What this genre is
Moto Hagio's The Poe Clan, Keiko Takemiya's Kaze to Ki no Uta, Yumiko Oshima. Artists born around 1949 brought interiority, science fiction and boys' love into shojo manga and pushed it to a literary height.
Shojo & Josei — about this band: The expressive revolution of the Year 24 Group: interiority, romance, BL, josei.
Connections
Three kinds of line: direct evolution, influence, and born in reaction against.
↓ Flowed into this
↑ Grew out of this
Key works
Edgar, a vampanella boy who lives forever. A cycle of stories about time and solitude, generally counted as shojo manga's literary summit.
A story of the soul, around a boy's death at a German boarding school. The cornerstone of the Year 24 Group's writing on boys' love and interiority.
A story of love between boys at a French boarding school in the 19th century. Nine years in the planning, and the source of what became BL.
Shojo & Josei — walk the band
Genres in the same band, in order of year. You are at the highlighted one.
- 1953 Early Shojo↓
- 1958 1960s Shojo↓
- 1972 Year 24 Group（you are here）↓
- 1972 Epic Shojo Romance↓
- 1978 Boys' Love↓
- 1980 Ladies' Comics↓
- 1986 Shojo Horror↓
- 1992 Magical Girl Warriors
All genres
About this entry
Genre boundaries are drawn where the network of manga happens to concentrate, not by decree. Years are approximate. Where opinions differ, this page says so rather than picking a winner.