Genshiken

げんしけん

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Anime start Vol 1, Chap 1 / Vol 9, Chap 50 (Nidaime OVA) Anime stop Vol 7, Chap 42 (S2 + OVA) Original ending in S2E24, Skips Chap 17, 20, 35 / Vol 9, Chap 51 (Nidaime OVA)

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It’s spring of freshman year, and Kanji Sasahara has a difficult dilemma. Should he declare his love for manga and anime fandom by joining an otaku club, like he has always wanted to? Is he prepared to deal with the social stigma attached to being an otaku? Meanwhile, Saki Kasakabe has her own otaku conundrum. How can she turn her boyfriend, anime fanboy Makoto, into a normal guy? Kanji follow his heart as does Saki. When both Kanji and Makoto join Genshiken: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture, Saki chases Makoto through the various activities of the club from cosplaying and comic conventions, to video gaming and anime model figures. Saki finds otaku to be more than she imagined, but not necessarily in a good way. (Source: Kodansha USA)

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Genres
Boys Love Comedy Drama Romance Slice of Life Tragedy
Audience Demographics
Male Oriented Seinen
Character Types
Ensemble Cast Cast Primarily Adult Cast
Occupations
Comic Artist Doujinshika
Themes
Comedy Parody Romance Unrequited Love Slice of Life School Life
Narrative Tropes
Storytelling Techniques Meta
Character Change
Character Growth Appearance Different from Personality
Activities
Leisure Cosplay
Character Archetype
Otaku Dere Types Tsundere
Locations
Club Foreign School
School
School Clubs College
Sexual Content
Intensity Mature