Editing Shōnen manga (section)

==={{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}===
The Japanese word {{Nihongo|''shōnen''|少年|4=/ɕoːnen/ {{lit}} "few years"}}, meaning "young boy",<ref>{{Cite web |title=「少年(しょうねん)」の意味や使い方 わかりやすく解説 Weblio辞書 |trans-title=Meaning and usage of "shōnen" - easy explanation - Weblio Dictionary |url=https://www.weblio.jp/content/%E5%B0%91%E5%B9%B4 |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=www.weblio.jp |at=デジタル大辞泉}}</ref> historically referred to juveniles in a general sense and was used by the Japanese publishing industry until the end of the 19th century to designate publications aimed at children and young people. The word shifted to its current usage of referring specifically to media aimed at adolescent boys, beginning with the practice of segmenting periodicals (especially manga magazines) by sex and age-specific target groups, which was established at the beginning of the 20th century and accelerated starting in the 1960s. This segmentation system is now openly used as a categorization system by manga publishers{{sfn|Johnson-Woods|2010|p=8}}{{sfn|Theisen|2013}} and extends into works that are adapted from manga, such as [[anime]].{{sfn|Fujimoto|2013|p=172}}