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Josei manga (Japanese: 女性, lit. "woman", IPA /dʑʲosei/; also known as redīsu (レディース) or redikomi (レディコミ), lit. "ladies' comics"), is a genre of manga or anime created mostly by women, for late teenage and adult female audiences. The male equivalent to josei is seinen. In Japanese, the word josei means only "female" and is not directly indicative of sexual matter. Articles with similar titles include the NATO phonetic alphabet, which has also informally been called the “International Phonetic Alphabet”. For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words, see IPA chart for English. ... maNga is a popular Turkish nu metal/rapcore band. ... “Animé” redirects here. ... Image of a woman on the Pioneer plaque sent to outer space. ... A separate article is about the punk band called The Adolescents. ... For the adult insect stage, see Imago. ... Seinen not to be confused with adult )) is a subset of manga that is generally targeted at an 18–30 year old male audience, but the audience can be much older with some comics aimed at businessmen well into their 40s. ...


The stories tend to be about everyday experiences of women living in Japan. Though there are some that cover high school, most cover the lives of adult women. The style also tends to be a more restrained, realistic version of shōjo, keeping some of the wispy features and getting rid of the very large sparkly eyes. There are exceptions in the style described above, but what defines josei is some degree of stylistic continuity of comics within this particular demographic (the same is true with different demographics that have different stylistic tendencies). This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Page from long running shōjo manga Glass Mask by Suzue Miuchi, demonstrating archetypal shōjo art conventions Shōjo or shoujo ) is a term used in English to refer to manga and anime aimed at a female audience between the ages of 13 and 18. ...


In addition, unlike shōjo manga, josei comics can portray realistic romance (as opposed to mostly idealized romance). A subset of josei comics are comics that are aimed at women about homosexual male relationships, much like but not to be confused with yaoi; josei tending to be both more explicit and with more mature storytelling. Shōjo or shoujo (少女 lit. ... Since its coinage, the word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ... This article or section includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ...


Josei is sometimes used within anime or manga, mostly by male characters, to refer to a sexual preference for older women, as contrasted with lolicon. “Animé” redirects here. ... maNga is a popular Turkish nu metal/rapcore band. ... Sexual fetishism is the attribution of attractive sexual qualities to non-living objects as an overwhelming alternative to the sexuality of a man or a woman, or as an enhancing element to a relationship. ... Significant age disparity in sexual relationships has been a feature of couples in many cultures and societies. ... Lolicon art often depicts childlike characteristics with likely double meanings. ...


Examples

Gokusen ) is a Japanese manga by Kozueko Morimoto. ... Happy Mania ) is a manga series created by Moyoco Anno, wife of the famous Neon Genesis Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno. ... Serialized in CUTiEcomic (ch. ... Tramps Like Us (Kimi wa Pet in Japanese) is a josei manga series by Yayoi Ogawa, which was adapted to a TV series. ... Saiunkoku Monogatari (彩雲国物語; lit. ... Serialized in Kiss Original run July 10, 2001 – Ongoing No. ... Serialized in Zipper Original run April, 2000 – March, 2004 No. ... Serialized in Cookie Shojo Beat(ends serialization in August) Original run November 15, 2002 – Still running No. ...

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Heterochromia » The announced guest blog post: A laudatio on Josei (1883 words)
A lot of josei series are simply porn for women: A (most likely) blond girl falls in love with some (most likely) dark-haired alpha dog (mafia boss, student council president, president of some huge company) and lets herself get sexually abused and raped by said person.
The really interesting josei series are those which actually are like the description above: Most of the time they are love stories or revolve around the pursuit of ‘love’ (or at least a healthy relationship), but whose main interest is the search for oneself, whether it is through love, work or friends.
Josei manga tend to question the ‘why’ behind the things we do: Hataraki Man is a good and famous example, because it is freely available as fansub and scanlation - on top of that, I’ve read that it is very popular in Japan.
Aestheticism Manga: Kou Josei series (950 words)
Kou Josei is the youngest man ever to pass the Imperial examinations that were the gateway to a public career through most of China's history.
After young Josei passed the examinations so signally, he went to work in a government bureau closely attached to the Emperor.
Josei, inexperienced in the ways of the world, refused with an apposite quote and thought no more of it.
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