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Hello! I love the theme of "Male Lead Falling in Love First". It'd be nice to read some books based on this theme.
Manga set in the past or with historical connections tend to be interesting. Are there enough shoujo like that to choose from to support it as a group read theme?
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I don't normally read those, but I can think of 2 or 3 off the top of my head, so maybe. :)
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Can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm running out of ideas for our monthly reads! Do you guys have any ideas? Let us know!
Okay here goes. Some of these are generic and might not be common in shojo (maybe I'm wrong)...Aliens: manga featuring alien characters
Friendship: manga about the development of a friendship or a preexisting one.
Children's: manga that have characters ages 0-8 years old.
Tween v Teen: manga with characters ages 9-19 y.o.
Time: manga where characters can time travel to the past, future, have a way of communicating with their past/future self, etc.
Limited: read manga with 20 or less volumes.
Unlimited: manga with more than 20 volumes.
Omnibus: read only omnibus manga volumes.
Tourist: manga with foreign characters or where the opposite is true; Japanese character outside of Japan. (Although I guess this is a variation of the Jan-Feb monthly read, so...skip this.)
Family: manga with different types of families; nuclear, extended, blended, single parent etc.
Siblings: similar to family, but with a focus on siblings.
Supernatural Horror: manga with myth, folklore/folktale creatures. (This is the October challenge one, so also skip.)
Crime/Realistic Horror: manga with detectives, criminals, etc.
Mystery/Suspense: more focus on the unknown, even gothic. (no horror)
Sci-fi: manga with sci-fi elements like scientists, space, other planet, A.I./android/robots, speculative (alternate Japan), etc. Not heavily about sci-fi.
These could probably be used for challenges too.
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How about manga with a strong friendship? A bit like LifeLife, Vol. 1 but less heavy. Something happy!
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Confident and / or Cool Beauty Leads. I don't know if that's strong enough for a theme, but I liked the idea behind that thread (I think up here) with the suggestions for Shoujo with beautiful lead characters (again, eye of the beholder, but I think a lot of Shoujo leads are the cutesy types or the type that lack self confidence in themselves or their looks), and I also have seen a lot of complaints about characters being too indecisive.College Life.
Careers.
Comedy / Rolling on the Floor Laughing
Shounen that feels like Shoujo
Shoujo that feels like Shounen
Inhuman (Fantasy Monsters, Robots, Computer Programs, characters with transformation abilities, etc)
Plot Twist or Mystery Heavy (I see Cindy had this covered with mystery).
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As for "Shounen that feels like Shoujo," since we're the shoujo group, I don't think we can do that one (since it's shounen). Shoujo that feels like Shounen, though, is a really cool idea. :)
Selena wrote: "Hmm... Some of these might be tough for us to do. Can you name a few shoujo that would fit a "College Life" and a "Careers" theme? With the intended audience being under 18, I'm not sure there are ..."Careers could be more part time jobs or even club activities for highschoolers. More "Afterschool Activity" focused if you want a different word for the theme. Something like Ouran Host Club would be one example.
And definitely maybe College Life would be more Josei, but there's a few Shoujo that I think concern this (the Bisco Hotori one I recommended this month, Behind The Scenes!! takes place in college; Itazura na Kiss is another; Golden Time is published Shounen not Shoujo, but that's college focused as well).
Don't mind me if my themes are tough / impossible. I'll let you know if I find a bunch of books in one of those themes confirmed Shoujo though. =)
And absolutely figured we couldn't read Shounen that feels like Shoujo, but maybe I'll throw that over to the Shounen board if they do any sort of themed months. I was thinking stuff like Nozaki Kun, Golden Time, and Toradora there. Even Blast of Tempest seems more Shoujo in character designs. Yona of the Dawn would be a Shoujo that feels like Shounen at times.
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How about completed series manga like read the first volume of a completed manga series?
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Completed series is a great idea! It's a great way to get older series back in the spotlight too. Thank you for the suggestion. :)
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Okay. How about a cute manga theme? Cute can apply to all kinds of things.I also want to say sad theme (probably because I just finished The Gods Lie), but not series that are too sad; at least not for me...so Rain and Sunshine as a symbolic name for the theme.
side note: what demographic is
? not shojo?
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I also want to say sad theme (probably because I just finished The Gods Lie), but not series that are too sad; at least no..."
"Cute" as a theme and "Sad" as a theme would work. :)
Also, "The God's Lie" is Seinen and wouldn't fit our group
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The Gods Lie (other topics)Life, Vol. 1 (other topics)
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