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Genshiken: Second Season, Vol. 1

(Genshiken: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture II #1)

Shimoku Kio

4.05 · Rating details · 178 ratings · 16 reviews

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

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Published September 4th 2012 by Kodansha Comics (first published May 23rd 2011)

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Jun 11, 2016 Gabrielle rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2016-reads, graphic-novels-tpb-editions

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

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Sep 07, 2012 Anna rated it it was ok

Shelves: manga

Its now a "fujoushi" club... but unlike the previous members, these girls are just not as likable, not yet anyway

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Feb 13, 2019 Ashley Perry rated it it was amazing

Shelves: comedy, manga, otaku-culture, nerd-culture, slice-of-life

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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Jun 01, 2018 Josée rated it liked it

Shelves: manga, japon

Série qui explore la sous-culture japonaise : manga, anime, cosplay, etc. Tous les tomes sont très intéressants, et on apprend beaucoup. (Quoique la saison 2 soit moins bonne que la première...)

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Apr 20, 2019 Kurtis Burkhardt rated it liked it

Shelves: manga

This part is as boring and pointless as the first part...😟😴💕📖📖

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Sep 17, 2012 Chibineko rated it really liked it

Shelves: addicting

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 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 total unrealism that comes with fictional manga. You know what I mean: that feeling that no matter how "real life" the manga tries to be, you can't shake that this is utterly a manga and doesn't seem like it'd be the least likely to happen IRL. The volume is full of typical manga-esque setups and the like on occasion that sort of bring this into focus even more. This doesn't make the various situations in this volume bad, mind you, but it is a change from the first season and some will slightly begrudge that the series has taken this turn. I have to admit that even as I loved this, part of me mourned that this is sort of becoming "fictional". I know this sounds vague, but there's not a lot of other way to describe this.

That being said, this was a pretty fun read. The new characters are nice and I especially love Hato, even as this character seems to be a symbol of the change from "actual life realistic" to "fictional manga realistic". Once you read about this character you'll understand. My only big gripe is that one of the characters seems a little too abrasive at times for the rest of the laid back Genshiken members and occasionally says and does things that she should've been called out on earlier in the volume. Slight spoiler there, but it's frustrating that it took so long for someone to say something. Sue is also fairly present in this volume, although at times I really wish that she was more than just comic relief. Maybe this will improve in the further volumes, hopefully. For now her strangeness is fun in this volume but I can see where it could eventually become overbearing.

What really makes this a joy is that despite the growing feeling of fictional-ness, there's still an overly healthy dollop of otaku culture. I really can't dislike the changes in this manga overall. The series couldn't stay as it was, as the first season covered a lot of the basics and the second season would be ill served if it were to simply be a re-hashing of the first one with different characters. Like I said, this will probably irritate some readers but I think most will take this in stride.

But if you haven't read the first season, do so. The publisher is releasing the series in chunky volumes and while you don't absolutely positively have to read the first season to completely enjoy this one, you'll miss out on so much that it'd be like drinking Diet Coke when you're expecting Pepsi. ...more

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Feb 03, 2013 Sean O'Hara rated it really liked it

Shelves: manga, slice-o-life, otaku

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 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. Since the other two members are now seniors, she needs to recruit new blood to ensure the club's continued existence. She has one new member in the form of Ohno's American friend Sue, but that's hardly enough. So they go on a recruiting drive and snag three new members, two fujoshi girls named Yajima and Yoshitake, and a transvestite named Hato. So, yeah, total change from the days when Saki was the only girl in the group.

The original characters aren't totally written out, though most of them are reduced to recurring guest stars. The exception isn't, as you might expect, Ogiue's boyfriend Sasahara, but rather Madarame who still drops by the club room for lunch even though Saki's no longer around -- something he gets called on my Keiko of all people, who still stops by even though Kousaka's not around anymore either. There's something quite sad about seeing a guy who's three years into his professional career still hanging out in his old college club room in the hopes of reclaiming some of the happiness he had as a student. But there are hints of hope for old Madarame -- a subtle hint of romance between him and Hato, an omake chapter featuring Keiko hoping he'll come by her work, and Sue being ... Sue.

The thing that made the original Genshiken so interesting was how the club evolved over time, the focus subtly shifting as new members joined and old ones graduated. So having the club turn into fujoshi central makes sense, and the new characters are a nice mixture of otaku awkwardness with endearing traits. ...more

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Feb 18, 2013 Laura (ローラ) rated it really liked it

Shelves: manga, read-2013, from-my-personal-library, manga-seinen, 4-star, read-2018, readathons-2018

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

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Nov 15, 2015 Kim Dyer rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-comics

I really wasn't sure where the 'second season' would go after the end of Genshiken but I wasn't disappointed. The series didn't feel as though it was retreading old ground. The now mostly female cast offer a whole new dynamic (though the old guard do still cameo from time to time).

The new characters are an interesting bunch, with cross-dressing Hato being the primary focus of this volume. The one thing that did frustrate me was Yajima's attitude toward him (I really can't believe no one called h ...more

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Apr 23, 2014 Alexander Case rated it really liked it

Recommends it for: Anime and manga fans

Shelves: anime-manga, fandom

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

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Sep 22, 2012 Kris rated it liked it

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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Sep 06, 2013 Sarah Hayes rated it really liked it

Shelves: manga-lns-misc

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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Feb 22, 2013 Kate rated it it was amazing

Shelves: manga

Unspeakably hilarious.

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Jun 19, 2012 Kevin rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: manga, comics

Not as great as the first nine volumes but I'm so glad that Shimoku restarted Genshiken and I hope it goes for a very long run

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Sep 04, 2015 Kevin rated it liked it

Shelves: manga, japan, humor

Not as good as the original, but it's still Genshiken.

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Dec 08, 2012 Crystal (VanillaHearts62) rated it really liked it

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.