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Dojinshi specialty shop will live on in other capacities, but its 28-year-run in Akihabara is coming to an end.
After missing multiple iterations due to the coronavirus, organizers feel confident about holding otaku gathering once again.
Free-to-attend, free-to-exhibit event is an online substitute for cancelled Comiket, held in virtual Akihabara.
Continuing outbreak causes organizers to call off dojinshi event for the first time in its 45-year-history.
Fan thinks Japanese linguistic stubbornness is limiting the potential audience of Japan’s artists and creators.
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