This happens fairly often, but one instance in particular that I remember comes from a recent issue.

On the cover, it mentioned something like “Top 10 Shojo Manga,” and I thought, hey, this sounds neat. It seems like they’re going to rate the top 10 shoujo manga of all time or something. Are they going to base it on popularity in America? Popularity in Japan? There are a number of small differences after all (the popularity of Fruits Basket, for example). I opened it to check just how they were going to approach this topic.

I could not find anything close to what they claimed. I don’t even remember what exactly it said, but it was certainly not what the cover claimed. It seemed to just cover whatever it is that they were showing in the magazine already, with maybe some blurbs about anime or live-action adaptations.

I hoped to find some opinions on titles in the shoujo hall of fame. I got nothing in return. Bleh.