Gimai Seikatsu

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Japanese: 義妹生活

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Type: Light Novel

Volumes: Unknown

Chapters: Unknown

Status: Publishing

Published: Jan 25, 2021 to ?

Genres: Romance, Slice of Life

Serialization: None

Authors: Mikawa, Ghost (Story), Hiten (Art)

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Score: 8.21¹ (scored by 1,771 users)

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Ranked: #395²

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Popularity: #2181

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Light NovelMikawa, Ghost (Story), Hiten (Art)

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After his father's remarriage, Yuuta Asamura ends up getting a new stepsister, coincidentally the number one beauty of the school year, Saki Ayase. Having learned important values when it comes to relationships between men and women through the previous ones of their parents, they promise each other not to be too close, not to be too opposing, and to merely keep a vague and comfortable distance.

On one hand, Saki, who has worked in solitude for the sake of her family, doesn't know how to properly rely on others, whereas Yuuta is unsure of how to really treat her. Standing on fairly equal ground, these two slowly learn the comfortable sensation of living together.

Their relationship slowly evolves from being strangers the more the days pass. This is a story that may lead to love someday.

(Source: Kadokawa, translated)

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Ayase, Saki

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Asamura, Yuuta

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Yomiuri, Shiori

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Narasaka, Maaya

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Asamura, Taichi

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Maru, Tomokazu

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Ayase, Akiko

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Fujinami, Kaho

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May 2, 2021

AlterSaber569

Recommended

Preliminary (21/? chp)

I doubt that many people will see this review since this LN isn't that popular as of now. This was a really refreshing read and I'm glad that I started it.

To delve into the positives, the male lead and female lead are both good characters, and I hope that they get even more development in the future. They can act maturely and reasonably, and it's great to see people who can communicate so openly. The romance aspect is slowly built up instead of just being dumped on us suddenly. The side characters are not the most developed, but they all have their own little ...

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Feb 13, 2021

k1m3l

Recommended

Preliminary (34/? chp)

This series has gotten quite popular. It won a spot in Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi which is amazing. I've been making a review on each volume and this is the review of the 4th volume.

Been a while since I read this series, I liked the amount of retold information and scenes in this volume. Not too boring nor too vague, just the perfect amount. I think the author has improved on his writing style, not much of description of the place, which was hella boring in v3 if I remember correctly.

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Sep 8, 2021

NihoniumTea

Recommended

Preliminary (21/? chp)

This is a LN I didn't expect to like as much as I did, and here I am giving it my first review ever.
While scrolling through a catalog of LNs, I happened to stumble upon Gimai Seikatsu, and if someone asked me why I got into it, then I'd have to admit that the cover photo alone piqued my interest.
I'm not that big of a reader in general, only a few manga here and there with this being my 2nd LN, but I do love SoL and Romance, and both of them together are nothing I'd avoid. Upon reading the title, one would get various ... ideas as to what this story is all about and where it could be headed, and with it being how it is, it certainly didn't disappoint me. The one thing I was sceptical about when hopping in here was just how many cliches and generic events/characters are we gonna see, that fellow SoL lovers encounter excessively, but there was no need to worry about that!

The characters' thoughts and how they process different ideas, how they tackle problems, and just how "real" the way they react and deal with things is something I'm really enjoying. It's something fresh, realistic, enjoyable and relatable to an extent. The story is simple, but it's up to the author to decide what to do with it and where to go, and so far it's going pretty well. With the ending of the 3rd volume (the latest volume available at the time of writing this), there are many ways it can go from here, but I have faith in the author that we will get amazing development from here on out and that we will end up being very satisfied with the story, as the only thing that's left for this LN to hit is a nice ending, as I believe the story so far checked out.

Now, I've been praising it and all, but it's not perfect by any means. There are a few events that get repetitive at times, which even I myself found skipping from time to time (as they didn't play a role in the story), and this isn't a book for everyone by any means. At times, it gets a little bit "too Slice of Life-ish" where some would wonder "Why even write this?", but personally I don't mind this at all, however, I can definitely see where people are coming from when they pose these questions (as is an often occurrence with SoL in general, anime, manga or LN), but I encourage any fellow reader and lover of such genres to give this LN a shot, and I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

However, everything I wrote here is heavily biased with my love for SoL and Romance forms of media, so take some of these comments with a grain of salt. I saw that this LN was originally an anime on YouTube with the same name, but I haven't seen it yet so I can't comment on anything surrounding that. A solid 9/10 so far from me though.

Thank you for taking your time to read this attempt at a review!

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