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But it is...and again, the demographic itself is literally diverse. It literally has nothing to do with the gender of the cast. I think expecting everything in shoujo to be the same is inherently undermining to gender stereotypes, but that's just me. It's confusing because the review just comes of as "this doesn't cater to what I think girls would like, because of XYZ tropes, therefore is bad." If there was a better explanation then perhaps your point would be better understood, but I think some of your other reviews are confusing or contradictory altogether.

I already gave you dozens of instances that disprove your rhetoric of the demographic, but if you still want to play it off as being unaware of the genres then that's fine. I cannot make sense to someone who only comprehends things at their own level of perception. I just hope one day you would understand it better.

I fail to see how it doesn't appeal to younger girls, which is an already ambiguous terminology. Just because it doesn't fit your arbitrary standard does not dismiss it nor validate it as a shounen. The former typically encompasses both children and young adult women, which is why series like Tomie or Shingeki no Kyojin: Kuinaki Sentaku are published in their respective magazines.

"a good balance of men to women" is a completely irrelevant and anecdotal statement. Both Banana Fish and Ouran Koukou Host Club are shoujo series with primarily male casting, and there is nothing "terrible"(?) about that. Shoujo is defined by the magazine it is published in. There are magazines that host series that blur this distinction, but it's really not that deep.

I read your review on Children of The Whales and the criticism of “shounen” and “Shoujo” are very confusing. I feel like you misunderstand what these terms actually mean as both demographics are quite diverse.

Adding to LuxuriousHeart, gendered casting are not what defines these series.

I mean, look at Banana Fish.

Children of the Whales is a Shoujo because it ran in Mystery Bonita, which is a Shoujo magazine. Shoujo series can have action in them.

I highly disagree that there isn't male sexualization. You might have forgotten, but there are fight scenes where men literally fight naked (Saitama vs Garou, Sonic vs Genos, Zombieman vs Homeless Emperor). That's definitely not there for the male gaze. I personally don't enjoy seeing naked men in my manga and I know many other guys don't, but I don't care enough to make it a big deal for me.

Also, I do believe from my experience that women find sculpted muscles to be attractive. You could also look at all the Yaoi anime/ Yaoi bait anime out there that women are crazy over as an example. You don't find fat men or skinny dudes in those, do you?

Regarding the female character designs, there are definitely more than one build among female characters. You have short girls (Shadow Ring, Tatsumaki), muscle girls (Mizuki), and hourglass figure girls (Fubuki, Psykos).

I'm not denying that there isn't female fanservice, because there is. However, OPM is one of the more balanced series when it comes to both female and male fanservice. Naked characters? You have Saitama, Zombieman and Sonic as male fanservice while Psykos' monster transformation serves as female fanservice. Skin tight clothing? Garou and Amai Mask on the male side and Fubuki on the female side. If you look at it objectively, it's very much equal.

Hey regarding your One Punch Man review when you said the biggest turn off was the female characters that were sexualized for the male gaze I was just wondering why you didn't mention the male characters. OPM has a male-dominated cast and most of them look like body builders and are shirtless or sometimes fully unclothed in their fights. Characters like Garou and Amai Mask have skin tight clothes as well so I just found it strange that you focused solely on the "male gaze." Maybe you should also consider that the characters are in a very physical profession which may be a reason why the designs have them all look physically fit? I know it's all subjective and just your personal preference but I'm interested to see if the male character designs bothered you as much.

Hi! I saw your Summer time render review, I was going to read it but I hate that type of fanservice, so, thanks a lot, I won't read it now. I think we may have similar taste so I sent you a friend request!

your summertime render review is EXACTLY how i felt about the whole thing after just episode 1. the blatant fanservice is in such disgustingly poor taste and not only is it of zero value, it only serves to break the serious mysterious mood the story is going for. shocking how little people are put off by it.