Is Shounen a dead-end genre? It feels like every one of them that comes out never finds an audience that ever comes close to the big 3.
Not as long as One Piece is still around.
>>135376148
Newfag here, big 3? Like serious I know nothing
>>135376298
But it's only One Piece. Yeah Bleach is popular too I guess, but nothing else really gets up there.
>>135376311
The 3 big shounen's; Naurto, One Piece, and Bleach. Granted Naruto is done, but still.
>>135376311
Google it you fucking retard.
Are you talking about battle shounen? Because "shounen" is a demographic, not a genre you brain dead faggot.
>>135376362
Thanks. Anime is so confusing.
>>135376364
I did and wasn't sure if what I was reading was right. Seemed like a lot of people argue about it.
>>135376362
What's worse is Bleach slowly going down the drain. Naruto is being remade and continued which is nice and Boku no Academia might have a chance of being the next Shonen.
>>135376398
>"I know exactly what you mean but I'll act like a smartass faggot anyways"
>>135376447
Anon I like Bleach because it's fucking retarded, but it's been going down the drain since the end of the Shinigami World arc, let's not kid ourselves.
>>135376311
DB, SD and YYH.
>>135376362
This guy is retarded.
"Big 3" is a western term though
Seven Deadly Sins is popular, though more so the anime than the manga itself.
>>135376447
>Bleach
>slowly going down the drain
>Naruto
>being remade and continued which is nice
Seriously? No, but seriously? I know people have their own opinions and shit, but holy fuck. They're both so bad. They've been bad for so long now. No excuses.
>>135376690
Which I personally don't get, considering how average to mediocre it is. I gave it a very real shot, but I just couldn't get beyond how simple it was, even for shounen plot. Some of the characters are fun to keep tabs on, but no enough to read/watch long term.
>>135376725
In his defense most people on /a/ don't like either books because they're good, they like them because they get fucking crazy. Or at least Bleach does.
>>135376631
Fuck off. Everyone knows what someone means when they say "big 3" and you fucking know it.
Also, you're not cool for saying YYH, faggot.
>>135376778
It's a Netflix-produced anime so Netflix advertises the fuck out of it. It just has strong marketing material behind it.
Also I can easily name a more generic shonen than it.D-Gray Man
Yeah, I bet that's the first time you read that name in a decade.
Remember when Toei were fucking desperate to make Toriko the next big thing?
>Had him wear the orange and blue outfit all the time for a Goku connection
>Crossed over with One Piece twice, DBZ included as well in the second one
>In J-Stars Victory Vs he was leader of a team with fucking Goku on it
>>135376780
I'd disagree, but honestly, debating the quality of writing and character development in this genre is stupid, and I don't want to contribute to the cesspool that is /a/'s elitist pride about the most trivial shit you could imagine.
You go on and enjoy it. That's better than sitting around here pretending to have superior opinions.
>>135376860
mmm... Toriko is so fucking boring as well. I hear the manga is amazing and the anime is a terribe retelling. I became interested in it during the OP X Toriko episode. Episode 1 of Toriko... so bland.
>>135376847
>d-Gray man
>generic
i mean its not the best but its not really generic is it,the plot with allen is out to lunch and fucking the waitress
>>135376847
You're definitely not wrong. On the other hand, saying it isn't as bad as something terrible doesn't actually make it better, you know?
Granted, I dropped Sins fairly early on, so I may be missing out. That said, I feel I got far enough to really get a feel for it. You're free to convince me otherwise, though.
>>135376993
I'm just starting it myself, but I got into it because of the porn, so at least it's a step above most shonen's in that regard.
>>135376952
Toriko always seemed shitty to me, and what I read of it wasn't much better.
>>135377018
You're a good man. I initially looked into it because of the giant chick. I was hoping to see her beat some fuckers flat.
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>>135376148
>It feels like every one of them that comes out never finds an audience that ever comes close to the big 3.
>>135376148
Just because you want it to be don't mean it it
>>135376364
he's better off not knowing
>>135376830
>you're not cool for saying YYH
I'd really like to know what thought-processes would lead to this sentence.
But DB, SD and YYH were the original Big 3 and perhaps the only real Big 3 Jump ever had (since now OP practically takes that role itself).
