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

By: Shimoku Kio

Published April 26th 2005 by Del Rey (first published December 18th 2002)

Category: Arts

Pages: 180 pages

ISBN: 9780345481696

Description:
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.

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!