Always wondered what some of this genres really mean?

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Men's

Shounen

• Main focus are boys between age 10-18. Adventure, fantasy, action or a mixture of all three genres are presented here.

Seinen

• Main focus are adult men's here. Comparable with Shounen, but with the difference that the action is more interesting for adult men's.

Shounen-Ai

• Love between young men's, which focus is on emotion and act. Sexual action isn't in focus.

Yaoi

• Men-Men love in sexual direction.

 

Women's

Shoujou

• Main focus are girls between age 10-18. Social and Romantic, but can be also horror as long it's for the age.

Josei

• Main focus are adult women's here. Comparable with Shoujou, but with the difference that the action is more interesting for adult women's.

Shoujou-Ai

• Love between young women's, which focus is on emotion and act. Sexual action isn't in focus.

Yuri

• Women-Women love in sexual direction.

 

Love / Sexuality

Harem

• Love in triangle relationship, where the main protagonist is in foreground. Sexuality isn't in focus.

Ecchi

• Sexual intimation.

Hentai

• Sexual action.