When I entered the aniblogosphere in November, I commented somewhere that most
posts seemed dedicated to OreImo, and even in retrospect, it's true.
So when I finished up Shiki and figured I may as well just marathon a short
series for the rest of the day, this was the obvious choice I wanted to see
what the big deal was!
OreImo synopsis revolves around Kyousuke Kousaka, a perfectly normal high schooler. He shares a pretty typical relationship with his sister Kirino, which is to
say, they don't really speak to each other. Not out of outright dislike or
anything, they just have different things going on.
This changes one day when Kyousuke comes across a DVD case and instead of
the magical girl anime the cover promises, there's an eroge inside...not
just any eroge, but one involving little sisters.
Turns out it belongs to none other than Kirino. And it isn't her only one. No, she has an entire collection of eroge involving little sisters. Makes
you wonder right there, doesn't it?
Review: Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai
Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai (OreImo) follows Kyousuke as he does his best to support his sister's
hobby, even when he's completely freaked out by it.
He helps her make friends who share the hobby, lies to their father for her,
lies to her non-otaku best friend, and even plays some of the eroge when she
orders him to.
The Characters: Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai
There's actually a pretty small main cast of OreImo anime, and I was grateful for
that, easier to remember everyone's names that way, hehe.
Now to be perfectly
honest, I wasn't all too impressed by the main cast. I liked them fine, they
just weren't anything special.
The big brother seemed pretty typical. Kirino was entertaining just for her
otaku-ness, but beyond that was unexceptional.
I like Kuroneko and Saori
but, again, weren't special.
To me, the most interesting character was actually Ayase Aragaki, Kirino's
best non-otaku friend. It was seeing her reactions to Kirino's otaku side
that really got me.
Her disgust, her fear, how she still loved Kirino as a friend but couldn't
bring herself to accept the hobby.
And then, once she had accepted it, I thought it was quite wonderful how she
did her best to ignore her feelings about anime and the like and went to
quite a lot of trouble in order to give her friend a wonderful gift.
I don't
know, to me it was just a wonderful show of friendship. And also, Kyousuke is a huge dumbass for not realizing his childhood friend
is in love with him. I do not understand how men can be so oblivious.
The...Non-Incest?
Going into the series, I wasn't at all sure what to expect from the
Kyousuke / Kirino relationship.
The blog posts had me baffled, and I'd avoided reading posts regarding the
final episode.
Having watched all 12 episodes of Ore no Imouto, I can say I didn't think
there was really much of a big deal.
Yes, there were awkward parts (some unintentional groping, for example) and
I'm pretty sure the two were in love even if they didn't want to admit it
(the final episode suggested this to me), but there was no outright incest.
Not in the way that some things have done it, in Angel Sanctuary, for
instance, Sarah and Setsuna have sex in the third volume.
OreImo anime was pretty
tame in comparison. I guess what I'm saying is...it was non-incest, seriously. And it wasn't a
big deal to me. Not half as weird as Kirino's thing for playing little
sister eroge.
Conclusion?
I don't really get what made OreImo a big deal. At all. To me it just
wasn't anything new, nothing spectacular in any way.
It had its moments of entertaining, and yes, the unintentional groping was
pretty iffy, but as far as anime standards go...what? I must be missing
something.
Still, if you want a series that you can watch (Oreimo Crunchyroll) without putting much thought
into, you'll probably enjoy it.
I do recommend giving it a watch (Oreimo streaming) if you haven't, just to see what you think.
It's not a bad series or anything. And it earns points for the lols, and for
Kirino's pretty awesome otaku-ness.
My rating: 7/10
Like I said, not bad, I just didn't think it was anything amazing. Besides
that, I just wasn't a huge fan of the art. It could have been a lot worse,
though.
The characters could have been bland and annoying as all hell, which I sort
of expected.
Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai | |
| Episodes | 12 |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy, Slice of Life |
| Aired | October 3, 2010 to December 19, 2010 |
| Directed by | Hiroyuki Kanbe |
| Producers | Aniplex, AIC Build |
| Opening Theme | Irony by Claris |
| Closing Theme | Imouto Please! by Ayana Taketatsu / Shine! by Ayana Taketatsu |
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