Jujutsu Kaisen (JJK) is a shonen. Reddit +1
Jujutsu Kaisen (呪術廻戦; rgh. 'Sorcery Battle') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gege Akutami. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from March 2018 to September 2024, with its chapters collected in 30 tankōbon volumes.
Naruto, bleach, and One piece… because they were all running simultaneously. Dragonball is the OG. There is no Big 4, what they call it is 'the Father of all Shounen' and the Big Three.
You could pick the top three best-selling shojo manga with anime: Boys Over Flowers, Glass Mask, and Nana.
Anime Genres Explained
With hundreds of genres — and even more niche sub-genres — the options can feel overwhelming. Let's break it down: There are five main anime genres, which act as umbrella categories based on intended audience: kodomomuke, shonen, shojo, seinen, and josei (we'll break these down in a sec).
Anime are often classified by target demographic, including children's (子供, kodomo), girls' (少女, shōjo), boys' (少年, shōnen), young men (青年, seinen), young women (女性, josei) and a diverse range of genres targeting an adult audience.
Haikyu!! Based off of the original Weekly Shonen Jump manga series from Haruichi Furudate, Haikyu!! is a slice-of-life sports anime revolving around Shoyo Hinata's love of volleyball.
Jujutsu Kaisen debuted in Weekly Shōnen Jump in March 2018 and concluded in September 2024 with 271 chapters compiled into 30 tankōbon (“standalone books”) volumes. Including the four-chapter prequel, the series comprises a total of 275 chapters across 31 volumes.
They are the five corrupt executive board members of the Kaiba Corporation: Gansley, Crump, Johnson, Nezbitt and Lector. They initially serve Gozaburo Kaiba, then Seto Kaiba, then Maximillion Pegasus, and finally Noah Kaiba, forming alliances with them to gain more power.
Written and illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi, Sailor Moon was serialized by Kodansha in the shōjo manga anthology Nakayoshi from December 28, 1991, to February 3, 1997.
What is a Femboy in anime? “Femboy” is the term used to classify cisgender male characters with character traits and habits that can be called 'feminine' in a traditional sense.
Written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from February 15, 2016, to May 18, 2020.
Great Tactical Intellect: Aoi's oafish demeanor fools most people, but he's actually incredibly intelligent; claiming to have an IQ of 530,000.
100 Most Handsome Anime Characters (2025) 1. Sebastian Michaelis (Black Butler) 2. Gojo Satoru (Jujutsu Kaisen) 3. Uchiha Sasuke (Naruto) 4.
The Big Three refers to three very long and very popular anime, Naruto, Bleach and One Piece.
However, as anime fans know, there has also been a fierce rivalry between the three legendary series for the top spot. Although One Piece and Naruto have established a strong base, Bleach has always been considered the weakest among the three.
I'm really only bringing this up because I learned that JJK is considered part of the "Dark Trio", which are supposed to be a trio of manga that are much darker than typical shonen manga.
Almost 20 years ago, Hajime Isayama's acclaimed work was turned down by legendary manga publisher Weekly Shonen Jump for not quite aligning with its usual wide-eyed, more fantastical works such as One Piece and Dragon Ball.
Haikyū!! is a shounen sports anime series created by Production I.G and Toho in collaboration with the Japanese television network MBS, based on the Haruichi Furudate manga.
It helped that the characters were developed just enough but not overmuch, so there was a lot of room for fans to fill in blanks. By comparison, Haikyuu is incredibly non-gay. Like, I can see a few relationships between characters in Haikyuu that could be interpreted as love or flirting, but it's extremely subtle.
AoT is a shounen much like Chainsaw Man is a shounen. There are other manga published in shounen magazines that have mature themes.
Beastars, written and illustrated by Paru Itagaki, was serialized for 196 chapters in Akita Shoten's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion from September 8, 2016, to October 8, 2020.