There are many famous manga artists who have worked in the manga industry. Hentai and recently in Japan A heated discussion began about how profitable creating a hentai manga can be when the numbers for a particular work were revealed.
Digital sales platforms such as FANZA It is DLsite list the number of digital copies sold of each of the published hentai manga. It turns out that “Imouto no Tomodachi ga Dosukebe Taishuu Fechi Sugite, Inkya no Ore to Kikenbi Nakadashi Hamemakuri”, the hentai doujinshi that recently attracted this discussion, is listed with the following numbers:
- DLsite – 22,536 digital copies sold at an average price of 1,210 yen each, which translates to 27,268,560 yen (more than 180 thousand dollars).
- FANZA – 43,875 digital copies sold at an average price of 1,210 yen each, which translates to 53,088,750 yen (more than 352 thousand dollars).
Adding the two numbers together, the amount of money coming from sales is truly impressive. We don’t know what the profits were (i.e., how much the author loses in commissions to sales platforms, printing expenses, assistants’ salaries, etc.), but even if we consider that they have 50% profits, the amount is still be totally incredible.
In the comments we can read:
- I assume you will lose at least half the money in commissions and expenses.
- It was certainly very good, I understand why there are so many accumulated sales
- I heard that an erotic artist was able to buy a house with the profits from the sales of a single doujinshi
- Why doesn’t the protagonist have a face? I think it’s to facilitate their emotional involvement.
- With these sales you could easily buy a house
- I’m going to start writing erotic manga today! The earnings are definitely higher than my current job.
- Nowadays, anyone who knows how to draw has many open doors to earn a lot of money. And now with AIs, they do the work and artists just need to make adjustments
- Everyone who can draw has a lot of potential, but if I could do that I would probably write netorare
- No matter how much AI evolves, those who believe they can deceive the public by trying to sell a doujinshi made with this technology are completely mistaken. The illustrations are very beautiful, but making a doujinshi is another story.
- The hentai industry is said to have been profitable for over ten years. To the point of earning millions of yen thanks to erotic illustrations
- FANZA and DLsite receive just under half of commission sales. I would say the commission is around 30% of the value
- People who can draw should become erotic doujinshi artists. The Japanese dream is in this industry
- If you have drawing skills and enough imagination, you can make money by making a name for yourself on Twitter
- The platforms that make the most money are those that sell erotic manga. The money they receive must be enormous.
- They say VTubers make money, but the real deal is erotic doujinshi
