Audience reviews
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Woofwife
What a really cute series, continuing the strong romance subplots from the first 2 seasons and introducing some really great new characters. The switch from a space dominated by young men to one dominated by young women and fujoshi in particular was really smart and fun in my opinion and allows growth for all characters old and new, it's great to have the originals revisited as they move on from college and in particular from their day to day life at the club.
If you were totally in love with the old characters maybe they won't really be revisited enough outside of Madarame and Ohno but i really found that the attention they were given was fitting as many of them were finishing their University Life Arc and starting to move in ways Madarame and Ohno weren't (for various reasons).
I'd hav…
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Still telling the activities of a club or group of otaku students and the twists and turns of their lives.
But in this season, you could say a lot of things have changed, such as club members who were originally male dominant now become female dominant in this season. And I think this club should change its name to fujo club or GEH fanatic club (lol). Not without reason why I said that, because in the previous seasons it was the dominant male who always discussed the anime or Eroge game that men used to play or watch. In this season, very often and a lot is discussed about things that smell like GEH or traps in doujins and games.
In short, this season contains the lives of a group of Fujoshi and many scenes imagining the relationship between men that Fujoshi usually does.
*So this is how w…
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So I take it that if you are reading this, you have already watched Season 1 & 2 of this show. Which was released about 6 to 7 years prior to Genshiken Nidaime. I have watched every season and every ova and special there is about Genshiken. So I am gonna write how I feel about Genshiken Nidaime specifically.
HERE WE GO!!
Genshiken Nidaime is full of bullshit. Genshiken actually was supposed to be some slice of life show which revolves around all the adult Otakus' lives. And season 1 & 2 did a pretty good job at it. It was fun and interesting and very good. But then comes Genshiken Nidaime, which is all about FUDANSHI. Yes you read it right. Nidaime has so much BL, yaoi and fudanshi in it that it makes me wonder why doesn't it has a Josei or Shoujo tag.
All the club memebers in this se…
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So i talked in a previous review about the first season of Genshiken so i thought it would be appropriate to say a few words about this,the last installment in the series.
I would be lying if i said i thought it was interesting or funny in any way.I only enjoyed 2 or 3 eps and that cannot exactly be called an accomplishment,can it?
Now 2 seasons after they sat down and thought it was time to change gears and go all in..Problem is that they bet all their money in black and the ball sat to red.And while this anime in some weird way wasn't a total borefest it certainly wasn't comedic and as for parody..Can you really call parody something that had very few refs of other anime,by which i mean you can count them in the fingers of 1 hand.
But that wasn't the most crippling weakness of the sho…
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I liked the first two seasons of Genshiken, they were pretty good but I didn't find it particularly amazing. This season though. IT. WAS. BRILLIANT.
Firstly, this season tends to revolve largely around one character, introduced in this season, by the name of Hato who is just pretty much my favourite character ever. The following may count as a very small spoiler, but nothing you don't learn pretty much up front and it's a big part of why I love the season, so I'm going to say it anyway.
Hato is effectively a trap fudanshi. That enough would have me sold, but even better than that, he's pretty much the main character and is actually quite a deep character who develops throughout the season remarkably, not just some comedic caricature. I genuinely love this season, and this character, so mu…
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There were too many things done differently with this installation of Genshiken. So much to the point where in the end I was left with mixed feelings.
After re-watching Genshiken (the originals) then coming back to Nidaime it's sort of like the new characters make the story a bit.... complicated so to speak. I mean personally, I'm okay with gays and transgender or BL (I have no issues with trans) however this series focused a bit way too much on Boys love, transgender, etc that I just couldn't enjoy it as much. I found it rather difficult to continue watching, however if it wasn't for the most of the original characters I would've just dropped it.
A few things I liked was that the new characters, Mirei, Rika, etc they were tolerable. I like how after a few episodes they really blended in…
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I'm not sure if you seen anime or read the manga of the first series of GENSHIKEN but I personally love the first series more. Why, simple because the characters in the first series is more interesting with more humor. The second GENSHIKEN series didn't really got me interested I hated how it killed off my favorite characters from the first series Saki Kasukabe and her boyfriend Makoto Kousaka I always wanted to see more how his & her relationship more after graduation as everyone knows he IS a hardcore otaku even tho he got the looks.
This second series focus mostly on a boy who cross dress Hato, from the first series hardcore otaku Muradame, and a fujoshi Ogiue while the others are either just tag along, or occasionally have some or a few moments not much. But to have Muradame with no Sa…
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By this point, one knows what to expect from a _Genshiken_ and whether one likes it: the clubroom will be stuffed full of figurines and posters from real anime which the viewer can enjoy trying to identify; Ohno will be cosplaying all the time and try to get others to cosplay; Sasahara will be mild and helpful; Kousaka will be pretty and not do anything; Ogiue will draw yaoi manga while looking like a paint brush; Madarame will be cadaverously thin and live in his head (but be much more subdued and less of a delightful eristic); Sue will be very blond and very blue-eyed as she occasionally quotes some anime; and Kuchiki will be an asshole, who serves to remind us, as we reminisce about our anime club days, how there was always that one guy who was irritating & obnoxious; the club will atte…
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I often find myself puzzled by the anime industry's undying obsession with high school. Genre or story appear to have no influence-- teenagers are here, there and just about everywhere else. It is rare to find an adult (or any character above the age of 17) unless they are filling the obligatory teacher or villain role. Which is a bummer, as titles like Genshiken show just how fun the university setting can be.
Coming after two full seasons, Genshiken: Nidaime might seem confusing or out of place. The characters' voices have changed. Nearly everyone from the main series has graduated and moved on with their lives. The identity of the anime club has shifted from a male-dominated space to a fujoshi-dominated one, pushing major characters into minor (sometimes non-existent) roles. Still, Ni…
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Synopsis
Whether you’re familiar with Genshiken or not, this season introduces a largely whole new cast of characters, so those previously unfamiliar with the series can jump in. It’s about the The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture, which basically breaks down to be a bunch of otakus obsessed with anime, video games, and cosplay. The old crew has graduated, with the only links left being Ohno and Sasahara’s girlfriend who is the new club president, Ogiue. Now the club is comprised mostly of “rotten girls” who are into BL (boy’s love) and are female otakus. The times have changed in Genshiken which used to be almost exclusively male club members, but the guys make re-appearances, with Madarame being the center of attention for a multitude of episodes. Although there’s a large…
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“To a hikikomori, winter is painful because everything feels cold, frozen over, and lonely. To a hikikomori, spring is also painful because everyone is in a good mood and therefore enviable. Summer, of course, is especially painful...” - Welcome to the N.H.K.
For most fans of anime or manga, we might all once experienced a moment when we went through a phase where we couldn't stop watching/reading a piece of work from a franchise until we get that feeling of, “ah, now that was a masterpiece....”. I know I have and those moments feels great especially for something we've enjoyed. However, it may also feel a bit painful as well. Then again, there's always a better series out there in the future that comes by. (most times anyways) Why am I saying this? Well, that's because I've enjoyed the p…
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