Comments on: Common Shoujo Manga Plot Devices

By: ninawp

ninawp — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:51:27 +0000

I’ve noticed the “hate-of-the-opposite-gender” theme quite a few times in my short history of manga reading. Usually the heroine has an unnatural hate for all boys (because of childhood traumas, like, the boy she liked being mean to her, or her father leaving her and her mother as a child, or just an inexplainable fear of boys) causing her to not trust any guy at all! Very often she loves girls and her female friends are her only oasis in a school full of guys. And then of course the hero shows up and falls in love with her even though she hates him (maybe he is the boy who hurt her as a child and secretly has had a crush on her since then, or maybe he just loooves being rejected, lol) and thus begins the long story of how he tries to gain her trust and finally suceedes, opening the heroine up to a new world where guys aren’t so bad.
I’ve also stumbled upon some where the roles were in reverse and the guy was extremely hostile towards all girls but the heroine loves him anyway, and they get together in the end too. Uh, and I’ve read some where the hero has girl-phobia and (sure enough) the heroine also had guy-phobia! But like in all other shoujo manga they fall in love and start dating in the end. But what can I say, I love it! Haha.. (:

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:25:43 +0000

Yeah, he will usually end up carrying the heroine to the infirmary or something, too :)

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 05:55:54 +0000

Don’t forget the school festival! When the hero gets to show off how hot he is and good at sports in the sports festival while the heroine is usually terrible and trips in the middle of the race. Also the class has to either put on a play or opens a cafe. Play = chance for the heroine and hero to star as the main characters (Romeo and Juliet) & share on onstage kiss, which is often ruined or otherwise made awkward or comedic. OR in the cafe situation the hero gets to show off how well-mannered he is to the guests while decked out in cosplaya.

I also notice a theme of the handsome heroes being the illegitimate love-children of rich Japanese businessmen who fall for European women.

By: mikantsume

mikantsume — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 02:21:45 +0000

i have 2 more

the ¨happy to see you again* when the heroes met each other before class ( maybe one is transfer o they have not started school) and the next day, or close, they met again in the school or in the class room, i have a few like beast master, switch girl, imadoki, gakuen alice, tenshi ja nai…

the other one is ¨i used to hate you but now i love you¨ whe the heroes in the begining they can´t stand each other (there can be different reasons of it) or just one of the character (usually the heroine) that get bullyed or fooled by the other one, but in the end they fall in love like kitchen princess, kaicho wa maid-sama, love in the mask, gakuen alice,i acept you, rocking heaven…

arigato

mikatsume

By: LibbyLaLa

LibbyLaLa — Thu, 12 May 2011 10:34:50 +0000

Not to forget chickas the proverbial heroine with no curves (boobs) and the heroes who never fail to point these out ala “you have no boodies pro facto I will not molest you” ***** Five seconds he has molested chest or no :-)