Shotaro 4129471 210452295 2008-05-06T00:02:43Z Stepheng3 5878081 +category '''Shotaro''' was a character from the early days of modern [[manga]]. He was a "cute little boy"-type character who constantly outsmarted the adults of the story. He spawned much obsession with such a character [[archetype]] and thus is considered to be the first target of [[shota-con]], the romantic involvement of an underage boy and another (usually an older male, but there have been [[shounen-ai]]/[[yaoi]] stories written in which both characters are the same age. Sometimes, the other person in the relationship will be an older female, but this rarely occurs in reality.) The expression [[shota-con]] actually came from his name, being an abbreviation of "Shotaro complex". On an unrelated note, Shotaro is also the given name of [[Shotaro Kaneda (Akira)|Shotaro Kaneda]] from the anime [[Akira (manga)|Akira]]. However, being around sixteen years old, he does not qualify to be a Shotaro-type character. Shotaro can also refer as a given name to the [[mangaka]] [[Shotaro Ishinomori]]. [[Category:Anime and manga characters]]