life line by line

Genshiken always has me laughing, and episode six is no exception. Bascially the time has been broken to tell two stories: Saki slow steps into the world of otaku to spend more time with Kousaka and meeting Sasahara’s younger sister Keiko.

Saki’s story was pretty entertaining, especially when she tries to learn to play Puyo Puyo Fever. All I have to say is Kousaka is one hell of a player, as he sure can hell combo them well! Also Saki asking the Genshiken crew for advice was classic as she breaks the ice by hinting at Kanako’s breast size (”J League!?!?” “W-World Cup…”). One has to feel bad for Saki as her attempts to spend more time with Kousaka together was all for nought, in some sense. Even when she gets some more quality time with Kousaka, there’s always some anime-related thing in her way.

Keiko, Sasahara’s younger sister, story line was just as hilarious as Saki’s. Seeing the normal Sasahara actually get annoyed when Keiko called was funny… plus Genshiken’s reactions were just pure gold (”First a childhood character, now a younger sister!”). Seeing how Kanji (Sasahara’s first name) and Keiko act, you can tell they’re siblings though just looking at them they’re complete opposites. The straight laced otaku Kanji to his kogal younger sister Keiko… makes for some good brother-sister situations (I think all older brothers with younger sisters know Sasahara’s pain ), like her asking to borrow money yet again or Kanji being sort of embarrassed while the rest of Genshiken watches them. Good stuff.

Kousaka definitely makes the episode as he has links to both stories. Saki trying to impress him only to be totally defeated in video games under 30 seconds flat. Or Kousaka taking the best “action” when everyone meets Keiko (one has got to love Keiko’s reaction to the wallscroll in her attempt to try to warm up to Kousaka). Thank you Kousaka for being the blacksheep of Genshiken! Without you, half the laughs would be gone!

Anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed this viewing of Genshiken and it was great to see a) Sasahara’s cute sister Keiko b) Saki’s attempts at otaku-ness. There was really no “weak” point for me for this episode as everything was as good as it gets. Whether from Saki’s sexual harassment of Kanako to Saki’s unique description of an “friend” to Keiko to Sasahara’s empty wallet, Genshiken never failed to entertain me for one minute. Now only if they would show more Kujibiki Unbalance….