Request to remove ‘shojo’ tag

Jan 27, 2022 1:31 AM

BlueCloud5

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Mar 2021

Please remove it. No matter what way you look at this show, it is absolutely not a shojo.

Jan 27, 2022 1:49 AM

Anirudh42

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Mar 2020

I too was shocked and suprised by seeing that the Banana Fish demographic was labeled as shojo. But, the matter of the fact is that, in the author's point of view, you and all have to respect, value, cherish and admit the ideological concepts as well as the origin and dynamics of the story. I recommend that it is better not to remove shojo if you truly understand the story's view point of Akimi Yoshida san ( Creator of Banana Fish Manga Series ). Cheers bro!!!:)

Jan 27, 2022 1:51 AM

Mr_Giraffa

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Jan 2021

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It was published in a shoujo magazine, so it's shoujo.

Jan 27, 2022 1:56 AM

Sakuta002766

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Banana fish was serialized in the monthly manga magazine Bessatsu Shōjo Comic

And

Betsucomi (ベツコミ), formerly known as Bessatsu Shōjo Comic (別冊少女コミック), is a monthly Japanese shōjo manga magazine

So there's no reason to remove the shojo tag.

Jan 27, 2022 2:29 AM

Swagernator

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Its a manga/anime made for girls, what do you mean its not shoujo ?

Jan 27, 2022 3:35 AM

Animaniac00

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It was published in a shoujo magazine so it has a shoujo tag. There nothing more to it. Why do you wanna remove the tag? Wdym it's not shoujo?

Jan 27, 2022 3:46 AM

Piromysl

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MAL does not chose tags and decide to not hold authority over them.
Banana Fish for some reason was published in Shoujo magazine and was advertised as shoujo, so tag stays.
Similarly, Date a Live somehow has completely undeserved mecha tag.

Jan 27, 2022 4:34 AM

the_great_borg

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Banana Fish is a genre breaking show for girls, so shoujo seems fine. Your logic is the same as saying Kaguya Sama shouldn't be in Shonen :/

Jan 27, 2022 4:52 AM

bela_lolxx

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it was published in a shojo magazine MAL can’t remove the tag. It’s also to me it feels very shojo. If it was a shonen it would feel very different. ex more character fights, less romance undertones from the 2 mcs.

Jan 27, 2022 6:34 AM

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DoobieSam

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Feb 2021

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Shojo is not a genre.

Jan 27, 2022 6:53 AM

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Attackonfiller

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Sorry to say that it doesn't work like that.

the_great_borg said:
Banana Fish is a genre breaking show for girls, so shoujo seems fine. Your logic is the same as saying Kaguya Sama shouldn't be in Shonen :/

Maybe I'm taking this too seriously, but Kaguya is Seinen lol

Jan 27, 2022 7:03 AM

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the_great_borg

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Attackonfiller said:
Sorry to say that it doesn't work like that.

the_great_borg said:
Banana Fish is a genre breaking show for girls, so shoujo seems fine. Your logic is the same as saying Kaguya Sama shouldn't be in Shonen :/

Maybe I'm taking this too seriously, but Kaguya is Seinen lol

Lmaoo, it applies even more then because does Kaguya really fit in the same category as Berserk and Tokyo Ghoul lol

Jan 27, 2022 6:53 PM

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JayBlue

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Why? It was serialized in a shojo magazine.

Jan 28, 2022 5:49 PM

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glitteryfaery

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Feb 2019

this is giving misogyny

Jan 30, 2022 11:23 AM

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zensh

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Nov 2020

This anime is for girls to begin with 🤷‍♂️

Jan 24, 7:56 AM

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YanMeiMei

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Apr 2024

This is totally a shoujo. Shoujo isn’t all romance and fluff. It is literally just a demographic and gets labeled depending on what magazine they are published in. Just like how Skip and Loafer is a Seinen since it’s published under a Seinen magazine and Dangers of the Heart is a Shounen. Just because it has romance doesn’t make it a shoujo.

I am sure it would surprise you that X and Tokyo Babylon are also both Shoujo. Top Secret is a shoujo with gore.

Actually for anyone curious there is a shoujo magazine that publishes darker shoujo that focuses on mystery, supernatural, action, etc that’s called Mystery Bonita. Some notable series they published are Children Of The Whales, Kieli, and Musashi.

Then we got Josei magazine Comic Tatan which seems to specialize in psychological/ drama/ gore: etc with series like Brutal, Witch of Thistle Castle, Murder Purgatorium, Suicide Line, and Shadows of Kyoto.

There is a huge variety and it’s a shame that shoujo gets simplified as being just romance.

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