayaw ko kasi ng nabibitin e. I need closure :rofl:
Sige, I'll read this on my off, I'm looking forward to the laughs this series will give me~
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TWGOK? Me rin. Hahaha. Sabay ko binasa to nun sa Kimi no Iru Machi tsaka GE-Good Ending eh. Nung una, impression ko is Lelouch in a harem world. Then sa gitna, harem na walang sense. Pero yung recent chapters..it's starting to pick up.
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Gusto ko yung TWGOK kasi comedy pag may conquest siya. :lol:
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francis_1787 wrote:Grabe ang ganda ng hunter x hunter ngayon! :cheer:
Meron na ulit? Di ko nagustuhan yung last arc nun. Yung may mga insecto, parang dinagdag lang para mapahaba yung story.
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Kuroba wrote:
francis_1787 wrote:Grabe ang ganda ng hunter x hunter ngayon! :cheer:
Meron na ulit? Di ko nagustuhan yung last arc nun. Yung may mga insecto, parang dinagdag lang para mapahaba yung story.
Yup meron na uli. Ako rin di ko nagustuhan except lang yung nangyari kay gon. :2thumbs:

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