[Shougo]

how to tell if it's shounen or shoujo? you'd have to know what is the target of the magazine it ran/runs in. for example: many people think azumanga daiou is a shoujo manga because of it's large girl cast and the anime's theme song/ending theme are pretty sugary. and i'm sure many girls love the series in japan as well as america. but technically it's seinen, or young adult male. it ran in a magazine called dengeki daiou, for young men. another example is love hina. again, many people think it's shoujo because of the romance. but it ran in shounen magazine, a boys' comic. get it now? (^_^)