‘Nerd’ is everywhere a lonely status, but queer identities and nonconforming gender expressions are especially socially isolating. This article examines the intersection of these two identities, ‘nerd’ ‘queer’, in Kio Shimoku’s manga Genshiken. Genshiken sort roman-fleuve about university otaku circle. One members, Hato, heterosexual male connoisseur BL—homosexual ‘boy’s love’ amateur parody ma...