Every anime fan knows that a great Shounen needs an equally cool power system. I mean, Naruto had its Jutsus, subdivided into Ninjutsu, Taijutsu and Genjutsu. One Piece has the Hakis, which is considered the ‘Power Of The Kings’. Jujutsu Kaisen has their Domain Expansions. And so, Demon Slayer and its Breathing Styles are kind
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Bleach is back, with all the Sterritter, Shinigami and shenanigans galore. And you know what that means? That’s right, Shounen fanboys and fangirls alike will once again be sitting down to rank each category of characters and argue about it endlessly online! Okay, I kid but honestly, those debates are half the fun with Shounen
You know, for a medium made in Japan, anime characters don’t tend to look very Japanese. Though, I’d argue they don’t look much like any human in real life. While the art style varies from artist to artist, the general portrayal of larger than life eyes with perfectly miniscule facial features is pretty unanimous. And,
I’ve always been keen to see anime get more diverse with its characters. Like, no matter what you say, seeing a plus size character or a dark skinned character be the main protagonist, does matter to a lot of the fans watching. Because seeing someone that looks like you or maybe has the same speech
When I think about my relationship with anime, I have to go way, way back. Like, think Dragon Ball Z airing on a local cable network back in the 90s. Safe to say, I’m an old weeb who has seen enough anime to last her a lifetime. But it’s Shonen that has a set formula
The situation where a previously superpowered individual goes ahead and loses what makes them special is still a great trope of Shonen anime. Like, we don’t get to see it too much anymore, but when it is utilized, it is done well. It ups the stakes almost instantly and makes for such a delicious plot
One of the best things I’ve discovered this year is the existence of anime outside of Japan. And yes, we can go into the semantics of what does constitute anime and what doesn’t but let’s just go by the age-old adage of ‘if it looks like anime, it’s anime’. And, listen, the other countries aren’t
One Piece has its fair share of some of the most incredible villains we have seen in Shounen. I mean, after more than 2 decades of publishing, that’s sort of a given. So, when some of those villains are defeated and never seen from then on ever again? Well, it can be sad in its
I had a really dumb joke about absentee fathers in Shonen anime and their kids forever on the lookout for them but, listen. I’m not going to go there because it’s essentially a trope of the genre at this point. What is a Shonen protagonist that doesn’t have a father that’s essentially M.I.A. from the
So, you know how we used to scoff at no one being able to recognize Superman as Clark Kent, just because he wore glasses and changed clothes? Yeah, I’m starting to think there was some logic there. Even something as simple as glasses can work great as a disguise, especially when paired with a different
