Comments on: How Do You Define a ‘Good’ Doujinshi?

By: hare

hare — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:00:37 +0000

I’ve seen this doujin cover before. From what I heard, it had rape, including from her father, graphic sex, and Amu saying she wished she was dead. At least, I think it was this one. Any other SC doujins I’ve heard about also have these themes. You’re not wrong at all to dislike this one. I have no problem personally with tasteful smut, but when they go so far as to make rape scenes, incest, and horrible things happen to characters, then that’s TOO FAR! Why do they write things like that?! Not only is that disgusting, but it doesn’t even fit with the story. You can’t make the excuse “But her dad has a daughter-complex!”. He’s protective. Have you EVER even ONCE seen him do anything in either the manga or the anime that’s inappropriate? (i.e. kissing on the lips, heavy petting, trying to close himself in a room alone with either Ami or Amu) And why have Amu raped? Explain how that could POSSIBLY make her closer to Ikuto or any guy you wanna pair her with? They say victoms don’t want ANY man to touch them after things like that. And don’t get into the “Damsel in distress” crap with me! The guy could save her from someone asking her to be a model, or asking her out for tea (which they say DOES happen). If you want your favorite pairing to be together, you DON’T need to abuse them with crappy over the top sick fantasies!
A good doujin should respect the original work enough to actually TRY to write out a good plot. After that, you work on character developement. Even if it’s AU, think of what those characters would be like in that new world setting. After that, draw it. It’s that simple. If you can’t do all those steps, then FORGET about making one! (Unless you have a group ala CLAMP where one person does each task)

By: Coxinha

Coxinha — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:40:08 +0000

A good doujinshi should have good art, features characters that interest me and have a story interesting enough to make me excited.

By: Amuria

Amuria — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:11:28 +0000

@usagijen – Yes when it comes to shoujo couples. And actually when I said more popular, I was thinking of appealing to a much broader audience :lol:. Like yeah, the art style and the plot do seem to appeal much more to a female audience, but I bet if more people watched/read something completely different from what they usually did, they’d find it just as enjoyable or at least okay? I mean I know some guys who mainly read shounen series, but I’ve managed to get a couple of them into Shugo Chara.

By: usagijen

usagijen — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:58:16 +0000

@mewtamara: no luck, then again I didn’t really search hard for it

@Amuria: I’d like to think Shugo Chara is already popular, but most likely with a younger female audience, hence the lack of fan works?

you prefer imagining the smut scenes yourself instead of seeing images that feed you of the said scenes, I see

By: Amuria

Amuria — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:08:14 +0000

I personally don’t have a problem with smutty doujins but yeah. I’m a sucker for fluffy romance doujins too. The first Amuto doujin I read had some kinks I wasn’t particularly into, but. . .it was interesting nonetheless. I’ve seen much worse believe me. In my experience, I’ve found more softcore/fluffy romance doujins amongst shounen-ai doujins than straight couple doujins. Especially in the Naruto fandom. The more mainstream a series is, the more variety you see in fan works and doujins. I hope Shugo Chara gets even more popular so we can see a wider variety of doujins and fan works. In contrast, I see more Amuto fluff in fanfiction than I see smut. I like reading smut more than I like looking at it personally when it comes to shoujo couples for some reason xD.

By: mewtamara

mewtamara — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:44:22 +0000

i like how the doujinshi looks i just wish to find it and read it but did you find it or no?

By: Mew Mew

Mew Mew — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:44:51 +0000

Yeah, i know exactly what you mean. Im in complete Agreement about the “MORE IKUTOXAMU SMUT RAWR! XD” too. Im all for romantic ones with a lot of smut between the couples *I mean c’mon we’re all human right~?* But the males and females are all portrayed really stupid in those books. It’s a hentai Doujinshi that you looked at, where visualization is the main concern and plot as well as dialogue is shot to hell. And has no real storyline, to me the provocative actions are way to imbecilic that i just can’t get that into it. I had the same sad experience when it came to Naruto doujinshi. T_T I feel your pain, the covers are so cute and misleading. But the chibi emotions drawn in them are always cute and priceless you must say, ne? As for the rest blegh..

By: Neohybrid_kai

Neohybrid_kai — Thu, 21 May 2009 12:27:32 +0000

Yep, good fluffy doujin is a rarebreed indeed. I agree with Crusader, you have to be brave to swim in the sea of trash and shit to find the gems. And I don’t mind doing that, but maybe its because I’m a male. Example of my definition of good doujin? try search “Bliss”, a SHnY by Hapoi Docoro. If you still find that its not approvable, then perhaps you’re just suited for smut and ecchi fanart. Stay away from doujin world.

By: monica

monica — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:26:33 +0000

what is the shugo chara doujin called? just to check.

By: thetacoman

thetacoman — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:14:30 +0000

For me, a Bad Doujinshi is when you don’t feel like you’re looking at the same characters you know and love. The more I think about it, there really is no other attraction to doujinshi that I have, And I believe I am the only one who feels that way.