doujin
nounUS /ˈdoʊd͡ʒɪn/ · UK /ˈdəʊd͡ʒɪn/
Etymology Borrowed from Japanese 同人 (dōjin, “colleague, people with similar interests”, literally “same people”). The spelling is derived from the informal wāpuro rōmaji romanization style of 同人 (どうじん, do-u-ji-n).
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A product produced and sold independently of corporations (in Japan); an indie work.
- 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.2012, Hiroaki Tamagawa, Comic Market as Space for Self-Expression in Otaku Culture:
- There are creators who really make money and earn living from doujin, but those who can do so, are minority.2014, Sanuki Sobataro, Dear people who upload my doujin,:
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Abbreviation, Clipping Clipping of doujinshi (“a Japanese amateur comic book; a self-published manga”).
- Related terms
- doujin circle, doujin event, doujin game, doujin music, doujinshi