"It won't end up as dead stock in our hands because the price is too high and we printed too many, right?"
Tsushima looked at the trio of Machida Sonoko and the others.
"Hehe, definitely not," Sayuri chimed in at this moment. "Based on our experience from previous years, selling out our own copies shouldn't be a problem."
"As for yours, Kagami-kun, we actually launched a poll of interest online before printing. It also served as an advertisement for our rouge en rouge."
"We let everyone know that Xuanyayi-sensei would also be bringing his first doujinshi to sell together with rouge en rouge this time. As a result, the voting showed double the usual numbers."
"Considering that tomorrow, through word of mouth, everyone will know you're here, there will be even more male-oriented fans coming over. That's why we set the target at 6,000 copies, and even that is being very conservative."
After hearing this, Tsushima Kagami felt that was indeed the case.
There was no problem with the pricing; the on-site sales price for most doujinshi exhibition booths was 500 yen.
Because doujinshi printing prices in Japan are very expensive, most manga doujinshi are B5 size, over 20 pages, with color covers and black-and-white inner pages. Printing such a doujinshi, in the case of a 100-copy run, costs around 300 yen per copy on average.
When circles participate in a doujinshi convention, they also need to pay an exhibition fee. In the case of an expedition, there are also travel and accommodation expenses. Factoring in these two, the average cost per copy exceeds 500 yen.
However, because there happens to be a 500-yen coin, pricing on-site sales at 500 yen makes giving change very convenient, so the on-site sales price for most doujinshi is 500 yen.
Even so, it's very difficult for many doujinshi booths to sell 100 copies; it's basically treated as spending a little money to participate and experience the atmosphere.
But Kosaka Akane and the others already had their own connections, and with a print run of ten thousand copies all at once, their printing price was definitely much cheaper than others'.
Tsushima Kagami wasn't worried about failing to sell them and taking a loss; after all, he wasn't lacking that bit of money.
The main issue was that having printed so many, if they didn't sell out, it would be a huge slap in the face, and there would be nowhere to store the leftover books.
"Oh right, tomorrow's booth entry pass only allows three people," Kosaka Akane continued. "So it will still be me, Sayuri, and Sonoko going first. You and Shizuku can just come over and help after the convention officially opens later."
For participating circles, usually only the applicant and two assistants are allowed to enter early.
And the printed manga are personally delivered to the booth by the printing factory.
After Kosaka Akane finished speaking, she smiled and looked at Yukinoshita Shizuku.
"Shizuku, remember to put on sunscreen."
Yukinoshita Shizuku also smiled and nodded.
"I'll apply sunscreen properly for Kagami."
After Yukinoshita Shizuku finished speaking, she hesitated for a moment before looking at the trio of Kosaka Akane with a flushed face.
"Um, do you have any pre-printed sample copies I could take a look at?"
"These are all printed and delivered directly to tomorrow's booth together. Where would we get a finished product to show you now?" Tsushima Kagami said with a smile from the side.
Just as Yukinoshita Shizuku felt a bit disappointed upon hearing this, Sayuri suddenly asked.
"Eh? I didn't expect Shizuku-chan to read these kinds of doujinshi too?"
Yukinoshita Shizuku flushed and gave an awkward smile.
"I didn't normally read them, but when I was learning to help Kagami apply screentones before, I happened to read a little bit. I was just a little curious."
After she finished speaking, Sayuri took out three manga from her backpack and handed them to Yukinoshita Shizuku.
"Look, look, these are photocopies we specially made at the time."
Looking at the coverless manga in front of her, Yukinoshita Shizuku said a bit shyly.
"It's probably not good to read this here, is it?"
"What does it matter? No one else can see, and this is a manga cafe after all. Of course it's a place for reading manga."
After Sayuri finished speaking, Machida Sonoko and Kosaka Akane also smiled at Yukinoshita Shizuku, as if they were about to pull in another fellow enthusiast.
"You'd better not look, it's not suitable for you."
At this time, Tsushima Kagami also smiled as he looked at Yukinoshita Shizuku, who was hesitating whether to open it.
Back then, when he asked Yukinoshita Shizuku to help apply screentones, he had taken care of her by only giving her the parts without any of the main action to work on. He was afraid that if she saw something too stimulating, she wouldn't be able to handle it.
Yukinoshita Shizuku glanced sideways at Tsushima Kagami.
"You're allowed to draw it, but I'm not allowed to look? I want to read it."
With that, Yukinoshita Shizuku flipped open one of the thinner books, not knowing whether it belonged to Kosaka Akane or Sayuri. After glancing at it for a few seconds, her face immediately turned bright red.
Then, she quickly speed-read through it via 'quantum reading' and snapped the book shut. Her chest was visibly heaving, indicating that her emotions were far from calm.
"I told you it wasn't suitable for you, but you wouldn't listen to advice," Tsushima Kagami smiled from the side as he looked at Yukinoshita Shizuku.
Yukinoshita Shizuku didn't say anything, picking up the thickest book, which was obviously the one drawn by Tsushima Kagami.
She started reading it bit by bit again. The beginning was fine; it felt like a normal romance. When she turned to page 49, the speed at which she flipped the pages noticeably increased.
Her previously wide-open eyes were now half-closed, squinting in a state where she didn't want to look but was too embarrassed to continue looking.
Until her page-turning speed turned back into quantum speed-reading, she hurriedly closed the book, panting heavily. A flush like that of a drunkard spread across her face, and her entire mind was dizzy and hazy, constantly replaying those vivid scenes from before.
"How does it feel?" Sayuri and the other two all looked at Yukinoshita Shizuku.
After taking a few deep breaths, Yukinoshita Shizuku managed to calm herself down. Only then did she deliberate her wording for a moment before suddenly asking the three of them a question in return.
"Um... Sayuri, and Sonoko-senpai, Akane-senpai. Do you... do you all have boyfriends?"
"Eh? How could we!"
Seeing their denials, Yukinoshita Shizuku asked again, carefully.
"Then... do you all have H experience?"
Saying this, Yukinoshita Shizuku herself flushed red with embarrassment once again.
The trio was completely dumbfounded by Yukinoshita Shizuku's sudden question.
"No way, none of us have any experience."
"So why did you ask that, Shizuku?"
"Um..." Yukinoshita Shizuku looked embarrassedly at Sayuri's trio, then looked at Tsushima Kagami sitting beside her.
"Can you draw H without any experience? Since you haven't seen it..."
Almost blurting out 'OO', Yukinoshita Shizuku suddenly felt it was a bit indecent, so she used gestures and glances to point at Tsushima Kagami.
"So how do you draw it if you haven't seen it?"
Hearing this, the three of them also understood what Yukinoshita Shizuku meant.
Then Sayuri was just about to say something, but suddenly her face flushed bright red as she unconsciously looked toward Machida Sonoko and Kosaka Akane. The two of them had clearly thought of something at this moment as well, their faces flushing red all the way to their ears and necks, just like her.
Yukinoshita Shizuku and Tsushima Kagami both assumed that the three were simply embarrassed from being asked.
Yukinoshita Shizuku hurriedly apologized.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you, I just got curious and asked suddenly. You don't have to answer."
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