as a girl, i'd say i prefer shounen manga and anime...but it depends on what kind of story...but i hate hentai...for shoujo story, i like Skip beat , it has story line, and the art's beautiful...for shounen story, most of them have interesting story line...such as samurai deeper kyo <though it's rather complicating>, samurai X, and lots more. Shoujo are mostly about love,, :-Xso the story line are mostly the same... so how's others opinion?