there is definitely an issue. not so much that your coworker would get upset or anything. but it is true that anime & mangas geared towards men (shonen and seinen) tend to overuse young girls for effect. they even have names for the different archetypes.
those geared towards women (shojo and josei) do the same thing but they have a different drawing style. the manga guide collection is not using that style.
the manga guides are cool with me. but that does not invalidate the issue though. it's exactly the same issue as men with perfect six packs on romantic novel covers.
there is definitely an issue. not so much that your coworker would get upset or anything. but it is true that anime & mangas geared towards men (shonen and seinen) tend to overuse young girls for effect. they even have names for the different archetypes.
those geared towards women (shojo and josei) do the same thing but they have a different drawing style. the manga guide collection is not using that style.
the manga guides are cool with me. but that does not invalidate the issue though. it's exactly the same issue as men with perfect six packs on romantic novel covers.