Talk:Kichimura Washuu/@comment-2A02:C7F:1436:8100:CD5C:B1C1:3FEB:7C4A-20181103215408/@comment-10733658-20181211212429

^ Seinen and Shounen are demographics, not genres. There are no rules about tone or material for a work to be considered Seinen, it's simply a matter of the intended audience and what magazine the work is published in.

Tokyo Ghoul is a Seinen work because the magazine publishing it is intended for an adult male audience. (You'll notice some of the magazine covers have sexy models in bikinis or lingerie, for example.)

Seinen can be dark and gritty, or funny and light. Other Seinen works include harem comedies like Oh My Goddess! and historical dramas like Emma: A Victorian Romance.

It's just a matter of whether the intended audience are adults or teens.