Of course, the biggest draw to Blue Box is how its romance is handled. Unlike a lot of shonen romance manga, Blue Box has no harem elements, nor does it dwell on any love triangles, and Taiki and Chinatsu confess their feelings after only two years, so the story has room to explore them as a couple. Blue Box flies in the face of the typical clichés of romance manga, making it a perfect hallmark of how the genre has evolved and a perfect addition to modern Weekly Shonen Jump, and once the anime comes out, its strengths are sure to reach an even wider audience.
As its title suggests, Weekly Shonen Jump primarily targets the shonen demographic of teenage and pre-teen boys, and trends toward series with majority-male casts and spectacle-heavy plots (though recent polls have indicated several of its series, One Piece included, may actually have majority-female readerships).[2] In addition to One Piece, it has launched some of Japan's most iconic shonen properties, including KochiKame, Dragon Ball, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Rurouni Kenshin, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Naruto, Bleach, and My Hero Academia.
Many of the best selling shonen manga of all time originate from Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. Shōnen Jump spawned the Jump magazine line as well as the Jump Comics imprint label for publishing tankōbon. The magazine has also had several international counterparts, including the current North American Weekly Shonen Jump.
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