Here’s a little piece I wrote for MAL (which I realized I forgot to link to, geh heh) about the doujinshi subculture (which could just as accurately be called “the doujinshi industry”). I had something a little bit different when I started it, but you adjust when you work with editors and such…
Orin
January 5, 2017 at 2:35 pmDid you, by any chances, read the doujinshi Onani Master Kurosawa?
Guardian Enzo
January 5, 2017 at 2:44 pmThat’s a manga rather than a doujin, isn’t it?
elianthos
January 5, 2017 at 3:01 pmI am not 100% sure about OMK, been a while since I read it.
But right now I am following a title being published ( continued) in doujinshi form by the original mangaka due to a legal tangle post closure of the magazine + her wait for a new magazine slot to become available… given the blurring of the lines between official and amateur over the years for some original works to be either born or survive as doujin does not seem impossible as a concept.
Orin
January 6, 2017 at 7:06 amI always thought OMK was a doujin, probably because of the art style, but maybe I’m wrong. I remember several blogs hyping it like crazy back then when it got translated and refering to it as an amateur manga.
Elianthos> What is the name of that manga/doujin that is currently being published? I’m curious about it since I really liked her two previous works.
Guardian Enzo
January 6, 2017 at 7:39 amWell, I know it was associated with a couple of different publications that certainly qualify as “manga” in the industry sense.
elianthos
January 5, 2017 at 2:49 pmThe nod to Jinrui felt 100% Enzo.
Among the big names I remember CLAMP started via doujinshi in the ‘modern’ sense of the term.
And quite a few mangaka&doujinka are rather easily trackable on Pixiv – including previews of their next planned doujinshi and/or con booth 😀 -.