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It’s been quiet here lately, I’m afraid. It’s due to a combination of things: one is that I have been having some health issues as of late. Nothing too serious, thankfully, but still enough to put a dent in my activity. I have some surgery scheduled for early December so it should be taken care of soon.
The other thing that’s been eating up my time, if you’ve paid attention to my Twitter or Patreon feeds, is that I published a book. A doujinshi, to be precise .
Yes, I finally turned my decades-long dream of doujin publishing into a reality! Some people want to write gaming books to sell on Amazon and Barnes and Noble, but me? I want to sell directly to my core audience: the hugest nerds on Planet Earth who absolutely love obscure stuff, and that’s exactly what Japan’s doujinshi scene offers. If you can dream it, you can sell it.
But how did this go from pipe-dream to reality? Well, it was a long and interesting journey, that’s for sure. But I know I’m not the only Westerner with Japanese doujin dreams, so I’d like to share my adventure so that others may learn from it and embark on their own self-publishing endeavors.
Hey, did you hear about the PUBG vs Fortnite legal case getting withdrawn? Boy, that thing was a complete disaster, huh? But ours is an industry filled with legal shenanigans… many of which, like Capcom v. Data East , Silicon Knights v. Epic , and now this, have ended disastrously for the plaintiffs.
However, it’s not always like this. We only really see these cases from a Western perspective — and, indeed, many of the most important legal cases in gaming, like the infamous Tetris debacle , were decided in US court. But there have also been plenty of legal issues surrounding games in Japan — see the recent spate of game bar closures — and one Japanese company is quite notorious for its use of litigation.
Long before #FucKonami was a trending hashtag, long before Western music game fans and developers cowered in fear of Konami’s legal threats, there were incidents in Japan involving one of Konami’s most popular (at the time) game franchises. These incidents earned Konami a great deal of notoriety among game fans in Japan as a litigation-happy tiger of a company that would happily devour its own fanbase. Somehow, though, these stories never drifted overseas, likely because the game involved was seen by the west as “some weird Japanese dating sim thing” that was of little interest or importance.
It’s time to change that. It’s time to take a look at Konami’s legal actions against one of its most fervent fanbases. Let’s examine Konami’s legal battle against Tokimeki Memorial fandom.
Before we start, perhaps it’s best to talk a bit about what Tokimeki Memorial (frequently abbreviated as Tokimemo) was, and why it was such a big deal.
Tokimemo is considered to be one of the defining “Gal-ge,” or games centered around fostering and nuturing a relationship with one of several eligible virtual women. In this game, you play as a high school boy going through the school year, meeting various girls and finding one you eventually want to win over. By paying attention to the girl’s likes and what she wants in a partner, you budget your time and raise stats to become more appealing. You also have to make sure not to annoy any of the other girls, because they’re catty bitches who will spread damaging rumors about you. Eventually, you’ll reach the end of the school year, where one of the girls — hopefully, the one you were aiming for — confesses her love for you under the tree of legend.
(If you want a slightly more in-depth and fun look at the gameplay, I’d highly recommend the Game Center CX episode centered around the game.)
Tokimeki Memorial did well when it debuted on the PC Engine CD in 1994, but it was the eventual enhanced ports to PlayStation and Saturn that really made the game blow up in popularity. Shiori Fujisaki, the pink-haired girl-next-door archetype on the PS and Saturn covers, became an instantly recognizable face across all of gaming. Konami had a huge hit on their hands, and merchandised the everloving hell out of it: to this day, you can wander into any Japanese secondhand stuff store and likely find various Tokimemo knickknacks.
Of course, with a hit game comes sequels and spinoffs, and they were numerous. The first sequel, Tokimeki Memorial 2, was a huge game spread across five CDs, and is widely considered the best in the franchise in terms of gameplay and presentation… yet it didn’t stick around in gamers’ hearts like the first game did. A disastrous move to 3D visuals on PS3 with Tokimemo 3 upset many, and Konami opted to focus instead on the growing otome market with Tokimeki Memorial Girls’ Side, which had you playing as a girl trying to impress a bevy of hot dudes. The last Tokimeki Memorial game, Tokimeki Memorial 4, released on PSP in 2009, and its very existence seemed like a surprise to many.
(A fun fact shared to me by my late friend Andrew Fitch — who formerly worked at Konami’s US branch — was that the weird PSP game Brooktown High was meant as a testbed to see if an “American Tokimemo” would work. We miss you, Andrew.)
Since then, Konami hasn’t done much with the series, aside from putting out the occasional bit of Girls’ Side content. Love Plus on the 3DS was seen by many as an evolution of the game’s concepts, though Konami basically destroyed that series as well. Currently, there’s a game called “ Tokimeki Idol ” on smartphones that looks like a really bad attempt to cash in on the Idolm@ster/Love Live! wave by using scraps of an old IP. The decline of Tokimemo itself is worthy of its own article, as it’s due to a variety of factors, but one thing that may have played a part was Konami’s antagonism of its own fanbase through legal means. Such as… Continue reading →
First off, I apologize for this review taking so long – I haven’t been in the best of physical health this week, and that combined with the craziness of family obligations over the holiday weekend meant that I couldn’t update the site as I wanted to. I’d intended to have this up around last Monday or so, but those plans came crashing down fairly quickly. I don’t want to disappoint gaming.moe supporters with a lack of site content, but alas, sometimes real life foils even the best-laid plans. I’m working on a manner of contingency plan for the next time such a thing happens. Anyhow, on to the main piece!
A while back I wrote a piece for WIRED about the subsection of the Japanese doujinshi subculture that caters to gaming devotees. Part of the reason why doujin fascinates me so much is because of the sheer variety of stuff people create under the term, and the fact that there are other extremely passionate nerds self-publishing books about all manner of delightful gaming minutae makes me very happy indeed. I interviewed a publisher under the name Zekuu for the piece, as his circle, Game Area 51 , does some of the most impressive and in-depth doujin publications on retrogames and important people involved with their creation. Thanks to his work, I’ve become more aware of the contributions of many creators to games and companies that have notable places in gaming history.
Such is the case with Zekuu’s books about Shigeki Toyama, who has a lengthy history at Namco. I was mostly unfamiliar with Toyama’s contributions to gaming, but the two volumes of doujin Zekuu published – two interview books and an artbook – have taught me a great deal about the man who designed Mappy, the iconic graphical imagery of Xevious, and several arcade cabinets and logos. He was also a robotics designer, helping create everything from small animatronics to massive amusement attractions (such as the gigantic Galaxian³ setup at the Osaka Expo in 1990). Later, he’d also be a key contributor to the design of Sony’s AIBO robot dog. After learning so much about everything Toyama had helped create, I found myself filled with a profound respect for his incredible talent. (And, to be honest, I felt a little bit embarassed that I hadn’t properly recognized it sooner.)
Out of the three books, I chose this one for review because it’s largely art-based – and since I’m writing for a primarily English-speaking audience, it doesn’t really do folks much good to recommend an interview book in Japanese. It’s 242 pages long, B&W, and contains a truly astounding amount of design material for some of the coolest, most ambitious stuff that Namco ever produced. Without further ado, let’s look over….
Cover image: A sampling of titles Toyama’s talent has touched
October 21st, 2006: This week's exclusive new doujin is Konoha Hospital
by
Harem, featuring Tsunade and sexy-no-jutsu Kakashi.
2 New Naruto
Doujinshi:
-Ketsumegaton Nin (Tsunade)
-Konoha Hospital (Tsunade)
4 New Bleach
Doujinshi:
-No Mercy 3 (Matsumoto)
-100 Yen Book 3 (Matsumoto) (Happy
Water)
-Tairin of Hana (Matsumoto) (Crimson
Comics)
-Yoruippon! (Yoruichi)
6 New Gundam
Seed Doujinshi:
-Freedom (Various)
-Go Houshi Club 5 (Various)
-Furidamu (Various) (Full-Color)
-Kira Kira (Natarle)
-Kneesocks (Lunamaria)
-Runatan to Issyo (Lunamaria)
October 10th, 2006: This week's exclusive new doujin is Nama-Ikkikko
2, by
Sei=Rio, the first half features Rukia from Bleach, while the second half
is Sasuke
X Sakura.
2 New Naruto
Doujinshi:
-Nama-Ikkikko 2 (Sakura)
-Honey Boney (English) (Various)
1 New Bleach
Doujin:
-Nama-Ikkikko 2 (Rukia)
9 New Gundam
Seed Doujinshi:
-Freedom (Various)
-Go houshi club 5 (Various)
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1 New Naruto
Doujin:
-Loop and Loop (Tsunade) (English)
7 New Gundam
Seed Doujinshi:
-Crimson Tide (Lunamaria)
-Crossraod Darkness (Stellar)
-Curry is a Drink (Lunamaria)
-DaiTenshisama Ga Miteru (Maria and
Natarle)
-Seed Destiny Angel (Various)
-Deviator (Various)
-Muchi Muchi Volume 7 (Maria) (Full-Color)
September 28th, 2006: Ok, this week's exclusive new Naruto doujin
is No Mercy 2,
a Tsunade doujin. The Eureka-7 CG-galleries have also been expanded.
2 New Naruto
Doujinshi:
-No Mercy 2 (Tsunade)
-Tsunade Rafu (Tsunade)
7 New Gundam
Seed Doujinshi:
-Cagalli (Cagalli)
-Cagalli In Gundam Seed (Cagalli)
-Cagarisky (Cagalli)
-Chijoku Kanchou Goukan (Various)
-Code 25 (Various)
-Conversation Clinic (Various)
-Coodinator (Lunamaria)
September 20th, 2006: Ok, this week's exclusive new Naruto doujin
is Innin Shiken
PM 9, the full Color-version. The black-and-white version appeared on the
Internet a
month ago, but this is the first time the full-Color-version has appeared
on the Internet.
2 New Naruto
Doujinshi:
-Loop and Loop (Tsunade) [Celluloid
Acme]
-Innin Shiken PM 9 (Full Color) (Temari)
[#Studio-Parm]
7 New Gundam
Seed Doujinshi:
-AGM (Various)
-Angel Seed (Various)
-Arch Angel 1 (Maria Ramius)
-Arch Angel 2 (Various)
-Ark Angel (Maria and Natarle)
-Asimitz (Various)
-Bloom (Maria Ramius)
1 New Eureka
7 Doujin:
-Loop and Loop (Various) [Celluloid Acme]
September 12th, 2006: This week's exclusive Naruto doujin is Semen
Paradise,
by Harem, again. It's not that I'm a big fan of Harem's works, it's just
that they've
never appeared on the Internet yet, until now.
1 New Naruto
Doujin
-Semen Paradise (Various)
5 New Bleach
Doujinshi:
-Sweet Folk Music (Orihime)
-Colorful Bleach (Various) (Full-color)
by Happy-Water
-Shoku Hime No Kokuhaku (Orihime) by Crimson
Comics
-Naive Romance Chika (Nanao)
-Watashi Wa Kyozetsu Suru (Chizuru X Orihime)
(English Version)
September 4th, 2006: Well with the coming of Comiket 70 there's naturally
a
flood of new doujins, one of which is a Kakashi X Sakura doujin by
Nekomataya,
author of Kan-hi-Sakura and Hanatemari, among many others. This is his 6th
Naruto doujin. Tony Taka (my personal favorite artist) also released a new
Bleach
doujin about Nemu.
3 New Naruto
Doujinshi:
-Ichaicha Unbalance (Sakura)
-Kibun wa mou Onsen (Tsunade)
-Kunoichi no susume 2 (Hinata)
1 New Bleach
Doujin:
-Watashi wa Kyozetsu Suru (Nemu)
September 1st, 2006: Ok, this week's new Naruto doujin is Corckscrew,
by
Harem, and is a hot Tsunade X Shizune futa-doujin.
1 New Naruto
Doujin:
-Corckscrew (Various)
9 New Eureka
7 Doujinshi:
-Eureka Heaven (Eureka)
-Eureka Surasuto (Eureka)
-Happy Swell (Various)
-I love you, I need you, I fuck you
(Anemone)
-Maimerodei (Eureka)
-Princess Coral (Various)
-RX-INFINI (Various)
-Strawberry Jam (Anemone)
-Tanehone (Various)
August 27th, 2006: This week's new Naruto doujin is Animal Sex, by
Harem once
again. It features Kiba X Hinata, Kakashi X Sakura, and TenTen X Neji.
Preview
for it is
here .
3 New Naruto
Doujinshi:
-Animal Sex (Various)
-Endurance Test (English)
-Sakura in Blossom 17 (Color, English)
3 New Gundam
Seed Doujinshi:
-Plerted Gunner # 14 - Night Hawks II
(Lacus and Meer)
-Ryoujyoku Lunamaria (Lunamaria Hawke)
-HenReiKai MOE (Various) (Full Color)
August 24th, 2006: Ok, since I've posted every Naruto doujin which
I can get
my hands on already (other than ones containing loli--I'm not allowed to
post those
according to current Hentai-Key rules), I've taken it upon myself to start
scanning
and posting doujins which I can't find anywhere else on the web. This week's
doujin
is "Bitch", by Harem. It features Anko X Kakashi, and contains lots of futa.
If anyone
wants to translate this or other doujins which I've scanned, just e-mail
me and I'll
send you the insanely-high-res 2000x3000 version.
1 New Naruto
Doujin:
-Bitch (Anko)
3 New Gundam
Seed Doujinshi:
-Red Bravo (Lunamaria)
-Tane Desuttene Vol.1 (Various)
-Black Pants Hawk Down (Lunamaria)
9 New Bleach
Doujins:
-Shin Karon (Nanao)
-Nin -Shinobi- (Yoruichi X Soi Fon)
-Baby Blue (Various)
-Kokucho Ranbu (Matsumoto Rangiku)
-My Sweet Drunker The Fake Doll (Yoruichi
X Soi Fong)
-Unknown (Rukia)
-Yoruneko 2 (Yoruichi) (Full Color!)
-Yukemuri Nyan Nyan Jiken (Yoruichi)
-Sphoney (Yoruichi X Soi Fon)
2 Other
Manga:
-Aiki Chapter 4
-Aiki Chapter 5
1 New
Game:
-Garakuta Bleach
July 27th, 2006: I added a few hot new Naruto doujins. Check them
out
here .
3 New Naruto
Doujins:
-Naruto Doujin Project Part 2 (Tsunade)
(English)
-PM 9 - in nin shiken (Temari) [Studio#ParM]
-PM 10 - in nin shugyou (Hinata) [Studio#ParM]
July 22nd, 2006: The reason for the lack of updates lately is that
Doujin-Moe.com's
server has been full for the past few months (all 5 GBs of it), meaning I
don't have
any space to store any new content at the moment. Once I get some additional
disc
space, you can except more regular updates.
5
New Eureka Seven Doujins:
-Eureka Mania (Eureka)
-Rave Out 2 (Talho)
-Ray Out 2 (Eureka)
-Under Blue 13 (Various)
-Mania (Talho)
1 New Naruto
Doujin:
-Nisemono (Various) (English Version)
June 6th: 2006: Check out the games section now--I added a
kunoichi-flash
movie, a winry game, Sakura-flash-animations, and the latest english
version
of Kasumi feel-the-flash (she talks by way of text in this one--still no
audio).
Updates to the Member's
Section:
1
New Naruto Doujin:
-Nisemono (Various)
June 1st, 2006: I added a Gundam Seed hentai section today.
Updates to the Member's
Section:
12
New Gundam Seed Doujins:
-Zixtuken Ningyou (Lacus X Meer)
-Thank you - Lacus (Lacus Clyne)
-Thank you - Lunamaria Hawke (Lunamaria)
-LunaC (Lunamaria) (Warning: Futa!)
-Burst II (Lunamaria and Meyrin)
-Thank you - Meyrin Hawke (Meyrin)
-Wild Kingomd (Maria)
-Seed Fan No. 1 (Various)
-Seed Fan No. 2 (Various)
-Sugar High (Cagalli)
1
New Naruto Doujin:
-Ninja Girl's Diary (Various)
May 19th, 2006: I added a Eureka Seven section today. Feel free to
request anything
else!
Updates to the Member's
Section:
8
New Eureka Seven Doujins:
-By My Side (Various)
-Free Will (Anemone)
-Lay Out (Various)
-Nan Demo R (Various)
-Rave Out (Talho)
-Ray Out (Eureka)
-Ray Out Alternate (Various)
-Eureka Seven RX (Eureka)
Updates to the Member's
Section:
7
New Bleach Doujins: Today's artists are Arestica, Crimson Comics,
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