The main characters. KIRINO IS PROBABLY THE MOST ANNOYING TSUNDERE EVER. EVEEEEEER. I literally have nothing good to say about her. She's the younger sister of the protagonist--her older brother, Kyosuke. She's a pretty, popular middle schooler who does modeling part time. Her quirk? She's into eroge ("erotic games" for those not familiar with the term), especially the kind that deals with Older brother x Younger sister relationships. Yeah, I know, warning bells are going off; they did for me, too. (AND YET YOU CAN'T LOOK AWAY; THE ART IS TOO PRETTY D8) Kyosuke... I mean, he's not a BAD character, but there's nothing special about him. (I'm seeing a trend of "essentially blank male hero that makes it easy for male viewers to insert themselves" in these fanservice-excessive Anime...) He and his sister don't get along at first, but after her secret is exposed, he decides to help her protect it because he's her older brother.
The side characters are actually quite enjoyable. Well, Kirino's otaku friends, anyway. Her model friend pissed me off in one scene and never really redeemed herself in my opinion, but it didn't really hinder the flow of the Anime for me so that's fine. That said, there really aren't many characters in this... xD' 6 that I can remember off the top of my head, meaning they're the only important ones. Kyosuke's female friend is... eh. I personally disliked her at first because she was just sooo stereotypically that "quiet, domestic neighbor-girl" character. But she did get kind of interesting later on, and I came to appreciate her. As for the otaku friends (since I just noticed I didn't expand on them at all--D'OH), they're really funny and just overall great characters.
The plot. Well, there is none. It's a slice-of-life with a twist, what did you expect? Pretty much it's just daily nonsense until the end, but it's fun nonsense so that's fine. Kirino ruins everything, though. Seriously.
The ending. There's two. I know right? IT'S LIKE AN EROGE~ except not erotic. (Maybe. There was some fanservice, though not in the form of nudity.) The first ending sucks, imo. Like I said, there were moments where the creators want you to think the brother and sister will end up together, but by the time you hit the episode right before the first ending, you don't feel that way. I realized after a while he wouldn't end up ROMANTICALLY loving his sister; he just loved her, in a "I'm your big brother and I don't want anyone or anything to get you down!" way. For that, I was actually really touched that he would set aside all the crap she put him through, INCLUDING HER AWKWARD INTEREST IN BROTHERXSISTER EROGE, and still NOT ONLY accept her as his sister, but want to help her.
...But then the first ending kinda ruins the certainty of that. Basically, it leaves things ambiguous. After seeing the first ending, I still didn't get the feeling that HE romantically loved HER... but maybe that SHE romantically loved HIM. Awkward. Like a lot. Some people say it's just because she wants to stay with her brother, because she loves him as a SISTER, but I'm sorry. She would have to face that choice SOMEDAY; it's only easier to get it out of the way early.
The second ending is much better, in my opinion, but still with its own problems. I like that life has to change and the characters have to adjust, but I don't like how things ended between Kyosuke and Kirino. What she did is harsh to do to a sibling. On the plus side, Kyosuke was hinted at becoming romantically involved with a different character, and it was a character I definitely felt fit better.
The art. It was very cute and colorful. There were never really any blaringly lazy moments; at least not that I can remember, as I watched this about 2 weeks ago.
The fanservice. Was pretty minimal, from what I can remember. Still kind of awkward, but tolerable enough.
I would NOT suggest this Anime if you're overly sensitive to suggestions of incest. Like I said twice already, THE CREATORS WANT YOU TO THINK IT WILL END THAT WAY. There's scenes that lay on the border, not crossing into "THIS IS DEF INCEST" nor "THIS IS DEF NOT INCEST" and they really keep you guessing 'til the end. It was muted enough that I could tolerate it, and that's saying something since I generally can't stomach that kind of thing.
All in all, 8/10.
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