Manga Fans Not Immune To Shitstorm Season Either
This
thread over on Anime News Network starts out discussing where
Raijin Comics went wrong but quickly devolves into an argument over
which is stupider, shoujo or shonen manga:
GATSU: Raijin just doesn't appeal to
shallow and vapid girls, like whatever Viz and TP churn out by the
dozen, but it does appeal to girls. I guess it's a cultural thing,
though, cus girls over here eat up whatever's pretty, and girls in
Japan, well, they end up doing videos for J-list. But all kidding
aside, I'd tap into that market, but I really wouldn't rely on it for
the long term, because girls are as likely to change manga as they
change boyfriends(and occasionally girlfriends) and clothes.
Schunoko: I find that insulting! How dare you generalize
me as shallow and vapid because I don't like watching big beefy guys
beat each other up or a very blah romantic comedy whose premise reminds
me too much of Ah! My Goddess?
I'm one of the girls who Raijin didn't appeal to. Hopefully they'll
retool something so that they have a title that will stand out more
than "Oooh, prequel to Fist of the North Star" Nothing stood out as
horribly original. Nothing made me want to read it. They just need to
get something that will appeal to everyone. Not just visually
stimulated guys (you really can be just as shallow and vapid as some of
the girls you were insulting), not just bishonen obsessed girls, but to
as many as possible.
GATSU: In a market where every other comic has some
blonde anorexic schoolgirl/schoolboy on the cover, or some tart with a
short skirt, how exactly doesn't Blue Sky stand out?
littlegreenwolf: Hmm... so girls who don't like the
shonen manga that Rajin had to offer are automatically "shallow and
vapid"? Eheheh... isn't that a bit... out there? I am also a
female who reads manga every single day across many genres, but Rajin
also didn't appeal to me. I one of those who go with what Schunoko
said; I don't know seeing those big muscled guys go at it, or reading
romance that is crap compared to other manga written by female manga-ka
who make a living off romance manga.
Replace "shonen" vs. "shoujo" with "new characters" vs. "old
characters" or "corporate-owned" vs. "creator-owned" and it's just like
wandering into a
DC
Comics forum or the
comics
blogosphere lately. Why is it comic fans have such a hard
time liking one thing without putting something else down?
