[OOC] One Does Not Simply App Into Mordor!
Character: Sasahara Kanji
Series: Genshiken
Age: 20 or so
Canon: In theory, the Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture, more commonly called "Genshiken", was a club created to bridge the gaps between anime, manga, and video game fans. It... didn't quite work out that way. Now the Genshiken is a ragtag collection of hardcore geeks who basically just hang out and do whatever they feel like doing. Discuss the latest manga chapters, play adult dating sims, travel to conventions and shop for the newest doujinshi... It is this club to which Sasahara Kanji feels himself inexorably drawn, when he first enters Shiiou University.
While he's a huge otaku and more than a bit perverted, at heart Sasahara is a nice guy. He gets flustered and embarrassed easily, but he can also be surprisingly easy-going and insightful. (He has been known to frame the world in terms of manga or video game tropes, though.) As a freshman, he was almost ashamed of himself -- a notable quote went, "What I lack is the courage to accept myself for who I am" -- but his time with the Genshiken has helped him gain confidence in his otaku nature. And... in his pervert nature, too. He even served as president for a year, leading the club in producing an adult doujinshi to sell at Comic-Fest.
Note: Sasahara is taken from the end of volume 6, after he has passed the president's chair to Ohno Kanako and entered his senior year. Also, Genshiken has a tendency to cheerfully drop names of other manga/anime, with the titles very slightly changed. So that "Haruto" series he mentions is exactly what you think it is. |D;;
Sample Post:
Graaaaah. Braaains... Glrrrrrgh. Raaaaaah... Braaaaains.
*I... Truthfully, I feel the same way...
> *I'll... just be going now.
*Put it in
As much as I appreciate the complimentary laptop and themed dating sim... Why does that same option three pop up at every checkpoint? This convention really isn't anything like I'd imagined it. I kind of expected it to be inside, for one thing. And what kind of name is "ConFuckYourDoujinshi", anyway? American otaku sure are weird, after all.
But it's really interesting, too. I guess I always have been a little curious about how fans act on this side of the ocean. They're so devoted to their cosplay! Just as much as some of the greatest otaku back home. Some of these outfits are incredibly accurate! A-And some of the female cosplayers are... well, wow. I wish I'd brought a camera. I'm sure everyone else in the Genshiken will have a great time here. I just hope I find them soon -- my English isn't that great.
The only thing that's still confusing me is the zombies, though. Do they really have such a large fandom over here? I heard American conventions were full of Stormtroopers, not zombies. Uh, not that I'm saying their costumes are anything less than brilliant! I mean, the way that one guy over there made it look like his arm just tore off... Err, that's... Either American cosplayers are doing wonders with animatronics, or... Oh, geez. This camp is no dating sim, it's survival horror! Aaah, they're coming closer, too! I-I'm no Occupant Evil hero, you've got the wrong guy! God, what did I do with that shotgun prop they gave me --
Whoa. Isn't that... one of those girl ninja from Haruto? Whew, she saved me. It really isn't cosplay! She's got the hidden weapons and the jutsus and everything! That's amazing! And...
And damn, the time skip was good to her. I'm definitely using this mental image later.
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And in the end, a highly respectable 89 percent!
Series: Genshiken
Age: 20 or so
Canon: In theory, the Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture, more commonly called "Genshiken", was a club created to bridge the gaps between anime, manga, and video game fans. It... didn't quite work out that way. Now the Genshiken is a ragtag collection of hardcore geeks who basically just hang out and do whatever they feel like doing. Discuss the latest manga chapters, play adult dating sims, travel to conventions and shop for the newest doujinshi... It is this club to which Sasahara Kanji feels himself inexorably drawn, when he first enters Shiiou University.
While he's a huge otaku and more than a bit perverted, at heart Sasahara is a nice guy. He gets flustered and embarrassed easily, but he can also be surprisingly easy-going and insightful. (He has been known to frame the world in terms of manga or video game tropes, though.) As a freshman, he was almost ashamed of himself -- a notable quote went, "What I lack is the courage to accept myself for who I am" -- but his time with the Genshiken has helped him gain confidence in his otaku nature. And... in his pervert nature, too. He even served as president for a year, leading the club in producing an adult doujinshi to sell at Comic-Fest.
Note: Sasahara is taken from the end of volume 6, after he has passed the president's chair to Ohno Kanako and entered his senior year. Also, Genshiken has a tendency to cheerfully drop names of other manga/anime, with the titles very slightly changed. So that "Haruto" series he mentions is exactly what you think it is. |D;;
Sample Post:
Graaaaah. Braaains... Glrrrrrgh. Raaaaaah... Braaaaains.
*I... Truthfully, I feel the same way...
> *I'll... just be going now.
*Put it in
As much as I appreciate the complimentary laptop and themed dating sim... Why does that same option three pop up at every checkpoint? This convention really isn't anything like I'd imagined it. I kind of expected it to be inside, for one thing. And what kind of name is "ConFuckYourDoujinshi", anyway? American otaku sure are weird, after all.
But it's really interesting, too. I guess I always have been a little curious about how fans act on this side of the ocean. They're so devoted to their cosplay! Just as much as some of the greatest otaku back home. Some of these outfits are incredibly accurate! A-And some of the female cosplayers are... well, wow. I wish I'd brought a camera. I'm sure everyone else in the Genshiken will have a great time here. I just hope I find them soon -- my English isn't that great.
The only thing that's still confusing me is the zombies, though. Do they really have such a large fandom over here? I heard American conventions were full of Stormtroopers, not zombies. Uh, not that I'm saying their costumes are anything less than brilliant! I mean, the way that one guy over there made it look like his arm just tore off... Err, that's... Either American cosplayers are doing wonders with animatronics, or... Oh, geez. This camp is no dating sim, it's survival horror! Aaah, they're coming closer, too! I-I'm no Occupant Evil hero, you've got the wrong guy! God, what did I do with that shotgun prop they gave me --
Whoa. Isn't that... one of those girl ninja from Haruto? Whew, she saved me. It really isn't cosplay! She's got the hidden weapons and the jutsus and everything! That's amazing! And...
And damn, the time skip was good to her. I'm definitely using this mental image later.
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And in the end, a highly respectable 89 percent!