I always thought that "shounen heroes" referred to shounen heroes.
Just shounen heroes. Young boy leads specifically from shounen-targeted series. There is an archetype; exceptions too, but a definite archetype, and "shounen heroes" refers to those characters. Not "every main character from an anime/video game/whatnot."
Not even every anime, just shounen anime. You know, as the term implies.
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(Anonymous) 2013-04-11 12:07 am (UTC)(link)Just shounen heroes. Young boy leads specifically from shounen-targeted series. There is an archetype; exceptions too, but a definite archetype, and "shounen heroes" refers to those characters. Not "every main character from an anime/video game/whatnot."
Not even every anime, just shounen anime. You know, as the term implies.