Genshiken: Second Generation - Recommendations

• Vol: 3; Ch: 21
• 1989 - 1990

Now you too can learn the secrets! This mock-instructional tome is actually a hilarious parody in graphic novel form of those books which seek to advise one "how to draw manga." Now even a completely untalented, artistically uninclined novice such as yourself can learn what it takes to properly use a pen, create characters, license ancillary rights for anime and toy manufacturing, and become rich, famous, and sexually potent beyond your wildest dreams.

• Vol: 1; Ch: 22
• 2007 - 2008

• Vol: 6; Ch: 76
• 2004 - 2008

Najimi Osana's goal is to make a fortune in life, but in reality, she hasn't been having much success in her job. Tsuyuri, a doujin artist and a friend of Najimi, takes her to a convention to help her sell her doujin; and after learning that her childhood friend Justice is a very successful doujin artist, Najimi declares that she will make her fortune by creating doujins of her own. However, Najimi has never created anything close to a doujin before, and will struggle through many difficulties. Together with Tsuyuri, Justice, and Sora, they will work together for Najimi’s sake to gain fame and fortune in the doujin market.

• One Shot
• 2012

Ever wonder what Yaoi-Con is like from a mangaka's point of view? In 2011, BL mangaka Fusanosuke Inariya attended Yaoi-Con as a guest of honor. Read this manga style report about her personal experiences on what she saw and how she felt. There's plenty of fun as East meets West in this fujoshi fueled article!

• Vol: 5; Ch: 39
• 2016 - 2020

• Vol: 9+; Ch: 80+
• 2012 - ?

Tamaki Honda, a first year high school student, joins the peculiar SNS Club. With nothing but her wits and her artistic skills, she must traverse the world of doujin (self-published) game development. As new issues arise within the development of game making, Tamaki learns more about her club member’s odd personalities.

• One Shot
• 2008

She's the most popular girl in school, but what all the guys don't know about Akari is that she's actually a yaoi-crazed doujinshi artist... and her subjects look an awful lot like some boys from school.

• Vol: 5; Ch: 27
• 2018 - 2022

A fujoshi OL goes to a doujinshi event so she can meet the author she admires; that author also was waiting to met the OL because of her twitter comments talking about how much she loves the doujinshis the author made. But when the OL discovers that the author is a high school student, and the author finds that her fan isn't around her age, but an adult woman, some problems arise.

• Vol: 15+; Ch: 156+
• 2011 - ?

The boy of her dreams...is a girl's manga artist?! To the eyes of high school student Chiyo Sakura, classmate Umetarou Nozaki--brawny of build and brusque of tongue--is a dreamboat! When Chiyo finally works up the courage to tell Nozaki how she feels about him, she knows rejection is on the table...but getting recruited as a manga-ka's assistant?! Never in a million years! But for someone who makes a living drawing sweet girly romances, Nozaki-kun is a little slow on the uptake when it comes to matters of the heart in reality. And so Chiyo's daily life of manga making and heartache begins!

• Vol: 1+; Ch: 19+
• 2016 - ?