Synopsis
Sasahara Kanji enters college as a freshman and decides to join a student club where he can reveal his secret passion for manga, anime, and gaming. When he first visits Genshiken, which stands for "Gendai Shikaku Bunka Kenkyuu Kai" (Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture), his unfounded pride gets crushed by the schemes of Madarame, a sophomore member of the club, yet he still refuses to admit he is an otaku. But as he takes part in club activities like visiting dojin (self-published) shops and anime festivals, and spends time with fellow members—Kosaka (a hardcore otaku despite his good looks and extreme quirks), Kosaka's girlfriend Kasuga Saki (who is not really an otaku), Ohno (a cosplayer), and others—his mind opens up, and he decides he will carve his own path into the otaku world. With their support, Sasahara slowly gets accustomed to otaku life within Genshiken.
