Josei

Josei manga (Japanese: 女性, lit. "woman", pronounced [dʑosei]; also known as redīsu (レディース) or redikomi (レディコミ), lit. "ladies' comics"), is a genre of manga or anime created mostly by women, for late teenage and adult female audiences. The male equivalent to josei is seinen. In Japanese, the word josei means only "female" and is not directly indicative of sexual matter. The stories tend to be about everyday experiences of women living in Japan. Though there are some that cover high school, most cover the lives of adult women. The style also tends to be a more restrained, realistic version of shōjo, keeping some of the wispy features and getting rid of the very large sparkly eyes. There are exceptions in the style described above, but what defines josei is some degree of stylistic continuity of comics within this particular demographic (the same is true with different demographics that have different stylistic tendencies). In addition, unlike shōjo manga, josei comics can portray realistic romance (as opposed to mostly idealized romance). A famous example of a Josei is Honey and Clover. A subset of josei comics are comics that are aimed at women about homosexual male relationships, much like but not to be confused with yaoi; josei tending to be both more explicit and with more mature storytelling. Josei is sometimes used within anime or manga, mostly by male characters, to refer to a sexual preference for older women, as contrasted with lolicon.

List of Josei Manga

• Bara no Tame ni
• Blue
• Deep Love
• DOLL
• Genju no Seiza
• Gokusen
• Happy Mania
• Honey and Clover
• I.S.
• Legend of Chun Hyang
• Love My Life
• Musashi #9
• Night of the Beasts
• Nodame Cantabile
• Paradise Kiss
• Pet Shop of Horrors
• Planet Ladder
• Princess Prince
• Tramps Like Us
• Suppli
• With the Light

See also

• Kodomo: intended for children
• Shōnen: intended for boys
• Shōjo: intended for girls
• Seinen: intended for adult males
• List of Josei manga magazines