Girls taking over the fanbase?! Surely not!

[Melainy]

I found this interesting article whilst browsing around various Japanese news sites. It talks about how manga is vastly becoming a more popular form of entertainment for girls, largley due to the steady increase of shonen-ai titles:

Growing number of manga and comic-related events started catering to women and it became the norm for bookstores to set aside floors or areas devoted to the female otaku. Stores catering exclusively to women also began popping up, especially in the Ikebukuro area, creating an "if you build it, they will come" effect that led to the half-dozen outlets making up Otome Road.

There's nothing in it that hasn't really been said before, but it's a nice read nonetheless:

http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/waiwai/ne ... 6000c.html