

WORST SHONEN JUMMP FEMALE PROTAGONIST SERIES
Even within the magazine of Weekly Shonen Jump itself, there are many different types of stories and series that are enjoyed by many different types of young boys and men. The idea that young boys, or indeed men in general, are so monolithic and uniform in their tastes and preferences is laughable at best. For Shueisha, there seems to be the worry that female editors might not understanding what young boys might like – the so-called ‘young boy’s heart (shonen heart).’ It’s clear from the comment that Huffington Post received from Shueisha that they stand by what their representative said at the careers fair with regards to female editors at Jump. Furthermore, we will refrain from answering when or where the above statement was made. We hire talented people and assign them to individual sections according to their aptitudes once they have entered the company.

With regards to graduate employees, it is not up to the individual sections to decide who to hire, but the company as a whole. Likewise, if you were an editor at a shonen manga magazine, then you’d probably need to understand what’s in a young boy’s heart.’ If you were an editor of a woman’s fashion magazine, then understanding women’s style regardless of gender would be important.
WORST SHONEN JUMMP FEMALE PROTAGONIST PLUS
We employ female editors at Jump Plus and at Young Jump. ‘It’s not as if there hasn’t been a precedent for this in the past. We answer along the lines of the following: We go to many universities to deliver careers talks and it is during these that we are often asked about the possibility of women becoming editors at Jump. This tweet then blew up fairly quickly and promptly caused a social media frenzy on Japanese Twitter, in response to which Huffington Post JP reached out to Shueisha for comment. When a Shueisha HR employee came to my university, he was asked the question ‘Can a woman become an editor at Jump?,’ to which he replied ‘It’s not like there isn’t a precedent for this, but in order to become an editor at Jump you need to understand what’s in a “young boy’s heart”’… This definitely isn’t a lie, this happened this year at a careers talk at my private university in Tokyo. The controversy surrounding Weekly Shonen Jump and female editors started when a Twitter user by the name of Enzou (炎蔵) shared their experience at a university careers talk delivered by a Shueisha representative: A Shueisha representative’s comment with regards to the possibility of female editors at Weekly Shonen Jump has left the internet reeling in a controversy that has revealed a shockingly pro-masculine corporate culture at the company. This time, however, the outrage has been immense. Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump has found itself in hot water yet again this week, following last week’s controversy surrounding the hidden pornographic image featured in Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs.
