How do we know if a certain doujin story will be in a manga?

I'm fairly new to Faaku so I'm still learning here. Couple days ago I asked if the TSF Story Append series were going to be in the new TSF book that's coming out. And a user responded that including a side doujin story wasn't possible to add to the main tankobon. Why is this? Is this true for all doujin stories/ collections?

I ask because buying doujin is pricey, and I bought a good amount completely forgetting if they could be part of a future manga release. I'm interested in Hypnotic Sexual Counseling by Aiue Oka and it has 10 ch. enough to be a complete physical release and be significantly cheaper. Is a collection like that, or any for that matter, possible to be added into a physical release? Or must I individually buy them?

Even though it's impossible to know if a physical release would even happen, what are your guy's strategy on this? Advice? I don't want to buy anything now, seeing that I would pay twice if they do decide to make a manga and the doujin that I have already bought are in that release.

I'm not sure if you know the difference, but doujinshi are independently published, whereas tankoubon (books) are commercially released manga. Books are almost always made up of chapters that were previously released in one of the publisher's magazines. So for instance, Ouchikaeru's works appear in Comic Kairakuten, which is published by Wanimagazine. Once there's enough content, Wanimagazine compiles those chapters into a book.

By contrast, it's rare for independently released doujinshi to get compiled into a book by a commercial publisher. One of the few exceptions on here I can think of is Futabu! Mix, which was published by Akaneshinsha despite mostly consisting of doujinshi releases. It's also possible for the individual creator to compile their works into a bigger collection, but those are often much more costly compared to commercial manga.

As for your specific question of why the TSF Story Append volumes aren't part of the book; I'm not personally too familiar with the series, but given the name "Append," I imagine they were released by the artist after the the book. We mimic the Japanese release, so if something wasn't there in the original book, we won't add it. TSF Monogatari is already a massive tome on its own (240 pages when the standard is around 210), so there's no way we could've slapped on another 345 pages with the Append series. That combined is enough content to fill three volumes.

Finally, we (FAKKU) do publish box sets where we compile doujinshi releases. This is always a possibility for any of the artists we work with, but it's far from a guarantee. The series in question, Hypnotic Sexual Counseling, is not published by us, so whether or not that gets a physical release is completely up to Irodori Comics. As far as I know, they have yet to publish a physical compilation of any of their releases.

Fakku really only print box set for anime expo and published a few select doujins digitally. I said its possible just on the face that the site did three shindoL books but that all up to shindoL and if the original license expired with ENSHODO. It could be possible a redo of the digital or even a anime expo box set, but that up to the book staff and shindoL themselves.

Doujins collection rarely get a commercial release. There been doujin tankobons aka self published graphic novels but that was for very popular doujins sets or created just to be a tankobon. Futa club and Tsukusun's seasonal hime book Egao Kankan. Super rare shiny lvl things

Okay, I understand now. I already knew there was no guarantee of the chapters I purchased would ever be be in a physical release, and now that you confirm its a rare occasion to none, I'm more accepting of it. I've no problem buying as is right now, I just very much prefer physical manga, plus the digital bonus. I just wouldn't like that if a series I already payed for and own gets published in a physical release, it'd be a kick in the groin. But thanks for the response! It cleared up everything for me.

Aahh yes, you were the person who explained it to me. I forgot you mentioned the licensed expired, I also heard Enshodo shut down while still holding those licenses. So does that mean the rights go back to ShindoL or everything they had the rights to goes down with the company?

But this is good. If you hadn't explained it to me in the previous post, I wouldn't know everything the Fakku rep just explained to me.

Actually, there are quite some examples in the last few years. Many of them are published by GOT:

• 離島へ転校したらホストファミリーがドスケベで困る (Tropical Island Maniacs: My Host Family is so Lewd) by なるさわ景

• 人ならざるお嫁さま by しんどう, including the Mating with Oni series and a few other doujins. This book is published by ジーウォーク under ムーグコミックス.

• 家出ギャルに生中出ししまくって、同棲性活始めました (Runaway Girl) by 鬼遍かっつぇ and シツジ

• がーるずらっしゅ by æ°´å¹³ ç·š -- consisting of a few commercial chapters and many doujin releases.

• セックススマートフォン~ハーレム学園性活~ by 銀曜ハル[/url]

• サマーハレーション and いもうとコレクションH by さいかわゆさ

Of course, it's still rare comparing to the sheer volume of independently published origin doujins. After all, only popular ones get a chance.

I said "one of the few exceptions on here" as in on the site. Either way, it's by all means not the only one, but like you said, it's exceptionally rare.