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There is also a novel entitled ''Genshiken: Return of the Otaku''.

 

* [[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).

* [[Blackmail]]: The first club president does this to Kasukabe to make her join Genshiken.

** Also used by Kasukabe against {{spoiler|the club council president}} to prevent her from {{spoiler|closing Genshiken}} forever.

* [[Blank White Eyes]]

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Manabu Kuchiki; he rather enjoys it, and usually earns it.

* [[Captain Oblivious]]: Once again, Kousaka.

* [[Doujinshi]]: Featured very prominently in the series: Sasahara spends the first few chapters getting used to buying erotic doujinshis, they never miss a single Comifes to return with entire trainloads of them, in the first few chapters of the second season they actually create one for the Comifes, and Ogiue later draws another one for the next Comifes.

* [[Driven to Suicide]]: {{spoiler|Ogiue threw herself off the roof of her old school after her "friends" betrayed her and traumatized her crush; her doing so after the Manga Club incident indicates she hasn't worked it out of her system.}}

* [[Elephant in The Living Room]]: Kousaka never realizes you aren't supposed to discuss it.

* [[Evolving Credits|Evolving End Credits]]: Each episode has subtle differences on the "Genshiken members sitting in the clubroom watching TV" end sequence, putting in or taking out characters and changing how they look. For example, episode 4 (which ended with Kasukabe going on a rampage after Madarame stuck a pair of cat ears on her) has everyone slumped over the table looking worn out, with Ohno standing nearby still dressed as [[Guilty Gear|Jam Kuradoberi.]]

* [[Expressive Hair]]: Ogiue.

* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: Tanaka.

* [[Faux Fluency]]: Ohno's "English" dialogue in the anime. One can imagine [[Ayako Kawasumi]] reading off a card written entirely in Katakana, with [[Yuko Goto]] and [[Yuki Kaida]] (competent and fluent in English, respectively) standing beside her and shaking their heads.

* [[Fish Out of Water]]: Kasukabe.

* [[Gratuitous Japanese]]: Most of Sue's dialogue, though much of it seems strangely appropriate for the situation. It [[Obfuscating Stupidity|might not be an accident]].

* [[Hand Behind Head]]

* [[Hollywood Homely]]: According to Kugayama, Ohno is an "ordinary person who's cute", while Kasukabe is like "a model". Like you could tell the difference.

* [[Ho Yay]]: Madarame/Sasahara get a lot of doujinshi and fanart devoted to them most likely because of Ogiue's event in the manga and anime.

** Also summoned when they discuss the difference between a scene from the ''[[Kujibiki Unbalance]]'' manga and its anime counterpart: while the manga has the girl just saying "If I stop being a crybaby...", the anime also has her saying "... will you be my bride?". The club agrees the manga did better by leaving it unexplained.

* [[Not Helping Your Case]]

* [[Occidental Otaku]]: Angela and Sue.

* [[Official Couple]]: Kasukabe and Kousaka of course, Tanaka and Ohno, and later {{spoiler|Sasahara and Ogiue.}}

* [[Skinship Grope]]: Lampshaded and ''then'' played straight, when Ohno fails to get Ogiue interested in her breasts, but Sasahara's sister proves all too willing to get a feel of them.

* [[Special Edition Title]]: The series opens with the ''[[Kujibiki Unbalance]]'' opening credits.

* [[Spoiler Opening]]: Kasukabe's cosplay.

* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]: Prez.

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[Unintentional Period Piece]]: The series is a snapshot of the Japanese ''otaku'' subculture as it was at the time it was first published / aired. The references are contemporary, and it notably deals with the ''[[Moe]]'' boom and (to an extent) the "mainstreaming" of otakudom around the middle of the [[Turn of the Millennium]]. The gap between the old guard and the new generation is [http://ogiuemaniax.wordpress.com/2011/06/24/the-appearing-and-disappearing-wave-of-generational-change-in-genshiken-ii-volume-1genshiken-volume-10/ increasingly evident] in ''Nidaime'', where the idea of "otaku" has gone from something of an internalized, somewhat shameful identity to a (relatively) unstigmatized descriptor of someone who enjoys his or her hobbies with a shameless, fiery passion.

* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]: Kasukabe, much to the surprise of the others, seemed to be like this with Kousaka until he agreed to date her.

** Kasukabe in general. About ninety percent of the violence inflicted in the club has had something to do with her.

* [[Vague Age]]: Ohno refuses to elaborate on Sue's age.

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Kasukabe claims to hate the otakus at Genshiken, but she still hangs around the clubroom without Kousaka there, and is more than willing to stand up for them.

* [[Wall of Text]]: If given a good enough reason, [http://www.mangareader.net/genshiken/58/5 Yoshitake will go off on her own tangent].

* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]: Kousaka, who crossplays to help sell ''[[Doujinshi]]''. He doesn't expect Kasukabe to show up when she does.

** Also, {{spoiler|Hato}} in chapter 56.

** This is much truer of Sasahara and Oguie's false starts at their relationship, with lots of matchmaking going on behind the scenes by Ohno, Kasukabi, and Madarame to get them together. While the anime never reached far enough along in the manga's storyline to see the Genshiken vacation where Sasahara and Oguie finally express their feelings, the anime shoehorned those emotional elements into Tanaka and Ohno's relationship. It still works, but seems a bit strange after reading the manga first.

* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: Oddly enough, Hato {{spoiler|the crossdresser}} in chapter 56.