Genshiken Official Book
by Shimoku Kio
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Author: Shimoku KioEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-12-30
ISBN: 034550402X
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Del Rey
Book Reviews of Genshiken Official Book
Book Review: Die hard Genshiken fans will adore it, but otherwise...
Summary: 3 Stars
When I saw that this was coming out, I eagerly pre-ordered it at my bookstore. After all, a guidebook! To Genshiken! A book for otakus about a manga that is about & parodies the otaku culture! What fun!
Unfortunately, there isn't a whole lot in this that I didn't already see in the manga. There's not a lot of new information added to it. The new stories are all fanfiction & are only in text. There's also not a lot of artwork in the book that I haven't already seen elsewhere. The cards that the book touted? Not actual cards, but black & white reproductions. To be fair, I wasn't really expecting a wonderful insert or anything, but I was at least expecting them to be printed in color.
The stories are nice & there is some decent information in this book, but at the same time I just couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. There's not a lot in here that you couldn't have already gotten off the internet for free... and every single bit of it is in color.
Bottom line: this is probably only good for the obsessive collectors & die-hard fans. Otherwise, I'd recommend that you save your money & borrow a friend's copy. Or just look all of the info up on the internet.
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