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PLANT-42 FAN COMMUNITY SHOWCASE - DOUJINSHI [同人誌]

Title: VERONICA METHODOLOGY Circle: B-STING Released: 10/08/2001 Rarity: ★★★★★ - Hard To Find Information: Veronica Methodology is B-Sting’s CV focused manga, and following previous releases it holds a comedic tone for a majority of the stories contained within. 

Amongst the myriad of 4koma is a more serious story where Steve’s dying memories are of the times he was happy with his family, with Wesker’s henchmen being disturbed that he’s just a kid as they wrap up his body to take away. Thank gods there is a lot of comedy to balance it out, including: 

Claire, after slapping some sense into Steve about running ahead without her, pincer a Bandersnatcher to pull its hyper-flexible arm beyond its limit. Chris discovers a cute cook kitchen gadget randomly in a hallway, and learns upon turning it to face him is a trip sensor leading him to be assailed by one of Wesker’s hunters. The giant spider gets blown up only to show its abdomen was full of Sony products, including the PS2 on which they were about to be poorly ported to. 

And poor Alfred, attempting to execute a traitor but finding his aim at nearly point blank with a pistol is so poor he can’t hit him – much to the amusement of the other Umbrella staff.

PLANT-42 FAN COMMUNITY SHOWCASE - DOUJINSHI [同人誌]

Title: THUNDERBOLT Circle: B-Sting Released: 30/12/1998 Rarity: ★★★★★  - Hard To Find Information: B-Sting’s third foray into the world of Survival Horror comes in the form of another Biohazard 2 themed doujinshi. Much like their prior two releases (Guns, Phenomenon - later combined into Extra Guns in 1999) the stories vary from heavy comedy to much more serious pieces, and are evenly spaced out to make the entire book great to read.

Marvin discovers that it’s Leon’s birthday, and proceeds to not just tell the entire precinct but the entire city, with poor Leon left in a stupor as they roll down the main street in an RPD SUV to a parade for the rookie. Sherry comes across Cody (Final Fight) beating up zombies hand to hand and Claire doesn’t believe her when she relays the event. 

Amidst the 4koma shorts is a more serious side-story based around Sherry as she wanders alone trying to evade the undead - when she gets grabbed by a zombie and she thinks it’s her end, she’s saved by another zombie who bites through the throat of the enemy zombie to take off its head. The zombie carefully speaks, only just holding onto its last shred of humanity, and its then that Sherry recognises him – one of her fellow senior classmates who often helped her study. 

PLANT-42 FAN COMMUNITY SHOWCASE - DOUJINSHI [同人誌]

Title: FEVERISH INGREDIENT Circle: B-STING Released: 12/08/2005 Rarity: ★★★★★ - Hard To Find Information: B-Sting’s final doujinshi published, not just for Biohazard but for other fandoms going forward as well, which was a sad day for the community. 

Feverish Ingredient goes out with a bang however – no serious comics, just pure comedy. It starts out with Leon getting mobbed in the village upon arriving because the villagers recognise him as ‘the famous Leon S. Kennedy’ even with his sunglasses. Ashley keeps trying to find out more about Leon, who has to keep paying the Merchant thousands of pesetas to ‘buy out’ the items like “Leon’s Past” before she can. In the end even Krauser is joining in the fun, much to Leon’s horror.

I think my favourite part of this one is the 4koma that are spliced in between pages, including the one shown in the sample page scan wherein Leon looks up the robe of a cultist who proceeds to chastise him just as Ashley does if he’s at the bottom of a ladder. Meanwhile Leon is getting next to no pesetas from the Merchant for the rare and shiny gems he’s finding -- but Ashley presents the Merchant with a stunning beetle specimen that nets her 50,000 pesetas. 

PLANT-42 FAN COMMUNITY SHOWCASE - DOUJINSHI [同人誌]

Title: Sleepwalker Road (離魂道)  Circle: Recondo Released: 20/04/1997 Rarity: ★★★★  - Somewhat Obscure Information: A rare, old 1997 doujinshi. For the most part it's quite serious, dealing with character relations, and even has Jill contemplating shooting herself after being bitten by a zombie, and Rebecca reading the diary of a girl going progressively mad from infection. 

It does have some fantastic gag pages, such as Barry freaking out in English over a plate of sandwiches while screaming Jill's name (a play on the series long gag of "almost a Jill-filled sandwich",) and Chris dying in-game because he tipped the mixed herb paper upside down in the check screen. It needs the comedic breaks because they give a breather between some very heavy stories.