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scribbledoutname
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6:44 pm, Jan 25 2013
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I always have arguments with my friends about manga/anime. She seems to think that shounen characters should grow more internally -- that they most of them don't grow enough. But to me, shounen isn't really ABOUT their inside growth. I prefer seeing how they get stronger to face challenges, change their world or achieve their dreams.
That's the fun part... and the cool fight scenes. She calls shounen "fluff". Another of my friends tried to step in by pointing out a few shounen with internal character growth, but I don't think anyone should have to defend stories that don't have it. I mean, the ones that focus on the world/combat (mostly battle manga) are just a different KIND of story IMHO.
So what do you think? Do you feel shounen characters need to grow more?
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Vixion
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5:08 am, Jan 27 2013
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I agree, some characters use the same power/fighting and it gets boring. Inner growth could be nice but but I don't think it really needs to be require in a shounen, those can be for shojos lol.
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whitespade
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6:43 am, Jan 28 2013
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its not a requirement. as long as some part of the story grow and move froward, i dont mind.
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kaorudojo
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10:11 pm, Mar 23 2013
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Do you think shounen characters need to grow more?
if I think the characters should grow and evolve shounen more, emotionally, personally, and mentally.
I think every step in life changes you, it changes you, a person of 17 years old, is not the same as at age 22 for example.
The mangaka would have to capture on paper the change.
Dragon Ball for example: A Goku I noticed a radical change after the fight of Freezer, the framework that fight much.
I personally like to see the characters grow. You grow with them. 
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taeny_ss
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12:43 am, Jun 7 2013
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I love it when there's inner growth. Too much, though, and you often end up with something more like seinen. Which is great, because seinen >>> shounen IMO. /shot
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