User:Julian Grybowski/List of Genshiken chapters
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This is a list of volumes and chapters of the manga series Genshiken, along with the approximate time period each chapter takes place. The series is published in Japan by Kodansha and in English by Del Rey Manga.[1] The series was serialized from June 2002 to June 2006 in Afternoon magazine, and reprinted in nine collected volumes released between December 2002 and December 2006. The English version, translated by David Ury, was released between April 2005 and November 2007.
The collected volumes generally have six chapters each. Additionally, each volume contains between-chapter interludes with regards to an otaku-specific topic. This can range from the characters discussing the best moments in the Kujibiki Unbalance anime (a show within a show for the series) in volume four, Tanaka's construction of a figure from scratch in volume six, or reviewing character designs for the newer Kujibiki Unbalance adaptation in volume eight. Although these side-bits do not often pertain directly to the plot of the volume, they provide additional commentary on particular elements of fandom as well as the characters themselves, while further establishing a sense of reality for the world the characters inhabit.
Genshiken follows the everyday lives of a college club for otaku, Shiiou University's "Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture" (現代視覚文化研究会, Gendai Shikaku Bunka Kenkyūkai), or just "Genshiken" for short. The story begins in Spring 2002 with the character Kanji Sasahara's discovery of the club as a freshman, and progresses until his graduation in March 2006. This timeframe is roughly contemporaneous with the comic's original serialization in Afternoon magazine, from June 2002 to June 2006. Story dates are established periodically by background evidence in the manga, such as calendars, as well as through yearly events such as school events, graduations, and the Summer and Winter "Comic Festival" (Comifes), which mirrors the real-life Comic Market. Other evidence can be found in the simple progression through college by the characters. The anime adaptation, however, is considerably more vague about when the series takes place, allowing it to reference franchises and tropes that did not exist at the time of the manga's original publication.
List of volumes
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| 1 | ISBN 978-4840224666 | ISBN 978-1413903171 | 2003-08-27[2] | 2005-06-06[2] |
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On the last day of the spring semester, Yotsuba and Koiwai move into their new house and meet the neighbors, the Ayase family. Although they encounter problems, including a broken bathroom lock, Yotsuba's need to learn about polite greetings, air conditioners, and the proper uses of doorbells, they manage to settle in comfortably. Fuka offers the Koiwai family their old television, and when Jumbo helps carry it, the Ayases are impressed by his height. For other household goods, Koiwai takes Yotsuba shopping at a department store for the first time. The following day, Jumbo takes Yotsuba and Ena cicada-catching and after Fuka helps bring in the laundry, Yotsuba plays in the rain. | ||||
| 2 | ISBN 978-4840226745 | ISBN 978-1413903188 | 2004-04-27[2] | 2005-08-01[2] |
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Yotsuba tags along when Ena and her friend Miura to go drawing in the park. After watching a gangster movie, Yotsuba decides to take revenge on the Ayases with her water pistol. The next day, Mrs. Ayase sends Ena, Miura, and Yotsuba to buy cake from a bakery. After working all night on a deadline, Koiwai falls asleep, leaving Yotsuba to watch the house on her own. In a failed attempt to get closer to Asagi, Jumbo takes Yotsuba, Fuka, and Ena swimming at the pool. When Yotsuba catches a bullfrog, Ena adores it but Miura is frightened of it. Asagi returns from an Okinawa vacation with souvenirs for the family, and leftover sata andagi for Yotsuba. | ||||
| 3 | ISBN 978-4840228954 | ISBN 978-1413903294 | 2004-11-27[2] | 2005-10-03[2] |
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To thank Asagi, Yotsuba travels to the playground to find a souvenir for her and her friend Torako. Pleased by the gift, Asagi buys Yotsuba a package of fireworks. While helping Fuka shop at Jumbo's flower shop, Yotsuba buys all the leftover stock for ¥10. The next day, during Obon, Koiwai sends Yotsuba, dressed as the "Flower Cupid," to give away excess flowers. The next day, Koiwai takes Yotsuba on her first visit to a zoo to see an elephant. In an another attempt to get close to Asagi, Jumbo takes Yotsuba, Ena, and Miura to a fireworks show, where Yotsuba learns that crowds can be scary and that display fireworks are more impressive than firecrackers. | ||||
| 4 | ISBN 978-4840231633 | ISBN 978-1413903454 | 2005-08-27[2] | 2007-06-27[2] |
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To give Miura a "summer vacation memory," Jumbo takes her, Yotsuba, and Ena fishing. Koiwai and Yotsuba go shopping for dinner, but he forgets his wallet and they must borrow money from Fuka. When Fuka sees the boy she likes with another girl, Yotsuba tries to understand, then console, her broken heart. After Ena takes Yotsuba to radio exercises for the first time, she invites Yotsuba over for breakfast, where Yotsuba decides to become a newspaperman. Her career ends, however, when The Yotsuba Times publishes the secret of Fuka's heartbreak to the rest of the family. After dreaming of being a tsukutsukubōshi, Yotsuba dresses up as one, only to learn that they are not summer-ending fairies but a type of cicada. | ||||
| 5 | ISBN 978-4840234412 | ISBN 978-1413903492 | 2006-04-28[2] | 2007-10-10[2] |
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Ena and Miura make a robot costume out of cardboard boxes, which Yotsuba assumes is a real robot. Yotsuba helps Mrs. Ayase with household chores and then meets Koiwai's kōhai, Yanda, whom she instantly dislikes. To help with Ena's homework, Jumbo takes her, Miura, Yotsuba, and Fuka stargazing. During rainy day errands, Yotsuba misinterprets Koiwai's excuse for not going to the ocean, "There'll be jellyfish!" as a promise to go see jellyfish, and invites Ena and Fuka along. When she throws a tantrum, he gives in and the four spend the afternoon at the beach. | ||||
| 6 | ISBN 978-4840237024 | ISBN 978-1413903669 | 2006-12-16[2] | 2008-02-25[6] |
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On the last day of summer vacation, as Miura desperately finishes her homework, Yotsuba gives herself the assignment of constructing a utility shirt out of recycled materials. Koiwai buys Yotsuba a bicycle and she learns, after a few trials, to ride it. Yotsuba attempts more careers, first as an office worker, then as a milkman, delivering a bottle of milk to Fuka at her high school. For riding off without permission, Koiwai takes away her bicycle privileges, but after she helps him and Jumbo build some bookshelves, he restores them. | ||||
| 7 | ISBN 978-4840240536 | — | 2007-09-27[2] | — |
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Ena and Miura show Yotsuba how to make a paper-cup telephone, and then take her on a bike ride to the elementary school playground. Because of Yotsuba's continuing interest in milk, Koiwai plans a trip to a farm, but this is put off when she gets a fever. Yotsuba helps Fuka and a classmate bake a cake for their school cultural festival. When Koiwai wants instant ramen for lunch, Yotsuba insists on running the errand by herself for the first time. Koiwai, Jumbo, and Yanda take Yotsuba on her long-delayed farm visit, where she meets sheep and learns how to milk a cow. | ||||
- ^ "Genshiken (manga)". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2007-11-11.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Yotsuba&! (manga)". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2007-12-06.
- ^ a b c d e Azuma, Kiyohiko (2006). Yotsuba&! Illustrations and Materials (in Japanese). Tokyo: MediaWorks.
- ^ Tsukutsukubōshi is a species of Japanese cicada (Meimuna opalifera), named onomatopoetically after its call.
- ^ The Japanese name of Ena and Miura's robot, Danbō, comes from danbōru (段ボール), the Japanese word for the corrugated cardboard it is made of.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
amazonvol6was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Takes place on the last day of summer vacation, and school resumes in chapter 36.
- ^ Koiwai says, "September starts today," and Yotsuba changes all the calendar pages.
- ^ The day after chapter 36: Yotsuba's bicycle was "just bought" the day before.
- ^ Takes place on the next Friday.
- ^ Takes place on Sunday, with Mr. Ayase at home for the weekend, and chapter 39 takes place the next day on a school day.
- ^ The day after chapter 39, and a school day.
- ^ Takes place on Jumbo's day off, so is the Thursday before chapter 43.
- ^ Some titles were changed between serialization in Dengeki Daioh and republication in volume 7.
- ^ Serialized as よつばと敬老の日, which is the same title written in kanji.
- ^ Serialized as "Yotsuba and Farm" (よつばとぼくじょ, Yotsuba to Bokujo, with the last word misspelled).
- ^ Serialized as よつばとパティシエ; ぱちしえ is small child's pronounciation of パティシエ.
- ^ Serialized as "Yotsuba and the Farm" (よつばとぼくじょう, Yotsuba to Bokujō).
- ^ Serialized as "Yotsuba and the Farm!" (よつばとぼくじょう!, Yotsuba to Bokujō!).
- ^ Date, shown on a calendar, of Respect for the Aged Day in a common year starting on Wednesday.
- ^ Chapters 47 and 48 take place one week later, on Jumbo's next regular Thursday off.
- ^ Yanda says, "Today is 25 September."
- ^ Starts soon after the end of chapter 47.