Why Haven’t Novels for Women Changed Since 2015?
Don’t light novels for women change? Are they always the same stories? Japanese people began to discuss this when they realized how novels for women and men have changed over time.
For example, we obviously have novels of all genres and all types, but at one time or another stories in one genre become more popular than others. Go now.
For example, a certain otaku who cited the changes that novels for men have had over time, we have Isekai stories, stories in which the protagonist is expelled from the group, hence stories in which the protagonists end up allying themselves with the villains, then in that the protagonist is the villain or is born as the villain’s son, etc.
Why Haven’t Novels for Women Changed Since 2015?
But when compared to the novels that target the female audience, it seems that they haven’t changed, in 2015 the novels were about a female protagonist who would become the future villain and who has her engagement canceled by her future husband.
And today in 2024, the novels are about a female protagonist who would become the future villain and who has her engagement canceled by her future husband! It hasn’t changed! Shall we see some opinions?
“To be honest, I watched the anime and I didn’t understand how the protagonist of Loop 7 could be a villain”
“I think it’s more about wanting to get revenge or show her ex-boyfriend who left her, like kick-out stories are for people who have left their jobs and are down.”
“The absence of stories in Narou about having children and being successful says it all.”
“I think the origin is the cliché villain episodes in shoujo manga. In fact, the ancestor of the reincarnated villain themes, “Kenkyou Kenjitsu”, is set in the manga world.”
“Indeed, do female villains appear that much in otome games?”
“I heard that by the time of Osomatsu-san’s second season they were already tired of it,”
“I have the impression that Narou has terrible plagiarism. There are works that are turned into books or manga, publishers should check this.”
Remembering that we are talking about webnovels, but which end up becoming mangas and animes later, anyone can create an account there and publish their stories.
So if stories like this are still popular today, it’s because a lot of people love reading them.
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