Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai Quickie Review
By James U.
Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai (My Little Sister Can’t Be This Cute) or OreImo for short, is an anime adaptation of a Japanese slice of life light novel written by Fushimi Tsukasa. Season one aired October 3, 2012 to December 19, 2012, and directed by Kanbe Hiroyuki. Season two on the other hand, started airing April 7, 2013 and is expected to run for 13 episodes.
High School student Kousaka Kyousuke is the estranged older brother of Kousaka Kirino, a middle school track and field star / part-time model. One night he finds a copy of his sister's eroge (erotic video game), inadvertently discovering her hidden otaku side, and sparking an odd "life counseling" relationship between the two... for two entire seasons. And I hated every bit of it until I finally had enough.
That's right, I dropped this fucker like a bad habit. The truth is, there's a lot to like about this anime. The characters are likable (Kyousuke and the other side characters), the plot lines are more or less decent, and the comedy is fairly competent. There's really only one fucking thing that I hate about this anime, and that's Kirino, the younger sister. She's an absolute fucking bitch, and everybody lets her get away with everything just because they know how she really feels. "Oh, she's just like that because she can't express herself very well." Really!? Fuckin' REALLY!?
Ok, let me back up for a bit. See, the thing about Kirino is that she's incredibly bitchy towards everyone, even to those who share her secret otaku passion. She's always on a high horse, acting as if she's better than everybody else; she's cranky all the time even when people treat her nicely, going so far as to step on the respect she has been given; heck, she's not even trying to be nice when she needs something from other people. It's unrealistic how her attitude doesn't drive everyone away (yes, it's THAT bad). The fact that everyone, especially her cool older brother, tries to please her ensures that this character stays as still and stagnant as the diseased water in my garage. Kirino is the one thing wrong about this anime, and while her friends weren't driven away by her asshattery, I (and hopefully the audience) sure as hell couldn't stomach her any longer. I endured one season of this anime because she wasn't so bad; only to see her be twice as terrible in the second season. Hell, I even endured the incestuous undertones since everything that WASN'T related to her was fun to watch.
In the end, there is no emotional payoff for this. Kirino rarely, if ever, gets her comeuppance and even when she does, it’s often subdued and unsatisfying. She's an asshole, and a bully who pushes everybody around, but doesn't get any form of punishment for it. I can only hope she gets bitch-slapped by a sledgehammer later in the series, but that's not enough of an incentive for me to stick around.
I didn't think it was possible for just ONE character to ruin an entire series for me until now. Seriously, if you’re struggling to find some sort of satisfaction from this anime, then stop wasting your time and drop this title now. You'll thank me later.
I didn't think it was possible for just ONE character to ruin an entire series for me until now. Seriously, if you’re struggling to find some sort of satisfaction from this anime, then stop wasting your time and drop this title now. You'll thank me later.
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