Eromanga-sensei

I don't normally tend to point fingers at people, but just this once I feel like I need to get some things off my chest here. Almost every single season nowadays, it seems there has to be a scapegoat. An anime which you are somehow obliged to publically hate on or you'll be looked down upon by the community and no one will take you seriously. I'm honestly sick of this kind of group pressure/bandwagon mentality. We're now halfway through the year 2017 and yet hating on popular stuff over the internet is somehow still considered to be the coolest and best thing since sliced bread. *Especially* when it's gross, creepy and immoral shit made for closet pedos, am I right? Shows like this really bring out the most toxic sides of the anime community. When you have an anime which totally wears its heart on its sleeve and doesn't try to hide its true intentions in any way, why is it that so many people seemingly insist on still making themselves watch it even when it's clear as day that they're not going to like it and that they're not part of the target audience? Eromanga-sensei is one of the most blatantly polarizing series in the last few seasons, and quite frankly you should be able to easily figure out whether you will enjoy it or not just from reading the synopsis and by considering the fact that it is written by the same author as Oreimo. In short, Eromanga-sensei features the following: - A glimpse into the life of a young, aspiring light novel author in Japan - Lots of references to other anime, light novels, the industry itself and more - Pseudo-incestuous relationship themes (they're not actually blood-related) - Somewhat trope-filling and eccentric characters - Cutesy moe-style heroines - Frequent suggestive shots of various middle school girls - An abundance of romcom clichés and sexual gags - Memes - Cameos of characters from Oreimo - The perfect setup for providing tons of juicy ero-fanart and doujins Now if you have a problem with several of these themes, you don't need to watch this anime. It really isn't any more complicated than that. It is clearly not for you, and you don't need to go out of your way to force yourself to watch it just so you can go on a lengthy rant afterwards about how trashy it is, how it is "pandering to otaku", label it as "pedo-bait" or anything along those lines. If you're not even part of an anime's target demographic then quite frankly you have no business trash-talking it for not adhering to your own standards—the problem lies entirely on your end in that case. Criticizing an anime for its execution is logical—criticizing an anime for merely belonging to a certain genre is not. You don't need to go on the aggressive from the safe place behind your monitor just to feel better about yourself. If your sole reason for watching an anime is to make fun of and insult the people enjoying it, you really need to get your priorities straight. Even more curious are some comments I've seen basically saying "i-it's not like I enjoy watching this terrible anime or anything, don't get the wrong idea, baka!", as if implying that either their morals or the group pressure is preventing them from admitting to themselves that they actually like it. Give me a break already. On the other hand, as someone who actually does enjoy those kinds of themes and absolutely loves imoutos in general, Eromanga-sensei is a pretty solid anime that does just about all the simplistic things I could ask of it. It's cute, light-hearted, decently funny at times, has a lot of sexy shots of ero-kawaii and energetic moe girls, and is just plain fun and enjoyable in general. And as a result, what you have is a thoroughly entertaining anime despite everything. Yes, that is in fact all that's needed, as shocking as that might be for some people to believe. In short, Eromanga-sensei follows the lives of a high school light novel author named Izumi Masamune and his hikikomori little sister Sagiri, who somewhat secretly works as an erotic illustrator for his novels amongst other things under the pen name Eromanga-sensei. The story follows both their struggles with their respective jobs as well as their relationship with each other as step siblings. There are also a number of other girls involved in one way or another, primarily the eccentric Yamada Elf who is also a top-selling light novel author, as well as the even more successful Senju Muramasa who on top of being an author is also Masamune's biggest fan. There's also Sagiri's pushy classmate Jinno Megumi who keeps trying to find ways to convince Sagiri to leave her room and go to school for once. It's a simple setup overall, but it serves as an easy way to get the protagonist and the various girls intimately involved with each other on both a personal and professional level, which is a good thing since the main selling point of Eromanga-sensei is the characters' interactions with each other. As you can probably tell, it is all quite similar to Oreimo in not just the incestuous themes but the type of chemistry between the main characters and the side characters as well. And as it happens, they generally fulfill somewhat similar roles too. Just like Kirino, Sagiri is here the otaku imouto with a rather perverted hobby who is also quite obviously in love with her Onii-chan. In terms of personality though, they're very different from each other. Whereas Kirino was an outgoing honors student and a rather extreme tsundere, Sagiri is shy, reclusive and more of a dandere than anything, and she gets embarrassed easily whenever she's not hiding behind the mask of her online Eromanga-sensei persona. But perhaps most importantly, just like Kirino, Sagiri is incredibly sexy. The vast majority of the show's fanservice is centered on her in the form of various suggestive shots of her inside her room, but it's done in a rather smooth and natural way so it doesn't feel out of place. It's the type of eroticism which greatly enhances an anime's enjoyment value in my mind; the kind that makes you repeatedly pause the video to rape the screenshot button for academic purposes. I appreciate it quite a lot. It's no wonder that Sagiri has already been crowned the clear ero-fanart queen of the season by the Japanese portion of the internet, as is quite evident if you go visit just about any major anime image board at the moment (which is also a bit ironic considering that drawing such pictures is literally what Sagiri does for a living herself). Similarly, if Sagiri is supposed to be "the new" Kirino, then you'd also have to argue that Elf is the new Kuroneko. Elf is the energetic and weird yet funny girl of the show, being an immensely talented writer but also a rather lazy one who only sees her work as a hobby, and thus only writes whenever she feels like it, much to the dismay of her editors. Furthermore, she's also a bit of a chuuni nutcase who consistently does stupid things for the amusement of all. As a result, while she's not quite as sexualized as Sagiri is, overall I would still say Elf is the most likable and entertaining girl of Eromanga-sensei due to how enjoyable her personality is. In other words it's pretty much the same story as with Oreimo where (in my opinion) Kuroneko was ultimately the best girl even though Kirino was sexy as hell. For all the old Ayase fans out there though, I'm sorry to say but there isn't really a replacement for her in Eromanga-sensei. Instead we have Muramasa taking the role of the third love rival, but she's not particularly similar. If anything she's the most publically affectionate towards Masamune out of the trio, but for rather... questionable reasons. As far as the story itself goes, the viewers are pretty much told from the beginning that this will eventually head down the pseudo-incest route as Masamune and Sagiri are evidentially in love with each other and Masamune makes it quite clear on numerous occasions that she is the only girl he has eyes for. While he is still a litt…

For better and for worse (mostly worse), Eromanga-sensei is the successor to OreImo and its themes of sister-banging. But where OreImo had some interesting things to say about the otaku community, Eromanga-sensei possesses nothing, and is nothing, puerile and creatively bankrupt. Eromanga-sensei in many ways represents everything that is bad with light novels. It is a story (I guess, if we put aside its flagrantly incestual nature) of a group of twelve-to-fifteen-year-olds who are famous artists, as if adults do not and cannot exist. If Eromanga-sensei was taking inspiration from the scribbles of a bunch of middle school students, its rubbish writing would actually make a great deal of sense. Stop me if you've heard this one before: the protagonist and a sexy lady, both being inexperienced in the affairs of love, try to imitate romantic situations with one another as a source of creative inspiration. No? How about the protagonist's rival conveniently being revealed as a cute girl who is desperately in love with him? Or the heroine angrily retreating to her room and screaming "bakaaa!" as the camera pans away? See, Eromanga-sensei isn't an anime that is particularly concerned with sharing anything you haven't already seen in dozens or hundreds of other equally brain-dead romantic comedies. (And seriously, if I have to watch another anime with a hikikomori heroine who is portrayed as some goddess of attraction, I'm going to have an aneurysm.) I suppose the difference here is that Eromanga-sensei is neither romantic nor comedic. It sure as hell is not funny (unless you are the type who thinks burping is the pinnacle of comedic genius), and its 'romance' is merely a thinly-veiled attempt to make it seem somewhat less like masturbation fodder. Fodder which, by the way, has a regularly sexualised heroine who is only twelve-years-old. Let that sink in for a second: twelve-years-old. She is twelve, and the anime frequently displays detailed shots of her ass, her panties, her naked body, and so forth, and even thinks it is amusing to have her friend (who is the same age, by the way) howling about how she loves penises. Yeah. Really. Even if lolicon pornography does not bother you, it would be an impossible task to claim this contributes to the story or the characters in any meaningful way. It actively sabotages whatever emotional value it tries to create between Sagiri and Masumune's relationship, and makes it impossible to take seriously anything that happens or could conceivably happen. For example, the anime will reveal Masamune's tragic past in the span of about one minute, and then immediately open the next episode with a girl clad in her bikini and flirting with him. Eromanga-sensei doesn't even do the incest part right since it is more concerned with creating some periphery harem for Masamune than it is with developing his feelings for Sagiri beyond "hey I like you lol." It is stupid on the level of KonoSuba and yet has the audacity to pretend without a hint of sarcasm that it is some touching story. No. It is actually a fairly sad result when compared to the author's previous work, OreImo. OreImo, flawed and infuriating as it was, actually put a great deal of time into making Kirino and Kyosuke's feelings for one another feel meaningful. Kirino was no doubt insufferable, but by the end, you could at least look at her as something more than an assortment of tropes and incest appeal. Likewise, it also went into a fair amount of detail with regards to the life of a stereotypical otaku. It represented Comiket, eroge, offline meetings, and the conflict people can have when they possess hobbies they are ashamed of. It was no Genshikan, but OreImo did at least try to contribute something to the industry with more appeal than "well, gee, banging your sister sounds like a fun idea." The same cannot be said for Eromanga-sensei, which does and says nothing about the industry. Any moment when it does display the struggles of Masamune's career, it is extremely, unbearably dull, and often propelled by silly plot devices like one of his love interests offering all their royalties in return for Masamune becoming their slave. The whole premise of being a light novel author is an accessory that may as well not even exist. If you stripped all the fanservice away, all that would expose is the show's unsightly skeleton. I can't think of any situation where Eromanga-sensei could come as a recommendation. It is asinine dreck, without so much as a modicum of creativity. I suppose its colourful art and catchy opening animation may lead some people into thinking the anime is more than it truly is, but it is best to be honest: the sole reason anyone likes this show is because they want to bone the twelve-year-old heroine. Now how much merit is there in a story like that? I'd wager not a whole not.

Eromanga-sensei is a culmination of everything I hate in lazy, insipid, vacuous, pandering entertainment. Now, to clarify, first of all, I don't believe that just because an anime, or any piece of entertainment, panders towards a certain demographic, that it is inherently bad necessarily. There has been plenty of anime that pander towards the otaku audience while, at the same time, remaining fun, and some instances, good shows, but Eromanga-sensei is not such an example. It's a show that lives by the convention in terms of its plot structure, comedy, character archetypes and dives head first into trashiness at any moment it can get. What could have been an interesting look into why and how people who shut themselves inside their homes live on a daily basis, akin to something along the lines of Welcome to the N.H.K or something, the show just decides to opt out instead for loli fan-service instead, ditching anything that made Oreimo, somewhat enjoyable, and, in some parts, decent. Before I continue, I'd just like to clarify that I am not hating on this show just because the original creator also created Oreimo. As I just said, I found that show to be decent (until the ending anyway) but it also had a few things that I could appreciate when it comes to meta humour about otaku and the anime industry as a whole. Eromanga-sensei has none of that. It's pointless, empty and has no value as a show at all. It's trash in every sense of the word. Now, before I dive into the numerous reasons as of why I believe this show to be as poor as I think it is, let's discuss the plot first of all. Masamune is a somewhat successful, trashy light novel author who has been writing for several years now to support his younger step-sister, Sagiri, a shut-in, t, who refuses to go out and stamps on the floor of her bedroom whenever she wants anything. While Masamune writes these books and even has illustrations done for him, he doesn't actually know who this illustrator actually is, who goes by the name 'Eromanga-sensei' who actually turns out to be Sagiri herself! That's right! A 13-year-old girl draws erotic pictures! Oh boy! Anyway, the rest of the show sees Masamune and Sagiri begin to bond and grow closer together, while splicing in some romance between the two (because that's needed between siblings, am I right?) while Masamune is challenged by numerous other light novel authors in the business for slots in magazines, eventually becoming their friends and going along their merry way. The show's narrative is incredibly simple and boring to boot since there is no objective or even direction in the story. It moves awkwardly from scene to scene with no sense of flow or reasoning behind any of the characters and the entire show just feels like one big filler arc from a long-running shounen series or something. Now, I'm not saying that all anime need some kind of story, especially if it is going for comedy, but Eromanga's comedy in itself is poor, repetitive and so predictable, mostly derivative from seeing characters becoming embarrassed at removing their clothing, or from juvenile misunderstandings. One such example is a joke centred around a gay misunderstanding, in which another light novel author believes that Masamune is gay and has the hots for him, resulting in some of the most dreadful gags in the show. It feels like a 14-year-old wrote the entire thing, which is ironic, considering that I can only imagine that demographic finding this sort of weak comedy actually funny. Sagiri's problem of being a shut-in was the only, the ONLY thing that the show had going for it and it throws it out so fast! I was genuinely interested to see what the show may do with this element; perhaps comment on the bigger picture of shut-ins in Japan perhaps, or delve into the psychological reasons behind this character's reasoning for why she has to say inside, but nope! They ditch this element and Masamune doesn't even try and help her with this issue at all and instead panders towards. He doesn't try to make her see why this is a problem, nor does his try to help her go into the outside world or anything. Sagiri is there just to be cute and that's it! We hardly learn anything about her as a person and she is such a brat that I can't stand every moment that she is on screen. Like most bad shows, the anime attempts to throw incest into the mix, and it comes across as so forced and disgusting. As someone who has three little sisters myself, one of which isn't actually related to me by blood, the thought of Masamune and Sagiri entering into a romantic relationship generally disgusts me to no end and all I hear people shout is "INCEST IS WINCEST" constantly, actually hoping the two will get together in the end. I also just hate the general excuse of "oh! They're not related by blood, so it's fine!". No, it's not. It's just as creepy and strange. To me, this aspect of the show baffles me, and I've never understood the appeal of little sisters in anime. This problem is also highlighted by the fact that we have young 13-year-old girls proclaiming that they love dicks out in public, just for all of the filthy weebs to rub their dicks at the thoughts of seeing this in action or something. One of the things the show has received a lot of flak for is the excessive amounts of loli fan-service all around; most of the cast consists of young girls, who are consistently put into revealing swimsuits or underwear. Now, I don't necessarily have any problem with fan-service in a series, as long as it serves some kind of purpose or is not intrusive on the narrative at any point. It feels like Eromanga-sensei's fan-service scenes were made for the sole purpose of padding the episodes out and the whiplash from seeing a bunch of kids half naked, to a heartfelt speech about love is so jarring that it makes each one of these scenes an absolute chore to watch since you know that nothing is happening and is just killing time. Not only that, but the situations the show sets up for its fan service feels just as equally as contrived and weak, and it's not like the fan-service by itself is even that alluring either as the animation and art style is rather generic and uninspired. While not a good show by any stretch, the currently airing Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai, is a much better example of a fan-service vehicle since it is full frontal with its trashiness and doesn't try to hide underneath the pretence of being any more than that like Eromanga-sensei does with its terrible attempt of sounding more emotional and deep. The show has a plethora of more emotional moments and speeches between each of its characters, all of which are generic, but the main problem is that they feel like a cheap attempt at making these characters have more depth than they actually have. Nowhere is this more evident than in the penultimate episode of the show, where we learn that Masamune and Sagiri were contacting each other over the internet even before they met and formally became siblings. This twist feels needlessly convenient and lazy. That's the best word I can use to summarise this show: it's lazy. Speaking of the characters, every single one are essentially archetypes of already existing characters that have been done to much better effect in the past. As such, I often inadvertently find myself comparing them to similar characters, even when I dislike doing so as I wish to treat each piece of media as its own thing. Masamune is your generic main lead, who has a kind soul, is a hard, earnest worker, has a soft voice while getting embarrassed and flustered whenever a girl is revealing any clothing within his proximity. Oh, and every girl falls in love with him, just because the plot demands them to do so! Sagiri, likewise, has very little to offer in terms of character or personality. As I have already mentioned, I disliked this character, with a burning passion! She is so selfish, and acts so much like a brat, screaming "ONII-CHAN IS …

[1/10] _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Oh no. Oh no... I was holding off on publishing a review until I finished watching. Not for any hope that something like this would get better, but simply due to the fact that I couldn't bring myself to write about whatever this is. Eromanga-sensei is everything wrong with the anime industry. And you know what? That's not funny. I see so many jokes about that concept. How viewers laughingly remark about this series' and how horrible it is but eat it up regardless, promoting this utter shit until it becomes the most popular non-sequel of the season. And it is. Eromanga Sensei is the most popular non-sequel in Japan. Can you believe it? A show about a fourteen year old trying to fuck his twelve year old sister while she molests other twelve year old girls is the most popular program in Japan. It is probably the most popular program amongst western anime fans too. It baffles me. Coming from a western background, series like Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad steal that limelight. Sure we have duds like The Walking Dead drifting about with their cable appeal, but even that is understandable to me. At least that has elements of redeemable quality. Eromanga has none of that. Eromanga is the mutated lovechild of everything that's hate-able about this industry and the sole reason why anime series' won't ever be taken seriously. For every angered fan of anime that realizes that their favorite show or non-ghibli film will never see the light of day in any extended theater run or any major awards show; this is why. Eromanga Sensei is hopefully the worst series I'll watch to completion. That's because as a viewer I've mostly stuck with some of the most popular anime. I've made my way through the highly-touted projects and ignored the seasonal popularity. Well, this is my first time delving deep into it and it yields an unforgettable, but totally forgettable product that fails at even the most basic storytelling. This will have spoilers. If you are reading this and haven't seen the show, good. Don't watch it. It isn't worth it. It's not funny, or engaging, and the memes you have seen about it don't give a holistic representation of the insane tedium which this show revels in. This show isn't "so bad it's good." Far from it. Eromanga-Sensei is just fucking garbage. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ [A Dancing Girl and a Pedophile] This series follows a harem protagonist on a mission to fuck with a plethora of forgettable girl archetypes that you've seen a million times in a million different anime. The girl that he will end up being with is Sagiri, his twelve year old NEET sister who has not left her room in years. He also happens to write shitty light novels, much like the ones this series is based on, and his artist just so happens to be the twelve year old non-blood related sister living upstairs. What a coincidence! And of course he finds out and helps her hide her identity. Then we meet a few other girls who are also light novel writers and play no role other than to create fanservice scenes that aren't just of the main girl. Honestly, the first ten episodes of this series really don't matter. The eleventh episode provides some much needed backstory which just renders the rest of the series up until that point completely useless. Anyway, Eromanga is just a series of empty husks waddling around on screen. It is a collection of sexual gifs that patrol the internet. From the totally inexplicable character writing to the horrendously boring direction to the non-story that is told throughout this series, Eromanga struggles to get anything right. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ [Visuals] The visuals are probably the most positive aspect in this series, and even they are incredibly uneven. You see, A-1 hired a unique key animator for Sagiri, the little sister, and only Sagiri. So her animation is often much more fluid than the rest of the characters. This creates an animated whiplash of epic proportions. You go from a well-animated movement to a seizure-like stutter within the same scene. So even if her animation is good, this show has a tendency to skimp out on everything else. Some highlights are absurdly off-model characters that kind of look hilarious. Really egregious oversights, even in the shows forgettable OP. A-1, like they do, put the minimal effort required into making this show palatable to look at while forgetting to actually give it direction. It looks like any generic as all hell sitcom. Bad. Every episode is mostly just a compilation of characters sitting around talking exposition for minutes on end before they get to the two minutes of fanservice that peppers the internet for the next few days. They virtually just include the last eighteen minutes for no discernible reason. This could've been just two minutes of soft-core porn and I think the fans would have been just as happy, if not more so, with this series. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ [Sound] It's bad. The OP is forgettable but not painful, the ED I already forgot. The show has a seasoned atrociousness, as it's unfunny and bland writing is often back-ended by painful background music. Now this ranges from "fat guy walking" tuba to "Squidward playing the clarinet" and it was initially funny that this series had such abrasive background music. But it got tedious really quick and ended up just making me angry by episode four. What can I say. This show sounds horrible. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ [Characters/Story] Now lets get to the meat. And by meat, I mean the meat of a bunch of underage girls that are endlessly used as tools to turn on a bunch of creepy fucking virgins watching this series to get off. I get it, it's okay to imagine children naked if they are fake. And i'm a supporter of the notion that thought-crime shouldn't be illegal because it doesn't harm anyone. I don't honestly care what you think about on your free-time and I care even less if it is totally fictitious and not exploiting anything. So my problems with this series isn't that it sexualizes kids. That's nothing new in anime (as disturbing as that is) and it is far from its biggest fault. It's pedophilic and gross, and I often felt ornery watching this series due to the kind of framing devices it used to express its sexuality. For example, instead of diagetically forcing fanservice on us, the director made the 'brave' choice of literally just having shots of characters from below. It felt like a pedophiles hidden camera every time a character was talking. Whether the show is being serious and dramatic or light-hearted and unfunny, the fanservice never ends. Character is being cute? Show them being cute with a below-the-skirt shot. Character crying? Have it framed so their still developing tits take up half the shot. It's cringe. It is a repulsive way to shoehorn this nonsense into your show. But on the other hand, this is the only thing this show has going for it anyway. It is riddled with plot-holes and totally clueless characters that defy any logic whatsoever. In one scene it is established that Sagiri cannot draw girls with big tits. Why? Because she uses herself as a model for all her drawings and she is twelve. So her brother, being the great, enabling guy he is, tells her to look up idols on google to discover how to draw big tits. It works! She can now draw big meatsacks. However, two episodes later she regresses back to not being able to draw titties because... a girl showed her, her panties on skype. Let me get this straight, seeing panties made you unable to draw tits. But it gets b…

Okay I'm going to be the saving grace of the MAL entry. Everybody only really likes to see positive and negative reviews. So this is going to be a pretty niche one. Kinda why every review for this show is less than a 3 or more than an 8 and I'm going to be the confuting force and say they're both wrong because it's not good or bad. It's the purgatory of mediocrity that is not bad enough for hell but isn't good enough for even a taste of heaven. Now I understand why people give this a high/low score 1) They thoroughly enjoyed it 2) They instantly liked the characters so all the interactions were good for them 3) The anime didn't impress them and usually people don't know how to react to something so middle of the road, so since it didn't impress them it was an instant fail in their book. 4) Every video about this show is like a rant, or a about why it's trash but they love it. I will bring up Oreimo. As the shows have some relation and are made by the same author. I wanna be constructive and see if you can see improvement of the authors work. So there's the preface. Let's get to review. Story: 2/10 The story is just used to get the characters into an entertaining situation. It is stuffed with episodes that have the theme but a shred of the plot. Like this is nothing to write home about. I am extremely happy this slice of life refused a school setting though, as theyre usually pretty boring and extremely cliche. The premise is the lead male, Masamune is a light novel writer who collaborates with an artist he discovers is his shut in step sister he very rarely interacts with. His step mother died and the father is out of the picture. Which gives him a feeling of loneliness. This makes Sagiri and Masamune basically two kids who just happen to live in the same house. Masamune has had very few interactions with Sagiri. Which makes it easier to stomach than Oreimo's romance between siblings. You see with the removal of incest this show loses a very prominent theme Oreimo had which was; what is deemed taboo by society and morality and accepting yourself for who you are and wanting to be what you want. Now I actually like that this theme was removed because even though it gave point to the blood related relationship and the exploration of otaku culture in Oreimo... Kirino and Kyousuke's relationship wasn't written interestingly and felt more like pandering to fetishists. Now the pandering part is debatable BUT Kirino and Kyousuke's romance was unfortunately poorly written. And since Kirino and Kyousuke were so poorly written and unlikable it makes you root against their relationship. As its seen as a very toxic thing that emotionally wounds the cast. It could've been handled so much better. Something about the story that I actually think is good for now is that Sagiri and Masamune don't get together and that creates more opportunities to expand on the dynamic of the relationship. While Sagiri was cute and they could've focused the show on them working their relationship out. I find the route that was taken to be an entertaining one to an extent. Its not always I get to see a seasonal or light novel be ballsy enough to not force in a romantic relationship that is weak and underdeveloped or not have it happen by the end of the show. The reason the story still gets a low score is because despite its premise. The love rectangle(?) is the only thing tying the story together. They go to the beach, there's like a one episode long light novel writing tournament, the plot isn't weaved together very well after episode 6... The drama of the show is kind of forced. For example, Sagiri should cry when opening up to Masa about her mother as she's never let it all out before. Its a sympathetic backstory that justifies why Sagiri lives with Masamune and why she's so shut in and emotionally reserved. It's not handled that well though. I'd say since its a comedy and comedies stories shouldn't always be the breaking point but it's all very cliche in how it plays out and how Masamune rejects other girls and says he loves another. It's not just a comedy, it's still a story and the plot doesn't really have a statement, the story arcs are usually episode length, the pacing is too fast, and gets side tracked a lot. The finale could've also easily have been the story of Sagiri and Masmune's meeting online or could've been the resolution to the climax which was their meeting but the build up falls to nothing and dents the story very heavily. Feeling empty and giving the story no conclusion. With fanservice filler being disappointing finale. It is just an episode of the girls playing lewd twister for Sagiri and them trying to unclothe Masamune. Like I said this show cannot escape the purgatory of mediocrity. And it is because of the botched final episode. Art: 7/10 The palette is a very pastel. It's pretty. The art is important to the comedy as the facial animation on the comedic contortion is executed well so the quick sharpness of the visual reaction is funny. The animation is good and it's very clearly made by A1. A1 is a double edged blade though. As the direction for the scenes and the art sometimes gets cringe worthy. Some of it just being BORINGLY simple. And some of it making me scared someone was gonna walk in. Of course even though I have not fully read the source material, I know these scenes were there so by adapting some of these I cannot blame A1. To get to it... there are several angles that do nothing but show of the bodies of the characters. They sacrifice legitimate scene direction WHICH THEY ARE CAPABLE OF for a nice shot of a girls ass. It's fan service I guess. I'm not gonna not bring it up too much because even though it is a problem, its clearly intentional. Sometimes the direction is unintentionally lacking too but it's not gonna put you to sleep. The character designs are all distinct and some give you a bit of a look into the character's persona. Such as Sagiri herself and Elf Yamada. Sound: 7/10 The voice actors were surprisingly good. Yoshitsugu Matsuoka the voice for characters like Kirito , Otau from Galko, and Hanazawa from Mob Psycho shows how good he is at leading. His acting is great, he's emotive and fun to hear. Akane Fujita despite not having too much experience does great in this role and I'm glad to see her career is only growing. Minami Takahashi is really good to hear again. She's a great actress and I'm glad to see her as a lead in more seasonals. Saori Oonishi was good as Muramasa. (Man its so weird how like all the leads were characters in Galko) Now to the music: Eromanga Sensei has a great op and ed. The Op has good direction, good animation, charm, and is very catchy. The ed while not being directed that well and is just Sagiri dancing is a very high energy, cute, and is honestly a catchy song. Like even if I hated this show I'd still dig the music of the opening and closing. As for the the soundtrack of the show... it's kind of forgettable and repetitive. They have this same song that they always play when it gets "wacky" and it is not enjoyable the 100th time ( and after ) you hear it. It's played sometimes twice an episode. It doesn't help that the other slower pieces aren't half as memorable as this. There's no flavor to the slower energy tracks. It's very standard for the most part. There are exceptions but stick to the op and ed if you wanna listen to music from this show. Characters: 6/10 Every good comedy depends on its characters so I feel like this could have broke Eromanga Sensei's back. The main male lead, Masamune is irritatingly dense and it leads to the plot solely being changed from its route because of his irrational ignorance. His dynamic of not wanting a lover but a family is pivotal for the show and makes Sagiri desire to be more sisterly and put her crush on him to the side to make him happy. We understand he wants a family after he believes he is rejected by Sagiri because of his bro…

Introduction: Yeah, I know I'm WAY late to this party. A friend requested a review though, so why not? Eromanga Sensei made quite the splash online as THE bad anime of 2017. Gigguk hyped it up famously as "The perfect bad anime" and "The ULTIMATE bad anime". He made it seem like it's so bad it's amazing and hysterical. Sadly, I must disagree. Eromanga Sensei is NOT "The Room" of anime. It isn't uniquely bad or uniquely depraved. It's just an amalgamation of the shittiest cliches and tropes from other bad echii anime. Background: Art in general is highly subjective, but what qualifies as "So bad it's good" is especially fuzzy. For me personally, the best examples either display extreme technical incompetence where the creators clearly didn’t know what they are doing, or batshit insane projects that beat all the odds by somehow getting made in the first place. Let's look at a classic bad movie with Dolemite. I’ve never seen a film where the director gave less of a fuck. The lead actor flubs a line? Who cares! Keep shooting. The sound equipment AND crew are visible? Who cares! An actor wasn’t ready and has to run to his cue at the start of a scene? Doesn’t matter. Every fight scene is our overweight protagonist awkwardly lifting his leg in the rough proximity of the bad guys and them hurling themselves backwards. The writing is astonishingly bad throughout. On a purely technical level, Dolemite makes The Room look like Citizen Kane. It’s that perfect type of mesmerizingly bad where it’s impossible to tell what was intentionally funny and what was honest incompetence. Now let's look at some underdog stories that beat the odds just by getting made. Look at every movie made by Troma entertainment. Lloyd Kaufman graduated from Yale and had the intelligence and the right friends (including Oliver Stone) to be a major Hollywood director. However, he hated that movies were greenlit or denied by a board of executives based on how well they were projected to sell. Kaufman rebelled and founded a studio based entirely around producing the ludicrous shit that would NEVER get greenlit elsewhere. Most of these movies were indeed horrible like “They Call me Macho Woman” and “Surf Nazis Must Die”, but Kaufman’s middle finger to Hollywood gave him cult status as a kind of anti-hero. It’s thanks to people like Kaufman that we get rare indy gems like “Six Stringed Samurai”. That’s a movie about a katana wielding Buddy Holly! He’s on a quest to find the last American city after a nuclear war and claim the throne from Elvis. The soundtrack couldn’t afford to use Buddy Holly or Elvis…so they found some random Russian band called the Red Elvises, who were willing to do the soundtrack for free. The Red Elvises specialize in playing 1960s Surf Rock and Rockabilly using a balalaika instead of a guitar! Six Stringed Samurai is the kind of insane shit that SOMEHOW exists and should be celebrated for that reason alone! Now let’s get back to Eromanga Sensei. Eromanga is perfectly fine on a technical level and was made by people who although lazy, knew exactly what they were doing. The series knew it had an audience based on the success of Oreimo and sure enough was a decent hit in Japan. It was no mistake that Eromanga got made, rather a cynical decision to milk some cash out of the lolicon otakus. Eromanga in my mind is NOT worth celebrating. Story and Characters: The story is about a light novel author named Izumi. He’s still in high school, but only cares about being a successful writer in the world of ero LNs. Izumi is extremely hardworking and prolific but is unfortunately a terrible writer. Izumi kind of acts as the avatar of series writer/director, Tsukasa Fushimi. Izumi’s novels only sell as well as they do thanks to his mysterious illustrator, who specializes in drawing lewd imagery. It turns out that this illustrator is Izumi’s obnoxious little step-sister named Sagiri. It ALSO turns out that their next-door neighbor is his arch rival in the world of erotic LNs. Izumi must try rise to the top of the ero LN world while also struggling with feelings of love for his step-sister. Basically, if you’ve seen Oreimo, you’ve seen Eromanga Sensei. If you’ve seen any of the dozens of shitty sibling incest echii, you’ve seen Eromanga sensei. Overall: Eromanga Sensei isn’t funny. It isn’t erotic. It isn’t unique and amusingly bad. It’s just trite, boring, garbage. Well, at least it’s scratching an itch for loli lovers, right? Surely it features the most naked little girls of any anime in recent memory! Nope! Thanks to changes in Japan’s censorship laws over the last few years, there is no full-frontal nudity or unobscured rear-view nudity in the entire series. If you were hoping for something uniquely perverted, this isn’t it. Go watch Aki Sora instead. I have nothing further to say about this pile. It’s just this utterly mediocre echii with no reason to exist that you shouldn’t watch under any circumstances.

Personally, this anime is actually pretty decent when it first started, but when I try to compare its later episode, where are of his harem came together, It became quite uninteresting, and even, unengaging when a certain episode is dedicated to a certain girl in his harem. Though, if you are going hate this show for its depiction of lewd 2D girls, who are obviously premature, then hate all the show that's out there that does the same too. Even if that includes your favorite show. Konosuba is one, they lewd Megumin. Tbh, it should be pretty normal to see such a thing in this community that you've gotten involved in. You may also hate this show for the somewhat revolutionary idea of romance of legal incest story, that being said, no one are going to make an actual romance of that IRL, so what's the big deal. I live in the same circumstances as this, not blood related sister and shit, if you see her as your sister, no sane person (ones that have a sister) who even want to hook up with them as a lover or as a love interest. That's only in anime and stuff from the ancient times, where King arthur fall in love with his mother without both knowing that they are related, and got kill for it or something along those line. Or, tribes, emperors, king practicing that lineage thing, where only blood related sibliings or descedent can make love and reproduce in order to keep that, idk, snobbish tradition of treating a certain blood as a part of the royalty, or being special and superior in a way from other human beings. And ofc, Eromanga is different because she's not blood related, but the general theme of the genre is the same. This quality of animation is undeniably of a pretty high quality. The characters are consistently well drawn, and their designs or character are detailed and consistent through and through (we barely see the camera angle zoomed, or angled from afar for a very long duration). It's hard to bring in subjectivity, the way you felt about the show, and lesser the quality of the art/animation through subjectivity, in order to justify a 1/10 or even lower for the art/animation of the show. In order to explain how shit this show really is. It's irrational to take irrationality (subjectivity) and apply it to rational things such as art. Art are obviously something that we all can agree on. If something looks good and well drawn, that's a good quality art. some people tries to bend logic or idea of artistic around, to push their bias view that pampered to their own irrationality and subjective feelings, over evaluating things with a certain degree of maturity and objectivity in it. The evaluation on the story are entirety subjective, though, it's hard to say the same if you are going to evaluate the external content of the anime, like the art, music, voice acting, animation (the amount of frame to frame picture that is drawn to make the animation looks smooth or not smooth) and so on. And some scene in this is actually smooth as hell. There are some cartoonish art style here and there to charaterized the character (like when sagiri do popeye looking mouth thing). And the lewd of fanservice is justified, look at the fucking title name mate. Eromanga sensei is a very fun show for its early 5 episodes and so; though, I kinda lost interest once there's this trip event in the show, as the entirety of his harem grouped up, indicating signs of wanting to be his love interest to one another (basically to their rivals in romance). I mean, it's cool how at least this anime, unlike many other harem, are extremely honest about their feeling for the MC, and even be as bold to confess their love. And this is through the used of scenery, or subtle ways of confessing, and other dramatic elements to make that scene of the confession, less boring and more romantic than any other harem series that I've seen. That being said, there are quite a myriad of negatives when it comes to the approach, the method of developing a character, and the overly clicheness of the anime, where the show tries to be different, but done it in a pretty half assed way. As we all know, a cliche harem show is basically a show where there's only one guy with multiplicity of women, who are seeking to fight one another (though, they will still care about one another either way as a friend) just to hook up with the MC, depending on the route that the anime may take for each or all girls. I'm actually pertaining to the VN of any harem series, that tend to contain a harem route, or a route that solely focused specifially on one candidate of the MC's harem. This being said, the anime tries to bring in at least other male character that seem to have no interest in girls, or bring in some random dudes into the story, pretending to be different from other harem show that we've seen. The pretentious part here isn't the fact that this anime have other males in it, ones that who are close to the MC and in a position to communicate with people from the MC's harem that is. The pretentious part here is bringing him out of nowhere, be a part of the different event that they took place in (like the beach episode), then forcely or conveniently put him away, making his existence seem quite unneeded. It's as if he wasn't even needed in the show but they just decided to keep him there anyway. There's no point of having him take part in a certain activities with the MC and of his harem, when you're going to get rid of him during it anyway (talking about the King's game screen, the game where you draw a number, and tell them to do whatever you want). The approach of the harem is done quite horribly, it's not to say that this anime is bad as a whole for creating this horrible harem after all of the harem are introduced. It's just their way of presenting and giving only a little bits of moment for the MC and the girl of interest for a very short moment. It doesn't progresses to anything much, though, it might have created a reaction from the MC, but that either stagnated just to add in some dramatic scene in the episode, or to make the girls became even more competitive in becoming the MC's love interest. And his love for his little sister is a barrier for the MC to not hook up with other women, just like the very popular meme, "I love emilia" scene, rip Rem. On a side note, you also call any author of such medium like a manga writer, light novel writer etc as sensei in the otaku community (everyone calls them that, see the anime man interviews with spice of wolf author, or konosuba author, or shirobako and bakuman, an anime on the production making of manga and anime industry). The actual story maybe about that rivaly thing in regards to being an author and all. So it's not weird for the story to be about it, but the anime neglected this aspect, and proceeds on towards the typical harem moment rather than focusing more so on the main aspect of the story, and that's, striving for success in the industry (mainly for the MC's case since other authors are more successful than him). And anime move the plot quite slowly as well, that's prolly a down side of the show if you hate seeing characters spending time together (having fun), and developing some kind of a relationship with those interactions. It's pretty slice of life-ish if I were to describe it. The anime followed a typical template of a typical harem show, though that's not a negative of the show, since every story in other community does the same. Deadpool for example, it follows the exact same template like any typical hero shows, and the hero's journey (the infamous outline for hero's story that everyone accidentally followed). The matter of criticizing the show here is how it was done, and how do you like it personally. This part is really subjective to one's taste, since people expect different things from a story, and our definition of entertainment are never entirely the same. And that being said, this show has a great start, the quality d…

Everyone working on this show should be arrested and I honestly feel like I need some jail time just for watching it. I heard it was the worst of the worst so I gave it a shot and yup. It was. Ok so the premise of the show is this high schooler finds out his 12 year old sister draws erotica for him and so they fall in love. It’s a lot worse than it sounds. There are so many shots of her ass and thighs that just make me cringe and feel disgusting. So many shots of her panties or shots down her shirt. If she goes to change or take a bath you bet your ass we’re going to be forced to watch. They do this with the other girls as well with bikinis, lewd poses and such. Just please Japan, please stop funding shit like this. SHE’S 12! The writing is just a horny as well. In the first episodes this bitch Megumi said this guy's dick didn’t work because he didn’t immediately fall in love with her, someone 3-4 years younger than him, and then proceeded to say that all girls her age (12) love penises. I died inside when reading the subtitles for that. I had to pause and take a breather. It took me 3 hours to get through that 20 min episode. Later this 12 year old keeps on asking other girls to show her their panties, takes the underwear off of a girl nonconsensually and in the last episode she and another girl tries to forcefully remove her brothers pants and underwear because she doesn’t know how to draw a dick. IS THIS SUPPOSED TO BE FUNNY?! This is Weird! The only reason this show isn't at the bottom of the list is because the other girls are ok (not Megumi). They are actually Izumi’s age and work fine as love interests. They’re not good or anything but they were a breath of fresh air compared to the atrocity that was the main plot. Elf was annoying to begin with but got better and Senju was a lot of fun after she confessed. There were a couple episodes without Sagiri that focussed on these side characters and I was actually having fun. It still wasn’t good by any stretch of the imagination but I was enjoying the shenanigans. There was a running joke where this newcomer kept thinking Izumi was gay and not going to lie. It was a genuinely funny joke that made me laugh out loud. This show isn't completely irredeemable. If they literally just deleted Sagiri or maybe had her draw literally anything else and didn’t sexualize her, this show wouldn’t nearly be as bad. It would still be shit, don’t get me wrong, but it would at least be watchable. Stay away from this show at all costs. Morbid curiosity got the better of me.

Eromanga-sensei is the portrait of an unusual comedy that plays with the morbid side of the mind. Moreover, the show salvages some ideas from other anime in search of acceptance. In the end, Eromanga-sensei only offers an unsatisfaction with an overused harem story and with some misleading sexual concepts. The average: The anime started with a promising 8.23 and ended with a miserable 6.97. The 12 years old girl sexual behaviour. The silly and unrealistic story. The good: Some hilarious moments and few characters. Perhaps, the biggest mistake is the story. Even if we eliminate the infamous incest debate, we end up with an empty harem story. A laddie with a collection of girls between the ages of twelve and fifteen who fall in love with the protagonist, an overused story romance in the anime world. To deceive the viewer with a new plot, an erroneous perception is created in which this promiscuous group is as functional as any group of adults to the extreme where they are most successful and can take their own decisions that are not in accordance with their ages. No one has ever asked, ¿where are the adults in this series? So far you will notice two, but they are mere puppets who try to propel dysfunctional relationships. The show portrays three young characters (Masamune, Elf and Muramasa) who are famous light novels writers and a twelve-year-old lassie (Sagiri) who is an erotic sketcher known as Eromanga-sensei. The irony is that this lassie, despite her alleged inexperience has developed sexual tastes or fetishes out of nuffink that can not be explained logically and credibly. To play a little more with your mind, this lassie lives with the laddie. In addition, she is his sister, but with a small countermeasure, she is a step-sister. For some persons they can hook together for others could be a problem. It is up to you which one is your side. Let's remove the sexual part for a bit because I need to be honest. The show is full of incoherency even for a comedy. ¿Are you going to believe that this little lassie locked herself in her room without any visual contact and this laddie never even bothered entering and see if she was ok? ¿Will you laugh after seeing a child, kid, youth locked in a room for several months without any visual contact? I bet that MOST all the persons will take the door down and see if the kid is ok or will try to seek help immediately. Don't play with our intelligence that argument is so lame that none will bite for it. Also, the irrational success case of the characters (they have published novels, and some have sold more than a professional writer). Now the sexual part, the main topic of the comedy. In one hand, the relationship concept misleading the meaning of relationship or "romance" expressed in the constant sexual insinuation of a twelve years old girl. I need to repeat it, a twelve years old girl. The continuous story twist hidden under the timid face of a kid "Brother, you are an idiot and a pervert" twist "I want Elf's panties." Scenes that play with the morbid desires of the mind, pushed by every panty angle in search of spectators. Second, the sexual misleading "you are a pervert, but I like drawing erotic scenes" or "Can I see your penis?" Third, the overused harem concept. All these ideas continuously resemble the fetishism introduced in this anime, and if you don't like them, then you will feel this anime as an immediate failure. I am not saying that this anime is a total waste, there are some exciting scenes and they could have used that scenes a bit more (final episode 9). About the characters, nothing is relevant. A guy and lots of lolis that love him or want to have a relationship with him. Most all them are more successful than any adult, and some have unexplained sexual desires. If we let Sagiri's relation out of the spectrum then we can appreciate some characters like the promiscuous and introvert personality of Elf Yamada to the timid and polite nature of Muramasa but sadly if we add Sagiri to the equation, Masamune's relations are unbalanced and in some cases forced. The art isn't bad. The definition of the characters was good. However, you will enjoy it just if you like the story if not the art will be irrelevant. The OP and ED songs are good. The OP was part of the J-Pop Billboard and the Oricon ranking. About the score, it is simple and matches the comedy moments. Finally, I don't suggest this anime for kids. It has some sexual concepts that aren't explained and can lead to a misconception if you don't understand the difference between the joke and the reality.

This show exceeded my expectations in every single aspect. It was an enriching experience from start to finish and I can't advocate for your viewership enough. Don't misunderstand me; this show is absolute fucking garbage - but it traverses past the point of being an ironically enjoyable experience to a point of unironic, earnest enjoyment. Slowly and surely, I began to board the bandwagon upon realizing this fact of life. At some point, you begin to accept that this is no mere sub-par show. You soon realize that this redefines what can be considered "bad". This show takes garbage to new territory. Though, all bias aside, from a critical standpoint, the art is visually pleasing - it really stands above as a cut above the rest in terms of visually aesthetic and is lacking in flaws. The sound design and original soundtrack created for this anime worked to it's benefit and sounds quite nice, from the masterful opening that encapsulates the spirit of the show, to the ending that pumps you up for the next episode, and everything in between. Continuing our critical analysis, the story is not the greatest - it has unique elements in the mainstream realm of anime but is nothing very special. It would stand at a solid 5 from a macroscopic perspective, assuming you only consider the overall basic, core plot. If you were to look at the more nuanced mini-arcs of this series, that perception would quickly fade, and you would soon realize that this show's plot is beyond the realm of a mere 1/10. It is much, much, much worse. They add in needless drama for the sake of extending the series and the flow is terrible. One might say - it is garbage. But for a moment - indulge in the sheer beauty of this show through a perspective of how garbage this show really is - Eromanga-sensei stands to testify how an anime can be both objectively bad - but still be an immensely enjoyable experience. As to avoid spoiling any of the series, I will leave you with this final request. Please watch the show. This show is trash and so am I

Eromanga Sensei is an anime that undoubtedly caught me by surprise. From its vibrant storytelling to its captivating humor, this series effortlessly won me over. As an anime enthusiast, I found myself thoroughly immersed in its world, eagerly awaiting each episode to unfold. The show's strongest suit lies in its well-crafted comedy. Eromanga Sensei seamlessly weaves witty banter and hilarious situations, keeping the audience chuckling from start to finish. The comedic timing is impeccable, and the quirky interactions between the characters never fail to bring a smile to one's face. It's rare to find an anime that consistently delivers laughs without feeling forced or overdone, and this one truly excels in this regard. Furthermore, the characters in Eromanga Sensei are incredibly endearing, each possessing their own unique quirks that make them stand out. The development of the main protagonist, Sagiri, is especially commendable, as we witness her growth throughout the series. Her dynamic with her stepbrother, Masamune, is heartwarming and adds an extra layer of charm to the narrative. The art style and animation are top-notch, showcasing beautifully rendered visuals that enhance the overall experience. The attention to detail in character designs and background art elevates the anime's aesthetic appeal, making it visually delightful. Though the anime may be lighthearted and fun, it also touches on themes of artistic passion and the complexities of family relationships. These underlying themes add depth to the story, making it more than just a typical comedy. In conclusion, Eromanga Sensei is an absolute joy to watch. Its well-crafted humor, lovable characters, and exceptional animation make it an outstanding addition to the anime world. I wholeheartedly recommend this series to any anime enthusiast who seeks a fun and heartwarming experience. Rating: 10/10

Throughout this series, I found myself involuntarily doing a few things (not in any particular order, some more than others): 1) Looking away from the screen because of really, really suggestive content 2) Seesawing between incest and not-incest 3) Thinking to myself, "The hell did I just see?" It's a pretty normal anime with some highly suggestive sexual elements in it. and my gods it took me so long to realize that there wasn't going to be any incest (at least in the anime, I haven't read the manga. Yet). Would it surprise you guys if I was disappointed that there wasn't any incest? Sure its wrong and inappropriate, but I am sure it would have been a guilty pleasure of quite a lot of people on this site if it had. However, this anime does in fact live up to its name as a romantic comedy, even as there are some really weird signals coming from almost everyone in the anime and the comedy aspect is based on a whole lotta almost-ecchi. Exhibit A: My first point, because the anime kept putting...very suggestive stuff, as I mentioned earlier. However, I finished this anime, and what I am truly disappointed about is the fact that it only got an OVA and not a season 2. Even though the ratings for this anime are quite low, lower than average for a romantic comedy, it fulfills all aspects of a romantic comedy, has really great characters with good chemistry with one another with only the slightest bit of ecchi (episode 12 may yet prove me wrong here), and will make a lot of you laugh. If you like these kinds of shows, then this is for you! Overall rating: 9.2/10 (Better than Kanojo mo Kanojo for some reason, even though there's a lot more suggestive content)

Not being able to see a loved one for a long period of time, especially family bound by blood or being siblings, will surely bring pain to someone currently having a situation like that. That is a universal fact. Not being in our parent's side obviously has a same effect. Some may suffer ftom trauma, some will get shocked and hate the world and some, will lock themselves in, not being able to get out. The story of Eromanga-sensei revolves around Sagiri Izumi, a shut-in who haven't got out of her room since the untimely death of her parents. Because of this, her relationship with her stepbrother, Masamune Izumi, became horribly complicated. Wishing to see the face of his beloved sister, Masamune tries all ways in order to make Sagiri come out of her room once amd for all. In order to sustain their near-broken family, Masamune writes erotic light novels and make them published. However, he faces time-to-time problems such as rejections and that he is barely known by the public. He, however, has a very famous illustrator named Eromanga-sensei that can draw really lewd and erotic arts which is one of the factors he barely passes by. The only thing is, he had never met Eromanga-sensei yet and he thinks of him (?) as a pervy old man. Until a very shocking revelation happened. It was around January when I read about this anime in the upcoming series at KissAnime. When I read the sypnosis, I was instantaneously impressed and started to wait for April for its airing. And I did not regret my choice. I watched it, and found another masterpiece. The story was outstanding, great, and somehow hilarious to the point I kept rewinding some of the funny scenes. The story was also unique that I can't stop watching it. I think I watched it straight for 8-11 hours, including rewindings and not skipping the themes. It was also well-executed and well-played that I will keep saying that IT IS EXCELLENT. The art, mostly the illustrations made by Eromanga-sensei which were lewd were (I'll be honest with this one) stimulating. They were excellent it kind of stimulated me. I don't know why. Maybe I have a lolita complex? Now that would be the wrongest of all wrongs. It is wrong. Truly wrong. The character designs is one of the things about this anime that truly stood out of all things there is. The arts for each character was truly excellent as well as super satisfactory. The designs for Sagiri, Masamune, Mu****sa, Sh***u and last but not the least, the most pulchritudinous of all designs, E*f (here goes my biased review again) were, again, excellent and great. I. CANT. GET. OVER. IT. Why? Because I'm a fan. A fan that can't get over easily to types of anime like this. One more of its type is OreImo. The music, OSTs and soundtracks (they seem to be synonyms) and especially the opening and closing themes was also something I can't get over with. Especialy 'adrenaline!!' which was performed by TrySail, one of my favorite bands that create anime music, albeit I don't know any of their faces nor members. I also liked the opening theme 'Hitorigoto' by ClariS so well that I already an earworm. (Earworm is the condition in which you just cannot stop listening to a certain song.) The characters. They were utterly great. Need I say any less? Sagiri was kind of a TsunYanKuuDandere if you ask me. (Mix of all for basic types of anime personality stereotypes.) That is one of the most interesting factors you can get from a single character in a single series. Masamune was kind, and caring for his sister, like what normal families must do. The other characters was also unique including thad d*ck-loving orange-haired girl, the weird yellow-haired girl with chuunibyou (Eighth Grade Syndrome. Not a real disease) with elven ears and the most popular light novelist in the series. If you ever read the review, you wouldn't ask if I had enjoyed it. Me writing this was a long-cut of saying "This anime is so f***ing great that I enjoyed it thoroughly. You should watch it too. Just watch out for e***i scenes that will stimulate if you have XY as the last pair of chromosomes." No, I won't explain what I just said. Again, if you ever read the review, you wouldn't be asking how will I rate it. Overall, the anime was supercalifragilisticexpialidociously interesting and should be honorificiabilititudinitatibus enough not be the subject of anyone's floccinaucinihilipilifications as an anime. Great story, great art, excellent music and excellent characters. I should also note that this inspired me to create a novel right after watching. To be honest, whilst writing this review, I was also writing it. Are you curious? Please be curious. Hehehe. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll write more about my novel. It is romantic. Good day! (Night if night.) Ah yes, I won't explain the long words I used. It's too hard to. Impossible maybe.

Let me set the scene: I started Eromanga Sensei thinking, “Alright, maybe this is just another cheesy romcom with some light chaos I can have fun roasting.” But instead, I ended up watching 12 episodes of emotionally confused storytelling, where characters talk about their “dreams” like they're chasing legacy while writing what is basically erotic sibling fanfiction. The vibes are all over the place—sometimes trying to be wholesome, sometimes awkwardly suggestive—and it’s constantly dancing on that fine line between oddly sincere and deeply uncomfortable. I laughed here and there. I cringed a lot. And once in a while, I saw glimpses of something genuine… but they never lasted. It’s one of those shows that sounds like it has meaning, right until you realize it’s just the same handful of conversations wearing different outfits. Story – 2/10 The plot? There isn’t one. Just two siblings stuck in a house, flirting awkwardly through a door while repeatedly saying “we achieved our dreams” like they're manifesting a Nobel Prize in softcore. If you’re hoping for legit character growth, real storytelling, or a plot that actually moves—don’t hold your breath. This show talks a big game about dreams and ambition but puts in the bare minimum to back that up. It’s like watching someone shout “I’m chasing greatness!” while standing completely still for 12 episodes. And the romance? Half-hearted. The drama? Manufactured. The comedy? Looped. It’s not offensively bad—it’s just the definition of mid, dressed up in clean animation and soft colors, hoping you won’t notice how little is actually happening. Characters – 3/10 I wanted to care. I really did. But outside of Sagiri being visually adorable, the rest of the cast felt like tropes dragging themselves through the same three conversations every episode. The MC is emotionally stiff, Muramasa feels like a toxic fanfiction character shoved in to stretch the runtime, and even Elf—who had one good backstory moment—slides right back into filler mode immediately after. I’ve seen mid-tier romcoms with better development, honestly. Art & Animation – 8/10 This is the only category where the show shines. Sagiri’s reactions are super well-animated, the color palette is soft and clean, and that firefly-lit scene with Elf? Genuinely beautiful. If you’re watching this for the “vibe” and not the writing, I totally get it. Enjoyment – 4/10 The early episodes had me hopeful for a so-bad-it’s-fun ride. I’ve enjoyed stuff like Kiss×Sis and OniiAi, so I’m no stranger to chaotic sibling anime. But Eromanga Sensei just... loops. I started watching at 2x speed just to survive. Every line felt like deja vu. Even the “deep” moments were carried by music and lighting, not character writing. Sagiri being cute helped. That’s it. That’s the only thing that helped me to survive this one. Final thoughts - 4/10 If you're here for the visuals, a few cute Sagiri reactions, and the occasional ironic chuckle, Eromanga Sensei might give you something to work with. But if you're expecting actual character growth, emotional payoff, or even just a story that moves forward—you’re gonna be left hanging. This show spends so much time repeating the same ideas and jokes that by the end, it feels like it’s been running in circles. It talks a lot about chasing dreams, but never gives those dreams any real weight. And while the art direction does a lot of heavy lifting, it can’t disguise the shallow storytelling underneath. At the end of the day, it wasn’t unwatchable—but it definitely tested my patience. I wouldn’t recommend it unless you’re here for the roast material, the memes, or if you’re a light novel author fantasizing about writing erotica with your little sister (please seek help)

Back from 4th rewatch, and yeah it is still one of the most fun and cute rom-com series you can ever get in anime. 2025 now, almost 8 years since then and I don't remember any fun "rom-com" anime can make me giggles from my heart and say "ahh, I really love this" Even 100 GFs, Roshidere, BokuYaba, Quintuplets, AoButa, Bisque Doll couldn't make me feel this way. Example of good Rom-Com since then I can think is Angel Next Door (I wished they would give it proper sakuga) The strength of Eromanga-sensei I think is in its lightness, quirky cast, and details on the fanservice its target audience actually wanted. Unlike recent rom-coms that relies on heavy plots at some point, every heavy plots Eromanga-sensei had were compressed into a quick light one, which I found really easy to digest and watch. You know the plot point already: it's rom-com about Author(Big Bro) and Illustrator(Lil Sis) that became family and partner by chance, that makes a lot says 'yooo pedo incest baad' ... I know the plot sounds trashy, but I embrace the trashy plot to my heart. I would watch this without its lewd shots, because I found everything about it is cute and funny. Like, most of us complaining about the weird tropes were probably highschooler~adults who watch people relationships in form of 2D animes or just life actions, isn't that already weird anyway? Therefore, I would watch anything that's fun to me. To those people of "say no ALABAMA," yeah, just stay away. To those who want to see cute rom-com, give Eromanga-sensei a try

I somehow watched Eromanga Sensei to completion, including the OVA. Here are my thoughts: Basically, this anime has a ton of sexualization and not much else. If you want ecchi cumbrain garbage, here's your jerk material. There's no other major selling point here. Most of the main characters in this are writers or content creators in some form – I thought this might be an interesting dimension to explore. Unfortunately, this show does not deliver any kind of interesting story whatsoever. The supporting cast, despite being composed of artists, are mostly treated as sex objects, and the scriptwriting reflects this accordingly. I was initially hopeful for the content-creator perspective of this story, but they never really provided anything substantial in this regard. The male MC is a writer, but otherwise he is a spineless idiot with zero personality, as usual. In fact the entire cast is unlikeable for various reasons, as well as lacking character development in general. Eromanga Sensei has very little entertainment value besides arousing your poor abused weary foul fap-blistered septic basement-dweller chode. When people say they hate anime, this kind of show is what they are thinking of. Frankly, it's the textbook definition of garbage. It has plenty of lewd content though, so it may be able to assist in draining your sweaty hairy sensitive delicious lustful intoxicating voluminous nutritious testicles, which perhaps is an advantage depending on your perspective. There's not much else of value here. Of course, there's nothing intrinsically wrong with that; boys will be boys ;) Seriously though, there are some funny moments, but I wouldn't recommend watching this unless your primary motivation is sexual in nature. This anime really is shameless cumbrain material. Some of the (usually sexual) comedy did get some laughs out of me. Also, if you're one of those people obsessed with shipping and who wins the MC's affections, or someone who sees love triangles as a glorified horse race to place bets, then you might personally find this show entertaining. There are multiple female candidates vying for the male MC's attention. The OVAs in particular focus on this aspect of the story. I can see why this show spawned so many memes. Unlike the characters themselves, the meme material is quite fertile. There are also a lot of screencap-worthy facial expressions. In some ways, this anime feels engineered to be shitpost material. Although the soundtrack is nothing special (aside from maybe the OP/ED tracks), the voice acting in this is not bad – I thought all the female leads were distinctive and performed their roles well. My personal overall rating: 3/10 Eromanga Sensei is utter garbage but it did occasionally get some laughs out of me. Above all else, this is a highly sexualized anime meant to arouse the viewer – if you're into this material then feel free to shamelessly enjoy; I'm not judging anyone. There is also loads of sexual humour in here, which some people may find appealing as well. Furthermore, this show has a lot of fertile meme material and this is probably a major reason for its infamy; all publicity is good publicity I suppose.

What is a manga? What is a sensei? Who is the ero? These are the thought-provoking questions the viewer is given when watching 'Eromanga Sensei'. As Shakespeare said himself, '14 year old girls, find attractive, you should.' 'Juliet I am the Romeo' Eromanga Sensei is a clear continuation of Shakespeare's highly intellectual literary works, on the basis that it too, places underaged women in more mature circumstances and situations. As we can see from one of the most critically aclaimed plays of the 16th century, it is apparent that women such as Juliet (or in this instance, Sagari) are pushed into forbidden love at the tender age of 13. This is clearly something that should be encouraged - we can infer this from Shakespeare's own perspective. In Eromanga Sensei, we can see how inspired and thoroughly enthusiastic the author was - it is evident that this forbidden love trope has shone through in the anime itself and is parallel, to a significant degree, to the masterpiece of Romeo and Juliet. Thus, it can be concluded that, owing to the forbidden love nurtured in Eromanga Sensei, it too is a masterpiece on the same intellectual playing field as Romeo and Juliet. 10/10

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS MINOR SPOILERS THAT YOU SHOULDN'T GIVE A SH*T ABOUT this abomination is the ultimate incest trash, it's so generic in terms of atmosphere, in terms of characters, in terms of story that i am shocked how this thing crushed my lowest held expectations for a generic anime, or even a consistent anime i just finished this anime and i don't even know how should i even describe what i saw but i'll try my best story and setups: so the story is about a shy girl who locks herself in her room and her brother who is trying to make her open her leg...i mean heart, open her heart, however it turns out our super shy and tsundere girl is into drawing ass, after this revelation the brother will try to help her! in various ways first off: what an irresponsible piece of garbage MC is, this is an under-aged child exposed to pornography and MC helps her! second off: how come a girl at her age is the leading artist in terms of ecchi drawing? and ofc there is no plot, i mean we all know what the "plot" is, it's so bad that if the brother went netflix and chill with her sister i would be happier because now we have character development! at least our characters changed themselves or something was accomplished in the story and ofc the fucking incest, it's one of those anime where the "Big Brother" says i love you to the younger-sister-who-my-mother-and-father-entrusted-her-with-me-and-now-are-gone-for-plot-convenience-reasons and the younger sister get's happy but then the big brother adds "it is a big brothers job to love her sister in a non sexual way" and the sister gets all sad and her hair covers her eyes and silently we hear her say "baka" and big brother says "sorry i didn't hear your mumbling, did you say something", but this time she says "no, it's nothing" with the fakest smile imaginable doesn't this scenario sounds familiar? for fuck sake, we keep seeing this in every hentai and anime we see, this is the most generic incest anime ever, nothing original, you've seen it before the character are all copy pasted from some hentai or other anime the MC: he gets kicked around by a slutty under-aged girl who uses the word "dick" around MC a lot, he is absolutely clueless about what is going on with her sister suddenly getting mad at him, he has his harem, and his memorable quote is "i love my sister...because we are a family", and his name won't be remembered by anyone, i just finished this anime and i don't know his name, it would be really funny if his name turn out to be "yota" or "yuki" or some overused name like that the sister: keeps getting shy when his brother gets near her, keeps wearing half naked clothe around him, BAKA, shuts doors really hard, baka, gets jealous when other girls talk to MC this is it! oh and he calls his brother hentai a lot, even though she literally draws hentai! soundtrack and opening weren't anything special, it was quit obvious the team behind the sound effects were either underpaid or lazy art: wasted on this garbage, it was decent don't watch this, hentai is better than this

I had no intention of watching Eromanga-sensei. When it first aired, I saw the fan reaction, which was largely mixed but clearly indicated it wasn't for me. While I enjoyed the first season of Oreimo, the second season and the OVAs turned into a form of quicksand that sucked vulnerable viewers into bad writing and a bad ending. (There's a good reason why there are multiple GIFs of people destroying their computers/TVs after finishing Oreimo.) Not wanting to put myself through anything close to that, I put it on my "to never watch" list. However, upon joining the MAL Discord, I found a regular user who continuously brought up Sagiri as the best anime girl and Eromanga-sensei as one of the greatest anime of all time. It didn't matter what we were talking about—Sagiri ended up in the conversation. As such, I became curious about Eromanga-sensei - maybe even if it's trash, it could actually have a decent story/be a guilty pleasure like, say, Citrus? I made the proposal on Discord: "50 reacts and I'll watch Eromanga-sensei." I got those 50 reacts pretty fast, and I'm a man of my word. As such, I watched the story of Eromanga-sensei unfold over a long weekend. I want my long weekend back. Rather than be a humorous guilty pleasure, Eromanga-sensei is a cheap imitation of what already wasn't great to begin with, with a bit more of a smut push stretching MAL's "PG-13" rating as far as it will go. (Even still, I'm pretty sure no parent would want their thirteen-year-old watching this.) Eromanga-sensei isn't even the Great Value version of Oreimo; it's the Always Save version of Oreimo. That bright yellow logo always assures you're in for a cheap disappointment. A good place to start breaking down what exactly makes this series so bad would be the characters. After all, characters can really make or break a story, rather the premise is fantastic or not that exciting. (Why do you think so many people watched a series about girls in a high school music club who more often than not end up not practicing and eating cake?) Eromanga-sensei has a bland male protagonist who for reasons of plot has fallen madly in love with his ear-grating, bipolar wench of a sister. Through the entirety of Eromanga-sensei, I couldn't figure out what the true purpose of Sagiri was. Was she a self-insert character for hikikomori who fantasize about lolis? Are some people so into little sisters they'll take even the most insufferable little sister imaginable? Or is this series self-aware of how bad Sagiri is and rubbing it in our faces? "Screw you, we don't even have to try, we'll make money selling otaku this garbage." Sagiri and her brother aren't the only characters in this series. In fact, her brother builds himself a bit of a harem. However, this series has completely stripped any sort of fun out of the harem genre by making it obvious who's going to win just by the camera angles. No other girl gets as much attention from the camera as Sagiri. She's shot like a model for an especially skeevy company that's convinced her she's going to be a star as they take intimate photos of her naughty bits. The best characters—a bookshop worker who defends LNs with all her heart and Elf Yamada-sensei's brother—are sadly minor characters. I did appreciate how Elf Yamada-sensei grew less annoying from her introduction and became the character I was rooting for...unfortunately, things obviously aren't going to go my (or her) way if a season 2 ever occurs. The show suffers from a ridiculous plot hole in that Sagiri bares her legs, clearly feminine figure, and her voice to her livestream in the very first episode, yet there are still people in her chat calling her "old man" for the rest of the series. There's no way a leak like that wouldn't be all over the Internet. Within 24 hours, someone would have been able to identify who the true Eromanga-sensei was. This may be a minor thing, but it pissed me off and affected several aspects of the series. "Oh, who is this Eromanga-sensei?" Well, that should be obvious! In conclusion, if you can enjoy a can of Always Save pork and beans for dinner, maybe you have the bar set low enough to enjoy Eromanga-sensei. Otherwise, don't waste your time.

Another faceless insert experiences harem that glorifies incestuous relationships above all else. Airable on the technicality that no genetic connection exists between our fated lovers, this perverse work exists solely for the marginal increase of lower body blood flow of pre-teen male viewership. Sexual depictions of almost borderline children provide the majority of this shows content, and the rest is crayoned in as a pretense to not endlessly replay the same scene with the same background. None of the characters are redeeming, and no plot point has any relevance to story progression. Art is standard. Sound is standard. Enjoyable for the sexual deviants and emotionally desperate.