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| Episode that concludes the story, or let's call misadventures of Genshiken. Also an opportunity for the real birth of Genshiken, because in this context is forged the term that we know. Narration interesting and varied, which leads to further maturation characters, I liked it. Drawings that reach a level never seen before, now that you are more than good quality like, I like. Sasahara finally manages to emerge from the narrative. My vote is 8/10! |
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| My only disappointment with this show was the limited amount of references. The first episode was full of little bits, and throughout the show there were things like Lupin and Card Captor Sakura, but I suppose I just wanted more variety, rather than going back to Unbalance and Guilty Gear all the time. Besides that, everything else I liked. I expected this to be some crazy over-the-top otaku fest featuring a bunch of tasteless jokes. Instead, it was extremely down-to-earth with the otaku jokes being downplayed. Instead of the jokes focusing on the otaku lifestyle, it instead became about these specific characters acting and reacting to everything around them. The show was funny not because of what was being said or done, but it was because of the characters themselves going through the motions. And yeah, Madarame and Saki were the best. |
| This time I did feel bad for Saki. I'm just surprised she got that emotional about it. This gets a rare 10/10 for me. Rarely do I like comedies and even rarer do that make me laugh so much. |
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| Waaahhhh, i didnt expect a Tsun showed dere side!!! Noooo~~~, dont cry Saki-chan! She was cute when she cried though :'( I have delusion that Kousaka got NTRed and Saki goes to Madarame. I had weird feeling after watching this series. 4/5 Overall: 7.5/10 |
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| I didn't like seeing Saki cry. Sasahara is the new chairman. |
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| Can someone tell me what was up with the last few seconds? They subbed version doesn't translate what is being said and the dubbed version has no sound at all. The club is sitting there staring at someone with a ponytail sticking up on the top of their head and with a long mustache sticking out from both sides of their head (though we only see a back view). Who is this person and what was being said?????? |
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| I liked it but for the most part only because of Saki. Her reactions and attitude for things had me laughing most of the time. All of the other characters weren't as entertaining, especially Kousaka, geez was he bland. Saki's MVP though! 6/10 |
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| And the original prez still there watching everyone like Batman... With his alien eyes xD I guess Madarame will have less air time now :( New member is joining in ED! |
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| hilarious show and really fulfills enjoyment. But its too bad Madarame stepped down as chairman of the club, he kinda for me made the show to be worth watching. If he is not in the next sequel forget about me watching this one, Sasahara as chairman seems boring. If it wasn't for Madarame I would've have given this one a 5. Anyway its a 7/10 I will check out the next one. |
How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb --- Dr Strangelove  |
| such a great show in my opinion, definitely gonna check the rest of the series. |
 English is my second language |
| What is the point of all of this mess i don't know...comparing this to Welcome to NHK is a shame |
| So Saki is a selfish obnoxious cunt who almost destroys the club and tries to actively ruin everyone's fun at every opportunity yet she is a well liked member of the group? There's a huge disconnect here that for the life of me I cannot understand. And it's not like there is any 'comedy' to be found in her antics, she's just a fucking bitch. Also I found the way they stuck Saki and Kousaka's relationship into the faces of the other members to be incredibly unpleasant. I feel like this was a botched attempt at telling a story about a group of otaku through the eyes of a 'normal' person. I liked the actual club members, when they had screentime... |
syncrogazerApr 24, 2019 7:01 PM
| This was an amazing anime all the way through. |
| I don't understand what this series even is - on the outside it seems like a "club slice of life" but it is just really focused on Saki trashing everything around her all the time. I almost wonder if the author just really likes girls like that and that's what this is about. |
| Wow didn't except Saki to cry. But I've surely enjoyed this serie, although I didn't get many references from other shows it was still fun to follow the adventures of an otaku group. I would have preferred if it was less focused on Saki and more on the other members, hopefully that's the case in season 2. 7.5/10 |
| I quite enjoyed that, the dynamics between the group, especially with the non otaku GF, were very entertaining. I'm not into a lot of the things that the Genshiken group does, but some of their interests and jokes were pretty relatable and therefore hilarious. 8/10. |
| This anime surprised me I thought it was going to be a normal otaku comedy but I felt super identified with the characters and I had a lot of fun with the group dynamics I'm definitely going to watch the 2nd season and the manga |
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| I was craving for some degeneracy in all honesty and I got just the right show, it seems, lmao. It was nice to see the group look back on the past year, a lot of things sure have changed. Student Council Vice Pres saying Kusakabe fits into the group and her not rejecting for once was so heartwarming. Madarame-san stepping down was a surprise, he really gave off leader vibes in the group. Sasahara-kun with that motive of his might just be what the club needs to stay afloat. Genshiken in Hiragana, that's a great way to end the season! Oono-san x Tanaka-san, that needs to be a thing! Got to say, I'm so glad the newcomers from one of the earlier episodes didn't end up joining, they didn't seem to fit at all, imho. I wonder just exactly who the previous-to-previous President was, feels like he's always running the show somehow. Not to mention, his crucial save as well. I wish Kusakabe-san would let us know too. New character in the ED visuals, that's sneaky. Guess I'll have to move on to the OVAs now, 15 episode series broken into 12 + 3? Looks like there are some people that seem to believe that so that's good to hear. Prefer a sequel than a spin-off although to be fair, either would work for this show. Strong 7/10. |
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| NOOO SAKI-SAN DON'T CRY :'( Heartbreaking scene, amazing VA work, a little drama to wrap up the series was needed to make it memorial. Saki is such a crucial character for the series to showcase her outsider point-of-view of otaku culture. She abseloutely deserves to get kicked out of the club and I fucking love her, Kousaka you lucky bastard. I think this is the best anime that truly represents otaku-culture in the 2000s, just on pair with Lucky Star. |
| It really didn't end up going too deep into references did it? I started the show expecting something akin to Lucky Star when it comes to that deparment I really liked this, I think I'll definetly look up the sequel in the near future (the OVA's cover has someone with an oddly resemblence to the character introduced in the post-credits still) Not really much to comment after that. It never occured to me that in-universe Genshiken wasn't written in hiragana. |
 "A name... Toru Rikiishi" |
| I really love when the show gets so grounded in reality, saki's reaction to the whole fire situation felt so realisitic and well handled. Really great feeling to the other half too, glad Madarame is seemingly sticking around in the next season even with him stepping down. Season 2 and the OVA's are gonna be great :3 |
| Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes...just be an illusion... |
| Now onto Kujibiki Unbalance! |
| Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes...just be an illusion... |
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