How ‘My Hero Academia’ Strives as a Cookie Cutter Shônen Series
3 September 2018 • Staff
With sales towering over contesting genres and anime adaptations making up 90% of Western exports, shônen manga are the most popular form of Japanese comics, avidly enjoyed by most even though, as its name indicates (shônen: boy/youth), its key demographic are typically teenage boys between the age of 12-18.