It is the spring of freshman year, and Kanji Sasahara finds himself in a dilemma. Should he realize his long-held dream of joining an otaku club? Saki Kasukabe also faces a predicament. Can she ever transform her boyfriend, the anime fanboy Kousaka, into a normal guy? Kanji succeeds where Saki fails, as both Kanji and Kousaka enroll in Genshiken: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture. Undeterred, Saki follows Kousaka through the club's various activities, ranging from costume-playing and comic conventions to video gaming and collecting anime figures—learning more than she ever wanted to about the humorous world of Japanese fandom...