Genshiken: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture, Volume 8
by Kio Shimoku
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Author: Kio ShimokuEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-03-27
ISBN: 0345491564
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Del Rey
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Book Review: GETTING TWO LOVERS TOGETHER
Summary: 5 Stars
Sasahara and Ogiue have been eyeing each other for months now but neither have a strong enough personality to come out in the open with their feelings. So it's up to the other two girls, Saki and Ohno, to bring the aspiring couple together. Their methods are sometimes subtle, like getting Sasahara to care for Ogiue when she's sick, and not so subtle, like when they suggest the two should go out on a date. But Ogiue is holding a dark secret related to her yaoi fantasies. Years ago when she was in school she actually drove the boy she had a crush on from their school because of drawings she did with him in compromising positions with another boy. Now she's afraid she'll drive Sasahara away as well when he finds out she's been doing yaoi doujinshi starring him and Madarame!
Volume 8 was a nice change of pace for Genshiken. While it still had a huge anime and manga flavor to it, this book was really a nice little romance story about two people who care for each other, but don't have the guts to tell each other without a little urging. The flashbacks to Ogiue's past serve to enlighten us a lot about her character and are bittersweet and sad without being sentimental. The art is gorgeous and detailed in a cutish adult manner. So far there have not been any dud volumes in Kio Shimoku's masterpiece of otaku culture and friendship.
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