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Why is this tagged as Seinen?
It's CLEARLY aimed at girls.
Also its original source is a light novel.
I don't get it.
To OP's credit, there are quite a few manga/anime that have crossover appeal between shoujo and seinen (Kageki Shoujo, for example, was in a seinen magazine, then in a shoujo). However, OP, not all shows with a female lead are for girls, they don't have cooties.
The original light novel was published in an imprint catered to a Male demographic. The two manga adaptations published by Square Enix and Shogakukan are published in seinen magazines.
The LN is clearly seinen. The mangas are published in a seinen magazine.
How is it aimed at girls even? Original WN was, yes, but the LN changed that. Heavily. (frankly I find the whole "only girls like it" <-> "only boys like it" thing BS)
Just look up the definitions of josei and seinen then see which one fits better here.
You gotta use your brain tho.
Edit: After reviewing the AniList submission manual, I've discovered that a seinen label was misplaced, as its manga publication in a seinen magazine does not automatically qualify for a seinen tag on AniList. Point still stands, because OP is still wrong for asserting that this series is "CLEARLY meant for girls."
How have several people already answered your question, only for OP to not get with the programme
What obligation does this website have to play to your own fantasy narrative by changing the tags? What difference does it make that this series wasn't written primarily for females / the shoujo (or josei) demographic? To you, it's still a good story (that you rated a 10/10)... unless this somehow ruins things for you? I hope not.
Maybe stop trying to claim a good story as your own?
"You gotta use your brain tho."
y'all in the comments are way too aggressive. The Apothecary Diaries is a seinen (based on its manga magazine publishing which is the same rating they use for anime) but the OP is reasonable in his inquisition. I assume the series was attempting to be a wholesome show for older males but its appeal also extended to females as well especially considering such shows are not targeted to males in the west. Remember Japan's demographics of media work much differently due to the more traditional culture. A show that was made for older men in Japan like Apothecary diaries may end up appealing more to teenage girls in the west.
A show that was made for older men in Japan like Apothecary diaries may end up appealing more to teenage girls in the west.
but the problem then shifts to why OP would be imposing a Western perspective upon a Japanese work and its Japanese-specific demarcation of genre. i think it's reasonable to believe its mass appeal may be more situated within a female audience overseas, but that reason ends when circling back to the culture-specific labels for it. of which it is serialized in a seinen magazine as you and many others have said.
as lots of comments here have elaborated upon, material can indeed transcend labels; but when the criteria for applying them is as contextually clear-cut as it is, it shouldn't matter what randos think, and certainly not us Western randos. the question would be understandable and even discursively fruitful if the OP had inquired in good faith — though just read the original post and this response which says otherwise, lol.
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Gonna link this answer from Reddit that sums up the situation better than I can. On top of these inconsistencies, there's also evidence that suggests that the Gangan label and Square Enix are rather loose with their terminologies here.
As stated in the AniList submission manual, the ideal move here would be to remove the demographic tag altogether unless the magazine/manga publishers have tagged the manga accordingly. Bookstores and online manga catalogues can then label the series however they want. To my understanding, the current AniList listing for the anime is correct.Just gonna add an extra tangent for the broader topic of demographics:
At least in the West, demographic labels don't account for any nuance or universality that a story might have. There's a commercial advantage for a series to be marketed towards several audience groups, one of which may be more lucrative than other groups/niches. Note that this label doesn't mean that a story can only be enjoyed by one audience group, as mandated by publishers. Far from it; stories are for everyone, and can resonate with all kinds of people.
You've been given the same/correct answer several times.
The demographic is based on the publishing magazine, not what you subjectively think the target audience is.
Tags - Submission Manual
Anime - The demographic of an anime is determined by the demographic of the magazine/label its source material published in, and not the content of the anime. This means that if a manga isn't the source (AKA it was published alongside of or after the anime) it should not have a demographic tag.
