Sites like Fanza and DLsite allow anyone to create an account and sell their doujin products, be it ASMR, manga, games, illustrations, etc., and we usually bring them here on the site when certain products sell a lot.
For example, we brought here about a ASMR about a cute anime girl burping that sold a lot, or when we published here about adult manga that generated huge sales.
Most AI-Made Doujins Are Not Selling
And when there are no sales? Well, with AIs being able to create illustrations and also manga, many doujins have appeared in DLsite and Fanza stores and a dedicated otaku discovered that most of the doujins made by AI are not selling.
According to him, he checked 342 AI-made doujin works and found that in 1 week 189 of them had not sold above 10 copies, which means that the majority (or 55%) of AI-made doujins did not sell above 2 digits!
Obviously these numbers were presented by a Japanese person who looked at sales data on Fanza. What if we take a longer time frame? According to what was said, even if we increase it by more weeks, half of the AI-made doujins had less than 10 sales! Let’s go! see reactions with this information?
“After all, AI is just a tool.”
“I can create a doujin myself, so I don’t need to buy it.”
“Those who know how to make something that sells should simply hire an illustrator and produce something profitable.”
“If I can make it myself, I don’t need to buy it, and I don’t want to buy it. It seems like buying is losing.”
“It seems like there are more people defending AI, huh? Haha.”
“The market is more accessible and has a large number of participants, so AI has much more demand and potential than traditional artists. Being jealous and creating a topic like this is really unfortunate.”
“There’s no passion, so it’s not exciting. It’s like capsule food in a dystopia.”
“The problem is making fanart with the Lora that someone else created. What would be interesting is for the artist to train the AI with his own characters and have the AI create something different from what he normally draws.”
“Because no one wants that.”
“It’s low-quality mass production. Even if there’s a well-made piece of work, it gets lost in the trash.”
“What percentage of works with less than 10 sales are not AI?”
“AI ‘artists’ earn less than can collectors.”
“If there is dedication from the artist, even weird things like ‘Motsuaki’ sell. AI doesn’t have that.”
“Why would I pay for something anyone can do? Haha.”
