The article’s keyword does not name the company directly, but internet sleuths have narrowed it down to three likely candidates, based on the phrase "this shithole company is mine."
Candidate A: Fakku’s Regional Server Fakku, the hentai licensing giant, suffered a minor API leak in early 2025. A log file contained the string "minen-exclusive-build." No one paid attention at the time.
Candidate B: The Collapse of Doujin-Moe Stream A now-defunct aggregate site called "DoujinDesu.TV" (actual history: it existed for 11 days in 2018) was rumored to have been bought for $47 and a bag of instant ramen. The buyer later tweeted “this shithole is mine now” before deleting his account.
Candidate C: A Malware Campaign Cybersecurity firm SnoopGuard released a brief note in March 2026 about a new info-stealer that renames the infected user’s "My Documents" folder to "MINEN_EXCLUSIVE." The command-and-control server’s header read "doujindesutv." doujindesutvthisshitholecompanyisminen exclusive
None of these confirm the full phrase—until now.
We managed to trace the registered domain doujindesutv.xyz (registered via Njalla, expired 2026-04-20). The WHOIS record pointed to a ProtonMail address: shithole.owner@protonmail.com. Against all better judgment, we sent an email.
Three hours later, we received a single line of plain text: The article’s keyword does not name the company
"the company is whatever i say it is. doujindesu tv is the mirror. the mirror shows the shithole. the shithole is mine. exclusive."
When pressed for clarification, the anonymous source (who signed their emails "Minen") added:
"You think Crunchyroll isn’t a shithole? You think Kadokawa pays scanlators? Exactly. So I took the ghost of Doujindesu, I pointed it at every back-end API I could find, and I declared bankruptcy of ethics. Exclusive rights to the trash heap. That’s the article." "the company is whatever i say it is
Attempts to verify this person’s identity led to a dead end: an abandoned Dreamwidth account and a single Reddit post from 2021 reading “fansubbing was better when we all hated each other.”
The doujinshi market, a culture of self-published works in Japan, has grown significantly over the years. It encompasses a wide range of content, including manga, novels, and other creative works, often derived from existing franchises or original ideas. This report aims to provide an overview of doujinshi and the concept of exclusive companies within this context.