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Old 2012-05-15, 21:33   Link #8
Qilin
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Age: 33
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tempester View Post
You've just realized that shounen is just a demographic. There is no strict guideline of styles or genres for shounen manga to follow, and the publishers will publish a manga in whatever magazine they feel like.
That's exactly it. Given the ambiguity behind the term's usage, some clarification as to what was meant would be nice. Inconsistent definitions can only fuel misunderstandings in the end, so they have to be addressed right from the start.
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