Coming of Age: (
Story/Location) A story in which the main character is confronted with issues related to their transition from adolescence (innocence) to adulthood (responsibility). Most typically found in a modern romance story in which the main character has to confront his/her feelings over their (first) love and/or deciding about the path in life (setting goals, attending college, getting a job etc.).
Shounen: (
Target Group) (
↗shounen (
少年) = "boy", "juvenile"; opposite of "
Shoujo") A demographic of manga readers (generally considered 10 to 16 years of age). Refers to anime based on manga that was originally serialized in a magazine targeting boys of any age. See also:
↗Wikipedia:Shounen.
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Ashita no Yoichi!
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See Asu no Yoichi!
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Asu no Yoichi!
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Having been raised and trained for the past sixteen years as a traditional samurai 'bushi', Yoichi was surprised when his father suddenly announces that there nothing more that he could teach his son, but he arranges for Yoichi to continue training at a dojo owned by one of their relatives. So now Yoichi must leave the tranquility of his remote rural mountain life and move to the city to live with his uncle's family to continue his studies. And if learning how to cope with city life were not hard enough, he finds himself living with 4 beautiful sisters and having to endure a ‘training’ regiment more severe than he could ever image.....
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Loveless (TV)
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Twelve-year old Aoyagi Ritsuka lost his only kin when his brother, Aoyagi Seimei, was killed under mysterious circumstances. One day, he meets Wagatsuma Soubi, who claims to know his brother. It turns out that Soubi and Seimei used to be a fighting pair, whereby Soubi was the "Fighting Machine" and Seimei was the "Sacrifice". Now that Seimei is gone, Soubi 'belongs' to Ritsuka who will become his new "Sacrifice". After learning that Seimei was killed by an organization known as the "Seventh Moon", Ritsuka decides to join forces with Soubi and investigate the truth behind his brother's death.
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Mountain Summit
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Rent |
See Asu no Yoichi!
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ラブレス (Japanese)
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See Loveless (TV)
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明日のよいち!
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See Asu no Yoichi!
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