mangacritic

May 19, 2011 10:36 pm <i>Maison Ikkoku</i> was serialized in the same magazine that ran Koike's <i>Wounded Man</i> and <i>Area 88</i>. It's a romantic comedy for older teens and young men, *not* a shojo manga. Moreover, Takahashi has written very little for publications that cater to a primarily female readership; aside from a few stories for <i>Petit Flower</i>, all of her work has appeared in shonen and seinen magazines. I'm not normally such a stickler about these kind of details, but when your list could have included shojo titles such as <i>A, A'</i>, <i>A Drunken Dream</i>, <i>Cardcaptor Sakura</i>, <i>Sailor Moon</i>, or <i>Fruits Basket</i>, it seems odd to include <i>Maison Ikkoku</i> as the lone example of a "shojo" manga.