Shounen isn't a genre

Lucky Star, Azumanga Daioh, Yotsuba&!, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, GTO, Crows, Worst, Seikon no Qwasar, To Love-ru, Video girl Ai, Black Jack, No Bra, Prunus Girl, Gambling Emperor Zero, Major, Eiken, Yankee-kun to Megane-chan。, Highschool of the Dead, GE〜Good Ending〜, School Rumble, Toaru Kagaku no Railgun, Franken Fran, Welcome to the N.H.K., Shiki, Omamori Himari, Seitokai no Ichizon, Fate/stay night, Sora no Otoshimono, Ga-rei, Mirai Nikki, Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Yandere Kanojo, Pani Poni, Seto no Hanayome, Bungaku Shoujo, Durarara!!, ToraDora!, Sora no Woto, Ichigo Mashimaro, Onidere, Zettai Karen Children, Hayate no Gotoku!, Cromartie High School

Translating demographic grids into genres never turns out well.

i've grown up in shounen mangas and they have a different vibe to what is considered 'shounen' nowadays. i do think nowadays the tag 'shounen' is greatly misused.

>>1
well thoose are definitely NOT shounens.

>>4

Every single one of them are published in "shounen" magazines.

shounen is a demographic

>>6

Exactly, it's purely a marketing term, and the age range of "shounen" goes from 11 - 20. WSJ is aimed at 11 - 16 year olds, where as magazines like Champion RED and Shounen Ace are aimed at ages 18 - 20+. Some magazines allow gore, nudity and sex, some don't. It's all up to the publisher.