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Seinen manga (青年漫画) is a subset of manga that is generally targeted at a 15–24 year old male audience, but the audience can be older with some manga aimed at businessmen well into their 40s. In Japanese, the word Seinen means "young man" or "young men" and is not suggestive of sexual matters. The female equivalent to seinen manga is josei manga.

It has a wide variety of art styles and more variation in subject matter, ranging from the avant-garde to the mundane and to the pornographic. Because of the emphasis on storyline and character development instead of action, some seinen series are often confused with shōjo, or girls' manga.^{[citation needed]} This is especially true of seinen comedy series such as Chobits, and Chi's Sweet Home, or seinen drama such as Twin Spica. Other examples of seinen manga include: NEEDLESS, Akira, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Monster, Gantz,Freezing (manga), 20th Century Boys, Berserk, Blade of the Immortal, Battle Royale, Blame!, Vagabond, Ghost in the Shell, Hellsing, Black Lagoon, Ikigami, Eden: It's an Endless World!, Elfen Lied, Battle Angel Alita, Zetman, Drifters and Maison Ikkoku.

A common way to tell if a manga is seinen is by looking at whether or not furigana is used over the original kanji text: if there are furigana on all kanji, the title is generally aimed at a younger audience. The title of the magazine it was published in is also an important indicator. Usually Japanese manga magazines with the word "young" in the title (Weekly Young Jump for instance) are seinen. There are also mix shōnen/seinen magazines like Champion Red, Gangan Powered and Comp Ace. Other popular seinen manga magazines include Ultra Jump, Afternoon, and Big Comic.

List of seinen manga

See also

• Shōnen manga: intended for adolescent boys
• Shōjo manga: intended for adolescent girls
• Josei manga: intended for young women
• Kodomo manga: intended for children
• List of seinen magazines

External links

• Japanese Magazine Publishers Association (Japanese)

Look up seinen in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.