Do you tend to read manga that isn't targeted at your age group? And if so, how does this affect your way of thinking (or perhaps your level of maturity...)?

Question: Does reading manga not directed at your age affect your way of thinking?
Choices:
Yes - votes: 3538 (26.1%)
No - votes: 6310 (46.6%)
Don't know - votes: 3682 (27.2%)
There were 13530 total votes.
The poll ended: December 3rd 2011

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It might not directly effect you thought patterns in the sense of how you approach things or how you speak but i feel it will definitely influence you. The main thing is how much of those sort of manga you read and how much you like them; will be the main contributing factor in how much those sort of manga affect you.

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No, It has more to do with the genre than age (I'm 20 so most are not directed at my age)

For example I do not think deep interesting thoughts when reading comedy, but when reading something where there is a message "hidden" (for example akumetsu, though it isn't really hidden there) that has a philosophical background it makes me think in a way I do not normally think while reading manga's.

But when I was younger the manga for older demograpics did affect my way of thinking.

What's with the "your age"... might as well have "does reading manga affect your way of thinking"...

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Yes, for a time, but not permanently.

I read manga covering all demographics, so i can say it does a little bit. Well, at least until i pick up a new series.(which is normally a 5-10min period) After a shounen i feel a bit more optimistic due to the good guy always winning and the lighthearted feel. A seinen(my current demographic.) results in more thoughtful and reflective. Shoujo(of course, since it's told through the view of the opposite sex most times) causes me to be more empathetic/sensitive to the differences in hardships between males and females. Josei, josei josei josei... I become a hopeless romantic who has made a "buy me drink" girl confess honest feelings of love after only meeting once.

and that was an answer if the question for the poll had been worded, "Does reading manga not directed at your gender/age affect your way of thinking?" which i personally think would've been better than just age.

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Any manga worth reading will affect my way of thinking, at least a little bit. The same is true for any other form of art.

i think manga can affect your way of thinking, but it has less to do with the age the manga is intended for, and more to do with the subject matter. i'm 22 and i usually stick to shoujo and yaoi (which is basically a sub-genre of shoujo). but when i read josei or seinen i don't notice any changes in the way i think.

I very much agree with QuasarX.
Good manga, especially the more serious type, makes me wonder and changes, even if it's just for a bit, my way of thinking. It's good to reflect on things and change perceptions.

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Do you tend to read manga that isn't targeted at your age group? And if so, how does this affect your way of thinking (or perhaps your level of maturity...)?

More watch than read - guess I'm kind of 15-ish mentally but I was that before I discovered manga. What about does it reflect your level of maturity ... uh huh 🙂

btw is that Edward and Roy in your picture? I love those guys.

Make me no ones life; make no one mine

I'm of the opinion that everything you do subtly changes the way you think. It's called gaining experience or something. So whether it's a very small change (I noticed, after reading many shounen comedies, that it takes a lot more than a few panty shots and accidental grope scenes for me to label a work really perverted) or a noticeable change (I used to think horror themed stories couldn't have any emotional depth, until I read/watched Higurashi), I think everything we read effects us.

As to whether or not the demographic has any effect...like someone said above, I think it's got more to do with subject matter. At this point, I've read/watched many things of many different genres targeted at every demographic, I don't think any of them would have a particularly more profound effect than any other, unless it's something specifically to do with the content.

But maybe, for example, a teenage girl that's read nothing but shoujo manga (which, for the most part, means soppy romances and fluffy comedies) may experience a shock when they find themselves actually reading something like Monster or Higurashi. Maybe they'd think about some things a bit differently. Or maybe not. It's just a hypothesis.

Nope.

I still enjoy my dramatic psychological seinen and
salaryman manga that I've been reading since I was 16.

I passed the age to answer that question but yes of course

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I'm of the opinion that everything you do subtly changes the way you think. It's called gaining experience or something. So whether it's a very small change (I noticed, after reading many shounen comedies, that it takes a lot more than a few panty shots and accidental grope scenes for me to label a work really perverted) or a noticeable change (I used to think horror themed stories couldn't have any emotional depth, until I read/watched Higurashi), I think everything we read effects us.

As to whether or not the demographic has any effect...like someone said above, I think it's got more to do with subject matter. At this point, I've read/watched many things of many different genres targeted at every demographic, I don't think any of them would have a particularly more profound effect than any other, unless it's something specifically to do with the content.

But maybe, for example, a teenage girl that's read nothing but shoujo manga (which, for the most part, means soppy romances and fluffy comedies) may experience a shock when they find themselves actually reading something like Monster or Higurashi. Maybe they'd think about some things a bit differently. Or maybe not. It's just a hypothesis.

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Poll's over

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