Joaquin had already purchased about a dozen different doujinshi and zines from several booths by the time Karen walks into his hearing radius. Someday he'll learn to be more thorough but the incredulity of her voice makes him stop and glance over at the issue in her hands. He immediately looks away, his face heating.

"S-surely not all of these are like that!" Surely... but now he's worried. Exactly how many of the ones he bought on cover alone were filled with that... stuff?