|Let's just face the fact that both seinen and shonen demographics are for guys, as shojo and josei (plus the genres yaoi and some yuri) are for girls.
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Agreed. Take for example Kuroshitsuji or Death Note. Both deal with deeper plot lines and deal with deeper themes such as death, sex and drugs and should be classified as seinen. However, publication in a shounen magazine has led both series to be classified as such. Lampshaded in Bakuman, by the same mangaka of Death Note.
I'd also like to mention that, despite magazine serialization, a vague target audience may also apply. Take Kuroshitsuji for example. It is very much a boys' series, but Kuroshitsuji has feminine fanservice in it as well (well, it is written by former BL mangaka, [a]YANAO Rock[/a].)
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just plain stupid to say that youtsubato is shounen...
shounen = for boys under 18 = stupid stuff, harem, simple plots, lots of boobs and fan service, etc.
seinen = for males 18-30 = slightly less stupidity, generally deeper plots, less stupid fanservice, etc.
How so yotsubato is shounen?
And, from what I know, 18 isn't an adult in Japan, so anyone under 20 is still a child... so that would make it seinen if it was targetted at someone over 20, well, R-18 stuff would count as seinen to I guess.
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