I don't really care about the gender of the mangaka. I look at their names, but not the gender.
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Does the Manga-Ka's Gender change your opinion of the Manga?
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Sorinozuka
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I choose depends, because for example when I read Bitter Virgin manga by Kosunoki Kei I thought that the mangaka was a man, and I got a little perplexed of how a guy could write something like that, but when I found out that Kosunoki was actually a woman I was able to see the manga with different eyes (to the point in thinking being a man was a bad thing).
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My opinion of the manga doesn't change, but my opinion about the author does in a positive way. I just love how they branch into demographics.
Dead Corpse
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a friend was shocked when he understood that Kawashita Mizuki was female lol and stopped reading ichigo100%
so now he cant enyoj the best ecchi manga of 2k9Ane Doki
so now he cant enyoj the best ecchi manga of 2k9Ane Doki
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hahahaha scy that's def one of the funnier things i heard you say recently.
lol i change my opinion or appreciation of something i guess, but i won't stop reading a good series just cause the gender was unexpected.
tbh i thought ichigo 100 was just some pervy fan based series (which it is) written by some dude who doesn't have a handle on reality of girls, but finding out the mangaka was a woman made me reread it while taking in some emotional aspects in. i guess she has to know something herself.
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I don't really care about the gender of manga-ka but I would be amaze if a female artist create a good shounen like FMA..
Please tell me that's sarcasm. I just love how no one else comments.
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Yaaawn
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No. But it can surprise me 
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Inactive Phantom
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Don't care.
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Surprise me: yes. Change my opinion: no.
Though it will make me look at the artwork closer as well.
Though it will make me look at the artwork closer as well.
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Not really but once I found out that the Hitman Reborn author was female, it just all made sense to me. I was wondering why it was starting to go downhill and why there were so many gay undertones between the males and finding out that the author was female just cleared it all up for me.
It didn't change my disappointment with the series but I now know why.
It didn't change my disappointment with the series but I now know why.
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I don't really check out their gender whether is that mangaka a female or male.
But when I do "accidentally" find it out,
For example: Dengeki Daisy,
I'm kind of surprised that a guy can actually write and draw such shoujo-ish story!!!
O.O I don't usually find a guy mangaka doing shoujo manga. (or maybe i just didn't notice them?)
I'm usually surprised than disappointed.
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But when I do "accidentally" find it out,
For example: Dengeki Daisy,
I'm kind of surprised that a guy can actually write and draw such shoujo-ish story!!!
O.O I don't usually find a guy mangaka doing shoujo manga. (or maybe i just didn't notice them?)
I'm usually surprised than disappointed.
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I was reading Dengeki Daisy (a Shoujo) when I realized that the manga-ka was a man. I was slightly taken aback and suddenly I found myself making judgments of the manga, blaming it on the Manga-ka's gender.
Basically my question is does it bother you when men write shoujo or when women write shounen? Do you think there is a difference?
Edit: I would never NOT read a book based on the authors gender. I just approach familiar genres differently depending on the authors gender.
Basically my question is does it bother you when men write shoujo or when women write shounen? Do you think there is a difference?
Edit: I would never NOT read a book based on the authors gender. I just approach familiar genres differently depending on the authors gender.
Gender doesnt bother me, regardless of the manga genre.
Besides, Shoujo is one of the most clicheed genre = less experience needed to write it.
I'd be prolly surprised only to find a female mangaka writing guro genre. Prolly.
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no! why should it? a good manga is a good manga, bad is bad. gender means nothing.
i got half way through bleach before i even saw the authors info. mainly to see if he had other titles worth reading.
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i got half way through bleach before i even saw the authors info. mainly to see if he had other titles worth reading.
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Sam the Eagle
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I don't even think about the gender of the mangaka while I'm reading the manga. It doesn't matter at all to me.
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I'd be prolly surprised only to find a female mangaka writing guro genre. Prolly.
Just read anything by HIBAKICHI, it will open your eyes on how GURO guro can be if done by a female author
I can come up with at least a few more female manga-kas (crosses with yaoi, as that's what I read most), if anyone is interested.
0n3 Winged
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this doesn't realy matter at all to be honest
how could you be that picky anyhow?
it ether a good or a bad manga, i don't look beyond those realms.
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how could you be that picky anyhow?
it ether a good or a bad manga, i don't look beyond those realms.
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