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Genshiken: Second Season, Vol. 1
(Genshiken: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture II #1)
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BACK TO SCHOOL
A new academic year means new members for the lovably misfit Genshiken: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture! Club president Chika Ogiue now has to manage a fresh-faced trio of yaoi fans (one of whom dabbles in cross-dressing), a surly American transfer student with a penchant for obscure anime quotes, and her own rising career as a professional ...more
A new academic year means new members for the lovably misfit Genshiken: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture! Club president Chika Ogiue now has to manage a fresh-faced trio of yaoi fans (one of whom dabbles in cross-dressing), a surly American transfer student with a penchant for obscure anime quotes, and her own rising career as a professional ...more
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Paperback, 208 pages
Published
September 4th 2012
by Kodansha Comics
(first published May 23rd 2011)
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This is a good follow up to the manga of the same name. As most of the original casts graduated, the club continues on with new members that are more out of ordinary cliché characters that are usually reserved to geeks. From a (maybe) trans character who was bullied/not accepted to a woman who keeps to herself and to an American who pretends to be weird but in reality wiser than she looks. This follow up got me intrigued for I enjoyed the previous "season".
Comedy and heartfelt drama at its best ...more
Comedy and heartfelt drama at its best ...more

Its now a "fujoushi" club... but unlike the previous members, these girls are just not as likable, not yet anyway
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I'm so glad that the original author decided to continue the series. The transition from boys club to fujoshi circle is definitely a change but a welcome one. As always this series is addressing a lot of real life issues that a lot of young adults (nerds and none-nerd alike) have to face. The new characters are lovable and I really want to see more of their lives in this story. Can't wait to get my hands on the next book.
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This manga has an interesting collection of characters, some of which are quite fun. However there is very little to the storyline. Not much happens in the whole of this volume. You are introduced to the characters and then it feels like you are just getting brief snapshots into their lives which don't really feel very connected. I'm not sure I'll bother with any more in the series.
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There's going to be some mixed emotions about some of the content in this book, because at times it feels so vastly different than the first "season" of Genshiken. This is both a good and a bad thing, depending on how you look at it.
Part of what made the original set of Genshiken manga so much fun was how realistic it felt, giving so many of us a feeling of "we've totally experienced this". To an extent this is still present in this volume, but over all of this there's a veneer of complete and ...more
Part of what made the original set of Genshiken manga so much fun was how realistic it felt, giving so many of us a feeling of "we've totally experienced this". To an extent this is still present in this volume, but over all of this there's a veneer of complete and ...more

I didn't know what to expect from this. I mean, the original Genshiken ended so perfectly -- all the characters from the start of the series graduated and went off to start careers, leaving the club in the hands of three capable underclassmen. Obladi-oblada, life goes on. Is a sequel really necessary? Especially one that shifts the dynamics of the club significantly?
Well, maybe not necessary, but it is good.
The new series picks up a few weeks after the original with Ogiue now club president. Sin ...more
Well, maybe not necessary, but it is good.
The new series picks up a few weeks after the original with Ogiue now club president. Sin ...more

Okay I bought and read ALL the original Genshiken manga books, the Genshiken novel (God that sucked), and all the Genshiken DVD's and the all the Kujibiki Unbalance stuff as well. So when I saw that there was a sequel to my favorite manga, I HAD to get my hands on them ASAP!
***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS***
Right off the bat we have Ohno, Oguie, Susie, and Kuchi and we are introduced to a few new otaku as well. My favorite of the new otaku are Yoshi and Hato. The other one just doesn't ...more
***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS***
Right off the bat we have Ohno, Oguie, Susie, and Kuchi and we are introduced to a few new otaku as well. My favorite of the new otaku are Yoshi and Hato. The other one just doesn't ...more

Genshiken Second Season Volume 1 (or just Genshiken Volume 10)? I'm not otaku enough to know why this was released as "second season" -- but I can assume it was to confuse fans into thinking that this was a new series and to buy it even if they didn't have the first season.
It's a new season -- but all of the original characters are still there. They just don't necessarily come to club meetings anymore. Except maybe Madarame-kun.
The new president, Ogiue has set out to find new members to join the ...more
It's a new season -- but all of the original characters are still there. They just don't necessarily come to club meetings anymore. Except maybe Madarame-kun.
The new president, Ogiue has set out to find new members to join the ...more

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I'm going to admit that I'm kind of oddly disappointed by the fact that Kenjiro Hato isn't transgender, though as the series stands thus far, it's entirely possible that the character could be revealed down the road as being TG after all, but in denial.
Still, it's a good continuation of Genshiken, and it's a nice new start. It's also nice to be a series focused on otaku that isn't focused entirely on material for male audiences, though we'll probably have some stuff along those lines in later vo ...more
Still, it's a good continuation of Genshiken, and it's a nice new start. It's also nice to be a series focused on otaku that isn't focused entirely on material for male audiences, though we'll probably have some stuff along those lines in later vo ...more

Starts off slow, but once they start to show off the new characters' personalities and interests and have them interact with the old group it really picks up. Bonus: they have not forgotten the big unresolved plotline from the first series. Yeah, you know which one I mean.
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Oh no, I've fallen in love with Genshiken all over again. Now I have the urge to make a doujinshi! Too bad I can't draw, kol kol kol. And to the surprise of no one, Hato-kun is my favorite of the new club members. Fundanshi who crossplay for the win!
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I don't like the new cast of characters as much as the old ones, but it was still a good read!
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Shimoku 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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