Genshiken: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture, Volume 7
by Shimoku Kio
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Author: Shimoku KioEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-10-31
ISBN: 0345491556
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Del Rey
Book Reviews of Genshiken: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture, Volume 7
Book Review: PREPARING FOR COMIC FEST
Summary: 5 Stars
Genshiken is trying to get new blood into its club but Kuchiki makes sure nobody wants to join because he's such a weirdo, ogling any potential female members and having some very strange fetishistic reactions to Ohno's costumes. So it's on to the real business of Genshiken, and of Ogiue in particular as she's been steadily laboring at producing a yaoi doujinshi for this year's Comic Fest, even as most of the Genshiken members are too busy to help her out. Her and Ohno finally have a chance to talk otaku girl to otaku girl in denial but it's Ogiue's relations with Sasahara that are really beginning to change. Ohno believes that they like each other, even though neither has the guts to say anything. Ohno takes it upon herself to play cupid even as some friends from America arrive in town to visit the Comic Fest.
If you've read this many volumes of Genshiken, there's really no point in giving my opinion of Volume 7, I guess. If you've gotten this far, like me, the Genshiken characters seem like old friends who live and breath in the real world. I'm sure there are plenty of people in Japan just like them, and if I had been born there, perhaps I too would be in such a club. The writer and artist, Kio Shimoku, does such a good job with these characters that I suspect they are based on real people that he knows or has heard about. They are more real than fiction. Something that strikes me as sad about this series is that I feel it's pretty much played out at this point. Not that the quality of the stories are suffering, but just that a lot of the characters are all graduating and have to find real jobs and will have to leave Genshiken forever. You can't stay in college till infinity and beyond. If they're lucky, they'll be able to get jobs that have to do with their hobbies. For instance, Kousaka has gotten a job with a videogame company and Sasahara is trying to get hired as a manga editor. Ogiue wants to eventually become a professional manga creator. Madarame seems to be the only one that is adrift at this point and I kinda feel sorry for the guy, especially because he's carrying a subtle torch for Saki. Enjoy this series while it lasts.
Summary of Genshiken: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture, Volume 7
OTAKU FROM ANOTHER PLANETOn a lunch break at the Genshiken, Madarame is minding his own business when in walks Angela, a blond, blue-eyed otaku unlike anyone he has ever seen. However, Angela seems to know all about him! It turns out that Angela and her pal Susie, old friends of Ohno?s, are visiting from the United States. Angela has a taste for hardcore doujinshi, and Sue can?t seem to stop quoting offensive lines from her favorite anime. In just two days, the American visitors manage to turn the Genshiken upside down. Can the club survive a visit from these ambassadors of otakudom without inciting an international incident?
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