History Literature / MillsCollegeAnimeClub

* AnythingThatMoves Deconstructed: [[spoiler: Randy]] is still a virgin because women think he's a pervert, and also because (gay) men usually dump him the instant they find out he's bisexual.

* '''Mike Bronson''', a [[TheBigGuy 6-foot-4, muscular]] StraightGay who is a pre-med major, studying to be a gynecologist [[WellDoneSonGuy in part to please]] [[HasTwoMommies his lesbian mothers]]. He is usually a NiceGuy / GentleGiant and the voice of reason, especially to his UnluckyChildhoodFriend Gracie. He loves {{Shounen}} and {{Bara}}.

* '''Melissa 'Missy' Kowalski''', a UsefulNotes/{{transgender}} lesbian who just came back from studying abroad in Japan. Is fluent in Japanese, has seen pretty much every anime without subtitles, and [[BikerBabe rides a motorcycle]]. Gracie dates her for a short time, refusing to believe that she's a transwoman and not a {{Bishounen}}. They break up when Gracie finally gets it.

* '''Alistair Howard''', a [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] {{transgender}} guy [[SmallNameBigEgo who has a huge ego]], worships [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} Char Aznable]], and [[NewMediaAreEvil thinks that any anime made past 1995 is crap]], though he changes his mind later.

* '''Melissa 'Missy' Kowalski''', a {{transgender}} lesbian who just came back from studying abroad in Japan. Is fluent in Japanese, has seen pretty much every anime without subtitles, and [[BikerBabe rides a motorcycle]]. Gracie dates her for a short time, refusing to believe that she's a transwoman and not a {{Bishounen}}. They break up when Gracie finally gets it.

* {{Animesque}}: Sort of.

* RuleOfFunny

** WholePlotReference / {{Homage}}: Randy's dream is one to the first few episodes of ''Manga/YuYuHakusho''.
* StrawCharacter: Gracie, hands down, even more so than everybody else.
** StrawFan: Gracie again. A not-so-loving parody of [[YaoiFangirl Yaoi fangirls]], Gracie is portrayed as unattractive, socially inept, [[StrawMisogynist shrilly misogynistic]] and totally wrong about just about everything. She mostly seems to be kept around so that the rest of the cast will have [[AuthorFilibuster someone to lecture]].

* ViewersAreGeniuses, GeniusBonus: You will find certain scenes funnier if you speak German or Japanese. Heck, most of the novel is an anime fandom in-joke.
* WriteWhatYouKnow

* [[spoiler: [[EmbarrassingFirstName Rodrigo]]]] '''"Randy" Alvarez''', a [[BiTheWay bisexual]] [[TwoferTokenMinority Latino]] {{Hentai}} fanboy who is fairly BookDumb and is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.

* '''Alistair Howard''', a [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] female-to-male {{Transsexual}} [[SmallNameBigEgo who has a huge ego]], worships [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} Char Aznable]], and [[NewMediaAreEvil thinks that any anime made past 1995 is crap]], though he changes his mind later.

* '''Melissa 'Missy' Kowalski''', a lesbian male-to-female {{Transsexual}} who just came back from studying abroad in Japan. Is fluent in Japanese, has seen pretty much every anime without subtitles, and [[BikerBabe rides a motorcycle]]. Gracie dates her for a short time, refusing to believe that she's a transwoman and not a {{Bishounen}}. They break up when Gracie finally gets it.

''Mills College Anime Club'' is a WebOriginal novel written for National Novel Writing Month 2009 by Tropers/SirPsychoSexy. It tells the story of [[ExactlyWhatitSaysOnTheTin several members of the anime club at Mills College]], a fictional college in [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield Millstown, USA]]. It's basically CastFullOfGay [[XMeetsY meets]] OccidentalOtaku, with some RuleOfFunny thrown in for good measure.

* {{Expy}}: Frank N. Dick, an extreme {{Flanderization}} of voice actor VicMignogna.

* GenreSavvy: Everyone... except for Gracie. She's more straddling the line between WrongGenreSavvy and GenreBlind.

* FanConvention: [=GenkiCon=]. No, it's not [[SaintsRowTheThird a murderfest hosted by a psychotic man in a cat suit]], despite how cool that premise would be.

* ShoutOut: '''TONS''', including several to the creator's favorite anime, ''Manga/YuYuHakusho''; ''Creator/MontyPython''; ''LittleBritain'' ([[spoiler: Alistair]]'s birth name), and a whole lot more.

** He also ends up subverting AManIsNotAVirgin.

* ShoutOut: '''TONS''', including several to the creator's favorite anime, ''YuYuHakusho''; ''Creator/MontyPython''; ''LittleBritain'' ([[spoiler: Alistair]]'s birth name), and a whole lot more.
** WholePlotReference / {{Homage}}: Randy's dream is one to the first few episodes of ''YuYuHakusho''.

* CosplayOtakuGirl: As well as some Cosplay Otaku ''Guys''. The most notable instance of this (besides Genki Con) is when Nina and Liese dress up as [[GurrenLagann Yoko and Nia]] in order to attract customers to buy fund-raising chocolate.

* {{Otaku}}, OccidentalOtaku: Everyone. Even nameless background characters turn out to know exactly who [[GurrenLagann Yoko Ritona]] is.

It can be read [[http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2736662/1/Mills_College_Anime_Club here]]. A review by SomethingAwful can be found [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/79226017/Anime-is-the-Tie-that-Binds-Us here]].