Hmmm...it's not so much more attention as...I'm not sure how to explain it. Almost like, when I was reading, I was getting an authorial "aww, cute" from Hinata, and "annoying, but I have to" from the others.
As far as other popular manga goes...ok, honestly, yes, they all have their issues, but the others COMPENSATE. Tite Kubo goes, "ok, so the main girls can't fight as much, but I'll let the princess character go from a damsel in distress to an equal partner, even though she'll never be a real combatant, I'll let the best warrior in the Soul Reaper's society ever be a woman, I'll make their chief security officer be a woman, and I'll put women in various positions of authority, all with different kinds of influence and importance to the males, not just romantic, and even though I'll keep them backburnered, I'll make it clear that they can all live up to it." Whereas Kishimoto goes "fine, I'll have girl fighters, but I'll never let them be as good as the guys, and I'll always make them second best in the fights, and they can't succeed on their own."
In D.Gray-Man, Lenalee was out of action for most of the first (and so far, only) big round of fighting, but that's because her round of fighting came first, and of the boys, only one had a fight that came anywhere close to being as vicious and brutal as hers was, and she saved their lives.
In Kekkaishi, Tokine isn't as powerful as Yoshimori and Gen, but she's smarter, more calculating, and more badass they they are combined, and so far(I think I'm on vol 7-8), she's lived up to that in every way.
In Black Cat, the badass IS the little girl, and the main adult female, though not a fighter, CAN fight, and actually has a life independent of Train's, and when she goes to him for help, it's not because she needs saving, but because she needs a partner for a job. When one seeks the other out for personal help(like the current arc) it's them going to her.
In FMA, you already know about Winry, Hawkeye and Lust. In the manga, just double the awesome female characters.
Fairy Tale I think pikabot and I talked about a lot in the comments here recently.
Even Tsubasa, which literally starts out with Sakura as a brainless Mary Sue(but there are plot reasons) eventually lets her be badass, and become the primary plot mover.
Claymore is self explanatory.
Basically, while they all have some sort of problem, I could go on and on about how EVERY SHOUNEN ACTION MANGA I'VE EVER READ handles gender infinitely better than Naruto. (And am I right in thinking that, aside from FMA and Saiyuki, Naruto is your first exploration into the genre?)
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As far as other popular manga goes...ok, honestly, yes, they all have their issues, but the others COMPENSATE. Tite Kubo goes, "ok, so the main girls can't fight as much, but I'll let the princess character go from a damsel in distress to an equal partner, even though she'll never be a real combatant, I'll let the best warrior in the Soul Reaper's society ever be a woman, I'll make their chief security officer be a woman, and I'll put women in various positions of authority, all with different kinds of influence and importance to the males, not just romantic, and even though I'll keep them backburnered, I'll make it clear that they can all live up to it." Whereas Kishimoto goes "fine, I'll have girl fighters, but I'll never let them be as good as the guys, and I'll always make them second best in the fights, and they can't succeed on their own."
In D.Gray-Man, Lenalee was out of action for most of the first (and so far, only) big round of fighting, but that's because her round of fighting came first, and of the boys, only one had a fight that came anywhere close to being as vicious and brutal as hers was, and she saved their lives.
In Kekkaishi, Tokine isn't as powerful as Yoshimori and Gen, but she's smarter, more calculating, and more badass they they are combined, and so far(I think I'm on vol 7-8), she's lived up to that in every way.
In Black Cat, the badass IS the little girl, and the main adult female, though not a fighter, CAN fight, and actually has a life independent of Train's, and when she goes to him for help, it's not because she needs saving, but because she needs a partner for a job. When one seeks the other out for personal help(like the current arc) it's them going to her.
In FMA, you already know about Winry, Hawkeye and Lust. In the manga, just double the awesome female characters.
Fairy Tale I think pikabot and I talked about a lot in the comments here recently.
Even Tsubasa, which literally starts out with Sakura as a brainless Mary Sue(but there are plot reasons) eventually lets her be badass, and become the primary plot mover.
Claymore is self explanatory.
Basically, while they all have some sort of problem, I could go on and on about how EVERY SHOUNEN ACTION MANGA I'VE EVER READ handles gender infinitely better than Naruto. (And am I right in thinking that, aside from FMA and Saiyuki, Naruto is your first exploration into the genre?)