Comic Market 91

The Tokyo Big Sight, Koto-ku, never sees the last day of one year without the Comiket, commonly known as the Comic Market, the world’s largest fair focusing on dojinshi (self-published works including magazines, manga, novel and music CDs). Attracting hundreds of thousands of those dote upon anime-, and manga-related culture, this year’s edition of the event will take place from Dec. 29th (Thu.) to 31st (Sat.) on a larger scale than ever before, for it focuses in the eight halls of Tokyo Big Sight on contents popular among men, such as “Kantai Collection” and “Touhou Project,” and counterparts for female fans, including “Ensemble Stars!” and “Touken Ranbu,” on the opening day; on “Attack on Titan,” “Mr. Osomatsu,” “Yowamushi Pedal” and more on the second day; and on book review publications as well as on dojinshi about “Idol Master,” “Love Live!” and other famous works on the New Year’s Eve.

From among a greatly wide range of dojinshi circles, however, the writer has one to introduce to readers: Kirigakure Tantei Jimusho, a circle allocated for East Halls J Block 15b on Thursday. The name literally means Kirigakure’s detective office, run by Kirigakure, an admirer of “Kantai Collection” characters.

Courtesy of Kirigakure | Cover of the magazine published Dec. 29

The president, who especially admires Ryujo, a Kansai-dialect accented girl described “somewhat like a McDonald's worker” by Kancolle Wiki, is to release his second dojinshi magazine that feature works by 28 illustrators and manga artists including the chief himself. Among their works is a manga by sixten, a Seattle-based comic book artist. The story, translated by the writer, - spoiler alert! - depicts how Ryujo improves her skill in cooperation with a certain big name in order to defeat Akigumo in a one-on-one basketball match. As the magazine is themed on the daily life of the girl, it will surely allow you to see the diversity of Ryujo.

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