Of course, not everyone agrees. Purists argue: "The original author’s vision is sacred." But doujin culture has a famous counterquote from the Comiket guidelines: "The original is the soil; fan works are the flowers. A flower is not better than the soil, but it is different, and sometimes more beautiful."
Of course, not everyone agrees. Purists argue: "The original author’s vision is sacred." But doujin culture has a famous counterquote from the Comiket guidelines: "The original is the soil; fan works are the flowers. A flower is not better than the soil, but it is different, and sometimes more beautiful."