English

Alternative forms

• dojin
• dōjin

Noun

doujin ‎(plural doujin or doujins)

1. (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.

Related terms

• doujinshi