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Manga (Anime) series info?
I'm writing a story where my main character stops his friend, a dad to a 13-ish year old boy, from purchasing some anime manga books because the main character knows the book series is too adult (sex, violence, both) for a 13 year old. The main character then recommends a different series because the story line is more appropriate for the age of the teen.
The story is the relationship between the main character and the dad, so this is a small piece of the larger story. But I know absolutely nothing about anime (or manga, obviously!) and would appreciate some recommendations of titles that would fit those categories.
Thanks!
ETA: I'm looking for currently available titles and perhaps where they are best purchased (a bookstore, a comic book store, a specialty shop, online?)
ETA2: I'm looking US-centric here.
The story is the relationship between the main character and the dad, so this is a small piece of the larger story. But I know absolutely nothing about anime (or manga, obviously!) and would appreciate some recommendations of titles that would fit those categories.
Thanks!
ETA: I'm looking for currently available titles and perhaps where they are best purchased (a bookstore, a comic book store, a specialty shop, online?)
ETA2: I'm looking US-centric here.
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And what titles would likely depend on when it is set.
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I'm simply looking for current titles that would be currently available... dad would be unknowing enough to actually go to a mainstream bookstore to look for a book for his teen. But the titles don't have to be available in a mainstream store. My main character can direct him to a comic book shop (?) or online to someplace more appropriate.
Thank you!
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Preferred genre? Manga is the medium but there are manga aboout everything. Horror, fantasy, sports, romance, you name it, there's probably a manga.
More common stuff you can probably get in a bookstore, possibly a SF bookstore. But yes comic book stores for something less common may need online ordering.
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So if you have something mainstream that would be in a bookstore, that would be perfect... so if you have something adult that the kid should not read, in any genre, then something in fantasy and sports that would be good. And then a romance as a tease would be fun...
Does that makes sense? Great questions and thanks for being patient with me!
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If the 13-year-old character is relatively new to manga, a good choice as the recommendation might be Fullmetal Alchemist. It's shounen, so it's geared towards teenaged boys, but it also has a lot of appeal for wider audiences, so your MC might think that the dad character might like it, too. At 27 volumes, it's fairly long for a newbie, but not really all that long for a shounen series. It's also famous and probably easily available, so it's a good choice in that way as well. Of course, that also means that if the 13-year-old is a dedicated manga fan, he's probably already read it.
It does have a fair bit of violence, since the setting is a military dictatorship and the events include the aftermath of a genocide among other things, so whether your characters would consider it appropriate for a 13-year-old would probably depend. If they didn't consider it appropriate, it could be the series that was rejected by the MC.
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As a note to clarify further, in terms of demographic labels:
Shounen - younger male
Shoujo - younger female
Seinen - older male
Josei - older female
Although there is a lot of crossover in terms of demographics, the above labels are generally used due to the original magazines the manga chapters are published in.
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Thank you for sharing that!
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Anyway as for actual suggestions:
Someone here already mentioned manga demographics, and I definitely think mainstream shonen would be the go-to recommendation of someone who has a lot of knowledge to someone who has none. “Battle shonen” (series that focus heavily on fighting with over-the-top weapons and magical powers) are common entry points for beginners. Of course Naruto is the classic example, it’s very popular for a reason. My Hero Academia is a more modern example which is also extremely popular, and I’ve already seen someone mention Fullmetal Alchemist which is a great choice. The only caveat is that these series are known for stretching out for a loooooong time. Naruto, not counting spinoffs, is 72 volumes total, and let’s not even get started on One Piece (112 volumes and still ongoing). If a dad was going to introduce a series like that to his kid, he’ll either want to look into checking out volumes at the local library (depending on where you live the library manga section can be quite good, and most libraries that have a manga section will have the classics and current popular titles) or be ready to make a big investment.
As for sports manga, there’s lots to choose from. Honestly there’s a manga for any hobby you can think of (like seriously, any activity has at least one manga dedicated to it), but sports are the most common. The most popular I can think of in recent memory are Haikyuu! (volleyball) and Blue Lock (soccer), but there are plenty of notable works in this genre as well as cult classics. Kuroko no Basuke/Kuroko’s Basketball (basketball), Ace of Diamond (baseball), Prince of Tennis (tennis), Yowamushi Pedal (cycling), the list goes on. If your character plays or is interested in a sport, it might be worth your time to google [x sport] manga and see what comes up.
If your child character is interested in video games, there’s also a ton of manga adaptations to choose from. I already mentioned OoT, but a lot of Zelda games have manga adaptations (Twilight Princess being the best one in my completely unbiased opinion). Pokemon also has a long-running series called Pokemon Special (Pokemon Adventures in America), which is famous for being a lot darker than the games themselves. A lot of other Nintendo games have shorter-running manga about them, like Splatoon, Animal Crossing, and Kirby. Outside of the Nintendo sphere a lot of classic JRPGs have manga adaptations too.
I know that was probably a lot of information, I really like explaining this stuff lol. I hope at least some of it was helpful, and I’d be happy to answer any other questions you have ^w^
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I'll see where the story goes but this should be good!
THANK YOU!!!
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I'm assuming the 13 year old is probably more naive than the average 13 year old (or that the adult in question is particularly strict about age restrictions), in the sense that many 13 yos these days have been exposed to so much stuff through the internet that something like Berserk isn't likely to bother them in the same way that it might have to 13 yos in the 80s/90s (and plenty of them read Berserk then too).
But yeah, Berserk is a 100% realistic thing someone might pick up for a 13 yo that another more knowledgeable adult might go 'ahhhhhhh no this is not My Hero Academia this is a bit much.'
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Some of my fellow USian online friends, although around 30 so rather older than teens, are currently into the shonen manga/anime Mob Psycho 100 (I have not gleaned a ton, beyond the central character being a young ~psychic, the involvement of a con-man, some sort of spirit, and one storyline involving broccoli, but you should be aware that apparently the title is meant to suggest something more like "common-man psychic" due to meaning-migration in Japanese use of the English words in the title. It is not supposed to suggest psychopath leading a mob.) and Dungeon Meishi/Delicious in Dungeon, which got an anime last year. Dungeon Meishi, which is apparently seinen/intended for a slightly older audience than shonen (I'm guessing mostly for moderate violence/fantasy butchering reasons but not totally sure), is influenced by stuff like Dungeons & Dragons and the rogue-like game genre, and has a party venturing back into a dungeon to try to rescue one of their former comrades, resorting to foraging/hunting the local monsters and flora due to the urgency of the situation and their lack of supplies/funds.
I technically haven't looked for the latter two, but my Barnes and Noble has a decent manga selection and I bet they'd have them; the secondhand bookstores I tend to frequent more, like Half Price Books, don't necessarily have popular manga in stock at any given time, although they do usually have some manga. I have actually seen My Hero Academia and a few other random manga in the book section at Meijer, a supermarket chain in the Midwest, and I think I've seen a small selection of manga at some Walmarts, too. At least some public libraries have manga; I've found Death Note and several others in a small county library.
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Thank you for the summaries, that is helpful...
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I might be a bit biased, as my local library system is 3rd in the country for circulation (behind NYC and Cincinnati of all places) and 5th for visits (behind the LA area and NYC) but I've never had an issue finding a manga through them.
Depending on the area your story is set, you could easily send the dad to the library.
ETA: the link is to the ALA website, not my local library system, to be clear.
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