Yeah, it seems to be freakish as far as most are concerned.
It is especially true of the shoujo genre of manga. it's supposed to be for and about teenaged girls. Therefore, I go in expecting a story about a girl with one or more cute accessories, hopefully accessories who are interesting and have more going for them than cuteness and angst. As a general rule, when the accessory takes over, I bolt. (Naruto isn't shoujo, but shounen-for boys-it's just that it's pretty much one of the worst popular series I've tried out regarding how the text treats the female characters.)
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Date: 2008-08-05 02:47 am (UTC)It is especially true of the shoujo genre of manga. it's supposed to be for and about teenaged girls. Therefore, I go in expecting a story about a girl with one or more cute accessories, hopefully accessories who are interesting and have more going for them than cuteness and angst. As a general rule, when the accessory takes over, I bolt. (Naruto isn't shoujo, but shounen-for boys-it's just that it's pretty much one of the worst popular series I've tried out regarding how the text treats the female characters.)