Something Anitube/Anitwitter never acknowledges

These are Shounens.

They come out in the same magazine as One Piece and Hunter x Hunter, they’re for the same demographic,.

They are Shounen manga

Fuuka and Domestic Girlfriend were released in the Weekly Shonen Magazine, which also includes Hajime No Ippo, Fire Force, and Fairy Tail.

So these also count as Shonen manga

So why do none of these series ever come up in the discussion about Shonen?

Because the West does not comprehend Romance as a possible mainstream genre for men, despite all of these series clearly being written for a boy to enjoy.

Most romance films today get referred to as chick flicks, because they’re right, they’re written mostly for women or centered around how the woman feels, she’s the protagonist.

So why do so many people not write anything like that for teenage boys beyond parody?

I have a theory, and it’s that filmmakers and writers are scared of writing a girl who feels like a fantasy, or a “manic pixie dream girl”

You can’t write a fantastical or unrealistic relationship from a boy’s perspective, that’s sexist.

Funny thing, the guy who coined the term “Manic Pixie Dream Girl” came to regret it