Making the Shonen Jump to Shoujo with a Vengeance

[@evep6886]

The fact that seinen very well liked by the male audience like Berserk is made with Shoujo at their hearts as confirmed by their authors is the biggest vengance ever

[@vintagevin2620]

As a dude who loves both seinen and shoujo, I see this as a huge win

[@evep6886]

@@vintagevin2620 absolute chad. Even seinen like Devilman have a huge "shoujo" factor most men eat without realice

[@vintagevin2620]

@@evep6886 I agree, and I'm looking forward to shoujo's comeback

[@Fejrus887]

For all Americans: Basara is now part of the new VIZ Manga App, so you can very easily read it there + other Shojosei Titles! ^^ (and I also got the Scorsese references 😎 🤣)

[@Jon_East]

Gosh, thanks for making me aware of the new Viz app!! Can't believe they have so many works of my all time favorite Taiyo Matsumoto on there too 👀 I'm pretty stoked!

[@LyraFay12]

Considering Berserk is inspired by Shojo (Griffin is a pretty boy in the vein of The Poe Clan) this is a inspired choice.

[@diegobrandomtg]

For a second, knowing how Miura talked about Berserk’s genre, I was convinced you were gonna say “If you liked Berserk, you might like Berserk.” Fr tho will have to check out Basara, thanks for the quality vids as always!

[@Money_D_Luffy]

The Shonen Jump to Shoujo series is now my favorite trilogy! As much as I love fantasy my first pick this time is Run Away with Me Girl. With the VIZ app launch Basara is a close second though 🙏 Btw my winners from the last 2 were Yona and QueQua!! ⚔ ⚔

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

I hope you end up liking both! Seems like they're gunning for Basara for next book club in the discord too haha

[@SuperrSonic]

Basara is incredible, I remember being so hooked that I obsessed over trying to watch the stageplays, it was either import the expensive dvds or jump through hoops to rent the HD version on dmm. I did the latter. It follows the manga closely, so I never felt too lost. While recommending the stageplays is a bit much, I'd still check out key scenes from it, like Shido's uh, moment during the earthquake, Chacha's duel, or anything with Shuri and Sarasa together.

[@Anarchivist343]

I LOVED Run Away with Me Girl. It is heartbreaking and feels real and authentic. If you are looking for another lesbian romance exploring similar themes you might like Even Though We're Adults. It is about a married woman who begins an affair with an out lesbian she meets at a bar.

[@moominkomet]

Absolutely love Basara! I also love Berserk! Now Basara did fill in what I do wish was in Berserk, if I could only smash the two together. Oh well. I love them both equally. ☺️

[@epppyyy]

When I read of Berserk, I knew I would like this video because I have my good fair shares of complaints and I knew Shoujo would answer them quite well. I am very happy with a recommendation for Oshi no Ko as well, as the series also has issues but I love it for it's depiction of entertainment industry and it pursued me to get into it myself. I joined the Patreon too for the lovely early access and support to the Shoujo and Chihayafuru connoisseur :3

[@rob.aravena]

Blue Flag was excellent, and Run away with me girl is just absolutely magnificent, one of my favorite things ever, I can see the similar vibes between them now that you mention them together. Really enjoyed this video!

[@notationmusical]

I was thinking about how Glass Mask was similar to Oshi no Ko, since both series have similar art styles (especially on the starry eyes) and focus on the entertainment industry (both theatre and movie acting). But Kageki Shoujo is a great choice.

[@mono8476]

unfortunately glass mask isnt licensed in english so colleen cant recommend it. the author even came out & said that she's dissapointed its popular overseas (since the only way it could be, is if people read it illegally)

[@notationmusical]

@@mono8476 yeah, and the anime's the only way to consume it, even though the manga's still ongoing. Wished it was licensed in English.

[@generalzwinger3943]

Thanks for talking about Kageki Shoujo!! It was my favorite show in the season it aired (the manga is great as well). A small addition for anyone interested in reading the manga. It is split into two "series". "The Curtain Rises", which is essentially volume 0, and then the normal series starting with volume 1. This is due to switching magazines: It started in a seinen (!) magazine and switched to a josei one!

[@Gaianna1]

If you liked “What Did You Eat Yesterday?” you might like “She likes to cook, She likes to Eat”

[@cthellis]

Thank you for letting me know that these are 1:1 comparisons and everything you suggest here is exactly the same as the shounen comparison and I should take it to heart implicitly.

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

glad you understood

[@cereal_21]

so glad to see someone talking about kageki shoujo!! it's my absolute favorite 😭

[@thea-na]

Haha I remember watching Basara on TV when I was a kid and got completely blown away by it. The romance plot was so captivating!

[@YalkYalk_]

Colleen’s Manga Recs is Taxi Driver for shoujo fans

[@moominkomet]

Oh Kageki Shojo, I’m collecting that right now! Will be diving into it soon! Thanks again for all your recommendations as always!

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

Enjoy!

[@nonchi5113]

Basara x Berserk was so on point!! Basara has a rape scene that crushed me way more then Berserk's famous caska scene. Cuz it wasn't written in a weird way. It was sad, dangerous and frustrating in a way Berserk never achieved with that scene.

[@nailin18]

17:17 You know, this premise reminds me a lot more of " The Duke of Death and His Black Maid ", a lot actually, it's also about people who have been cursed and also about the romance between a noble cursed with death touch (if he touches you you die) and his maid, though in that they have a "Pushing Daisies" thing going on cause he can't touch her, it's more a really weird romantic comedy with some very dark depressing themes and supernatural shenanigans, good solid stuff. It ended past year, but the author still releases these extra mini arcs, it's awesome.

[@maxaroni39]

Another excellent entry in the best series on KZbin! Really glad to see Kageki Shojo getting some love, it's one of my favorite currently-running shojo!

[@vyckygy6626]

I wonder how different would be these recommendations if we had more shoujo/jousei manga in English (ಥ◡ಥ)

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

I don't think the recommendations themselves would change since I love all these series still but I would be recommending a lot more of the ones I really want to be telling people about 😅

[@selmakissoum433]

Oh my God, thanks for talking about Nina the Starry Bride! I love this manga, not only the romance but the world building also the love triangle actually makes you wonder with who she's gonna end up. If there is a Shounen with a setting and a plot that I feel very similar to NSB it would be Altair: A Record of Battles. I love your videos :)

[@denisapasca154]

As a Skip Beat fan Kageki Shoujo is such a blessing! Love this ❤ Also the other recomandation sounds so intresting. Put them on my list ❤

[@greywitchleila]

Run Away With Me Girl/Kakeocchi Gyaru is a good one. If y'all like that one Even Though We're Adults/Otona ni Nattemo is another good one in a similar vein.

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

both great series!

[@Anarchivist343]

Yes do you know any more good lesbian dramas about adult characters for people who liked both of those?

[@greywitchleila]

@@Anarchivist343 There's Suimitsutou Ha Shoujo Ni Kajirareru which is one half those and one half My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness. Also if you want to go outside of manga there's the manhua Mojito & to a lesser extent Soulmate. That said Onna x Onna/Onna Doushi manga rarely get translated in favor of Yuri manga, unfortunately.

[@Anarchivist343]

@@greywitchleila Thank you, I've read a couple of those but not all of them. I agree I haven't seen much of this type of manga in English, but now I at least know the correct term for it.

[@greywitchleila]

@@Anarchivist343 yeah, mostly they get lumped under yuri, especially in the west so they can be hard to spot. Hopefully one day the lesbian manga movement takes off the way bara did for gay men.

[@TheMissGratzy]

Ok, we need to do what others did at a Kodancha panel con and just chant over and over "Basara!! Basara!! Basara!!" to put the pressure on Viz! (っ˘O(ಠ_ಠ) It worked for breaking Blue Lock out of digital jail, maybe it will work for Basara to get a second printing ᕕ( ಠ‿ಠ)ᕗ

[@60508]

Awesome recommendations as always, and also big thanks for directing us towards an EU outlet that stocks English language manga! I've been really enjoying Yona of the Dawn and Requiem of the Rose King, and some other bits and pieces. Thanks for the hard work. :D I watched the Kageki Shojo show the other week was great, I'll have to pack up the manga.

[@gachacatqueen7285]

Thank you for recommending Kageki Shoujo; it's one of my favorite series and I want more people to read it 😊

[@RevRainsUtopia]

What a fun video! A series I’ve been loving lately is correspondence from the end of the universe, it’s only got two volumes out in English but I’ve been really loving the story. I just finished reading Basara because I wanted to pump myself up for when do not say mystery comes out at the end of the month! Needless to say I underestimated basara it was sooooo good

[@lydiadozal428]

It didn't cost me an arm or leg to buy physical copies of Basara. At best over $300. This amazing manga is worth that much. It's a shame we will never get a reboot (fullmetal alchemist brotherhood treatment) of this series.

[@Enchantedpluto]

Basara is my absolute favorite manga of all time 💕💕💕

[@annarchy8604]

Great video as usual! I'm very happy you talked about the Cursed Prince's Servant, I'm very fond of this series and I really want more people to know about it :') Unless the magazine changed at some point, it was published in Hana to Yume and not LaLa, though? You always have great recommendations and I really want to get into Basara and Nina the Starry Bride when I'll find time!

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

OMG , you're right!! That totally slipped by me so thank you for pointing that out. I think Lala has just been on the mind lately 😅

[@rashmi_m2020]

Basara❤❤❤ I love Tamura Tumi too!! Her works are so good, so engrossing!!!

[@Lisa_Flowers]

As someone who doesn't really like shounen and is more familiar with shoujo anime than manga, I really appreciate this video for very different reasons than you'd expect lol. I don't want to watch the super popular shounen manga's listed in this video because I think i'd just prefer them if they had a more shoujo vibe, so I love that I can get exactly that from your recs.

[@zam6877]

This was great! So many of these sound intriguing Thanks a bunch

[@kinggamereon653]

will definitely be checking some of these out if I am in the mood for some manga also today I learned that love of kill is a shoujo series watched the adaptation when it aired and quite liked it but wasn't aware of it being a shoujo series

[@mono8476]

pretty sure its josei not shojo. besides, 'making the shonen jump to shojo' is just a clever title. colleen doesnt stick to shonen & shojo when making these recommendations (case in point love of kill & berserk)

[@kinggamereon653]

@@mono8476 ah I see Fair enough I don't pay much attention to the demographic stuff is intended for, I just watch/read if it seems interesting

[@retired.read.craft.cruise]

Read Chihayafuru you say? That fluffy stuff is not for me. I guess I could try it. Uhhmmm, this series is incredible! I've cried in every volume. I love it! Thanks for recommending it so heartily.

[@AReadsManga]

I actually love you chose to recommend Run Away with me Girl for Blue Flag - my first reaction would have been to suggest My Love Mix Up due to the somewhat similar premise but I think RAWMG has a lot closer mood or approach to the situation ❤

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

Agreed, I thought I might do My Love Mixup as I have previously when I did this series but since RAWMG was getting physicals and ending this month I knew it had to be that one.

[@yuki5619]

Great video and great recommendations! I actually stopped the video in the middle, went to read "run away with me, girl" and came back to finish the video. And I have to say, I loved this manga so I'm definitely going to read more of the manga you recommend!

[@pstembergas]

Thanks for talking about Kageki Shojo as I really liked the anime. I've been following some of your recommendations and enjoying them, specially Collette Decides to Die and Nina the Starry Bride. Hope to see more of your recommendations and videos 😊

[@simonm1233]

Definitely reading Run Away with me Girl and cursed prince's servant

[@forart1903]

I just read the first volume of Basara and gosh, I may have to read your other recs if I liked this one enough.

[@nocturne3008]

I am currently reading Basara for the first time (man it needs a reprint in English!!) and Love of Kill and love both. Basara and another fantasy title From Far Away were recommended by friends of mine and while late I am glad I am discovering them now. Love of Kill is fun and the volumes are quick reads as it was a webseries originally (if I remember correctly).

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

Yeah I think Love of Kill started on Pixiv but it did end up in the shoujo/josei magazine Comic Gene at some point!

[@nocturne3008]

@@ColleensMangaRecs Yes! I saw it on the cover while I was living in Japan.

[@ajdynon]

I got the physical version of the Basara manga as it came out (having been introduced by the short lived anime), I really should re-read it sometime.

[@jubilee4]

Few seconds into the vid and I'm obsessed with those Misaki and Usui plushies!!!!

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

Little River Co! They have some Maid-Sama and Kamisama Kiss merch.

[@jubilee4]

@@ColleensMangaRecs It's absolutely adorable! I'll have to check it out🤩

[@mirroredhour]

Was happy when you brought up blue flag but then run away with me girl got brought up and I've already read that one 😭 they're both really good series though. Everyone should check both of them out or one or the other if you haven't yet! Also, at this point, I'm most likely going to check out basara.

[@samuelgonzalez157]

Colleen!!! Thanks for always making amazing recs!! I read almost everything in this list? except for Basara but i'm going to read it soon!! (saddly I don't have acces to viz app so I hope someday some international shop sponsors you so I know where to buy manga in english more easily :D) Also THANK YOU FOR THIS, cuz I didn't really like Berserk and Oshi no Ko (the first have too much sexual violence and the protag of Oshi no Ko annoys me lol) so I'm going to read Kageki Shojo RIGHT NOW!! Thanks again for your amazing job! And thanks for recommending Love of kill, one of my favorite manga ever!!

[@galian1233]

why the protagonist of oshi no ko annoys you? (i have only seen the anime)

[@jacobthomas6876]

Woo! I LOVE Run Away with Me Girl! Great recommend!

[@konlavatsybuaphan760]

Thank you for recommending Basara. I'm reading it rn.

[@PinkNymphetamine22]

So glad you've spoken about Run Away with Me, Girl and Kageki Shoujo, I've just received the former's last volume and I'm watching the anime of the latter, and they're both amazing. I'd love to sink my teeth on Basara eventually too, since I'm a huge Berserk fan as well, I'll trust your judgement on that. Speaking of really emotionally damaging manga, have you talked about Moto Hagio's work? Been recently devouring Zankoku na Kami ha Shigai Suru and it's been a very interesting read, but I was curious if you've read it.

[@beepbeepboop937]

Ohh I recently finished reading Berserk, I'm defo gonna check out Basara next! Thanks for the rec! This series is such an awesome idea Colleen. I love shoujo but I tend to get swept up by the big shounen/seinen titles whilst missing out on shoujo/jousei gems.

[@hoshihiramatsu5627]

So excited for Nina the starry bride!! Can’t wait to get my hands on the physical ☺️☺️☺️ The second male lead syndrome has me at a chokehold 🤧🤧

[@wolfferoni]

What you described of the plot of Run Away With Me Girl sounded so much like The Ends of a Dream by Yumi Sudo except I assume it's not as sad. Will definitely check it out

[@YalkYalk_]

Thanks to this video I decided to check out Run Away With Me Girl, and I really enjoyed it! It's a short but really sweet read with great art. Will have to check out all the other series listed one day.

[@oleksandrbyelyenko435]

I felt like you had to post a new video around this time. But KZbin didn't notify me. Good thing this video got recommended to me.

[@QueenXKnit]

Basaraaaaaaa ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@jonjohnson8970]

Hey thank you for these recommendations!

[@sadpanini]

Thank you for the recs! ❤

[@patrickhassomethingtosay]

Colleen thank you for all the Martin Scorsese jokes up top, among my animanga friends I’m the only one making those jokes so I feel seen

[@sailorurmom8651]

Thank you for the recommendations!! 😊

[@sanjithechef]

I love these videos. Thank you for the recommendations

[@SoraiaLMotta]

thanks for the recomendations

[@beckyginger3432]

Not being being like i want more like berserk or oshi no ko - and then having read and watched the suggestions already! Basara- lowkey cracked my egg 😅

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

Another suggestion for Oshi no Ko would be Not Your Idol which is a phenomenal series but I didn't use it because it's been on hiatus for about a year now 😭

[@beckyginger3432]

Omg really! Thanks so much for this! I'll check it out

[@brandynlobo271]

I got all the marty scorcese refrences😂

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

shark tale fan spotted

[@starslayer1493]

Thank you for recommending kageki shojo

[@katarinaclaes96]

Amazing video as always keep up the good work. I'll check out these Manga and give them a read. 😎👍

[@isaacgilbert2050]

I’d love some recs for things that are similar to Inio Asano’s work. I like that most are kinda surrealistic and very character based takes on drama series.

[@themissingsock2437]

oh my god, I began reading the cursed prince's servant, and holy crap, it is so cute.

[@tomibello5831]

Nice as a new subscriber who has frieren as my 3rd favorite manga I was glad to see a comparison. Although I already started the cursed princes servents it was nice seeing it nonetheless. Another shounen I feel like it is similar to is The duke of death and his maid but that one is less popular so it probably wouldn't fit this series. It has the same concept of the male lead with a death touch and the female lead assisting them. Anyways love the series and hope to see more in the future!

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

The Duke of Death manga was actually one I considered doing for this rec but as you said it just didn't fit as well being a lesser popular title. Gotta use that upcoming Frieren anime y'know haha

[@mnt1mnt]

I watched Kageki Shojo and it was so delightful anime I loved it hopefully we get another season

[@StarLord66X]

Funny thing. I read Basara before Berserk since my local half price books had Basara volumes instead

[@miniyupi3766]

really really enjoyed this video!! Also appreciate the tips on where to read these comics ^^ Tysm and have a good day!!!

[@chou8220]

the more you talk about basara, the more i need to read it ToT also the second I saw Kageki Shojo!! YYEEEEESSSSSSS it's really good & bought all the books right away! If you like Skip Beat, it has a similar feel!

[@White00000Rabbit]

Thank you for the recommendations! I'm definetely going to check out those shoujo fantasy series. I love shoujo fantasy's. Here's a recommendation for you. Mushishi and Natsume's book of friends. I personally think they are similar because they're both iyashikei and have that soothing calming vibe. And they both have a main character that can see things others can't, and they have to deal with them on a daily basis. What do you think? Are they similar?

[@BlueDragonArt]

My reading list keeps growing XD (hope my library has some of these :D )

[@Anarchivist343]

Can you do a video on best josei LGBTQ manga like Run Away With Me Girl?

[@onetrickponysona2613]

I loved both kageki shoujo and oshi no ko so that checks out

[@cadr003]

KAGEKI SHOUJO EATS

[@charlieedwards4331]

I didn’t know who Martin Scorsese was until now lol!

[@juliabishop1408]

Are those Maid sama plushies in the background?! 😍

[@Zapporah85]

Hoejo's? I love it. I'm sorry if you've used this before but please never stop using it.

[@Lila_S.]

Brilliant.

[@neptunite5973]

please consider making a video about how Witch Hat Atelier is a shoujo/Josei manga in everything but publishing magazine >

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

No because that's really not true.

[@neptunite5973]

@@ColleensMangaRecs I guess i don't know shoujo well enough

[@muunprince1992]

Pretty sure Berserk is a Seinen manga tho but yes is still targeted to the male demographic, also where did you get that maid sama plushies at the back? Are they authentic released plushies? Maid sama merch in her is hard to come by sadly

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

Please watch the disclaimer section where I explain why the title is the way it is. The Maid-Sama plushies are from Little River Co.

[@FRANCISCARUSOworld]

Can you please make a video about Sailor Moon? ❤

[@MarkyMatey]

Great video. I wonder what shojo/josei would you recomend if I love the Kingdom manga

[@mellysandshrew]

🎉 Kageki Shojo mentioned! 🎉

[@cheesencrackers5257]

i wish that the viz manga app was in the uk, i want to read more shoujo and there’s so much on that app 😭😭

[@tonisimi8]

Great Video! What is that book(?) from Colette in the background?

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

It's a gift that came inside one of the hana to yume magazines! It's just a notebook on the inside.

[@tonisimi8]

​@@ColleensMangaRecs Ah, thank you!

[@TK-_-GZ]

Algorithmic punch

[@sonoilmigliorpersonaggiodellas]

I love this racomedetion ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@melsch8740]

KAGEKI SHOUJO AHHHHHHHHH

[@aarondubourg3706]

Is The Cursed Prince's Servant only available on one of those manga/comic streaming apps? Couldn't find it on Bookwalker or Kindle. Is it known if it's going to getva volume release? I don't like how most comics streaming apps and prefer buying collected volumes.

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

No, Cursed Price is only available on Comikey

[@RavenDreamer]

I'd love a recommendation for 'Moriarty the Pariot'

[@juliasz.1017]

FMA to nina the starry bride hjrkdsl I mean i like both but idk if they are similar

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

I've already said in the intro and disclaimers that sometimes I will even recommend things off them being in the same genre.

[@oleksandrbyelyenko435]

Wait, you are talking about shounen. But Berserk is Seinen? Okay, while I was writing it, you have mentioned Seinen. Just had a dissonance reading a title and looking at a thumbnail.

[@aliciaz6224]

"Making the Shonen Jump to Shojou" is just a clever and concise title, Colleen explains its for both shoujo and josei equivalents for both shonen and seinen series!

[@kat416]

Is Sarasa the main character of the kageki shoujo manga? When I watched the anime I thought Ai was the main character because we followed her more from the start 🤔 that's interesting. I enjoyed the run away with your girl manga!! It's short but really good!! Love of kill looks really exciting I've been wanting to read spy series that focuses on the spying in a darker tone (Also I've never heard Scorsese pronounced like that 😅)

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

Sarasa is more the main protagonist where the shoujo run of the series picks up but like you said Ai is more the protagonist in the prequel

[@frei2304]

I still have to read Kageki Shojou(and chihayafuru) but the anime destroyed me around episode 3 or 4 with one of the backstories.

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

luckily those stories are from the prequel and not the current run of the series, I'm 3 volumes in and it focuses much more on the character's motivations and goals rather than lots of trauma if that helps you at all

[@otakunemesis34]

Reprint and license so I may consume more.That is my idea anyway.

[@lookalivebrett]

You're American? I thought you were Canadian.