Talk:Fullmetal Alchemist

Intro paragraph: Arakawa's not exactly the only female in shounen, guys

In addition, Arakawa is female, a rarity in the shounen genre of Japanese manga.

- Er, what? A rarity? Not exactly.

D.Gray-man is by Hoshino Katsura(girl), Saiyuki is by Minekura Kazuya(girl), Pandora Hearts is by Mochizuki Jun(girl), Kuroshitsuji is by Toboso Yana(girl), Katekyo Hitman Reborn is by Amano Akira(girl), Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle was by CLAMP(girls), Inuyasha and Ranma 1/2 were by Takahashi Rumiko (girl), Hikaru no Go was written by Hotta Yumi(girl), and yeah, Fullmetal Alchemist was by Arakawa Hiromu(girl). And these are just the ones from the top of my head.

Yeah, there are more male mangaka than female in shounen, particularly in comparison to, say, shoujo. But saying female mangaka are a rarity in shounen is really pushing it.

I thought Takahashi was a bit of a rarity when she started out, but that was in the early 80s. (And I could be wrong anyway.) She was certainly a rarity in professionally translated manga in English in the 90s. But female authors of shounen and seinen manga are no longer rare at all. For one thing, a lot more girls read shounen magazines than in the past. (I hear there's been a massive demographic shift over the 90s and 00s?) For another, anyone who wants to do a hard boiled, gritty crime story tends to head for the seinen mags. Franzeska 20:48, 29 May 2011 (UTC)