num_pages: 180
description: ANIME OBSESSIONIt'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!
language: English
title: Genshiken: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture, Vol. 1
titlecomplete: Genshiken: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture, Vol. 1
genres: Graphic Novels, Manga, Japan, Young Adult, Slice Of Life, Comics, Comedy, Seinen, Fiction, Humor
ratings_count: 1932
series: Genshiken: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture
publisher: Ballantine Books-New York