@antitude Rather, I wasn't sure if you genuinely missed the "Adaption" tag, and the link to NovelUpdates, and never checked Google, or if you did see those/checked Google and was trying to be witty.
Both the bear and the cow are characters from the Nintendo DS game Kamatanchi, which the artist also worked on. Guessing that was the artist's way of showing they're moving on.
See, this is why I just save often and restart from my last one instead. Don't have to worry about wasted items too.
Also, I make an effort to not die.
@superbird
Basically, "doujinshi" means any self-published work; whether fan-work or original, porn or non-porn, manga, novel, game, music, anything as long as it's self-published. Pretty much synonymous with "indie".
@superbird
Pardon, but wanted to nitpick something about your review. You said "his self-published original works don't do as well as his doujin, but "self-published original works" are doujin. Sorry, but conflating "doujin" with "porn manga" is a pet peeve of mine.