My Doujinshi

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="0e8c8c00dduajq.jpg"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="95" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="91"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="46" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kenshin stuff"><U><IMG SRC="397a0300.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="48" ALT="Kenshin-related things-includes a gallery, fanart, etc." ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Doujinshi"><U><IMG SRC="3a9a0300.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="48" ALT="Rurouni Kenshin Doujinshi Guide!" 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ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG SRC="3ace03c0.jpg" border=0 width="480" height="60" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> |<A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="3aaa0300.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="48" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cels"><U>Cels</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Manga"><U>Manga</U></A>   |   <B>My Doujinshi</B>   |   <A HREF="id51.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cards"><U>Cards</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Miscellaneous"><U>Miscellaneous</U></A></div> <div> My Doujinshi</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Before I went to Japan I really wasn't into doujinshi, but when I actually got there and realized that they were reasonably priced (unlike most sources to the US,) and that some of the artwork was really nice I couldn't help but get some (some?)  Anyway, I try to get clean, non-yaoi doujinshi (though REALLY mild shounen-ai, ie "shmarmy scenes" I don't mind and can be cute.)  Annoingly though, almost all of the doujinshi that was in Tokyo were in sealed bags- so you really have to take a chance with what you buy.  On top of that, even though some might have been deceptive, about 90-95% of all the covers that I saw strongly implied yaoi content (especially between Sano and Kenshin.)  I really don't have anything against yaoi, but I really don't like to see it between characters whom I especially like and from the way they are depicted in the manga and anime really do <I>not</I> seem that type.</div> <bR> <div> All in all, despite a few rather graphic scenes hidden behind innoculous covers, I wound up with some doujinshi that I really like and some that aren't that great but are still pretty neat.  I can't really read them (yet- I'm really trying to learn Japanese and am studying it at school)  but I can usually follow the stories anyway.  I'm putting up scans of the covers and an inside page or two from some if not most of the doujinshi that I got so if you are thinking about looking for some Kenshin doujinshi you have a better idea of what to look for.</div> <bR> <div> I've organized them into fairly broad catagories which I think they fall best into.  I'm grouping all work by the same circles into the same catagories, and they will be with the type that best fits them unless they've done drastically different styles.  </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Straight Romance"><U>Straight, Romantic Doujinshi</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Normal"><U>Normal Doujinshi</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gag"><U>Gag Doujinshi</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id66.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Shounen Ai or Yaoi Implications"><U>Shounen-Ai or Yaoi Indications</U></A></div> <bR> <div> This page is a work in progress- I'm including anywhere between 1 and 4 inside scans of the doujin that I put up so far.  I tried to choose a couple pages from each doujin that I particularly liked or were representative of the doujinshi, but all of them are so pretty or amusing.  Eventually I may add a few more scans from some of the doujin that I had only scanned one or 2 pages from, but I don't want to scan too much becuase this page is meant to be a guide, not a substitution for buying the doujinshi and supporting the doujinshi-ka.</div> <bR> <div> Thanks SO much to <A HREF="mailto:dot_warner17@hotmail.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:dot_warner17@hotmail.com"><U>Dot</U></A> for emailing me translations of the doujinshi titles that I had been unable to translate with my meager rescources.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>