History Main / NondescriptClub

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A subset of the [[JapaneseSchoolClub school club]]. It usually does not have a set subject of interest. Even when it does, it rarely has any activity, so it becomes a place for the main characters to hang out after school. Often, it's started by one of the main characters just so he can have his [[StartMyOwn own club]].

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!!Examples:

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* ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokurochan'': Dokuro-chan forms a student club called the "wood glue club". In this club, you watch white wood glue dry and turn transparent. She wants to make it to the nationals. It's implied that she physically tortured a teacher to approve the club -- the approval form is signed in blood and wet with tears.
* ''LightNovel/{{Haganai}}'': The Neighbors Club by Yozora.
* ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'': Not a school club, but Yorozuya Gin-chan (''Odd Jobs Gin'').
* ''Manga/ChroniclesOfTheGoingHomeClub'': The Going Home Club by Sakura.
* ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'': The [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot "Far Eastern Magical Nap Society of Summer"]], a name that Rikka came up with in an attempt to cover the interests of all its members.
* ''LightNovel/{{Oreshura}}'': The Maidens' Club by Chiwa and Masuzu.
* ''Manga/SketDance'': The Sket-dan by Bossun and Himeko.
* ''[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Suzumiya Haruhi]]'': The SOS-dan by Haruhi. Kyon at one time lists the requirements for an official club, which they don’t meet, so they call themselves simply a “group”.
* ''Manga/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular'': Tomoko attempts to start one. [[spoiler:[[RealityEnsues The student council rejects her proposal for being too vague in its goal]].]]
* ''LightNovel/MyTeenRomanticComedySNAFU'': The Volunteers Club.
* The Amusement Club in ''Manga/YuruYuri''.
* The ''LightNovel/GJBu''. Member just laze around and no attempt at an objective was raised.
* The School Life Club in ''Manga/SchoolLive''. They live at school 24/7. Of course this makes sense as [[spoiler:the girls are the only people in their school alive during a zombie apocalypse and the 'club' is just there to keep them occupied while they're stranded]].
* ''VisualNovel/LoveElectionAndChocolate'': The Food Research club.
* The Telepathy Club lampoons the concept in ''Manga/MobPsycho100'', as they're not only portrayed as mostly lazy slackers despite having a declared goal, but the school cuts their funding and disbands them as an official club when Mob chooses to join the more active Body Improvement Club and leaves them a member short of the official club requirements, with them only getting to stay in the room due to the generosity of the aforementioned Body Improvement Club. [[spoiler:Once they actually make an effort to work towards the goal the club was founded for (using telepathy to contact aliens), they eventually succeed.]]
* The Pastimers Club in ''Manga/AsobiAsobase'', which only consists of the three main characters and has a very vague goal of "having fun". RealityEnsues when the Student Council President rejects the girls' bid to get approved as a club, since they only have three members and "having fun" is something they could easily do at home.
* The Go-Soccer club in ''Manga/{{Nichijou}}'' was ''intended'' to be this - its founder created the club just so he and his friend would have a room to hang around in, and only found out later that go-soccer is an actual sport.
* ''Manga/GenkakuPicasso'' has the Riverside Club, an unofficial two-person club which Picasso uses to draw with Chiaki after School. [[spoiler:By the end of the manga, it's expanded quite a bit.]]
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* ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator''
** On it's surface, the Photography Club looks to avert this, as photography is a legitimate subject to have a club for. However, the club leader Fureddo Jonzu freely admits to interested students that they don't actually do any photography and it's just a place for him and his friends to hang out and chat about manga. [[spoiler:It's subverted if enough people disappear or are murdered though, as the Photography Club decide to become detectives to try and find the person behind them.]]
** A straighter example would be the Gaming Club, who basically are just getting together to play video games. Akademi doesn't even recognize them as a legitimate club, and they had to hijack the sociology classroom to get a room for them to put their stuff in.
** Another example would be the Info Club, which is really just a front for Info-chan's spying, and only exists despite having a membership of one because [[spoiler:Info-chan's blackmailing the Headmaster.]]
** The Light Music club ''used'' to be like this, where they didn't really play much music and mostly got together to hang out, but when Miyuji joined and expressed a desire to make something meaningful, they decided to actually take music seriously and formed a rock band.
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[[folder:Web Comics]]
* The Activity Club in ''Webcomic/ParaNatural'' is this to characters not [[TheMasquerade in the loop, particularly Suzy.]] It's called the "Activity Club", for Pete's sake, it's difficult to get more nondescript. However, its members (and the readers) know that its full name is "Paranatural Activity Club"[[note]]But not its official name. As an official school club, the name is "Activity Club", and "Paranatural" is written in ink that is InvisibleToNormals.[[/note]] and takes care of paranatural threats around Mayview, as well as brings up its members as Spectrals.
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[[folder:Web Animation]]
* The title club in ''WebAnimation/SenpaiClub'' is simply a bunch of parodies of anime senpai sitting around. It's supposed to be a [[HeManWomanHater He-Man Woman Haters]] club, yet they have a female member (Lady-senpai).
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* The title club in ''WebAnimation/SenpaiClub'' is simply a bunch of parodies of anime senpai sitting around. It's supposed to be a [[HeManWomanHater He-Man Woman Haters]] club, yet they have a female member (Lady-senpai). '''This one is a bit odd. The club apparently has a goal of avoiding women, which isn't a standard club activity but it doesn't seem completely non-descript.'''

* The title club in ''WebAnimation/SenpaiClub'' is simply a bunch of parodies of anime senpai sitting around. It's supposed to be a [[HeManWomanHater He-Man Woman Haters]] club, yet they have a female member (Lady-senpai).

* ''VisualNovel/KoiToSenkyoToChocolate'': The Food Research club.

* ''[[LightNovel/BokuWaTomodachiGaSukunai Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai]]'': The Neighbors Club by Yozora.

* The Activity Club in ''WebComic/ParaNatural'' is this to characters not [[TheMasquerade in the loop, particularly Suzy.]] It's called the "Activity Club", for Pete's sake, it's difficult to get more nondescript. However, its members (and the readers) know that its full name is "Paranatural Activity Club"[[note]]But not its official name. As an official school club, the name is "Activity Club", and "Paranatural" is written in ink that is InvisibleToNormals.[[/note]] and takes care of paranatural threats around Mayview, as well as brings up its members as Spectrals.

** A straighter example would be the Gaming Club, who basically are just getting together to play video games. Akademi doesn't even recognize them as a legitimate club.
** Another example would be the Info Club, which is really just a front for Info-chan's spying.

* On it's surface, the Photography Club in ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'' looks to avert this, as photography is a legitimate subject to have a club for. However, the club leader Fureddo Jonzu freely admits to interested students that they don't actually do any photography and it's just a place for him and his friends to hang out and chat about manga. [[spoiler:It's subverted if enough people disappear or are murdered though, as the Photography Club decide to become detectives to try and find the person behind them.]]

* The ''LightNovel/GJBu''. Member just laze around and no attempt for an objective was raised.

* The Telepathy Club lampoons the concept in ''Manga/MobPsycho100'', as they're not only portrayed as mostly lazy slackers despite having a declared goal, but the school cuts their funding and disbands them as an official club when Mob choosing to instead join the more active Body Improvement Club leaves them a member short of the official club requirements, with them only getting to stay in the room due to the generosity of the aforementioned Body Improvement Club. [[spoiler:Once they actually make an effort to work towards the goal the club was founded for (using telepathy to contact aliens), they eventually succeed.]]

* The Activity Club in ''WebComic/ParaNatural'' is this to characters not [[TheMasquerade in the loop, particularly Suzy.]] It's called the "Activity Club", for Pete's sake, it's difficult to get more nondescript. However, its members (and the readers) know that its full name is "Paranatural Activity Club"[[note]]But not its official name. As an offical school club, the name is "Activity Club", and "Paranatural" is written in ink that is InvisibleToNormals.[[/note]] and takes care of paranatural threats around Mayview, as well as brings up its members as Spectrals.

* ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'': [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot "The Far Eastern Magical Nap Society of Summer"]], a name that Rikka came up with in an attempt to cover the interests of all its members.

* ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'': The Far Eastern Magical Nap Association by Rikka.

* The Telepathy Club lampoons the concept in ''Manga/MobPsycho100'', as they're not only portrayed as mostly lazy slackers despite having a declared goal, but the school cuts their funding and disbands them as an official club when Mob choosing to instead join the more active Body Improvement Club leaves them a member short of the official club requirements, with them only getting to stay in the room due to the generosity of the aforementioned Body Improvement Club.

* The School Life Club in ''Manga/SchoolLive''. They live at school 24/7. Of course this makes sense as the girls are the only people in their school alive during a zombie apocalypse and the 'club' is just there to keep them occupied while they're stranded.

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[[AC: WebOriginal]]
* The titular ''WebVideo/SenpaiClub'' is simply a bunch of parodies of anime senpai sitting around. It's supposed to be a {{He Man Woman Hater}}s club yet they have a female member (Lady-senpai).

* ''{{Manga/Watamote}}'': Tomoko attempts to start one. [[spoiler:[[RealityEnsues The student council rejects her proposal for being too vague in its goal]].]]

* The titular ''WebVideo/SenpaiClub'' is simply a bunch of parodies of anime senpai sitting around. It's supposed to be a {{He Man Women Hater}}s club yet they have a female member (Lady-senpai).

* The titular ''WebVideo/SenpaiClub'' is simply a bunch of parodies of anime senpai sitting around.