Hello, I'm Mikachu. Since last year of April, I've become a high-school dropout and I'm wondering if there's a way that I can get a job that will help me get money. I'm not going to school at all, and I'm not going to college either, because I'm done with school for personal reasoning.

Now I'm just looking for jobs for a dropout. I have a few ideas on how to make money but I just think that people wouldn't be interested. I'm good at drawing and writing—one of my dreams was to become a doujinshi artist for various parodies. I'm, so far, doing DRRR! Doujinshis, and I've finished the script for it, but I'm trying to send it to my editor. The first doujinshi is a Izaya x Mikado one, so I'm not sure how many IzaMika fans are in the DRRR! fandom, adding to the fact that I'm not sure how many copies I should print.

I'm working on the second doujinshi, however it's WIP... The second option for me is to sell some mangas or Doujinshis (I have two Izaya x Masaomi one from Komae Salon, one is R-18 and the other isn't.) I'm not sure what else to sell—the mangas that I have are the DRRR! Mangas, Saika Arc, and Yellow Scarves Arc, total volume of 11; Black Butler volume 6 and 9, Vampire Knight Volume 9-10 and 12-19 Final.

I'm not going to a real job because they won't accept me, and I don't know how to do things. The last option that I have is to work in a library or something, but I don't know if they're hiring or not. So...if you guys have some suggestions, feel free to comment or something. Thanks!

-Mikachu

I can't really go into specifics because it really depends a lot on you, but here's what I suggest.
So depending on your art skills, making doujinshis could help out. I would say you should make some social media accounts and get the word out there while you can before you sell them; HOWEVER, don't look at this as a full time job. This is something you should do on the side because you're not going to get a ton of money from this.
If you're really in a pinch, then go ahead and sell your manga online, but you probably won't get more then $10 per book.

What you should be doing is looking for some part-time jobs. They can still hire you with a high school education and a part-time job would be the best place to start. Get a couple of those and this may help you get a full time job in the future. It might not be your dream job, but it'll be a job. You're not going to get very far by just selling doujinshis and working in a library, sadly it's not that easy. :(

Honestly, go back to school, AT LEAST finish high school. That's the best advice I can give you. You're young and I think you don't realize how tough reality is, what the real world is like.

It's not that easy to sell your doujinshi. It's actually very hard to make a living off of art. I suggest you don't rely on your art to bring an income. Instead, make it your 'second job,' to bring in that extra bit.

Look for real full-time jobs. If you're trying to make a living, part-time will get you nowhere. Even with a full-time job, I can't guarantee you'll make a living because you are going to be so extremely limited in what jobs you can take. That's the reality. If you don't have an education -- not even high school -- you will have a very hard life.

I don't know your personal reasons for choosing to drop out, but let me tell you something you probably already know: you are given the opportunity to have an education and you should take that opportunity and be grateful for it.

This may sound harsh, but consider and reconsider you options, this is the best advice I can give you.

Best of luck.

>>3 Depending on where they live, going back to high school may not be an option.

>>1 OP, if you want to work a job and are in America, focus on getting your GED right now. Everyone I know who dropped out got one and hasn't had a problem finding work since. It's considered equivalent to a traditional diploma at most places.

As for making money on the side, understand that you're implying you'd like to run your own businesses with that artwork. It's a big undertaking that you don't go into without already having something to fall back on. Have you even studied your demographics? Done any test marketing? Planned any distribution channels? Just running into drawing and printing is going to be a dark money pit.

(Note also that it's illegal to make a profit from doujinshi without a proper license from the copyright holder. It's only put up with because it generally goes under the radar.)

Look for things that you can do with no overhead for now. If you're guaranteed stable internet, look into digital things. Are you a good artist? Sell prints (that do NOT have copyrighted characters, etc. on them) online. Even dA has print-on-demand features. Are you a good writer? Make an ebook out of your (NOT FANFICTION) stories to sell on Kindle, Nook, etc. Are you over eighteen and skilled at anything in particular? Consider doing freelance work for clients at sites like Upwork.

You're gonna have to do some research and explore the world. It'll probably be a while before your skills have developed to the point where you're going to get paid a living wage for anything, but you have to start somewhere.