NaN/100 votesLoading...#1 - The Other Side of the Path. The Promised Place
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 7/1/2013
With Ogiue as new president and several of the original members already graduated, four new members join the society: Ohno's friend Susanna, the loud Rika Yoshitake, the grumpy Mirei Yajima and the mysterious Hato Kenjirou. The new members join the club attracted by Ogiue's yaoi drawings. She welcomes the new members but fears the club will become a "rotten girl" (fujoshi) haven for yaoi fans and that is getting a bit too far removed from its original purpose.
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
Writer: Michiko Yokote
NaN/100 votesLoading...#2 - Cross Over My Legs
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 7/14/2013
Hato has a difficult time with Yajima and Yoshitake's obsession over his crossdressing. Keiko Sasahara, Kanji's kogal sister, appears in the club's room while Madarame is in there thinking about Saki Kasukabe. Ogiue recruits Genshiken members as employees to help in her manga artist work.
Director: Hiroyuki Hata
Writer: Michiko Yokote
NaN/100 votesLoading...#3 - Daydream Believer
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 7/21/2013
After Madarame lends a thankful Hato his place to change into girl's clothes, both start to become good friends. The group continues their work helping Ogiue finish the club's doujinshi for the Summer Comifes.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#4 - Beards and Boobs
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 7/28/2013
Angela returns to Japan to visit the Summer Comifes and do some cosplay with Ohno like she does every year. Two girls from Ogiue's past make an unexpected visit to the club's booth, much to Susanna's chagrin.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#5 - Go Next!
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 8/4/2013
In the final day of the Summer Comifes, Angela's sudden and vocal interest in Madarame make him and the rest of the Genshiken have an utterly embarrassing moment. However, Hato's timely confession to the group may be even more shocking than that.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#6 - Shout ''Moe!'' Beyond the Event Horizon
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 8/11/2013
The group has to deal with the aftermath of Hato's confession and its embarrassing (but hilarious) effects on Madarame, Kuchiki and the rest of the Genshiken. A relative of Yoshitake visits the club's room to know more about the University and the otaku society.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#7 - KOIBANA3
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 8/18/2013
Ogiue plans to make a romance manga story for the club's magazine that is going to be published at the Campus Festival, so she asks the members of Genshiken about their past relationships during High School for inspiration. Hato reveals the full extent of his artistic skills and the strange condition that limits them.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#8 - There's Route, But There's No Loop!
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 8/25/2013
Hato talks with Madarame at his apartment to apologize for his actions during the last Comifes. The members of the otaku society struggle to complete their manga stories for the club's magazine.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#9 - White Gate Keeper
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 9/1/2013
The Genshiken members successfully participate in the Campus Festival activities, but several different persons from Hato's High School days make an unexpected appearance at the University.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#10 - Snow man
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 9/8/2013
Hato comes to terms with his past and finally reveals the true reasons for his crossdressing. Saki Kasukabe arrives at the Campus Festival just in time to discover Madarame and Susanna in a compromising position.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#11 - That Was a Good Last Episode
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 9/15/2013
In the epilogue of Hato's revelation another situation ensues. Madarame and Saki are tricked to be reunited alone in the club's room by Sasahara and a dubious Hato.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#12 - Love and Work and Cheesecake
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 9/22/2013
After a long and emotional struggle Madarame finally has confessed his feelings to Saki (sort of). Both new and old members of the Genshiken support their fellow otaku friend in the only way they know. Ohno's angst about her future with Tanaka and life after graduation make her cosplay to an extreme.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#13 - Waiting in the Club Room
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 9/29/2013
The Genshiken club members travel together to a spa resort. By using her own personal experiences as an example, president Ogiue gives a troubled Hato some important lessons about love, friendship and mutual understanding.
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
Writer: Michiko Yokote
6.5/107 votesLoading...#14 - Problematic Hobby
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/14/2007
Genshiken is making preparations to go to the upcoming Winter Comifes as a group, but when the other members invite Ogiue along, she adamantly refuses. That doesn't stop her from appearing anyway in the guise of her high school persona to buy all the latest yaoi dōjinshi, but things get complicated as she (literally) runs into the rest of the club.
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6.7/109 votesLoading...#15 - The New Chairman's Ambition
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/10/2007
hings are looking up for Sasahara as the Genshiken secures a spot among the dōjinshi vendors at the next Comifes, but the devil is in the details as they quickly need to figure out the finer points of actually making one. An unexpected relief comes when Ogiue actually volunteers her services (if in limited quantities), but will the new President have what it takes to stand up to the other obstacles in their way?
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6.7/109 votesLoading...#16 - Meetings are Disastrous
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/17/2007
It's nearing the end of July, and with the deadline for finishing their dōjinshi looming, all the club has to show are the two pages drawn by Ogiue. With Kugayama's continued lack of material pushing the deadline (and Sasahara's patience) to the limit, it looks like they'll have to put aside their differences (and their sleep cycles) to get things done on time.
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6.7/107 votesLoading...#17 - Cos-ken
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/28/2007
It's the beginning of the school year, and Ohno is planning out her first year as the president of the Genshiken. How will the club change under her cosplay management? Also, Ogiue learns that she's accepted to Comifes and tries to work up the courage needed for her debut. But will the newest iteration of the club sink or swim, and will Kuchiki be Ohno's nemesis, or her unlikely savior?
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6.7/107 votesLoading...#18 - It's Always Raining During Job Hunts
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/5/2007
Sasahara's job search is not going as well as he'd hoped; at every turn, his negative portrayal of himself and uncertainty over his own beliefs make companies balk at hiring him. Meanwhile, Kousaka's absence is starting to get to Saki, while Ogiue struggles to draft her Comifes dōjinshi without any interference from Ohno's fetishes. But could Kuchiki be on to something about Sasahara and Ogiue?
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6.8/107 votesLoading...#19 - Graduation Syndrome
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/2007
Graduation time is finally upon Tanaka, Kugayama, and Madarame, and with it come emotional reflections on the past three years for the club. The presidential torch is passed on, and a Kujibiki Unbalance OVA finally gives closure to the first season, but what about Madarame's job hunt? And for that matter, what will become of the Genshiken under President Ohno?
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6.8/107 votesLoading...#20 - Otaku from USA
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/12/2007
As Ogiue continues her preparations for Comifes, now a few days away, friends of Ohno's from the US show up unexpectedly to come to convention as well. While the foreign otaku ways of Angela and Sue shake up the (somewhat) peaceful clubroom, perhaps Angela is the "sensible" one when it comes to understanding the feelings of others.
Director: Tomoko Iwasaki
Writer: N/A
6.9/1022 votesLoading...#21 - Study of the Modern Visually-Oriented Culture
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/11/2004
An introduction episode explaining how Kohsaka, Kasukabe and Sasahara got involved with Genshiken; after some uncertainty, Sasahara decides to fully participate in the club.
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6.9/1018 votesLoading...#22 - The Sublimating Effects of the Dissimilation Brought on Through Makeup and Co...
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/1/2004
Ohno is introduced as she joins Genshiken, while Genshiken takes part in a university club fair and Kasukabe's ex-boyfriend pays her a visit.
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6.9/109 votesLoading...#23 - One Hot Summer's Day
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/24/2007
The day of Genshiken's participation in Comifes has arrived, and they are finally set to take their place as a vendor. But despite (or because of) Haraguchi's "blessing," sales are initially slow. Ohno's arrival (in cosplay, naturally) seems to change their luck for the better, but things really get underway with a surprise appearance. How Kasukabe will react to it, however, is another matter entirely.
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6.9/108 votesLoading...#24 - Madarame, the Incumbent Sex Slave
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/7/2007
Ogiue catches Sasahara and Madarame in an unintentionally-compromising position, setting her fujoshi imagination alight with various slash pairings between her fellow club members. She may have just found the inspiration to make a dōjinshi for next summer's Comifes, but her sketch of Sasahara gives Saki other ideas.
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7.0/107 votesLoading...#25 - Are You Two Going Out?
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/31/2007
Ohno likes Tanaka, Tanaka likes Ohno. Both however are too shy and lacking confidence to make a first move. With the rest of Genshiken in a state of concern and confusion over their relationship, Ohno confides in Kasukabe her anxieties and Kasukabe suggests a possible approach that may give both of them the courage to confide their affections.
Director: Tomoko Iwasaki
Writer: N/A
The Worst Episodes of Genshiken
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Worst Episodes Summary
"The Other Side of the Path. The Promised Place" is the worst rated episode of "Genshiken". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Tsutomu Mizushima and written by Michiko Yokote, it aired on 7/1/2013. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Cross Over My Legs".