Genshiken/YMMV

• Ensemble Darkhorse: Asada. Not even named in the original manga, you know her as the girl with the constant cat mouth.
  • And Madarame. There is a reason he has three quotes at top of the page and at least five character focus chapters.
• Fan-Preferred Couple: If the proportion of fanfics is anything to go by, Kasukabe and Madarame.
• Five-Man Band
  • The Hero: Sasahara and Kasukabe
  • The Lancer: Kousaka and Madarame
  • The Big Guy: Kugayama
  • The Smart Guy: Tanaka
  • The Chick: Ohno
  • Sixth Ranger: Ogiue and Kuchiki
  • The Obi-Wan: The first president
    • The positions keep changing in this one.
      • Kasukabe can be seen as Sasahara's The Lancer in the Genshiken Doujin Arc (the Haraguchi and the Sasayan vs Kugapii incidents). Being the Nerd Nanny, she plays the role of Team Mom in the later volumes, especially to Ogiue.
      • Ohno (at one point the Older and Wiser to a confused and tormented Ogiue) turns int a sort-of The Lancer for Ogiue in Nidaime, though shared with Sue.
      • Madarame gets a The Chick -esque role in Nidaime.
      • Yoshitake switches between Tagalong Kid and The Smart Guy (sharing the last one with Yajima sometimes)
      • Hato shares the Sixth Ranger status with Angela.
      • The old president can be seen as a Spirit Advisor (specially for Kasukabe).
      • Kousaka acts The Smart Guy in many occasions.
      • Kuchiki ends up as a rare mix of Butt Monkey and Team Pet, and shows a Tagalong Kid role on the Comifes chapters (his mission being getting the desired doujins for everyone).
      • Of course, each president after the first one gets to be The Hero, and the group's dynamics change a bit as a consequence.
• Germans Love David Hasselhoff: Massively more popular outside of Japan than in.
• Memetic Mutation: "This is what I ************* to!"
• Misaimed Fandom: The entire point of Madarame is that he's the living embodiment of "talks a good game, can't follow through". Don't tell that to the shippers...
• Needs More Love
• Relationship Writing Fumble: Kasukabe and Kousaka's relationship seems to be based entirely around them being physically attracted to each other. It's not clear if this is entirely intentional.
  • Obviously there's more to it, as they're both still together even after graduation. When Kousaka isn't wrapped up in his hobbies, he's a surprisingly caring guy.
• Ron the Death Eater: Kousaka sometimes gets this treatment in fanfics that are Madarame X Kasukabe.
• The Woobie: Almost every member of the Genshiken can be counted as a woobie; however, the standouts are Ogiue and Madarame.