Where are all the battle shonen that don't have bloated casts of unnecessary characters? I'm looking for one that keeps the cast small and the focus on the characters that matter to the story. No dragging the story down focusing on some characters and fights that aren't going to matter in the end,
>>284701066stop reading shonen
>>284701126Shonen isn't a style or genre. All the label means is "aimed at boys", which affects absolutely nothing content or writing wise.
>>284701066Yu Yu Hakusho?
>>284701066Dragon Ball
>Where are all the x that do things fundamentally against what x normally do?Next you're going to ask for shoujo manga with no romance.
>>284702334Shojo =/= romance, there's plenty of non-romance shojo out there.
>>284701066Hunter x hunter is basically that>No dragging the story You are asking for too much
>>284701066Soul Eater was pretty good with this.Even the guys in Maka's class like Kilik got their time to shine.
>>284701398>>284702180>>284702490>>284702555All these shows have too many characters for the bloatmax autism anons. OP needs shows with less characters they can count on 1 hand.
>>284702371>plenty of non-romance shojo out thereName 15.
>>284702949Name 25 with romance.
Fist of the North Star
>>284701066Frieren the slayer
>>284701066Needless
>>284702888It's not a matter of how many characters there are, it's how few of them actually matter to the story.
>>284702984Do you think this would be a challenge?
>>284701126stop reading isekai
>>284701066Death Note
>>284703059>>284703102>>284703663Bloatmax shows
>>284701313stop reading comic books for 12 year old kids
Maybe Medaka box
Rurouni KenshinYu Yu HakushoHunter x HunterFullmetal Alchemist (2003 isn't a battle shonen but the manga/Brotherhood basically is)
