doujin
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 同人 (dōjin, “colleague, people with similar interests (lit. same people)”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈdoʊ.dʒɪn/
Noun
doujin (uncountable)
- (Japan) A product produced and sold independently of corporations; an indie work.
- 2012, Hiroaki Tamagawa, Comic Market as Space for Self-Expression in Otaku Culture
- Thus, roughly a third of all circles in Comic Market participate for the purpose of creating doujin without the goal of transitioning to commercial publications.
- 2014, Sanuki Sobataro, Dear people who upload my doujin,
- There are creators who really make money and earn living from doujin, but those who can do so, are minority.
- 2012, Hiroaki Tamagawa, Comic Market as Space for Self-Expression in Otaku Culture
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