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Something that has both elements from shojo/josei and seinen

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funkmu1	Post #123857
Member 4:32 am, Feb 14 2008 Posts: 2009	Is there any manga or anime that's borderline josei seinen or is that just completely strange?
xombiemonkey	Post #123860
Member 4:33 am, Feb 14 2008 Posts: 2581 Warn: Banned	Bitter Virgin. The plot is completely seinen, but the art looks Shoujo. ________________ Glados is a bitch. She made me kill the companion cube, the only friend I'll ever have. :cry: Chibidoro-sama=Neko-freak
Arcane Azmadi	Post #123861
Member 4:35 am, Feb 14 2008 Posts: 36	Try the work of Kei Kusunoki, especially Bitter Virgin. Formally classified as seinen (published in a seinen magazine for one thing) but regularly described by fans as shoujo. And it's brilliant. ________________ "War is not about going off to die. It's about going off to kill other people!" -SaiKano
CatzCradle	Post #124972
Site Admin 3:28 am, Feb 17 2008 Posts: 1660	Blood Alone Gokusen ________________
ahoaho	Post #124976
Smooth Operator Super Mod 3:36 am, Feb 17 2008 Posts: 5328	Gokusen FTW!!! And Bitter virgin i like that one ________________ Listen here Livin just to keep from dyin
MajorMarmot	Post #124989
Member 4:18 am, Feb 17 2008 Posts: 752	Pet Shop of Horrors Sometime you don't know if you are reading shoujo, josei, seinen or shounen, seriously, it's kind of weird. ________________ THIS POST DOES NOT EXIST......IT'S ALL IN YOUR IMAGINATION
story645	Post #125039
forum bunny Member 5:31 am, Feb 17 2008 Posts: 502	Solanin is seinen but is very character focused-and it's got fabulous art Nodame Cantabile is josei, but pretty low key-relationship/character oriented but not so soapy and has a sense of humor (edit-I know you're already reading it, leaving the rec in case anyone else wants something similar.) Hourou Musuko is very sweet gender-bender seinen that focuses on kids, but explores the themes well, keeps out the fanservice, and has plenty of cross appeal Mel Kano is a collection of seinen oneshots that could probably be josei if the pov was switched Kobato is one of my new faves- it's adorable, it's seinen but could be shoujo/josei/etc-it's CLAMP Last edited by story645 at 5:41 am, Feb 17
elianthos	Post #127917
Member 6:06 pm, Feb 22 2008 Posts: 54	Victorian Romance Emma is a seinen but it's veeeery romantic <3 (think Jane Eyre, but the female protagonist here is a maid) and has pretty art, amazingly detailed (especially in volumes 2+). ________________ Motomi Kyousuke is DA (WO)MAN ;D http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=14467&p ost=382161