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大學的校慶即將來臨，現視研決定依照往年的模式，出版「萌芽娛樂」的增刊號進行販售。從沒寫過小說的吉武，這次決定要寫小說，並且矢島畫插畫。而荻上也決定找波戶合作，讓波戶來畫她所寫出來的故事。但波戶這時候才發現，自己穿男裝與穿女裝時畫的圖相去甚遠，而且穿女裝時只會畫糟糕的BL圖…
179 pages, Paperback
First published June 22, 2012
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Shimoku Kio
104 books26 followersShimoku Kio (木尾士目) is a Japanese manga artist best known for his manga Genshiken, which was originally serialized in the Afternoon Magazine. It was later published in Japan by Kodansha, which produces Afternoon Magazine, and by Del Rey in the United States. Genshiken is an anime, manga, and light novel series about a college otaku club and its members.
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February 13, 2022
A series that you back to your college years when you joined the anime club, found a bunch of others who were into the same things you, and you started to get a better sense of where you were going. If you enjoy series that look at anime and gamer culture you owe it to yourself to check out this series.
December 10, 2024
Without Madarame, this would be somewhere in the 2 to 3 star range. There are too many new characters, too many references to other manga, and too little clarity. Madarame is carrying this manga for now. With nine volumes to go, I hope he gets some help!
June 1, 2025
Genshiken
Getting to read this again and how I have forgotten what has happens. Hato-chan is growing (not sure why I said Haru-chan before.) Still surprised we haven't seen the little sister again.
Getting to read this again and how I have forgotten what has happens. Hato-chan is growing (not sure why I said Haru-chan before.) Still surprised we haven't seen the little sister again.
April 21, 2019
This part is as boring and pointless as the first part...😟😴💕📖📖
November 11, 2019
I hate to say it, but this series is slowly morphing into a story that I'm losing interest in.
What I loved about the original Genshiken was that it was something that I could easily relate to. A bunch of college guys sitting around between and after classes talking about comics, video games and anime. It's something that I used to do when I was in college, which is why I loved the series so much.
However, now the series is really just about a bunch of girls sitting around talking about Hato's cross-dressing. Why he does it, what he gets out of it, trying to get him to stop, why he can draw better when he's cross-dressing, etc. It's annoying because it seems like that's what this entire volume is revolving around. Oh and they kinda touch on the fact that they're trying to do a manga for an upcoming school festival. I would have enjoyed the story much more if that could have been the main focus for this volume.
Then again they did do that exact thing in the last season with Sasahara getting the manga together in time for the Comic-Fest, so I can see why they didn't want to do the same storyline twice.
Also Kuchi has gone from being a delightfully quirky character to someone who is just annoying and is bordering on harassment when he interacts with the women in his club. He really needs to go.
The artwork is still good, and we still get to see the great characters of Madarame and Sasahara now and then, and it's good to see that Madarame is looking to move on with his life and separate himself from his old college. But this volume just wasn't up to the standards that I have come to expect from this series.
What I loved about the original Genshiken was that it was something that I could easily relate to. A bunch of college guys sitting around between and after classes talking about comics, video games and anime. It's something that I used to do when I was in college, which is why I loved the series so much.
However, now the series is really just about a bunch of girls sitting around talking about Hato's cross-dressing. Why he does it, what he gets out of it, trying to get him to stop, why he can draw better when he's cross-dressing, etc. It's annoying because it seems like that's what this entire volume is revolving around. Oh and they kinda touch on the fact that they're trying to do a manga for an upcoming school festival. I would have enjoyed the story much more if that could have been the main focus for this volume.
Then again they did do that exact thing in the last season with Sasahara getting the manga together in time for the Comic-Fest, so I can see why they didn't want to do the same storyline twice.
Also Kuchi has gone from being a delightfully quirky character to someone who is just annoying and is bordering on harassment when he interacts with the women in his club. He really needs to go.
The artwork is still good, and we still get to see the great characters of Madarame and Sasahara now and then, and it's good to see that Madarame is looking to move on with his life and separate himself from his old college. But this volume just wasn't up to the standards that I have come to expect from this series.
April 8, 2014
Still as much fun as ever. Shimoku has an eye for detail and rarely lets the geek humor devolve into caricature. The characters feel real and the humor a natural outgrowth of that reality. Good stuff!
February 14, 2016
Another awesome, hilarious book in this series. This one focussed a lot on Hato-kun and his crossdressing, and also on the new magazine they want to make for the festival.
December 25, 2013
Someone seriously needs to have a sit-down with Hato and talk out his obvious gender & sexuality confusion.
April 29, 2014
We get some interesting character developments in this volume. I'm particularly interested in seeing how Hato's art skills develop, and how he overcomes his artistic hangups.
September 21, 2015
I'm hoping that ending eventually leads into backstory for Hato, he's one of my favorites from this "season". Besides Ogiue, of course, but she was already my favorite.
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