But I dont want to critizise shonen much. Because I know out there, there are many good shonen mangas/anime that is ment for older, and more mature anime fans too. For example Naruto bends the Shonen rules by staring a female main character. (Sakura as one of the main characters.) Which girls will tend to watch the show. (Shonen definition means: shows for guys.)
But havent you recently watched a new shonen series and just had thoughts that whats going to happen next? sometimes they are too perdictable.
Shoujo on the otherhand is anime/manga ment for girls (and guys). But then came along some hit Shoujo that star men, and other cool characters in them. That attracted guys. For example X/1999, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Fushigi Yugi, & Steam Detectives just to name a few. That involve more of a plot, characters emotions, with a bigger storyline to back all of it up.
But still I have grabbed two copies of Shonen Jump and read them and was pretty satisfied. Over the years some of the Shonen mangas changed. But some still stuck to the basics.
What is your favorite anime style? And why?
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) Kenshin, Gundam, Raxephone, Wolf's Rain that type of anime is my favorite when it comes to manga I only read Shonen and that does have allot of twist in it and no where near as much repetition at least from what I read 
(this doesn’t mean I would never watch/read something Shoujo it just wouldn’t be my first pick)
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