Hoozuki-san Chi no Aneki

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Hozuki-san Chi no Aneki was really surprising for me. I picked it up pretty randomly, and it was the first 4-koma that I've read.

The plot is pretty simple. Hozuki-san Chi no Aneki goes through the daily antics of step-brother and step-sister Gorou and Haru. At the beginning, Gorou loves Haru romantically, and the sadistic Haru uses this to her advantage. But as the story progresses, Gorou and Haru truly become family. Although it's not really incest, Haru and Gorou don't really come to terms about their romantic feelings. However, the plot isn't anything dramatic or serious. There's no confessions, no melodrama, and no love triangles. ... The manga just shows their hilarious daily lives and nothing more than that. There are some pretty heartwarming moments though.

Art progressively gets better. Characters have attractive designs. Some scenes are drawn very well while others look like fast sketches. It's a crack comedy, so there's not much to expect out of the art.

The characters are surprisingly well-developed for such a short, light-hearted comedy. Gorou starts out as a perverted weirdo, but we soon see him change into a kind and loving person. Haru starts out as a seductive tsuntsun, but we see a very protective and empathetic side to her later on. (She's not really a tsundere though.) I can't help but love both of them at the end. And supporting characters provide much comedy.

I enjoyed this quite a lot. It's not as perverted as it seems in the beginning, and I appreciated this, as their was more emphasis on comedy than anything else. Actually, I'd argue that it wasn't ever supposed to be seductive at all--just another comedic element. Gorou's and Haru's interactions are very entertaining, and their comedic nature makes every heart-warming scene extra warm.

Hozuki-san Chi no Aneki averages out to an 8. A fun, light-hearted read with many hilarious moments and some touching moments. A good way to spend a lazy afternoon.

This was an overall great manga: I'd rate it an 8.75 outta 10

The girls were cute, the characters funny. You can't help but want to cheer on Gorou(the little brother), who is in love with Haru (his elder sister who isn't related to him).

There are some serious moments in this manga, but comedy is prevalent.

The only complain I have about this manga is that it leaves you wanting more and makes you want to see how the little brother and older sister's relationship grows and how the fact that they aren't actually siblings and could have a relationship isn't addressed.

This was a great manga that ... was too short and doesn't feel like it should have ended.

If you want to read a manga that's funny and has just a bit of drama, then this is for you. But, you must be warned that this has a bit of an open end to how Gorou and Haru's relationship develop. Will it be platonic or romantic, we will never know.

I will be the antagonist reviewer here (since everyone seems to love it)
Before reviewing i read some reviews if not all at this moment and well people see progression both story wise and character wise but SAW NONE if you see a progression it's only for one chapter for a specific gag, i don't expect much from 4-koma progression wise but step forward step back policy is backwards for considering that this 4-koma is long.
Be advised do not binge read it it's better to take a moderate approach chapter per day or few chapters per week that may improve your experience.

Story 4/10

What i saw from ... chapter 1 to the last chapter nothing changed (relationship wise, not talking about romance simply what you see in chapter 1 you get the same at chapter 32).
As the story progresses we are introduced with some new characters and history behind Male Lead and Female Lead (ML;FL). I couldn't not rate story element any better because i saw a glimpse of next installment + Imouto(will not review this since i dropped it chapter 9 and then simply selectively took chapter 50,100 and 134 NOTHING CHANGED besides new character), it may be a nice 4-koma for a weekly issue for a tired high schooler or young adult after school or work but it's more like complimenting dish before the main dish you get what you see from chapter 1.
A quick summary: This is a story about a siscon and his older non-blood related sister living together. FL likes to torture and tease ML, ML doesn't hate it and to a degree absolutely loves it. FL has reasons why she does this story will unravel it.
So most comedic elements stem from one sided torture,tease and humiliation for ML from FL. While it may seem like a one sided love it definitely is not.
If you are a fan of comedic,sado-maso stories then this story is for you.

Art 7/10

Considering that this is 4-koma animation standards are lower of course. While characters and story elements forget about progression, art element doesn't it grows from chapter 1 and becomes more appealing and looks less quirky. Characters are good looking and have a vast array of faces, background wise it's lacking (a lot of blank and animation fx), panel placement and speech bubbles up to standard.

Characters 6/10

Why 6? Well characters do not change, no deep thoughts, no depth whatsoever. We get what we see, one dimensional characters.
ML - siscon, dumb, naive,weak,clumsy,perverted <- That's sums up our ML after a few chapters of binge reading it i got simply frustrated from seeing ML being teased,humiliated and tortured (I unconsciously empathize with male leads), if at first few chapters it was funny it quickly got annoying, if your watching Tom and Jerry there are only few series with one sided fault of Tom (getting what he deserved) but here we see a perverted and sick person getting smashed every chapter every panel without standing up or trying to resolve anything meaning he likes it so masochist i guess? (Not my cup of tea)
FL - cute looking,smart,sadistic,strong,scheming,perverted,brocon
She has a lot of free time on her hand because she is smart so when she doesn't occupy herself with reading or doing other stuff she abuses(teases) her brother, she comes up with elaborate ways to tease her brother from creating perverted situations to making him go to a lions cage (i think it was in +Imouto) but you get the gist. Unlike her brother she has friends and sometimes hangs out with them.
Supports - Mostly friends of FL and one acquaintance(hard to call it a friend though) of ML. Supports bring their own element of comedy each one of them has their own one dimensional personality so each one of them brings only one comedic element to the story but nevertheless they are true supporting pillars, some of them support gag element to 4-koma throughout the series and beyond.

Enjoyment 2/10

It's hard to enjoy while empathising with ML, the feeling of being inside of a moron with sister complex was painful, whenever new abuse came around i could think of many situations of how to stop this. Author wanted to create something akin to Tom and Jerry where Tom usually got the short stick but author forgot that Jerry also got some boomerang when he was acting naughty so there was a moral + it was more like a competition between friends or rivals as for this 4-koma it touches intimacy and exposes weaknesses one sidedly, whenever i think what happens to ML i think mental institution or social isolation.......

Overall 5/10

Would i advice it? Sure but do not overthink about this 4-koma and read it in moderation.
For 4-koma it is not that bad it repeats everything but if you read 3-4 chapters a week it would seem normal and ok and the main part of this 4-koma is that chapter order mostly doesn't matter there are probably 3 chapters important plot wise (Big sister,Reason for ML and FL relationship and graduation) but in reality even those chapters don't do much.
My reasoning and rating is only because author mixed intimacy elements with humiliation,abuse and teasing that mixture is a nuclear bomb in reality after watching this one sided abuse any living creature would eventually end up broken . Because of that S&M theme is all about conversation, trust and mutual agreement otherwise S would have to change M's like gloves about this 4-koma there's no conversation,trust is broken everytime and there is 0 consent.