are
manga marketed to adolescent boys and men old enough to read
kanji. In Japanese, the word literally means "youth", but the term "seinen manga" is also used to describe the audience of comics like
Weekly Manga Times and
Weekly Manga Goraku which are aimed at men on into their 50s. Seinen manga are distinguished from
shonen manga which are for younger boys, as well as the which focus on sex. Although some seinen manga like
Xxxholic share some similarities with "shonen" manga. Seinen manga can focus on action, politics, science fiction, fantasy, relationships, sports, or comedy and while they may contain sexual content (as well as other mature material), it remains predominantly more infrequent than in the seijin-muke manga. The female equivalent to seinen manga is
josei manga.