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{{quote|"''Those people who say that they can't jerk off to anime must have something wrong with their brains! Either that, or they're just trying to act cool!''"|Madarame [[Rule of Three|again]], as tactful as ever.}}
'''''Genshiken''''', [[Portmanteau Series Nickname|short for]] '''''Gendai Shikaku Bunka Kenkyuukai''''' (or, ''The Society for the Study of the Modern Visual Culture''), is the story of the members of this ostensibly-useless club. Formed in the past as a sort of bridge between the manga, anime, and gaming clubs, most members of those three are at best indifferent to the continued existence of the Genshiken. The new extracurricular activities board has decided to close all clubs who don't hold any meaningful activities, the Genshiken is among them, and it's up to its members to do something that prevents the club from getting closed.
From obsessing over a favorite anime to buying and reading [[Fanfic|doujinshi]], from playing one's first [[Dating Sim]] to attending a convention (the anime's "ComiFes" is a direct play on the real-life "[[Comiket|ComiKet]]", which is held twice yearly), and many other things along the way, ''Genshiken'' puts the [[Otaku]] culture under the microscope for all to see.
Comparisons to ''[[Otaku no Video]]'' are nearly inevitable, though ''Genshiken'' is much more down-to-earth. (No creating a giant one-off Macross that can actually take off, for instance.)
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There is also a novel entitled ''Genshiken: Return of the Otaku''.
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* [[Abuse Is Okay When It Is Female On Male]]: When Angela takes off her top, Ohno punches her boyfriend Tanaka hard enough to knock him out just to prevent him from seeing Angela's flesh. This is played for laughs. There is also Saki's violence towards Sasahara (but only once, and she later apologizes), Kucchi (who brings it on himself), and Madarame (who actually likes getting hit by Saki and deliberately tries to provoke her into hitting him at least twice).
* [[The Ace]]: Kousaka, in a more down-to-Earth version than most Aces. He is good-looking, athletic, and taught himself how to program in a month.
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* [[And Zoidberg]]: Yajima is... not as skilled with being a manga assistant as the other members of Genshiken...
{{quote|''It's a scene of pure chaos with everyone helping President Ogiue meet her deadline for the 52-page long second half of her serialized story.''
''[[Wholesome Crossdresser|Hato Kenjirou]], the'' '''guy''' ''now completely in charge of doing the backgrounds.''
''The peerlessly steady-handed inker and white-outer, [[Phenotype Stereotype|Suzanna Hopkins]].''
''[[Genki Girl|Yoshitake Rika]], now capable of cutting and pasting in simple tones!''
''Yajima Mirei, female.'' }}
* [[Anime Accent Absence]]: While not a ''foreign'' character, Ohno spent about 8 years living in the US prior to the start of the series, and shouldn't be nearly as fluent in Japanese as she's portrayed. On the other hand, her English is grammatically correct, but her accent (in the anime) is absurdly thick for having spent her formative years abroad. Of course, this is due to the limits of the actress playing her.
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* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: Tanaka.
* [[Fake-Out Opening]]: The first episode of the anime actually starts out as the intro, OP and first few seconds afterwards of Kujibiki Unbalance, before revealing that it's actually Sasahara watching the show. It goes on just long enough to make the viewer wonder if they're watching the wrong show by mistake.
* [[Faux Fluency]]: Ohno's "English" dialogue in the anime. One can imagine [[Ayako Kawasumi]] reading off a card written entirely in Katakana, with [[
* [[Fish Out of Water]]: Kasukabe.
* [[Fan Service]]: While the manga has some of this, the anime is ''rife'' with this, especially during the episodes covering ComicFes, half of this is supplied by...
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* [[Time Skip]]: A slight one in Chapter 56, which was created and released as a bonus together with the Japanese "Genshiken 2" box-set. The chapter told us what the characters had become, and what's going on the Genshiken club right now.
* [[Tohoku Regional Accent]]: Ogiue usually speaks in formal Standard Japanese, but reverts to her native Tohoku dialect when she gets nervous or embarrassed, which only serves to throw her further into panic-mode.
* [[Took a Level
* [[Tsundere]]: Ogiue, so adorable but so mean too. Poor Sasahara.
** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in the bonus chapter of the final volume.
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