Genshiken - The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture

Description

From Kodansha:
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 costumeplaying 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.

Official English

Type

Manga

Kujibiki Unbalance (Novel) (Side Story)

Kujibiki Unbalance (Spin-Off)

Genshiken Nidaime - The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture II (Sequel)

Ramen Tenshi Pretty Menma (Spin-Off)

Spotted Flower (Alternate Version)

Shouron Genshiken: Hairu Ranto no Yabou (Novel) (Side Story)

Associated Names

Genshiken

Genshiken - Otaku Club

Genshiken, The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture

The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture

げんしけん

现视研

現代視覚文化研究会

Groups Scanlating

Jinmen Juushin

Manga-Sketchbook

Latest Release(s)

v.9 c. by Manga-Sketchbook 18 years ago

v.8 c. by Manga-Sketchbook 18 years ago

v.7 c. by Manga-Sketchbook 19 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

9 Volumes (Complete)
5 Volumes (Shinsouban)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1

Ends at Vol 7, Chap 42 (S2 + OVA) Original ending in S2E24, Skips Chap 17, 20, 35

User Reviews

N/A

Forum

5 topics, 30 posts

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User Rating

Average: 8.5 / 10.0 (967 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.43 / 10.0

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Last Updated

January 12th, 2025 12:36am PST - 6 months ago

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Genre

Comedy Drama Mature Romance School Life Seinen Slice of Life
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Category Recommendations

Rakkyou no Kawa

Genshiken Nidaime - The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture II

Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii

Futaribocchi no Otacir no Hime

Otaku Tomodachi to no Sex wa Saikou ni Kimochi Ii

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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Kodansha

Serialized In (magazine)

Afternoon (Kodansha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Del Rey (Defunct / 9 Vols - Complete)

INKR Comics

Kodansha USA (3 Vols - Complete)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #744

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Monthly Pos #1665

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3 Month Pos #2402

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6 Month Pos #3318

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Year Pos #3451

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List Stats

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On 1314 wish lists

On 2338 completed lists

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Genshiken 57

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Genshiken 56

16 years ago

new genshiken is out!

18 years ago

Season 2 is Official!

18 years ago

User Comments [ Order by usefulness ]

Simply excelent

by avante-kun
17 years ago

Rating: N/A

I completelly love Genshiken, every character is great and unique and I love how they portray the otaku in each and all.
A must read, a must have and a must known...Genshiken is unique and lovable.

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To Each His/Her Own

by ratyz
17 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

After all the escapisms that we've sought from the other mangas that we've read, a slice of life really isn't that bad even though some of our lives, which some people voluntarily admit, aren't that interesting. Well, that isn't entirely true for there's always something interesting in everyone's life and there's also those who find interest in them.

Now we are given a group of characters that obviously has a world of their own. A group with a variety of characters that we can relate to in some ways than one. Hesitations, acceptance, being true to one's self.

Genshiken was a fun read for me. Characters all supported each other. Setting was not all varied but enough to establish their identities. And what could be a more fitting conflict for each character to undergo but their daily confrontation with reality?

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fun reading

by NIQ
17 years ago

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I read this because I couldn't wait for the anime to finish in time and then it left out much. Well the story is nothing to write home about, the ending is somewhat predictable, relationships and so on.. But it is a lot of fun reading.

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Great Read

by Nins_Leprechaun
17 years ago

Rating: 8.5 / 10.0

A great manga that does an exellent job potraying the characters. A must read for anyone even slightly interested in the Slice of Life catagory.

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Great stuff

by 2H
18 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Simply awesome. Great coming to age series. Though sometimes I felt they where too hardcore, but it's all good. Little bits of romance where nice too.

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Slice of life...

by anime_lover122488
18 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

of otakus! Can it get any better xD. I enjoyed every chapter of this series, smiling inwardly during its humors and references The ending wasn't too bad either. Not too long as well. A firm 10 in my books.

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Loved it, waiting for the next release

by toshiro
18 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I'm not qualified to write critiques of manga, so I'll just say I liked it a lot...

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can't wait for the last vol

by Silluete
18 years ago

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well i not a fans of slice of life, in fact i a seinen hardcore fans but i decide to give this manga a shot and got good time reading ^^ this manga deserve a minimum 7++ rating

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Meh

by Kiru_Biru
18 years ago

Rating: N/A

If you aren't so called "otaku" (geek), don't even bother. The artwork is pretty good, but the story is something I could care less about.

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Awesome.

by Lukannon
18 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

A great series, but it'll only be appealing to some people. Fans with merely a passing interest in manga/anime, gtfo. This is not for you. In fact, people who aren't fans of slice of life, gtfo. You've got no business writing a review when you dislike the genre. Not everyone needs a series where the main character saves the world fourteen times in as many volumes.

Kio Shimoku wins. Hopefully we'll be seeing more from him/her after Genshiken.

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