Stick with Genshiken. The ultimate payoff is a rich slice of life story full of damaged, but well developed characters who learn about themselves and grow over the course of the series. I gave non-spoilery comments about volumes 1-7 as a whole here (http://mscongeniality.vox.com/library/post/reading-2007---march-1-17.html), and if you want specific comments on the last two books, just click on the Genshiken tag.
It really is one of my favorite manga series.
Oh, also, someone mentioned the anime. The original anime is the first 3-3/4 volumes of the manga. I haven't seen the OAV or second series yet, but the series is short enough that I'd suspect it also sticks very closely to the original source material.
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Date: 2008-05-03 02:29 pm (UTC)It really is one of my favorite manga series.
Oh, also, someone mentioned the anime. The original anime is the first 3-3/4 volumes of the manga. I haven't seen the OAV or second series yet, but the series is short enough that I'd suspect it also sticks very closely to the original source material.