In "Genshiken" proper, "Kujibiki Unbalance" is a popular manga serial created by , published in "Kudansha"'s ""Weekly Shōnen Magazine"". By the release of its fourth "tankōbon" volume, it gains an anime adaptation as well. Nearly all the members of the Genshiken read and discuss the series, and their favorite moments from the manga are detailed in "Genshiken" volume 2 (with club members writing under pseudonyms for their sporadically-published "dojinshi", "Mebaetame"). The series' popularity is such that "dojinshi" based on the series, as well as models of the characters, are a hot item at conventions such as Comifes, and no less than four members of the club (Ohno, Kohsaka, Ogiue, and, under great protest, Kasukabe) have cosplayed as characters from the series.