r/Shonen
ActiveShonen Manga & Anime
Shōnen, shonen, or shounen manga (少年漫画 shōnen manga?) is manga marketed to a male audience roughly between the ages of 10 and 18. The Kanji characters (少年) literally mean "few" and "year", respectively, where the characters (漫画) generally mean "comic". The complete phrase literally means "young person's comic" or simply "boys' comic". Shōnen manga has been said to be the most popular form of manga.
Members
1,370
as of February 2025
Last post
4 days ago
September 23, 2026
Posts (30 days)
6
Created
2014
July 3, 2014
Total posts
527
archived
Total comments
451
archived
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r/Shonen had 1,370 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
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r/Shonen was created on July 3, 2014.
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