Help with terms

Family_Disappointment March 17, 2021 2:38 am

So I hear a lot of terms but don't know the exact meaning of them.. Can someone plz help?? Ik it's a lot of words.. If I spelled something wrong plz tell me so I don't do it in the future..

Words: manhwa, manga, manhua, bara, one-shot, canon, shounen ai, shounen, shoujo and doujinshi.. Also webtoon?? Idk if it's a term but I heard it being used b4.. Is it a term??

Responses
    ♡мαи∂у♡ March 17, 2021 2:45 am

    Let's go sis:

    Manhwa: Korean manga
    Manga: the typical Japanese manha
    Manhua: Chinese manga

    Bara: Romance between buffed guys
    One-shoot: A one chapter only story

    Canon: It's when something really happened and it's confirmed my the authors
    Shounen ai: usually Boys love but no sex (there's a deeper meaning, but here it mean that)
    Shounen: A boys gender in anime, usually with sports, action, and etc.
    Shoujo: A girls gender in anime, usually romance and slice of life.
    Doujinshi: They're a non canon world created by fans about a story.
    And webtoon it's a way of reading, instead of pages you scroll down the screen

    Hope I helped you, and If Im wrong, anybody's welcomed to fix it

    why March 17, 2021 2:45 am

    Manhwa: korean webtoon/comic (mostly used for webtoons)

    Manga: japanese webtoon/comic (mostly used for comics)

    Manhua: Chinese webtoon/comic (mostly used for webtoond)

    Bara: Gay manga written for gay man by gay man, basically yaoi but with buff, often hairy men

    One-shot: A story which is just one chapter

    Canon: Official. Confirmed by the creators. Ex. Ymir and Historia are a canon couple in Attack on Titan

    Shounen ai: Japanese for boy's love. Used for BL sotries that don't have any sex scenes.

    Shounen: Literally translates to boy. Manga/anime whose target audience is young boys, such as My Hero Academia, One Piece, ect.

    Shoujo: Manga/anime whose target audience is girls. Pretty much every romance anime out there is shoujo.

    Doujinshi: Amateur manga (often a oneshot) which more often than not parodies another manga/anime. Basically fanfiction in manga form, often associated with hentai.

    Hope that helps!

    YesButLikeNo March 17, 2021 2:45 am

    manhwa - korean comic
    manga - japanese comic
    manhua - chinese comic
    bara - i guess a genre of BL with muscly men, unlike yaoi, it's target audience is gay men
    one shot - a comic with one chapter completed
    canon - something that happens in the actual anime/manga (e.g. the ship sakura x sasuke is cannon - naruto - but naruto x sasuke is not cannon)
    shounen ai - BL without any sex or anything else graphic
    shoujo - target audience is young/teen girls, but people also refer to it as highschool straight romance
    doujinshi - also referred to as DJ, a fan-made comic. like if there is a ship that isn't cannon, they create fan made comics where the characters are dating.

    YesButLikeNo March 17, 2021 2:46 am

    webtoon - an animated cartoon or series of comic strips published online. will also refer to an app called line webtoon, which is a place to read comics

    why March 17, 2021 2:46 am

    Fuck forgot webtoon that's just a comic that is in the web basically. Often the type you scroll down to read.

    Iconicpies March 17, 2021 2:47 am

    Manhwa : comics in korean (comics from korea)
    Manhua : comics in chinese
    Manga : comics in japanese
    Bara : not sure but basically its gay men smut (?)
    One-shot : only has one chapter
    Canon : legit? Real? Confirmed?
    Shounen ai : soft bxb (only kiss no sex showed)
    Shounen : boy's story? It's like youth genre or sum
    Shoujo : reverse of shounen
    Doujinshi : fanmade comics using character that already exist.
    Webtoon : comics is physical, webtoon is online

    Idk if it's right or not, I might be wrong idk. Hope it helps tho.

    Shay March 17, 2021 2:56 am

    manhwa: korean manga
    manga: manga (rly ??) (japan)
    manhua: chinese manga
    Bara: yaoi with muscle man, yaoi target women bara targets men, more or less. But lots of muscle men, and hairy
    one shot: manga that last one chapter. Some manga where one shot that become popular and so the author could serialize it but it doesn't always work like that
    shounen ai: soft yaoi, no sex scene
    yaoi: BL (you asked what manga was.. so you never know...)
    Shounen: manga for boys (typically One Piece)
    Shoujo: manga for girls (any regular love story)
    Doujinshi..... not really sure about that one... I think its amateurish manga ?
    Webtoon is a format, if you see a comic colorized, in only one page and you must scroll down to read it, its a webtoon. When i discovered webtoons, and was... +/- 5years ago, back then it was korean and publised by naver on the "webtoon" website/app. Now there are other app, and webtoon can be made anywhere but yeah, you got the hang of it

    Family_Disappointment March 17, 2021 3:03 am

    Thank you so much guys!!! These really helped!!!