Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai.

-Project Zakuro Reviews: OreImo Season 2- The second season of Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai (or OreImo for short) has been a long awaited hyped-up sequel to the first season which had gained much notoriety through the theme of otaku acceptance. So does this season have the potential to match that of its predecessor? Well then, let's find out. At the start of the season, I wasn't sure if the story was going to change much throughout the course of the anime after the first season but as I continued on, It turned out that I was wrong. There were major changes to the whole story shortly after the beginning. The main theme of the first season was promoting otaku acceptance which it had did very well. But what I had surprisingly discovered is that the second season seems to stray away from that theme, especially halfway through to focus more on romantic relationships and the usual cliches of the slice-of-life genre. In other words, Kirino's anime and eroge obsession has been kept at a minimum to focus more on Kyousuke and his relationships with other girls. The whole change to the story was kind-of disappointing in my eyes because I was expecting much more from the success of the first season (much like anyone else). It felt like I was in a "been there, done that" territory of the entire genre. Although I do not think the story is terrible or a massive failure, I do feel that it has lost all of its potential due to the fact it was straying away from its original theme. To put it simply, the story itself had become one big cliche of slice-of-life. The artwork and character designs hasn't changed much from the first season, only this time it has far more crisper quality. But that doesn't change the fact that the art still wasn't as appealing as other anime art designs. As I mentioned in my previous review of the first season, the artwork by Hiro Kanzaki is not bad but nothing too impressive either because it has been trying to stay as much realistic as possible. What I mean by this is that although the characters are good to look at, they're to put it simply just plain. Nothing special about them to be honest. This was fixed however with the inclusion of varied art styles in the first season but because the story strayed away from its original theme, those varied art styles were almost completely absent throughout the season. To sum this up, the art designs hasn't changed much but it is still decent for this anime's standards. The animation pretty much mimics that of the first season but everything still runs smoothly to the frame rate. There are some scenes where the frame rate was a little off but that is hardly a major problem so the overall animation is still good. I'm not going to say much for the background music as the second season reused a majority of soundtracks from the first season. The soundtracks are basic and average which is nothing too impressive but they do fit their scenarios quite well. The new opening theme by ClariS is very impressive and I can see the effort and potential put into it but in my honesty, it paled in comparison to the first season's opening theme which was done extremely well. It seems that ClariS was trying too hard to top their previous masterpiece but the theme is still good nonetheless. The wide variety of ending themes were also a nice touch but there were way too many of them for me to keep track and critique them properly. All I can say is that they are still nice ear-catching compositions. Now for the voice acting. Again, I'm not going to say much as the second season reused all of the previous voice actors from the first. So far the quality of the characters' voices hasn't slipped and they are still very decent and good to comprehend. Needless to say, the voice actors did a very good job with their characters. Now for the characters themselves. For the most part, some characters are likable but I've noticed some major changes with the characters along with the story and I'm not impressed with most of these changes. So now I'm going to list them specifically. I felt that the character Saori was losing her spotlight as she appeared less times in the second season and had less of an impact. Sure there was an entire episode dedicated to Saori's backstory but that didn't make much of a shift in her spotlight and to see one of the original key characters of the first season reduced to a mere background character was depressing. Speaking of spotlights, Kuroneko has gained a large leap from her original status to become part of Kyousuke's developing relationships. Since when did the producers decide to make her the leading major character of the show? That was quite of an unexpected move considering that Kuroneko is my personal favorite of the bunch. As I mentioned before in the story, Kyousuke and Kirino had swapped roles so now that Kyousuke is the main centerpiece in order to focus more on developing relationships. Kirino's otaku hobbies are still present but they have been kept to a minimum and Kirino is still the "annoying imouto" as ever. As for Kyousuke, it looked like the producers had tried way too hard to transform him into a harem king which was far beyond his original personality. I had mixed feelings about Kyousuke in the first season but now I feel sorry for Kyousuke because the producers were exploiting too many perverted opportunities with him, making him sound like a total jerk. Lastly were Manami and Ayase. Ayase was unfortunately a victim to the whole Kyousuke relationship thing and it looked like they were somewhat making her the yandere type. Again, this was an unexpected change far from her original personality. As for Manami, there were no changes but one particular episode made me thought that she was a hypocrite to Kirino. Now that my rant about the characters is done, all I can say is that the changes in their spotlights and personalities has made a major dent in their previous reputations that made them likable in the first season. I hope the producers will learn from their mistakes and make sure they don't commit the same mistake again for another anime. Overall, although I do not think OreImo season 2 is terrible, there are some flaws with it that unfortunately doesn't make it the same level as its predecessor. To me, I would call this anime a hit-and-miss. I wouldn't recommend this anime to everyone but if you're the type that can bare with flaws and/or are a fan of the first season, then I would definitely recommend this to you. From there on, only you can decide the outcome of OreImo season 2 from your own experience. Final Evaluation: Flawed but still watchable.

Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai (Season 2) Story (7) The second season was for me a mixed bag for me, Many Ups and Downs and left me feeling an overall feeling of "It was ok" I think not having a core story or plot didn't help, We know Kirino is an Otaku and we know all about her Friends etc.. So they mainly focus on the character development of the case from S1, This gives them a reason to fit a plot around rather than the characters fitting around the plot, Which at times worked, then sometimes it didn't. Art (8) & Sound (8) Same style from S1, Really nice. Although on the OP/ED i preferred Season 1's Character (8) This season heavily relies of the Drama aspect to give depth to each character, Which for the most part was good to see, For example the real reason why Kirino likes her Brother and how that evolved over time. These parts made the Episodes worth watching, but i felt it lacked content and put some pointless plot to give the episode a direction or meaning. They only have Meaning when they developed the characters more, Episodes 7 onward did that Enjoyment (7) Enjoyment i felt was hanging on the development of the characters which for me was the core of the show, I enjoyed Episode 7 onward's, but before then it felt like it lacked a direction or focus and thus as explained in my introduction this season two is a mixed bag, but i have say it was worth my time and i felt it was going to be worse than it turned out to be, as i expected FAR more Fan-Service than what was shown. Overall (7.5) As i cannot do .5, I will be pessimistic and round down to 7, It was a decent series and was enjoyable so if you have watched Season One this is worth your time to watch. Ending (Slight Spoiler) OreImo leaves it open which i felt vindicates my points of their lack of direction, But they do resolve certain plots and gives the viewer a hint what could happen in the future, Will we see OreImo S3? Only time will tell.

The pacing remains abysmal, yet there is now a semblance of growth. However, the plot continues to meander without purpose, dropping and picking up threads purely for convenience. While secondary characters receive more focused attention, their development remains mediocre at best. A glaring misstep is the decision to recount the special, a choice that adds confusion rather than coherence, given that it lacks the popularity and relevance of the main series. As a result, certain scenes feel disjointed disrupting any narrative flow the show attempts to establish. Character stability is virtually nonexistent as they waver unpredictably, never reaching a true state of equilibrium. Yet, despite this inconsistency, the effort to mold them into something tangible renders them slightly more endearing. Several plot holes persist, only to be conveniently abandoned whenever the narrative deems fit. The inclusion of flashbacks does little to remedy these inconsistencies, though the final stretch finally delves into the complex relationships that had long been left underexplored. Ultimately, the show concludes on a marginally satisfying note, as the characters come to terms with their flaws and motivations which is always a welcome, albeit doing heinous crimes before leaving some good virtues.

Post Series Depression: ~6.5 Tear Factor: ~5 (depending on your personal preference on main character's heroine) Laugh Factor: ~6 Drama Factor: ~8 Character Attachment: ~7.5 Story: The story is good, be warned the ending will get you, take that how you want. There aren't any points at which the story really derails from the central plot point of the show, so high stats. Art: Perfectly fine, typical art quality for a modern day slice of life, no complaints. Sound: I didn't notice anything wrong really, no complaints. Characters: I don't think I can really get into it without spoilers - but basically good characters, bad character, good characters, bad character. Enjoyment: High enjoyment even at parts I may have not particularly enjoyed. Overall: At the end of the day, the anime was good in its entirety and I won't let a specific portion of the story ruin it for the rest of it.

I originally got into Oreimo because of the otaku culture. I'm an otaku living outside of Japan so it was interesting to see some of the otaku stuff in Japan...how people react and such. That being said...I knew this was also an anime about incest between a brother and sister...at least to a degree (they don't get past kissing ffs.). I'm not against incest in anime...I actually enjoy it (all be it in yaoi form), so I won't say I didn't enjoy it for that... This review is for the whole show...both seasons and the specials. Story: It was delightful. It took a spin on the typical "gross" otaku stereotype and made it into a cute middle school girl. I love that. I also love how they depict the other otaku girls...showing off that just because your an otaku, doesn't mean your a gross 40 something year old man with a little girl fetish. And it's true. The news reports we hear about otaku killers are just slander against a very small community. It's disgusting the hate for otakus...but I don't see it changing any time soon. The major part of the story focuses on the two siblings and how they interact with each other...finally finding a somewhat happy medium. Art: I loved the artwork...lots of attention to detail with the figures, manga and anime in the stores...and the cosplay costumes were also really detailed. Sound: The Stardust Witch Meruru song that Kanako Kurusu sang was catchy as hell lol. Characters: And this is where the anime messed up. I felt that the sister was...way to tsundere. At times it was even off putting. But the worst character by far was Ayase Aragaki. The most annoying girl in the damn anime. All of season one I hated her...season two I hated her less but I still wanted her to get hit by a truck...I also thought her "confession" was complete BS. Overall: I did enjoy the anime, even if some the characters annoyed me to no end. But that ending was...it wasn't as bad as School Days but it was up there. They pushed the two siblings together through the whole damn anime, only for them to break it off after FINALLY kissing?! And yes I know that it's hinted at that they still have a relationship...I don't consider hints useful. The anime should have ended with them kissing. It would have been a great ending...but no they had to wuss out.

Honestly I would just say I hated this anime but I loved it so much at the same time. Oreimo is an anime that will probably never be forgotten to a person who watches it. If you watch the first season you should know the story is about a little sister and her big brother falling in love with each other. The story isn't the greatest ever but it brings so much fun and enjoyment to other perverts and lolicons such as myself LOL. Okay but honestly it's really funny and dumb. The art is at a very high level. The characters are so well drawn also there is so much detail in the eroge and the anime shops. The music is pretty good as well I love the first opening of Oreimo S2. The characters you should know if you watched season one are Kousaka Kyousuke the big brother and the protagonist of the story. He is kinda plain but a very uhhh emotional person when it comes to his little sister. Kyousuke's little sister is the female main of the story who is tsudere to hell Kirino Kousaka. She is pretty damn cute... uh she's really tsudere and she brings a lot of innocence to the show (also takes away a lot). People might find this anime trash and all I know it is too. What makes this anime special is what you feel when you watch it. It makes you want to laugh it makes you want to cry also it makes you want to straight up punch something some times but if you are looking for a fun time you should watch Oreimo.

If only there's no cringe thing or maybe just a little cringe thing and if they are non-blood relatives, this anime gonna be so good. If that happen, i'm gonna put this to 8 or maybe 9? It's not normal about incest thing. How can people normalize this shit? Plus there's so many cringe scene. I can feel the cringe into my body, like maybe i can die because of that cringe thing. That my summary, acually it's good but because of those two things, i put this into 6. My suggestion to you all, if you hate incest and cringe thing, you don't need to watch it.

I thought this season was two steps forward, two steps back. More or less, everything good about Oreimo S1 is still here. Good cast, funny, etc However, some characters get more attention than others, which is a shame. I did come to appreciate Ayase in this season, the second episode of this season is one of my favorite in the series, they did her yandere side justice this season. I've kinda poked fun at how Saori's just... the glue that holds the dysfunctional girls together but she actually does get character development here, which was sorely needed and greatly appreciated. However, I felt her appearance at the end was kind of rushed? Idk, I still felt like she was otaku Saori for the entirety of the season until she went to the homecoming party (more on that in a second) as Saori Makishima and she was flaunting her good looks and rich girl personality like huh? I feel like pacing is my biggest issue with this series, a lot of things only take place over two episodes at most when you could hypothetically get a lot more content out of some of these plot points. I did enjoy the new character in the game development club over in the Oreimo S1 Specials and while Sena does get a good scene with Kirino's male friend, we don't really see her that often, which is weird considering the increased focus Kuroneko got and considering both Kyousuke and Kuroneko are part of the game development club... Speaking of Kuroneko, I finally see the vision of Kyousuke x Kuroneko. I did appreciate how they wrote the two together in their scenes, although for all of the screentime she gets, she's basically in the exact same spot she started in. However, this did confirm that Oreimo is indeed a harem where a sprawling cast of cute girls all fall for a milquetoast MC and while that's a fine series normally, it still befuddles me why Oreimo did this. I will say though, it kind of loses the plot on the otaku stuff? We do see it come up but it's mainly for jokes or for background information when they decide to indulge in flashbacks so we can learn more about the characters. This season, for better or for worse, is more about the personal drama involving the characters. Which I guess makes sense. But this season only really works if you enjoyed the comedy and/or characters of Oreimo and wanted to see more of them and their story, I don't think it's as thematically striking as the original. Unfortunately, this season also kind of has a "novelist arc" like S1, the mock exam arc just felt like filler? It formally introduces one of the characters into "I love you, Kyousuke" territory but he just immediately turns her down? Maybe in the S2 Specials, it'll do more with the parents but it just felt like wish fulfillment to show that no, it's not just Kirino/Kuroneko/Manami who likes Kyousuke, it's basically every notable female character in the series (Sena excluded). Generally speaking, if you enjoyed Oreimo S1, you'll like this. If you didn't, then you won't like this.

3 steps up from a '1' on the first season. Less appalling, now it's only bad. I'll address the elephant in the room which is the incest. There is none. There's a brother and a sister who love each other and want to improve their relationship. Is the entire show a gigantic insinuation that they want to be romantically involved? Yes and it's perfectly fine because these are fictional characters and it's not the focus of the story. I can tell you why incest is objectively wrong besides the genetic risks - It's near impossible for it to be a consensual relationship due to the inherent trust family members have in one another. It's also why master or teacher/student relationships (regardless of age) are a bad idea, because the student is essentially conditioned to trust everything said by that person. You don't think straight, you're prone to do a string of things that you would not be alright with under any other circumstance and it leaves you exceptionally vulnerable, sometimes for both people. It's just a bad recipe with too much risk that stunts your growth. The reason the first season was terrible was because it was a miserable experience and the second season is less so, but it has not just its own flaws, it also carries over the issues from the first season (and the first special, since this is a continuation of those episodes). Little sister Kirino resets to being an awful person (the show seems to be aware of how weird this is) and there's a painful couple of episodes that deliberately give you the content you want (or at least preferable to yet more miserable Kirino content) and then rips it away because everything, all the time, always is about Kirino. Lets start at the end. Kirino's reason for being an abhorrent abusive shit is exposition dumped in the very last episode and the reasoning is gossamer thin. There is no build up to this, there is no character development, there is just a pretense that people weren't always bad and that some magical hump has been overcome for everyone to behave differently now. The whole story could've been saved and gradually resolved, but instead the tone of the show shifts from being a confusing mess that doesn't know if it wants to be funny, a drama or slice of life and instead goes full on slapstick harem romcom, invalidating everything that's happened before then. Big brother Kyosuke is all of a sudden popular, to a ridiculous extent, culminating in a full on bishojo game with everyone suddenly wanting to be with him, completely out of left field. The character has not done much to deserve this, I write 'much' because the implication is that everyone sees what he's willing to do for someone he loves (his sister), but this is audience knowledge, not something every character knows. There is missing context. First off there's another special (which I have not watched as of yet), but the manga series is apparently a multiple ending story. Anime viewers don't know this and it's CRUCIAL to the second season to understand these bizarre developments, because the whole thing is essentially a joke that the audience isn't really let in on. There is no narrator to tell you that Kyosuke has to choose between girls and what his motivations for each one would be. They're not self evident either because he's overwhelmed by crazy girls and doesn't stand a chance to think things through. On the bright side the show isn't miserable anymore, it's actually funny, critical of itself and has plenty of endearing moments. You almost feel like you weren't shit on for an entire season and a half. Is it worth it? Hell no. Go watch actual good romance shows and comedies.

Season 2 hits us much the same as season one, retarded tsundere moments, and an almost brain-dead brother/friend going along the same way as season 1. The same unrealistic human behavior where most of us don't want to be attacked, humiliated, and where rifts would grow, of course, this anime ignores the common sense of it. We see less of the inhibitions of her Reki-jo hobby, with regular trips, no worries if she is seen and a growing co-dependency between our two main characters, as one relies generally on for advice, and to procure things, while the other just wants to keep his sister in his life, whilst both develop some form of feelings, where they don't want to commit incest, but are desperate no one else has the other. As much as I could expect this from the sister, due to the way she constantly tries to break her brother with insults, humiliation, and violence to make him more submissive and responsive is like a desperate need to have that childhood brother who was always there for him, where he is clueless on women, how they think and needs her advice. The co-dependency goes to a damaging level that makes them toxic especially her, as it affects surrounding friend groups, with even who she trusts most having feelings for her brother, where all her friends seem to thirst for him after seeing how much he will do for his sister, making her, her own worst enemy and she is told that, but doesn't change. The truth is though, as much as flashes of their childhood occur, is not much and not enough after years of not talking to have such codependency issues, is not realistic if you push some away they come back, and though friends realize what's going on, and try to strike relationships, is like he needs her approval to be with someone. Where most people would escape from such a sister and in time family, as he has to move out, with them questioning his sexual status with his sister as if pushed by him, despite the family knowing she is the eroge lover of the two. The simple fact is it proves he is better without her, his grades improve without her around, he sleeps better and relates to others better. Sadly is better than season 1, but still unrealistically stupid. The same problems of cause and effect, the same problems of driving people away, and the same problems where friends are not driven away by lies, insults, etc as it repeats into a circle of hate at stages. People who like this sort of thing will watch it, people with half an ounce of common sense will get bored quick of so many episodes being the same and no moving forward. Lazy writers are the enemy of anime.

I need to write this to put my thoughts at peace with this anime. SPOILERS BTW Oreimo, Oreimo. I knew it wasn't going to be an anime for me that is why I didn't watch it for so long but I decided to give it a chance and push forward to see if it had anything actually good that I might had been prejudiced about. Sigh. I kinda enjoyed season 1, it surprised me with some aspects, such as seeing Otaku culture and people getting into anime and how it feels to have it as a secret hobby or how it's percieved by outsiders. It was interesting and a nice look. I also kinda liked the characters, their banter, interactions were fun. I especially liked Kirino and Kuroneko's arguing, it's just fun seeing people nerd out and get passionate over things. But.. as many other people have said, Season 2 drops the ball and hard. Season 1 wasn't amazing to begin with but it had its moments of nice insight and good fun. Season 2 on the other hand... it started off fun and interesting like how Season 1 was but then when it got to the "drama" parts it made me feel uncomfortable, like it felt forced, came outta left field. "Did I miss an episode or something?" "Why are they doing this!? This is a weird way for a person to act". I don't often question anime when I watch it but man, Oreimo is special. I felt like I was losing brain cells or like had a hangover and woke up with amnesia. Characters just suddenly changing or doing things that are so unncessary or like there isn't much focus, instead it's focused on forcing drama and harem elements. I quite like Kuroneko and Ayase. Kuroneko surprised me and I can see why people like her, she seemed like the most normal out of all the characters until she suddenly isn't. Same with Ayase, she takes a sudden 180. I do like episodic episodes or episodes focusing on 1 girl for the harem theme but the way it flows to the next or executes it is horrible! I just keep feeling lost as if I hadn't been paying attention, when I had been trying to. I like Ayase but I don't understand why she likes the main character, it just didn't process in the end and felt forced. 1 episode characters would start dating and then by the end they stop dating. Then it turns out it was all a ruse to expose someone's true feelings but then it just sorta doesn't go anywhere with that or ever focuses it properly. It then just decides to do more harem bait stuff! Tsk, I need to come to a conclusion. This anime was frustrating to watch and enjoy. I wanted to enjoy it in the end since season 1 was decent. But I didn't. Season 2 decides to take a horrible melodramatic turn and go full harem without any proper way to transition to those themes smoothly. It's forced, it's messy and it's frustrating to say the least. And I've seen NISEKOI and I quite enjoyed it, sure it had its characters acting dumb and melodrama but Nisekoi also allows itself to be funny and entertaining for the most part. Oreimo, nope. And I haven't even said a single thing about Kirino's romance and how it goes down in the end. Of course the main character would pick his sister, it's the damn name of the show of course. What truly mattered is how we get there and the themes that get explored. And well in the end I was thinking to myself "How and why did we get here!?" Tsk. A huge disappointment.

the two words to sum up this anime are terminal cancer. The storyline is god awfull. the art was ok. the music as in background music was great tho. The main characher is anoying and completeley stupid. It can be entertaining at times but overall its just another trashhy dumpster fire anime But like i said the one redeming factor was the music so i say if you like trashy anime this is for you and if you like eromanga sensei then oremo is for you . this in my mind is the mother of all the trashy anime out there. and the words sexualy harass are used so often and perfectly its amazing how they don't lose all meaning watching this anime may make you question your sanity you will ask your self why am i watching this am i that degenarate

This review may contain spoilers. This is my first time writing a review on anime, so I'm sorry if things will be too rushed and straight. Oreimo 2... Is just bad. I got interested in this anime when YouTube recommended me one clip from this anime. I have written there on the video a comment "I really should watch this anime already." since I saw more clips of this anime. However, there was only answers advising me not to. ...And perhaps, there was only one reply saying I should. And now I understand all the hatred towards this anime. Oreimo 2 isn't overall a bad anime, but the story is just f***** up. It's like the director(s) knew what people really don't want to happen and it makes no sense. The best idea probably is to end on episode 12, and not watching it any further, because it just gets worse in the specials. So pretty much, the anime will show you how good it is, and then it will show you how fast it can get ruined.

well, after a lot of "rolling" I finally decided to write about this work, I will follow the classic division into topics: 1-Story: I'll be very superficial: an anime that tells the story of two brothers who flirt with each other, as much as the plot is deeper, it doesn't leave this premise, it's not an anime that would impress me, it's not something that has a very well told story or teach you something (I mean, at least not reveal anything to me that I didn't know); in the first season the story was really better told, but the second was something I watched more out of obligation, it breaks the original "script". I really don't like / I don't understand why they like this little sisters and incest thing so much (although I'm Japanese), I can't say I have anything against it, at least not necessarily, but the problem is, it's not taken seriously; to be honest, I'm worried about 7-year-olds seeing this and thinking "that's cool, I'm going to" play "with my sister"; the second season gave itself completely to comedy, became a bit "beast", to be honest, this anime was one of the ones that irritated me the most, (maybe I don't have the “maturity” to accept the development), but many things were not explained, I'm not the only one who was disappointed with the end of Kuroneko's arc 2-Art:sI'll be honest, I don't like it, it's cute yes, but I would do something better. The graphics improved in season two, I admit, but still we have errors of proportions mainly in our heads (the designer is probably a guy who does something wrong and says it's his "brand"), and that annoys me, it's a mediocre art , it’s not bad, but it’s far from good / great 3-Sound: bad, really bad, unlike the first season, I can't even remember the opening, at that point there wasn't anything remarkable, I don't know if it was for lack of funds or laziness. but it was bad 4-Character: they're pretty average, I haven't seen any major character development, Kirino is insufferable, it's easy to say something like "how cute" when you're watching it, but when you live it in reality it's hell, they tried to make it look like cute; and I really understand that some might have a fetish for that, but she's a boring character. Her brother follows the classic model of many works, a guy who has failed but has a "perfume" to attract women, it is unbelievable (I don't know if Japanese people do this because the facts of the authors are often failed in love), but haren I don't like, I'm not saying that animes are made to reflect reality, but it's problematic when young people start to believe in it. Pray no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai, in my opinion, is an anime saved by the secondary characters, more precisely by Kuroneko, after all, most people ended up watching the anime more for her than for the protagonist. 5-Enjoyment/Overall:the anime as a whole is not bad, but it's mediocre, if you chose this job to laugh, it fulfilled its role, it's a fun anime, laughs in many parts, but that excuse of the author at the end "if you laughed with him for Less once, I fulfilled my goal, "I approved one more sentence to fill a hole, it's an anime that only enters a list of "animes with a bad ending", and which is far from good, it was a job I was too lazy to develop , that simple But as they say in the first season "damaged things are successful", while this won a second season, many quality animes are interrupted, sad

Okay here do you need kawai anime girls in your life then gets ruined when you hit a certain episode then you should watch "Oreimo" I have a reason why in every part i put this kind of score sorry for disappointing you for some of it. *SPOILER* Story = 6 - I put 6 in Story because it is like an sister love story that everyone likes. It is original in it's own way like having a sister and a brother secretly love each other like lovers not family and a childhood friend who likes her brother and a character that you loved then. she will get rejected by her brother while trying to confess and didn't make an appearance ever since that just killed my enjoyment there. I thought that "I think this will be a show that actually ended up in the (sister)friend or the childhood friend this will be a new show" till EPISODE 14 hits then your heart starts to break every second till you realize your crying because of that confession - I still love you Ruri Art = 10 - Art is Good the animation is smooth and i really like it good job A-1 Pictures every scene is in good shape because of the outstanding animation you could really feel the warmth and pain of every character because of the animation even when you turned off the sound and the subtitles you will feel the character's feeling nothing really to say here just great animation A-1 pictures Sound = 8 - The sound is greatly well done the voice acting is good the OST is good just straight up "AMAZING" cant feel the the heart break of Ruri? Here *slaps you* voice acting still cant feel it? Here *slaps you* Sound track need more? Good acting by Kana Hanazawa as Ruri and Nakamura Yuuichi as Kyouseke we got high tier voice actors here what can you ask for? Speaking of the Sound track the Songs are let alone good so good. Character = 8 - Characters! yeah..... why 8 right? it's because the characters are well written for example how kirino is written her character as a jolly sister and meant to love her brother is fulfilled by the series and kyousuke is written as a dense MF who thinks his sister is better than great lovely loli gothic kouhai Ruri is "Good" for the series and "Bad" for me personally and Ruri the holy grail of the series the Lovely chuunibyou otaku goth loli kouhai is what we are talking about here Ruri is also a well no not... well.. Outstanding written character her character was portrayed well in the series she shows how caring she is and how she is called kuroneko. She has 2 lovely personalities Outside she is a sadistic goth loli who walks around akihabara wearing a gothic lolita dress and Inside her house or with kyousuke she is caring lovely kouhai who cares for her siblings and kyousuke she is a God Tier Waifu in my waifu tier list. Enjoyment = 6 - cant really blame me right just like i said in the "Story" part of the review EPISODE 14 killed my enjoyment it broke my heart into pieces when kyousuke said "I cant date you anymore" (translations dont really know the real deal) with the power of voice acting and sound direction it hit hard for me. This made me realize ruri's hard work would be in the trash can because kyousuke rejected the crap out of her like Rem and Subaru but this really hurts the feeding the care she has given to him and the love and trust of her siblings and she just got rejected?! I almost dropped it by this point thought they will be together again then realizes it will never happen because the guy married his own freakin sister i had nightmares on that episode. Overall = 6 - Overall i give this series a 6 it should be 7 or maybe even 5 because of that rejection and the final episode the everyone ranted about just saying that it is 6-7 for me cant really decide it is a fun yet depressing anime you should definently watch or dont watch it's on you.

This was a great anime, it made me feel again. Go read the kuroneko route manga and this is a 10/10, but the real ending is lame af :/. The fact that the kuroneko route is so much better than this ending hurts, they should have just made that route the true end. Setting that aside, this anime was still quite enjoyable, the characters were great. I am going to miss this one pretty hard. This story would have been better as a regular love story but i feel like they needed it to be taboo because that's the main appeal, I'm jut not a fan of that part.

The entire season was fucking cancer but i still enjoyed it somehow. Okay so like the first season was bad and confusing because the characters kept defending each others creepy obsessions but it was still decent because it was mostly just about the relationship kirino had with her brother and i guess they had nothing else to bond over so alright nice, kyouske even started dating the only girl i didnt hate so yay that. But then in season 2 everything suddenly changed and got really strange and i can't even really describe it because i don't wanna spoil it but just trust me when i say some of the ending scenes are quite repulsive. Also, the loli girl with the pig tails was completely irrelevant. (Even though she had this basic sad past that ive already forgotten about). Kirino was very annoying but the anime (and manga) kept describing her as perfect which kind of annoyed me because she has all these strange fetishes and she's very bitchy but idk that's perfect somehow-- Pretty sure i just sounds salty rn so lets leave it at that. I secretly kinda liked Kuroneko though (till she became a weeb) so it wasn't all bad.

Minor spoilers if you care about the plot of trashy incest romcoms. I thought the season had some good moments. The fact the protagonist-kun actually hooked up with the girl who wasn't his sister was nice. People who write siscon stories have never had siblings, because if they did they'd be just as grossed out as the rest of us at the idea. If anybody has ever actually had a pervy attraction to their own siblings, blood-related or otherwise, they are the degenerate outlier in an otherwise civilized society. Well once he'd hooked up with the black hair kouhai girl I thought that'd be the end of all the sibling shipping but this is anime so of course it has to be a forced love triangle and of course he ends up ruining his perfectly happy committed relationship so he could score some sweet sweet incest. I don't care how the show tries to paint it, it's weird and gross. Playing the brocon/siscon archetype for comedic effect can be very funny, but when you try to dramatize it like this it becomes very yabai very fast. For as much as I didn't like the ending I think there were still okay moments in the show leading up to it so it's not the worst show ever. It's up there among the more degenerate anime content but if you can pretend it's all for laughs I guess you can still have an alright time with it. 7/10