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Shōjo or shoujo (少女, Shōjo or shoujo) is fora youngterm girlsused butin itEnglish to refer to manga and anime aimed at a female audience between the ages of 13 and 18. The term is a cantransliteration beof forthe boysJapanese too.少女, Shoujoliterally lesser, or little, girl. The genre is mostlystereotyped as aboutmelodramatic stories of romance usually with a female protagonist, and science-fiction.drawn in a flowing style where beautiful characters with huge, intricately drawn eyes become spontaneously surrounded by flowers, stars, and/or bubbles. Shōjo works, however, cover a huge range of subjects, from historical drama to science fiction and by no means do all adhere to the same artistic sensibilities or conventions. In the end, it is not a style or a genre but a demographic.