“Freshman Kanji joins otaku club Genshiken; Saki tries to "normalize" boyfriend Kousaka amid cosplay, conventions, and fandom chaos.”
Genshiken
げんしけん
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Freshman Kanji joins otaku club Genshiken; Saki tries to "normalize" boyfriend Kousaka amid cosplay, conventions, and fandom chaos.
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... (Source: Del Rey Manga)
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A Manga Publication
- Format 127 × 21 ch × vol
- Total read 16h 56m approx
- Published Apr 2002 – Aug 2016
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0337 catalog