Genshiken
げんしけん
Synopsis
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)
Manga Information Profile
Manga Genshiken is written by Shimoku Kio, has status Finished, with 127 chapters and 21 volume. This Comedy, Drama, Otaku Culture, School, Seinen, Slice of Life manga started publishing in 2002. Community score is 8.23/10. Main characters in this manga are not strongly mapped in the available metadata yet.
Metadata & Community Analysis
Quick Profile
Manga • Finished • started 2002
Chapters/Volumes: 127 chapters • 21 volume
Main genres: Comedy, Drama, Otaku Culture
Release scale: The series length is established: not too short, but deep enough to build story tension.
Creators: Shimoku Kio
MAL Community Signals
MAL score: 8.23/10 (13,921)
Rank MAL: #447
MAL popularity: #453
Members: 44,705
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Jikan relations: 1 side story, 2 spin-off
Reader Interest Patterns
Similar titles readers often choose: Mousou Shoujo Otaku-kei (3 votes), Otaku no Musume-san (3 votes), Doujin Work (2 votes), Souta-kun no Akihabara Funtouki (1 votes)
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