LogFAQs > #971514487

cuttin_in_farm posted...

Yes. Because when I was a young boy myself, my favorite characters tended to be the women in cartoons. Like Numbuh 5 or Shego.

If anything, it being for young males is precisely why having relevant and important female characters is so important. If they are only presented as prizes and love interests, it sets a bad precedent.

Yoruichi from Bleach, literally every female character from Kakegurui, One Piece, Attack on titan, and probably tons more from other huge hitting shonen anime's recently (That I haven't seen since I rarely watch it anymore).

I'm sure people who are more versed than me with anime can come up with more examples of strong/well written female shonen characters. Heck, check out Claymore and tell me those female characters are useless.

TC you can't generalize a whole genre when your own experience with it is miniscule.