BLASPHEMY! :O You would attend Comiket and walk out of there having purchased many other things but
no manga!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!!? I don't know you anymore!
lol, j/k ... and besides, for me to say that, we have to answer the question, "Did I even know you to begin with?" XD
If I went to Comiket, I would shamelessly make use of every negative stereotype the Japanese have of gaijins to get towards the front of the lines of my favorite circles A.S.A.F.P. The first one I'd gun for would be Hellabunna. I don't read Iruma Kamiri's stuff much anymore, but he's probably my #1 hentai hero and always will be. At least, he will be so long as he doesn't do something stupid like assault somebody. >_> lol But I can honestly say that Iruma Kamiri is the artist who really sucked me into hentai (for better or worse). His circle's name was the first circle name I memorized. And years later, his personal name was the first personal name of a hentai circle member that I memorized. The
Inu series was way ahead of its time -- a work of absolute
wonder for back in the day!! -- and his
Rei: Slave to the Grind series' first issue is perhaps the best hentai doujin I have ever read. I say "perhaps" only because
I read that doujin so many times that I grew bored with it. That broke my heart, but I knew it was inevitable. But I don't know that I've read another doujin nearly as much as I read that one. I salute you, Hellabunna! :O
Second booth I'd gun for would be Shinjugai's (Takeda Hiromitsu). I'm a newer fan of his work -- I've only recognized him as somebody whose work I love for the last 2 years or so -- but I super-duper love his work, especially his drawing style.
I don't know if he has doujins at Comiket, sadly
, but the third table I'd search for would be Doi Sakazaki's.
And from there, I've got loads of artists whose work I love but even I realize that you can't get 'em all. The lines are too numerous and too long, and the pocket money I would have would not be enough to purchase more than 20 doujins tops.
Even if I couldn't get a doujin though? I would
beg my favorite authors to autograph my personally-owned copies of their mangas. (Yes, I'd bring those with me on the plane trip to Japan
just for this very purpose!) I would also provide each of them with a blank 300-page book I would be carrying around, and I would ask each author/artist to provide his signature on one page. That way, I would have for hentai what a baseball fan has for baseball when he gets a ball signed by all of the legendary players.
That is my dream.
I know I'm a total hentai dork, but seriously. I would
love to present this book to each of the team members of my favorite teams and be like, サインを下さいませんか！？お願いいたします！ I'd bust out my most humble keigo and, if they refused me, get on my hands and knees. The people in the hall could laugh at the baka-gaijin but I wouldn't care. I would be that devoted to trying to impress upon these circles, "I'm a big fan of yours and I would really love to have your autograph."
