Genshiken Nidaime
Genshiken Gen2, Genshiken Second Generation, Genshiken Second Season, げんしけん 二代目, The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture
As the start of another academic year approaches, the existing members of Genshiken are eager to bring in fresh recruits. The allure of Ogiues' BL artwork proves irresistible, drawing three new individuals into the club. Although she is pleased to have expanded her ranks, Ogiue worries that the group may become too focused on yaoi and stray from its initial objectives.
Harunobu Madarame
ProtagonistThe second president of Genshiken, named Madarame, was personally chosen by the first president to succeed him due to his leadership and initiative. He's an avid fan of Gundam and is often referred to...
Rika Yoshitake
ProtagonistYoshitake is a first-year female student who joined Genshiken after seeing Ogikubo's poster drawing demonstration and sensing the fujioshi aspects of it, as well as recognizing Ogikubo as a fujoshi. S...
Kenjirou Hato
ProtagonistHato is a first-year male student who joined Genshiken during its first membership drive as the last member. Although his sexuality is unknown, he enjoys reading yaoi and boys love manga and doujinshi...
Mirei Yajima
ProtagonistYajima is a female student in her first year who joined genshiken after seeing an ogiue's manga poster drawing demonstration. she identifies as a fujoshi but isn't as open about it like yoshitake. she...
Susanna Hopkins
ProtagonistSusanna, an American friend of Oonos, is a petite girl with a passion for yaoi. Although she may come across as harsh and unsociable at times, her extensive knowledge of anime and manga quotes suggest...
Chika Ogiue
ProtagonistOgiue is an individual who struggles with self-hatred and inner turmoil, which are major themes in the second half of Genshiken. She comes from Tohoku, a region in northeastern Japan, and attends coll...
Kanako Oono
ProtagonistKanako is the fourth president of Genshiken. Raised in the United States since the third grade, she graduated from an American high school, joining the Genshiken at the beginning of the Fall term. Nor...
Risa Yoshitake
Rika's younger sister by two years. Standing at an impressive height, she frequently gets mistaken for being male. Despite this, Risa struggles with playing basketball due to lack of knowledge and exp...
Konno
A misunderstanding occurred when Hato saw illustrations drawn by Kaminaga in the bathroom and assumed they were Boys Love designs. This led to rumors spreading throughout school that Hato was gay. Dur...
Naoko Asada
Yabusakis friend and fellow member of the Manga Society who speaks in a highly irregular manner....
Kumiko Yabusaki
One of the individuals who tried to join the Manga Society at the time Ogiue attempted membership appeared to harbor strong feelings of resentment toward her. Yabusaki, one of the members, criticized ...
Angela Burton
Angela is an athletic friend of Ohno's who enjoys cosplay and is very friendly. She is the opposite of Sue in terms of her appearance and interests. While Ohno may be experienced with posing for cospl...
Keiko Sasahara
Keiko is Kanji's younger sister who lives a kogal lifestyle. She has a strong crush on Kousaka, which causes Sakis dismay. Despite her attempts at becoming an otaku by reading Ohno's dōjinshi, she onl...
Makoto Kousaka
Despite being known for his good looks, Kousaka is actually quite the hardcore otaku. He enjoys playing hentai games and excels in video game battles, especially those of the fighting genre. As Sakis ...
Manabu Kuchiki
In volume two of the manga, Kuchiki becomes a full member of Genshiken alongside Ogiue in volume four after being expelled from the Anime Club. Kuchiki is known for his abrasive personality and loud s...
Kaminaga
The woman you're referring to is both beautiful and skilled in art. Hato appreciates her talent and often mistakes her for himself due to their shared hairstyle. It turns out that she has been romanti...
Mitsunori Kugayama
Genshiken's sole artist until Ogiue arrived was a man named Kugayama. He often lacked motivation and commitment to create full-fledged dōjinshi. In volume 5, Sasahara asked him to draw a dōjinshi for ...
Kanji Sasahara
The third president of Genshiken. At first in denial about his otaku nature, Sasahara eventually accepts and embraces it. He loves hentai PC games despite not owning a computer until volume 3. When Sa...
Yuuko Nakajima
One of Ogikubo's friends from junior high school, Nakajima helped write scripts for yaoi doujinshi that Ogikubo would then illustrate. When she noticed the relationship between Ogikubo and Makita, Nak...
Souichiro Tanaka
Of the three original upperclassmen, Tanakas personality can be described as more neutral compared to Madarame and Kugayama. He is not as eager to rant like Madarame but feels comfortable with himself...
Saki Kasukabe
She is Kousakas girlfriend. Fashionable, violent, confident, occasional smoker, and not at all attracted by the sexual charms of anime characters, Saki is not an otaku in any sense of the word. She fo...
