Hmm Akamatsu Ken, actively supporting his franchises' doujin communities and later serving them as a Representative in the legislature. He seems like a good guy.
Around the year 2000, I checked catalogs for doujin circles that were doing derivative works of "Love Hina" for male audiences, and went out of my way to thank them by sending them autographed telephone cards. Was that wrong? (lol)Akamatsu Ken