If you wish to submit a doujinshi but do not know who scanned, translated, and/or drew the doujinshi, this page will lay out tips to help you make an effort to discover the information you're looking for!
If you know the translator, scanner, and/or artist that is listed as "N/A" on any of our site's uploads, please contact me at kirakirawwwtenshi@gmail.com with the name of the specific doujinshi(s) you're correcting and the appropriate infomation I can update it with!
Tip One: Use https://www.mangaupdates.com/
This site is INVALUABLE. Simply pop in the doujinshi's name into the search bar on the side of the website and see if it is listed on there. If it is, it will have all kinds of good info like who wrote the doujinshi, who scanned it, who drew it, and any circles/groups who contributed to it.
Tip Two: Check https://www.suruga-ya.jp/ and https://otakurepublic.com/
Unlike mangaupdates, these are shopping websites. Nevertheless, they are just as useful! Try searching for your doujinshi here. Both sites, if they are selling the doujinshi, will list credit information. Suruga-ya may be harder to navigate if you cannot read Japanese, but assuming you find your doujinshi on their site, all you must do is look down at the alternating white and gray bars (the header should say 商品詳細情報). From there, direct your attention to the white bar just below the grey one. The first Kanji you should see will be 画 (artist) or 画著 (artist and writer). Sometimes there will only be a 画. Sometimes 画 and 著 will be two separate categories, and sometimes it will list just 画著. Whatever the case, copy the name next to 画(著) and 著 (if it's there). Those are the names of the artist and the writer.
Otakurepublic is a bit easier as it is in English. Pop the name of your doujinshi into the search bar and see if they have it. If they do, click on the listing and scroll down to the details. There may be a section titled "circle"-- this is the group of people who worked on the doujinshi. Under that, there may be "author", which is usually the artist. Both of these are important! When possible, I like to credit the circle the artist/writer were a part of.
Tip Three: Google with Quotation Marks
If the first two didn't work, the age-old trick of Googling just might! Type in your doujinshi's name into Google with quotation marks. For example, if the doujinshi's name is The Boy Who, type into Google: "The Boy Who". This will make it so Google will only show you results with this exact phrasing. However, most doujin titles are pretty simple, and therefore, even with this method, will bring up a bunch of unrelated things. So, to combat this, make sure to add the series your doujin is for after the title, such as: "The Boy Who" Death Note. Or: "The Boy Who" "Death Note". See if you can find any links with your doujinshi online, they may just have the info you're looking for!
I still can't find anything...
That's okay! You tried your best. You can still send me the .zip of the doujinshi without knowing the circle, artist, translator, and/or scanner. I will do my best to also locate any information I can. But sometimes, information is just lost to time. The important part is to try your hardest to look beforehand.
Extra: What is a "circle"?
A shape, duh. Lol, just kidding. I'm including this section because those not familiar with doujin culture may not know this term. A "cricle" is simply a group or team of artists and writers who make doujinshi together! In your head, you can replace "circle" with "group."
