Yeah, there are plenty of non-porn doujinshi. Doujinshi really are the manga equivalent of fanfic, so all of the same general categories are represented: crossovers, parodies, dramas, tragedies, soap operas, etc. etc.; however, since almost all of them originate in Japan and are written in Japanese, porn is the easiest type to figure out what's going on without understanding the dialogue.
Forgot to add in the other discussion thread-- wrt the licensed English-language versions in the US, the tv series and the manga are called "Rurouni Kenshin" but the OVAs and movie are called "Samurai X". Both OVAs were made after the tv series had ended; the first one is based on an extended flashback that occurs in the manga after the story arcs equivalent to the first two tv seasons, while the second one's story has almost no basis in the manga or anime.
The first OVA was originally released in four half-hour episodes, of which the first two were bundled in the US as "Samurai X: Trust" and the second two were "Samurai X: Betrayal". There's also a "director's cut" version that smoothly spliced all four episodes together and chopped off the top and bottom into pseudo-widescreen dimensions for the sake of theatrical release. The movie is called something like "Samurai X: The Motion Picture". Similar to the first OVA, the second OVA was made as two episodes, bundled together in their original forms as "Samurai X: Reflections" and spliced together into a "Reflections" director's cut.
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on 2006-07-31 05:46 pm (UTC)Forgot to add in the other discussion thread-- wrt the licensed English-language versions in the US, the tv series and the manga are called "Rurouni Kenshin" but the OVAs and movie are called "Samurai X". Both OVAs were made after the tv series had ended; the first one is based on an extended flashback that occurs in the manga after the story arcs equivalent to the first two tv seasons, while the second one's story has almost no basis in the manga or anime.
The first OVA was originally released in four half-hour episodes, of which the first two were bundled in the US as "Samurai X: Trust" and the second two were "Samurai X: Betrayal". There's also a "director's cut" version that smoothly spliced all four episodes together and chopped off the top and bottom into pseudo-widescreen dimensions for the sake of theatrical release. The movie is called something like "Samurai X: The Motion Picture". Similar to the first OVA, the second OVA was made as two episodes, bundled together in their original forms as "Samurai X: Reflections" and spliced together into a "Reflections" director's cut.