Why most Anime or Manga Characters only have...

joe_g7 said:
Seems like you've been watching/reading too many generic shows/manga OP.

flannan said:

1) Law of Conservation of Detail. Sure, all children have parents, but the show is not about them - it's about fighting demons, being surrounded by cute girls, romance or whatever. That's why a show does not bother writing out the MC's family even if they aren't dead.
Little sisters exist mostly for loli fanservice, which is why there is a lot of them.

2) I can find you plenty of counter-examples.
In Regalia, the female MC's parents are dead, and she has to rely on her loli big sister and her government for family connections.
In Mikakunin de Shinkouhei, the female MC has a mother and a older sister. The male lead has a mother and a little sister (who makes the show for me), and probably has a father too.
In Unbreakable Machine-doll, the male MC has an older brother and wants to kill him for killing their younger sister.
In Cardcaptor Sakura, the female MC has an older brother and a father.
In Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou, the female MC has a lot of siblings, and the male lead is a single child.
In Sketchbook, the female MC has a little brother (and her friends are surprised to learn he actually speaks, unlike the MC).

Askorti said:
A very quick look at my anime list:
3-gatsu no Lion - the MC has an older sister and is friends with a family of 3 sisters.
Ao no Exorcist - the MC has a twin brother
Demi-chan wa Kataritai - one of the female MCs has a twin sister
Girls und Panzer - the MC(female) has an older sister
Hyouka - the male MC has an older sister. (who is almost completely absent though) (and the female MC is rich)
Kaichou wa Maid-sama - the female MC is poor.
Kiss x Sis - the male MC has older twin sisters.
Madoka Magicka - the MC(female) has a younger brother.
Nejimaki Seirei Senki - one of the guy MCs has several older brothers.
Ouran High school Host Club - the female MC is dirt poor, has no siblings and a single parent.
Infinite Stratos - the male MC has an older sister. (definitely not a recommendation though, it's a shit show)
Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu - one of the MCs has an older sister.

From manga Horimiya and Domestic na Kanojo deserve mentions. In the former the female MC has a younger brother and her parents (especially dad) have a prominent role. In the latter the male MC has both an older and a younger step-sister, and their parents have quite some screen time.

Mind that I don't remember many details of the anime I've watched a long time ago, and I stopped looking around halfway through, so I could probably give you far more examples.

Askorti said:
A very quick look at my anime list:
3-gatsu no Lion - the MC has an older sister and is friends to a family of 3 sisters.
Ao no Exorcist - the MC has a twin brother
Demi-chan wa Kataritai - one of the female MCs has a twin sister
Girls und Panzer - the MC has an older sister
Hyouka - the male MC has an older sister. (who is almost completely absent though) (and the female MC is rich)
Kaichou wa Maid-sama - the female MC is poor.
Kiss x Sis - the male MC has older twin sisters
Madoka Magicka - the MC has a younger brother.
Nejimaki Seirei Senki - one of the guy MCs has only older brothers.
Ouran High school Host Club - the female MC is dirt poor, has no siblings and a single parent.
Infinite Stratos - the male MC has an older sister. (definitely not a recommendation though, it's a shit show)

From manga Horimiya and Domestic na Kanojo deserve mentions. In the former the female MC has a younger brother and her parents (especially dad) have a prominent role. In the latter the male MC has both an older and younger step-sister, and their parents have quite some screen time.

Mind that I don't remember many details of the anime I've watched a long time ago, and I stopped looking around halfway through, so I could probably give you far more examples.

zombie_pegasus said:
There are plenty of all 3 2 sibling combinations:
2 brothers: Fullmetal Alchemist, Romeo no Aoi Sora (although younger brother isn't important), Nerima Daikon Brothers, and Towa no Quon
2 sisters: Shugo Chara, K-On!, Love Live, and Binbou Shimai Monogatari
Both: Aikatsu (older sister), Haruhi Suzumiya (older brother), and Charlotte (older brother)

I think you do have a point that when the two siblings are of opposite sexes generally the male is older, but besides that your argument doesn't mean much. I haven't seen too many anime with female protagonists that have no siblings so I don't know what you're getting at there.

zombie_pegasus said:
Thinking about, Baka and Test is the only anime I can think of that has a male protagonist with an older sister. Yuru Yuri has a female protagonist with an older sister, which is also uncommon.

zombie_pegasus said:
Thinking about, Baka and Test is the only anime I can think of that has a male protagonist with an older sister. Yuru Yuri has a female protagonist with an older sister, which is also uncommon.

Brb said:
Isn't the only child mc with unknown(usually in someplace abroad) parents more common?

Louise_Francoise said:

Yup, that too, but IMO more annoying when the MC have little sister just for the sake of incest or lolicon fanservice, and I found it in most anime I'd watched.

Brb said:

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Last I heard, more annoying isn't synonymous to more common.

flannan said:
Most of the Protagonist if its a Male he will only have a Little Sister and sometimes unknown parents, in Female mostly single child with very rich parents. Is there an Anime or Manga where the Male MC have older or younger brother and Female MC with some sibblings?
1) Law of Conservation of Detail. Sure, all children have parents, but the show is not about them - it's about fighting demons, being surrounded by cute girls, romance or whatever. That's why a show does not bother writing out the MC's family even if they aren't dead.

Scarlett_ryuken said:
why should anime main character have parents tho