Genshiken: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture, Vol. 1

by Shimoku Kio · 2002

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ANIME OBSESSION

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.

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Undeterred, Saki chases Makoto through various activities of the club, from cos-play and comic conventions to video gaming and collecting anime figures - all thew while discovering more than she ever wanted to know about the humorous world of the Japanese otaku!

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2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisJapanJapanMore like thisLess of this
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young adultadult
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short · 180 pages
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