Comments on: 2007: Year of the Modern Doujin

By: M12

M12 — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 12:18:43 +0000

Yes, doujin is huge indeed. A really in depth article, by the way!

By: Impz

Impz — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:50:17 +0000

One of the biggest barriers to appreciating this growth (which should be apparent for most with the naked eye) is the lack of language ability to fully understand what is going on. Using the youtube video, it looks really pretty and wonderful, but I do not even know what is going on, or the aim for it at all.

As stated by Koji Oe, it feels like a gimmick created by fans rather than something that I will actively pursue or be interested in. Still, it's an interesting thing to look at when you are bored.

By: lyran

lyran — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:30:41 +0000

Can you tell me the title of the video and their group name.

By: Koji Oe

Koji Oe — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:27:31 +0000

The doujin scene is something that has yet to really take a hold on me.

Either it's because I don't know where to start because as you say, when the official episodes end there is that fan made media to fill the gap, but since I'm not in Japan it's a little harder to experience it. Also, it just doesn't interest me much. A lot of it seems really dumb and gimmicky/fad esque.

Though this is not something I would be totally against not being into.