Saikin, Imouto no Yousu ga Chotto Okashiinda ga.

Saikin, Imouto no Yousu ga Chotto Okashiinda ga. follows a family just starting to rebuild. When they marry, Mr. and Mrs. Kanzaki bring a teenage son and daughter along for the ride. But high school freshman Mitsuki Kanzaki is less than thrilled. Stinging from a history of absent and abusive father figures, she is slow to accept her stepfather and stepbrother.

But after an accident lands Mitsuki in the hospital, she finds herself possessed by the ghost of Hiyori Kotobuki, a girl her age who was deeply in love with Mitsuki's stepbrother Yuuya. Hiyori cannot pass on to her final reward because of her unrequited love for Yuuya, meaning she's got to consummate it... in Mitsuki's body?!

Now, Mitsuki's life depends on getting Hiyori to Heaven. But will she get used to sharing herself with a pushy, amorous ghost? Can she overcome her distrust of her new family? Can she bring herself to fulfill Hiyori's feelings for Yuuya? And might she be hiding some feelings of her own?

Kanzaki, Mitsuki Main

Hashimoto, Chinami Japanese

Kotobuki, Hiyori Main

Ogura, Yui Japanese

Kanzaki, Yuuya Main

Majima, Junji Japanese

Kiritani, Yukina Supporting

Kanemoto, Hisako Japanese

Torii, Moa Supporting

Terakawa, Aimi Japanese

Torii, Shoutarou Supporting

Takumi, Yasuaki Japanese

Neko Supporting

Sasaki, Mikoi Japanese

Tachibana, Ayaka Supporting

Tanaka, Manami Japanese

Kanzaki, Kyouko Supporting

Itou, Miki Japanese

Mei Supporting

Toyota, Moe Japanese

Satomi, Tetsurou Producer

Nakamura, Makoto Producer

Tanaka, Shinsaku Producer

Usui, Hisato Producer

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Jun 12, 2022

--Kaori--

Recommended

The amount of ecchi anime I've seen is over 9000! Meme aside am serious when I say that I've seen a TON of ecchi anime. I can usually tell exactly how a skit in an ecchi anime will go because most ecchi anime have the same old tropes and do not innovate much if at all... But does that apply to this anime?

Recently, my sister is unusual. is not like most ecchi anime so the short answer to the above question is no, it does not. While there are a few skits you'll see and be familiar with, Recently, my sister is unusual. focuses on ... new and innovative ecchi skits. (Innovative in terms of how few anime use these skits if at all) Some skits are what you expect, some are what you expect but then adds its own twist to the tropey skit. Then there are skits you just rarely if ever see. Its hard to find a GOOD ecchi anime, especially one that is its own thing. So here I am, dumbfounded at how most of the 73k+ anime fans could rate this anime so POORLY! I am shocked to see all kinds of low ratings, ranging from 1's, to 3's to 5's and 6's with some 7's and 8's with the over all rating currently at the time of this review sitting at a mean and undeserved 6.22 while the ova sits at about 6.40 with 13k+ anime fans having rated that OVA which isn't as good as the OG series imo, though the 2nd half of the ova was nice, but I digress, the fact is, Recently, my sister is unusual. is an 8.0 rating with the ova being a 7.5 rating.

While not every joke is a hit, I found myself laughing and sometimes laughing hard to a few of the jokes but the anime shines at its best in both the romance portion of the story, as well as the ecchi genre it has for it does things differently from most ecchi anime. Some stuff you'll be able to see a mile away coming, others you can predict, including parts of the story, but, other stuff you rarely if ever see in an ecchi anime. I was delighted to find an anime made 8 years back that did things differently from 99% of ecchi anime, it was refreshing finding something NEW for once, when it could've easily have been anime generic ecchi anime. Don't get me wrong, it does have plenty of tropy ecchi moments you see in that 99% ecchi anime, but a decent bit is not found in that 99% of ecchi anime.

As for the romance, its sweet, as are the characters, thats the best way to describe them imo as, they will grow on you and that will make the investment all the more worth it in the end. I say the end but sadly, the anime is unfinished... (I'd still say its worth a watch!) Mean while the manga and LN both ended 6+ years ago... and we sadly may never get the rest in anime form which is a real shame as the other side to this anime that helps it stand out is the characters, all of them (Almost all anyway) but especially the relationship that comes from Mitsuki and Hiyori and speaking of Hiyori, you'll know more about her if you pay attention to what she says for how she died and if you watch the ED song in full. That said, we dunno who she is even now and I imagine a 2nd or 3rd season would've given us this insight. So that is the other part of the charm this anime has is its story and the mystery portions it has.

I'm really trying to think of why so many call this anime bad, trash and other untrue things. Did you just stop at episode 1? I admit, that was unexpected and a bit much if you weren't prepared for it but still, episode 1 is the most ecchiest episode, not that the other episodes won't have plenty of ecchi moments but still, I could see this turning some away but not most... So was it then the romance focusing on step siblings? (Me thinks people forgot its focusing on more than just them such as on Hiyori too) Nah, that can't be it because that's IN the description for what this anime is partly about so if you watched this and you knew you didn't like that kind of thing then thats on you, not the anime... fyi, step siblings in the US AND in Japan can get married (No that doesn't happen in S1 or the OVA) and I mean in real life, not just in this anime as they aren't blood related so hopefully that helps some who might not like the synopsis just because of that...

Ok so what is the REAL reason why so many dislike this anime? I honestly cannot even guess... I have seen so many anime, ecchi and not ecchi, romance and not romance etc. that DESERVE that low rating but THIS ANIME? No, it deserves a much higher rating... I'd also like to point out the story is on the more unique side that you don't see too much in anime. Since I already rated the anime, I will just say that I called the ending of S1, but, I did NOT see the how it would happen coming and I just laughed hard to that haha. Good stuff right there haha.

On that note, before I end this review I have one more thing to say that you need to know. The anime has an uncensored version and a censored version. I would seriously recommend seeing the anime uncensored if you can. This review is based on the uncensored anime. Lastly, there was something else I wanted to say here but sadly, I forgot what it was...

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Jul 24, 2024

LegionIscariot

Mixed Feelings

Its the story of a girl Mitsuki who gets tormented not only by a ghost angel Hiyori but apparently by heaven itself.

The ghost tries to straight up murder her during their first encounter but doesn't get dragged down to hell for that.
But i guess heaven really likes cruel jokes, as Mitsuki is forced to wear a chastity belt until the ghost can pass on. But for the ghost to pass on she must experience (sexual) love with Mitsuki's new stepbrother that she had a crush on when she was alive. She has to do this by possessing Mitsuki's body. Oh and if that doesn't ... happen in time they both die ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Mitsuki's situation is very cruel. Not only did she have an abusive father in the past. But she was almost murdered by ghost. Is forced to wear a chastity belt that limits when she can go to the bathroom. Is essentially molested by this ghost. And is now forced into a sexual relationship with her stepbrother or else she will die. And this is a comedy...🤔

So because of anime circumstances their parents have to go oversees so Mitsuki and her stepbrother has to live alone together. And a bunch of the typical predictable awkward anime rom-com stuff happens.

Mitsuki and her brother are fine normal characters. Her brother actually tries to be a responsible older sibling.
The molesty ghost Hiyori is really the fcked up one. And because she is constantly taking over Mitsuki's body she comes off as having multiple personality disorder.
Hiyori is a pretty selfish ghost. She doesn't care who gets hurt by her actions. But apparently is gonna get sent to heaven and not hell because heaven has fcked up priorities i guess.

Despite the fcked up implications, when you get past how messed up this all is, the anime is still watchable...but even though there are endearing moments between the siblings the writers find a way to be cruel and have messed up humiliating things happen to Mitsuki.

Conclusion: The endearing scenes between the siblings are good. But the anime is too cruel to Mitsuki at times. Especially since this is labelled a comedy and not a drama. And its really hard to sympathize with the ghost girl.
And the ending is just a giant fck you.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Feb 25, 2022

B-O-D

Not Recommended

I rarely see an anime this bad, supposedly to get into heaven, you have to sexually assault people, be bi-sexual, and only care for self-interest. If that's heaven, I don't want to go.

We see the typically retarded tsundere as the angel's partner in crime, who does stupid stuff, attacks her stepbrother, and when in reality, she would have been clouted back, kicked out, as usual in anime no such thing happens.

Top it off with a clueless idiot like the other main character, who somehow can see an angel to be, is clueless on women, and puts up with all the crap, it shows ... it is going to be a trash anime.

As you watch further, it continues unsurprisingly as trash, the story is crap, the art is bad, the sound isn't anything special, the characters are poorly developed, as you only really know something about the main two, who are trash characters, and it just has enjoyment and overall level of 0 in my mind.

I had hoped it would try and redeem itself, but it never, it just got worse. I understand it is trying to serve the people who like the siscon/brocon fantasies, but the reality, is no one would want the tsundere, the angel would be used, abused, and discarded in reality in the tsundere body and advertised as the school glory hole. People will still watch for the fan service though which wasn't that great, as it lacks a decent story, comedy, any sense of reality.

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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