"Secondary creation...? You mean you want to draw a doujinshi?"
After proposing the idea of "secondary creation," Orie pulled Rin Ito to the second floor. Although Orie's Crab Publishing House serializes original R18 manga, there is a massive market for doujinshi in the H-world.
There are many types of doujinshi. Various anime, manga, and games have them. Simply put, they use characters from existing works to tell a different story.
Strictly speaking, doujinshi are a form of copyright infringement. However, since they are fan-made creations that help promote the original work, most original authors turn a blind eye. Some authors even draw their own doujinshi, and some game companies commission artists to create them.
Hearing them bring this up, Rin's first reaction was that they wanted to draw a doujin.
"Mr. Ito, have you seen Flower Princess! Retsu!!?"
"No, I'm not really interested in children's shows... You guys want to draw a doujin for a kids' anime?"
Generally, the characters used in doujins are those who are "inviting" or hyper-sexualized. Children's shows rarely have such characters, but human fetishes are diverse—not even being human is a barrier for some.
Doujins for children's anime do exist; it's not a huge problem.
"It's not about drawing a doujin," Marin waved her hand. "Hey, hey, Orie, after you watched it, didn't you think the plot of Retsu!! was perfect for H-content?"
"Mmh!"
"Wh-what are you two talking about?" Juju frowned. "The plot is easy for H-content? What does that mean?"
"Take Mion, for example... The plot where she turns dark because she wants to be loved but is abandoned could be twisted. It could become a story where she voluntarily falls into depravity and is violated because she craves love, finally turning completely 'blackened.' You could make an entire H-manga out of that!"
Marin explained excitedly to Juju. Juju had only seen a few of Rin's doujins and almost nothing else. She couldn't understand the logic at all.
A slightly frustrated Marin turned her gaze to Rin.
"If you want my opinion, at least let me know the plot first," Rin said helplessly. He now understood that Marin and Orie wanted him to help convince Juju to do a "secondary creation" cosplay.
"Well..." Marin pondered for a moment before speaking slowly. "Simply put, it's the story of Shion, one of the heroines, who transforms into a magical girl to fight enemies. Later, she discovers that the person she's been fighting all along is her older sister, Mion."
"Mmh mmh." Juju nodded. "Big Sister Mion was once a magical girl too, but the trauma of a broken heart caused her Flower Gem to be corrupted, turning her into an enemy."
"Magical Girl Madoka Magica?" Rin felt a hint of suspicion. He had thought Flower Princess was something like Meruru that Sagiri liked, but hearing them talk, it sounded a lot like Madoka.
"What's Madoka?" Juju tilted her head, her brow furrowed with confusion.
"A story I heard once about magical girls of love and hope fighting witches... A magical girl turning dark just because of a breakup seems a bit weak. She should at least fail to save her friends through a hundred time-loops before turning evil."
Marin: "Sigh... after such a painful heartbreak, it's only natural for Mion to turn dark, right?"
Juju: "Mmh... the relationships in Retsu are quite a mess. Even if it's not explicitly written in the setting, you can see it as you watch."
"...?"
A children's anime using the "messy relationship circle" trope?
What the hell?
Marin and Juju roughly explained the plot of Retsu to Rin, showing him character images on their phones as they spoke.
The character Juju wanted to cosplay, Shion, was a slender girl with black, shoulder-length hair. She was cold on the surface but held deep emotions inside... In terms of magical girl tropes, she felt like Homura Akemi from Madoka or Miyu from Prisma Illya.
However, the true protagonist wasn't Shion, but her rival, Mirai, an energetic girl with red hair and twin tails.
Shion and Mirai were rivals in magical girl duties and love rivals in their personal lives. They both liked the male lead, Sakuya. Furthermore, there was a second male lead named Soma, who was Mirai's older brother.
The "darkened" sister they mentioned, Mion, was Shion's older sister. She was childhood friends with Sakuya and Soma.
Mion liked her childhood friend, Soma, but Soma... liked Sakuya.
Good grief. Rin had to applaud the complexity.
Soma is Mirai's brother. Soma likes Sakuya, and Mirai also likes Sakuya... This was practically a "sibling double-down." The five of them being together in a "happy ending" was probably the best outcome.
"Is Sakuya a succubus? Both heroines like him, and Soma likes him too? And Big Sister Mion turns evil because her childhood crush is gay? Is this really a children's anime?"
"That's how it is..." Marin laughed awkwardly. "There's also a plot where Mirai dates her homeroom teacher, and another where the magical girl Rose Princess gets brainwashed."
"...Alright." Rin's lip twitched. "It really is easy to make H-content out of this."
"Exactly," Orie agreed, nodding repeatedly.
Seeing herself seemingly excluded, Juju frowned in displeasure. She still didn't understand what "easy for H-content" meant.
"What do you mean by 'easy for H-content'!? Explain it to me clearly!"
"Mmm..." Rin looked Juju up and down.
Juju: "???"
"Let's use you as an example," Rin said with a wicked grin after a moment's thought.
"If we were making an anime with you, Juju, as the protagonist... the plot would be that you, who are normally serious, cold, and view cosplay as a waste of time, accidentally join a cosplay circle. In this circle, you experience a series of events and finally accept the world of cosplay."
"Isn't that good?" Juju asked, her brow furrowed. "What does that have to do with doujinshi?"
"A 'secondary creation' H-twist would be that the circle you join is Baumkuchen, and you do H-world cosplays. While cosplaying, you decide to personally experience the 'H-world characters' to improve your performance."
"Wait..." Hearing Rin say this, Juju instinctively had a bad premonition. Before she could stop him, Rin continued at top speed.
"The result is that you, the protagonist, stuff electric toys into your rear, put on a chastity belt and electrodes, and then throw the remote to the lock to a random classmate's shoe locker. During class, the vibration is set to the lowest setting, leaving you perpetually unsatisfied. You have to lift your body slightly and sit down hard on your seat just to get some relief, reaching a climax four times in one afternoon."
"YOU-YOU-YOU! WHAT NONSENSE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!!!" Juju's face turned instant crimson. "I... how could a protagonist of a normal show do such things!? What kind of weird things are you saying in front of Shinju!"
Rin glanced at the blushing Shinju and blinked innocently.
"Why are you so worked up? I was just giving an example."
"You... hmph."
As he spoke, Rin subtly pulled his phone from his pocket. Before Juju could finish her retort, she felt a familiar vibration. She had to stop and clench her rear to pretend nothing was happening. After ten seconds of clenching, the vibration continued, and she knew Rin had turned it on intentionally.
"That's how secondary creations in doujinshi work... According to what I just said, the story could continue. For instance, you get caught playing with toys at school and someone says, 'You wouldn't want people to know you're wearing a chastity belt with your ass stuffed at school, would you?'"
"The ones I mentioned are somewhat logical. Most doujins just throw in a tan delinquent and get straight to the point. Of course, there are plenty of pure love doujins or non-18+ ones too... So, what kind of 'secondary creation' did you have in mind?"
Orie adjusted her glasses and blinked sheepishly.
"I'm not saying I want to draw a manga. I want to do a small 'secondary creation' on Shion-chan's cosplay outfit... The exterior will look the same, but the lingerie can be modified. Lewd underwear fits the 'darkened' vibe better, doesn't it? Of course, everything visible from the outside will be just like the anime."
Juju finally understood. Orie wanted to take some creative liberties in the hidden areas.
"That... is fine." After a slight hesitation, Juju nodded in agreement. There were no lingerie scenes in the anime anyway, and Orie had already agreed to help make a costume for a character she wasn't interested in.
Besides, it was a common trope for a magical girl's outfit to become "lecherous" after she transforms.
If the outside was erotic, it was only natural for the underwear to be erotic too... Wait, Juju remembered what Rin had just said.
By that logic, being violated after a defeat would also be a "natural setting"!? Speaking of which, many normal anime seem to have a lot of room for doujinshi potential... No, I can't keep thinking about this.
"Wonderful~" Orie smiled and turned her gaze to Marin. Being able to make lewd underwear for them to wear kept Orie wide awake. "Marin, do you want to join? Juju will be Shion-tan, why don't you be Mirai-chan?"
"I... I'll pass," Marin clicked her tongue in regret. "Both Shion and Mirai are petite characters. My figure is too different from theirs. If I did it, I'd be insulting the character!"
"Figure... Then how about you be Shion's sister? Mion's outfit is mostly a military uniform. I've made similar things before; I just need to modify them a bit!"
Orie had originally wanted to ask Shinju to cosplay Mion for a "sister role-reversal" vibe, but since Shinju and Rin had specifically told her not to mention anything in front of Juju, she kept quiet.
"Really? Then I won't be polite~ Hehehe... That makes me Juju-sama's older sister~ Hehe, come here Juju-sama, let your big sister give you a hug."
"Uu... pervert, stay away from me."
Normally she wouldn't mind, but the tail in her ass was currently vibrating. Although Marin had seen her in shameful states, if the girl found out she was wearing a tail plug to school, Juju's reputation would be completely destroyed!!!!
While Marin and Juju were messing around, Rin glanced at Shinju and discreetly sent her a message.
Rin: [You want to cosplay too, don't you?]
Shinju peeked at Rin and replied with her phone.
Shinju: [I do have a character I want to cosplay, but the contrast is too big. I'm a bit embarrassed...]
Rin: [A big contrast? Is it the heroine Mirai? Or the sister Mion? Don't you want to experience being the 'older sister'? If you're shy, I can tell them for you.]
Shinju: [It's not Mirai or Mion. It's Soma-niisan!]
Rin stopped typing and looked at Shinju's chest.
Crossplaying isn't rare, but... Little sister, your pectoral muscles are way too flamboyant.
Rin: [Not a big deal!]
Rin: [If you want to be Soma, I'll join you. How about I be Sakuya?]
Seeing Rin's message, a look of pure delight appeared on Shinju's face. She even ignored the fact that Juju and the others were watching, shooting Rin a joyful look before quickly lowering her head to type.
Shinju: [Please don't tell Big Sister.]
Shinju: [I want to try it first. If it looks terrible, I don't want her to know.]
Rin: [Don't worry.]
Rin gave Shinju a wink and began searching for images of Soma and Sakuya. Compared to the cute magical girls, the two male leads had much simpler designs.
Ordinary short wigs could be bought at any hair shop. They wore simple white shirts and blue trousers—no different from standard school uniforms. He might even be able to find ready-made ones... If the chest area was a problem, he'd just have Orie modify it.
Rin sent an image of Soma to the uniform expert, Yamada Elf. She had the uncanny ability to identify a school just by looking at the uniform.
Rin: [Have you seen a uniform like this?]
Elf: [Soma's uniform? Yeah, I've seen it. It looks a lot like the male uniforms for a high school in Saitama Prefecture.]
Elf: [Why? You want to cosplay?]
Rin: [Mmh, Shinju and I want to do Soma and Sakuya. Don't tell Juju.]
After a brief chat, Rin gave Shinju a subtle "OK" gesture.
Juju as Shion, Marin as Mion, Shinju as Soma, and himself as Sakuya... That left no one for the protagonist, Mirai. He might as well find someone to complete the main cast. If Orie was too busy to make another outfit, he'd just pay someone else for a custom set.
The only ones with a body type fitting Mirai were Elf and her group. While they weren't obsessed with cosplay, they were definitely interested. If he asked, they'd likely agree. Who should he call... Maki!
After a moment's thought, Rin decided to ask Maki.
From the time they cosplayed as cat-girls, Rin could tell Maki was the most invested in the roleplay. Ami was just interested in the sex, but Maki...
Even though she said she didn't want to, she completely embodied the cat-girl persona. When she was being fucked until she meowed, she was the most immersed of all!