The tag alias #59226 shōnen -> shonen has been rejected.

Reason: The accented version only appears on 440153 (a deleted post). Both tags are pronounced the same and mean the same thing.

EDIT: The tag alias shōnen -> shonen (forum #348142) has been rejected by @furrypickle.

I don't think shonen is a valid tag. isn't that just a word for adolescent boys in japanese?

Both tags are the same, yes.
But that word shonen in Japanese is 少年 = young male = shota.

The deleted post 440153 has jungle_book_shonen_mowgli (ジャングルブック 少年モーグリ) tag and there're no characters that look young.
And even these posts post #2662563 post #2214766 , None of them look young.

I don't think this is necessary.

darryus said:
I don't think shonen is a valid tag. isn't that just a word for adolescent boys in japanese?

It's also used in classification of anime/manga by their intended audience (see also: seinen, shoujo, etc), which is the only reason I can think of for it to be on the two posts it's on, which doesn't make sense anyway since we don't care what genre a character's source material is...

deleuzian_cattery said:
It's also used in classification of anime/manga by their intended audience (see also: seinen, shoujo, etc), which is the only reason I can think of for it to be on the two posts it's on, which doesn't make sense anyway since we don't care what genre a character's source material is...

yeah, maybe if there was a comic/animation posted here that was in the style of a shonen manga/anime maybe the tag could be used then, but I'm don't think we even generally tag stuff like that.

darryus said:
I don't think shonen is a valid tag. isn't that just a word for adolescent boys in japanese?

Yes, you're right.
I'll go think about what I do to these tags and posts (( for a bit while I work )).

deleuzian_cattery said:
It's also used in classification of anime/manga by their intended audience (see also: seinen, shoujo, etc), which is the only reason I can think of for it to be on the two posts it's on, which doesn't make sense anyway since we don't care what genre a character's source material is...

Also, 2662563's Description mentions "shonen".
Well, Even if so, shonen is still Not a valid tag, anyway.

The tag alias shōnen -> shonen (forum #348142) has been rejected by @furrypickle.