「現代視覺文化研究會」（現代視覚文化研究会、The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture），簡稱「現視研」（現視研），是一個以研究動漫等綜合性現代視覺文化為成立宗旨，但實吃喝玩樂之行的社團。主角笹原完士在成為大學新鮮人後，跟同為一年級新生的重度御宅族高坂真琴一起加入了現視研。但在都是「御宅族」的社團活動中，高坂的青梅竹馬春日部咲對其展開攻勢；即使與其交往之後發現了高坂的「御宅族」真面目，仍不放棄將他拉回正道，因而成為社團的常客。

Doujin Work follows the life of a young girl named Najimi Osana and her exposure into the doujin world. She was first tempted into becoming a doujin artist after seeing how much one of her friends can make at a convention. Najimi loves to draw, though soon learns contrary to what she expected that this new world is anything but easy. As she attends more conventions and meets more people, Najimi eventually manages to find a group of very interesting friends. These friends already have some experience in the field and help her out along the way so that she can someday make a name for herself creating doujinshi.

A mockumentary featuring an animated tale of an average person who slowly becomes an otaku (obsessive fanatic) and eventually becomes the "Otaking"! Between story segments, live action interviews with fictional die-hard otakus take place.