Editing Visual novel (section)

===Dōjinshi games (dōjin soft)===
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[[Dōjinshi]] ({{Lang|ja|同人誌}}, often transliterated as ''doujinshi'') is the Japanese term for self-published (fan-made) works. This includes (but is not limited to) ''[[dōjin soft|dōjin games]]'' ({{Lang|ja|同人ゲーム}}), also sometimes called ''dōjin soft (''{{Lang|ja|同人ソフト}}). These visual novel-style games are created as [[Fan labor|fan-made works]] based on pre-existing ''[[fandom]]s'' (usually [[anime and manga fandom|anime and manga]], but also for TV shows or even other pre-existing games and visual novels). Dōjinshi games are often based on romance (or ''[[shipping (fandom)|shipping]]'') between two characters, known as an ''[[otome game]]'' ({{Lang|ja|乙女ゲーム}}) or ''[[dating sim]]''; sometimes becoming sexual (or ''[[hentai]]''), known as an ''[[eroge]]'' ({{Lang|ja|エロゲ}}, a portmanteau of '''ero'''tic '''ga'''me ({{Lang|ja|エロチックゲーム}})).