Shounen Manga That Look Llike Shoujo Manga

As I try and start this post, my dog is loudly barking at a squirrel from inside. Crazy animal.. ♥
Anyway... Hello!
Okay so first and foremost-

Manga: those japanese comic books that you read "backwards".

Note: The plural of "manga" is not "mangas"..its "manga"...there is no S at the end. ie- the plural of 'sheep' is not 'sheeps' it's still 'sheep'. (This bothers me way more than it should). 'Manga' is a Japanese word, and in Japanese there is no 's' added on to words when they become plural. If you want to add an 's' call them 'graphic novels' or something! Got it? Good!
Alright...anyways...

Shounen manga: manga typically directed toward a male audience, usually action, comedy, sports-related, etc

Shoujo manga:  manga typically directed toward females, usually complete with drama, romance, cute things, etc

Though, there is nothing wrong with guys reading shoujo manga, I'm just saying that it's directed at a female audience.

Most of you who've stumbled upon this post will know what these things are..but it was just to clarify.

So, the title translates in regular English to: Japanese comic books for boys that look like Japanese comic books for girls... got it?

Oddly enough, some of these types of manga are listed in my favourites. They amuse me because if you saw a guy reading one and didn't know that it was a shounen manga, you would think he was reading something girly. These manga are usually rated OT (16+) or M (18+). Reason being? they are a little pervy.

They have humour that guys would appreciate, including fanservice, and some action or violence. The main character is either a perv himself or ends up in compromising situations that make him look like a pervert (not to say that he doesn't enjoy then though ;P).

With my twisted sense of humour, I find these to be absolutely hilarious. The ones I've read anyways.

So, let me share some of these with you:

Pretty Face: an odd name for a manga for guys, but perfectly describes the story.

What's it about: it's about a guy named Masashi Rando, who is basically the most feared guy in school. He is in love with this chick from his school named Rina Kurimi. He takes a bus with her home from school one day to creep her, and not too long after she gets off the bus is in an accident and explodes into flames and such.

Rando wakes up a year later from a coma to find that he now has Rina's face! He had been horribly burned and disfigured from the accident, and the doctor had given Rando the face of the girl who's picture had been in his wallet. Rando's hair is blonde because the follicles had been damaged.

He has to now live looking exactly like the girl that he's in love with....and then he runs into her (oh no!) and it turns out that Rina has a twin sister who ran away to beauty school some years ago.

Not wanting to break his love's heart, he adopts the role of Yuna, Rina's twin sister.

That is basically what the story is about. It follows Rando around as he goes throughout life as a "girl", who can easy beat anyone up and tries to avoid compromising situations with his "sister" and her friends.

It makes me laugh.
It's about seven volumes long, and it's great.

This is the cover...you can see why I said it looks like a shoujo manga?

Another series that might fit this category is titled Mai Hime.

I just started this series today. I literally just bought the five volumes of it from someone off Craigslist about an hour ago, and I've finished the first volume already..lol.

Apparently it's based on an anime (and there's a videogame somewhere in there too, for PS2 I believe)...usually manga that come after the anime are terrible...but this one seems okay so far.

I'm not entirely sure what's happening in this series yet. It's about a guy named Yuuichi Tate or Take or something. He transfers to this school  called Fuka academy. There are a bunch of students, and some of them have superpowers for fighting off these weird monster bad-guy things called "orphans". What's-his-name is some sort of aide to two of these girls and can help them unleash their powers.

He also ends up in compromising situations when he has to live in the girls' dorm rooms after accidentally destroying his own room. (Why he doesn't just live with another guy...? Idk, the headmaster wants him to be close to these Hime girls)

So far it seems alright. I'll let you know what I think of it as I get through it.

Dog..seriously..stop barking at small and furry or featherd animals in the backyard.