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Buying Doujinshi for Newbies

For the newbies:

Q: What is a doujinshi?
A: A doujinshi is a Japanese fan produced comic book or a text story. They're usually very high quality and printed, not photocopied.

Q: When you say Ron/Harry in the pairings section, does that mean that Ron and Harry are gay?
A: Yes. That's either called yaoi (anime fandom) or slash (most TV and movie fandoms). The first person is on top (seme) and the second person is underneath (uke). Yaoi doujinshi is very popular in Japan just as slash is popular at home.

For those who already knew the answer to those questions and thought they were silly:

Q: I'm looking for a Snape/Snakecane doujinshi by OTP. Can you find it for me?
A: Um, no. You can ask one of the other doujinshi stores that I listed here but I can't help you.

Q: Can I buy one of your doujinshi?
A: If it isn't on the For Sale page, it isn't for sale. If you have something great and wonderful to offer me (a million dollars would be nice), I might consider it. If you think you have something I might be interested in, take a look at my wishlist.

Q: Can I use the images?
A: No -- especially not to make layouts. Stealing makes baby Jesus cry.

Q: Why not?
A: Not only did I spend a lot of time scanning in these images, doujinshi artists make these comics out of love. They spend a great deal of time to create them, spend their own money to print them and very rarely make any money. Please respect their hard work.

Q: Will you scan the entire doujinshi for me?
A: No. See above.

Q: I bought a doujinshi. Can you translate it for me?
A: No. My Japanese language ability is very limited (almost non-existant). I'm afraid that you'll just have to guess.

Q: How did you get this many doujinshi?
A: Job in Japan + lots of free time = many doujinshi. Sadly (fortunately?), now that I'm back in the US, I won't be able to buy nearly as many.

Q: You know you need help, right?
A: Yes. Why do you think I named this website "Addiction"?

For Sale Questions

Q: How do you decide the price?
A: I debated about that for quite a while. I have no desire to make a gigantic profit off of other people who love doujinshi. However, I need to make a bit of money to make the time & effort of selling them worth it. In the end, I decided to calcuate a 100 yen to $1 ratio and add $4. Of course, for doujinshi I consider lower quality then I will lower the price appropriately. Since I'm back in the US now, I had to spend a lot of money shipping the doujinshi back with me and the increased price reflects that. I still think it's quite reasonable compared to other on-line doujinshi stores.

Q: How do you ship them? / How do you decide the shipping price?
A: Unless otherwise requested, I will ship using standard media mail. This is not insured, so if you want me to ship with insurance, you'll have to pay extra. I will ship worldwide, however, the shipping price will change for international shipping. I have no idea how much it'll be, so that will be worked out at a later date.

Q: How do I pay?
A: For most doujinshi I will accept Paypal, money order or US cash (sent at your own risk). Paypal users please read this: With paypal, since they charge really high fees in order to have an account that accepts credit cards (which most people prefer), I've decided to start adding an extra .50 cent charge to compensate. This applies ONLY if you're purchasing a single doujinshi. I will not accept personal checks. In a few cases, I'm willing to trade for things from my doujinshi wishlist or my amazon wishlist. However, if you wish to trade you'll need a really good reason or an item I'm very interested in and you must e-mail me first.

For all doujinshi listed as R or NC-17, I require a photo ID proving you're over the age of 18. This can either be scanned or photocopied and mailed. I want to be able to see a name and date of birth clearly. While personally, I think that teenagers over 16 are more than old enough to understand this stuff, I have no desire to get involved in any sort of legal trouble or deal with an angry parent.

Q: Can I trust you?
A: Uhhhh .... I guess that's up to you? I've sold a few doujinshi on ebay and have mailed them to strangers who've e-mailed me from time to time but as far as I know there isn't any way to prove for sure that I'm honest. Sometimes it takes me a few days to get around to shipping things but I do my best to get things done in a prompt and honest fashion.