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Originally Posted by MrBrown
I don't think it's necessarily a bad decision. There's alot of terms in genshiken that even hardcore western otakus don't necessarily know, and the subbers would have to use alot of onscreeners to tell the meaning of the terms.
Not sure what I would have done myself, though.
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That's not the point of this manga in the first place.
The manga is made to show regular people in Japan that this is how otakus are. (Whether it succeeded or not is a subject to debate).
Basically, if hard-core western anime fans do not know the subtle details, they are no more different than the regular Japanese who aren't otakus. Normal Japanese do not know about Toranoana, Comike, or ero-games as well.
Hence, everything that you see need not have any explanations what-so-ever. Telling the meaning of terms actually is a spoiler from the view point of someone who doesn't know in this case.
The point is:
"If you know the details and feel an itch at your heart - you are a Japanese otaku"
"If you don't know the details - welcome to the world of how Japanese otakus live" (i.e.: you are Saki)