Shounen Concepts

These two guys are always together and so close, but share a non-sexual relationship.

Huge spikes, multiple colors, gravity-defying ponytails... and it's probably all natural somehow too.

Ecchi is a Japanese term meaning sexy or erotic, anything that evolves sexy characters. Derived from the word "Hentai" but their meanings are completely different. Ecchi walks that line between sexy, but never crosses it into full graphic nudity or sex.

It's use can be intended to be shockingly disturbing or hilariously absurd.

Often when a character needs to grow stronger in battle, they find this strength through anger. A character being overwhelmed with rage can give them great power or even let them grow to a new level.

Seen in many animes and mangas.

Traditionally aimed at an older audience than shounen, seinen manga are typically much more realistic and mature than their shounen counterparts, but also tend to contain more explicit material.

Literally "girl," this term is used to refer to manga aimed at young to teenage girls.

Also referred to as the "Shounen Competitive" subgenre; the most popular shounen series generally fit into this action-oriented category

A genre of anime/manga featuring girl-on-girl relationships. Although the genre originated in female-targeted works, today it is featured in many male-targeted works as well.