Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai

Kirino Kousaka embodies the ideal student with equally entrancing looks. Her grades are near perfect, and to cover her personal expenses, she works as a professional model alongside her best friend Ayase Aragaki, who abhors liars and all things otaku. But what Ayase doesn't know is that Kirino harbors a deep, entrenched secret that will soon be brought to light.

At home one day, Kyousuke, Kirino's perfectly average brother, stumbles upon an erotic game that belongs to none other than his seemingly flawless little sister. With her reputation at stake, Kirino places a gag order on her sibling while simultaneously introducing him to the world of eroge and anime. Through Kirino, Kyousuke encounters the gothic lolita Ruri Gokou and the bespectacled otaku Saori Makishima, thus jump-starting an entirely new lifestyle. But as he becomes more and more involved in his little sister's secret life, it becomes that much harder to keep under wraps.

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Kousaka, Kirino Main

Taketatsu, Ayana Japanese

Kousaka, Kyousuke Main

Nakamura, Yuuichi Japanese

Gokou, Ruri Supporting

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Aragaki, Ayase Supporting

Hayami, Saori Japanese

Tamura, Manami Supporting

Satou, Satomi Japanese

Makishima, Saori Supporting

Nabatame, Hitomi Japanese

Kurusu, Kanako Supporting

Tamura, Yukari Japanese

Meruru Supporting

Tamura, Yukari Japanese

Tamura, Grandfather Supporting

Kashii, Shouto Japanese

Evans, Bridget Supporting

Kuno, Misaki Japanese

Iwakami, Atsuhiro Producer

Kananiwa, Kozue Producer

Miki, Kazuma Producer

Goka, Kazunori Producer

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Jun 9, 2024

IssyBoy

Recommended

Oreimo is a piece of otaku media that I simply adore, even 14 years later after the anime release a lot of the weeb culture around it still holds up to this day.

Truth be told, I wasn't always an Oreimo fan, this is actually my second rewatch.
I first encountered it when I was 13, freshly new to anime. I hated it at first, I thought Kirino was a brat, Kyousuke being a weird obsessive sister freak, and I viewed the otaku culture around it as unpleasant. The only characters I liked were the main MC's friends (Ruri, Kanako, Manami, etc etc) but even that wouldn't ... convince me to change my mind.

It was a weird otaku incest bait for me, and I had that thought for a few years. That was not until I decided to give Oreimo a rewatch this year.
I don't know what prompted me, I guess It was just a simple "Rewatch it since you haven't seen it in a while" kind of mentality.

So, I rewatched it,
And I didn't just love it, I ADORED IT!

Screw what I thought about it when a young lad, this anime was extremely eye-opening for me! Before I didn't understand Kirino's struggles with having a niche hobby, I just thought she was exaggerating about how society would treat her as a disgusting pervert. now, as I type with a full manga & figure collection right beside my bed, I slowly start to relate.

People view the Weeb culture as a weird group of individuals, which becomes more prominent when Kirino almost loses her best friend after discovering her weird fantasy of being a sis-con. It's scary how easily someone can treat you after one hobby, and to abandon you as well is a whole new level. You start to keep secrets so that you can be "normal".

The bond between Kirno and Kyousuke was honestly the best. Kyousuke started as not understanding Kirino's obsession with being an otaku, not comprehending why she would group herself with those kinds of people, but after a few months of going to conventions, playing eroges, and even talking to Kirino's otaku friends, he starts to understand that involving yourself in those community is, fun. Sure it's weird to most eyes, but that's the point.

Kirino knows her hobby isn't considered "normal" by an outsider, and yet she doesn't care. Living happily is more valuable than trapping yourself in a tiny bubble.

Oreimo perfectly evaluates the weeb culture, even the rip-offs couldn't match up the quality as Oreimo did.
It's a must-watch for me if you want an anime solely surrounding the otaku culture.








... Oh, the incest? Ya I find that based lol

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Dec 23, 2021

CuteAndFunny

Mixed Feelings

An easy way to describe this anime would be the brother MC is essentially a punching bag.

There are also way too many tsundere's in this anime, even the dad is a tsundere, where most of them are more tsun than dere.

What this show has going for it is literally just the titles for each episode are funny and memes at this point. The rest of the show is honestly not the best for an enjoyable pleasant watch.

Specifically, both main characters brother and sister are not that great. The sister, Kirino, is violent and continuously hostile to her brother. While he himself feels like an ... empty shell of a character which we know very little of since the story basically never shows much about him or his achievements.

While I do understand it is in a sense realistic, since most siblings would do anything for each other in the real life even if it meant harm to themselves. It wasn't a fun or great thing to watch take place. Rather it often created unnecessary drama in what is supposed to be a Comedy and Slice of Life. I will say though it did feel like they acted like their age somewhat being teenagers.

The animes side characters being the friends really is what saved this show from being worse off than it is. Most of them(Manami, Ruri, Saori) are pretty likeable characters with some hinted background depth we did not get to experience much, but i'm sure that will come later.

The OP was alright and it seems they changed the ED's every episode, but they honestly sounded a bit of the same I hardly noticed. The different scenes during the ED were a nice touch though.

Overall, this wasn't as funny of a show in my opinion. It was rather lacking and focused too much on the drama between siblings with beatings seemingly placed as the punchline for comedy. It wasn't bad at times, but those moments were short lived when it would go back to the main characters tiring sibling feud. There's just too many unlikeable characters creating annoying moments that it ruins the mood of this show in the end.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jan 26, 2024

swaggedoutflarpp

Not Recommended

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Absolutely disgusting incest "romance" story written by a japanese hick and pervert about porn addicted siblings that end up marrying. The author of it has got to be on some sort of list, as will probably happen to you if you rate this show high. Unfortunately, the first anime I watched a very long time ago and at a young age too. Only "saving grace" is the opening song and good looking characters, which is why anyone could find this show appealing. Even then their personalities are horrid. That is to be expected, as there is no plausible way to make a healthy and adequate ... story out of degeneracy and incest. Save your sanity, I wish I did when I was a young teen.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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