Genshiken: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture
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Genres
Comedy, School Life, Seinen, Drama, Slice of Life
Summary
- Kanji Sasahara is a shy freshman who finally decides to fulfill his dream of joining the otaku club
- Saki Kasukabe, his girlfriend and an otaku club member, wishes for him to be a normal guy instead
- A funny and realistic story about otaku and normal people exploring the manga and anime subculture
Description
It's the spring of freshman year, and Kanji Sasahara is in a quandary. Should he fulfill his long-cherished dream of joining an otaku club? Saki Kasukabe also faces a dilemma. Can she ever turn her boyfriend, anime fanboy Kousaka, into a normal guy? Kanji triumphs where Saki fails, when both Kanji and Kousaka sign up for Genshiken: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture.
Undeterred, Saki chases Kousaka through the various activities of the club, from costume-playing and comic conventions to video gaming and collecting anime figures—learning more than she ever wanted to about the humorous world of the Japanese fan...
Authors
Characters
Kenjirou Hato
main
Makoto Kousaka
main
Saki Kasukabe
main
Kanako Oono
main
Mirei Yajima
main
Naoko Asada
support
Rika Yoshitake
main
Kanji Sasahara
main
Chika Ogiue
main
Fuji
support
Haraguchi
support
Angela Burton
support
Kato
support
Kimura
support
Konno
support
Yurie Kitagawa
support
Susanna Hopkins
support
Kaminaga
support
Mitsunori Kugayama
support
Manabu Kuchiki
support
Makita
support
Yuuko Nakajima
support
Keiko Sasahara
support
Sawazaki
support
Shodai Kaichou
support
Takayanagi
support
Souichiro Tanaka
support
Mina Shigeta
support
Kumiko Yabusaki
support
Risa Yoshitake
support
Other Facts
Published
Jun 25, 2002 to Aug 25, 2016
Serialization
Afternoon
Where to read
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