Shojo is the Japanese manga. "The age of the Shojo audiences is between 12 to 18 years old. A little/young girl called shojo in Japanese language."(Wikipedia, 2011). This type of manga has an important role in the region. Furthermore, some of manga made for young girls from six years old and the ladies from 18 to 25 years. The Shojo manga describes the love story; the heroes are rich and handsome and heroines are cute and brave, also there is always happy ending. The Shojo manga also try to make readers comfortable world. I have experienced reading Shojo at my young age, as it was very easy to understand and an interesting story, I can say reading that story made me dream about heaven future. Shojo plays an important part in anime. Therefore the reason why Shojo can be absorb the young girls is, the performance of great love and how powerful is love. That is what people are after in books and mangas.
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Lent, J. A. (2000), Animation in Asia: appropriation, reinterpretation, and adoption or adaptation. Retrieved September 10, 2011, from
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Shojo. (n.d). In Wikipedia. Retrieved September 10, 2011, from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Djo
Shojo. (n.d). In Wikipedia. Retrieved September 10, 2011, from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Djo
Do you think if you had inserted pictures into this it would have helped to justify your argument? Could it be argued that the forest spirits were created small and relatively non threatening (although pretty creepy if u ask me) to appeal to this younger audience? I like how you have highlighted the ongoing concept of love that runs throughout, was this similar to the manga you read as a child?
ReplyDeleteHi Bita, This topic appealed to me also. Maybe its because we can be considered the demographic that characterises the genre and this is what compelled us to choose this question. Unlike you, I had never come across this genre before this paper. Your personal response is very valuable in the sense that from a young age you were able to experience the magic of shoujo. Compared to myself who unfortunately is looking at it from an entirely analytical stance.
ReplyDeleteYou have a good personal response but do you think if you included a reference to both the primary and secondary texts to tie them it would strengthen your explanation? I would suggest to try to use more academic sources rather then Wikipedia. That's not to say that the definition you have taken from the site is wrong. Its more that your post credibility increases if you use authenticated sites.