Every now and then I go out on my way to adventure deep into the most obscure anime I can find deep in this vast sea, not trying to find diamonds but to find the most brilliant of turds to stuff my face in and laugh. Oniichan no Koto nanka Zenzen Suki ja Nai n da kara ne!! certainly meets those criteria as one of the most genuinely shittiest animes ever conceived. And I am going to recommend it because I spent hours laughing watching every episode and I am not going to feel sorry about it.
Let's just get a few things over it before
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I start reviewing this: If you not into harem style rom-com with a dose of sis-con into it, don't watch this and spend your evening ranting because its certainly not made for you. With that understood;
Story -
There isn't one. If you looking for an anime with a compelling start with an expectation of a payoff you couldn't be anywhere further. The story starts with episode one introducing the characters while also making the viewers aware that our main hero, Shūsuke, has a thing for his sister. It also clarifies that the sister, Nao, is aware of this, wants bro's cock but prefers to satisfy herself by torturing him with panty-shots to a degree that it gets rather worrying. That's it really. There isn't really anything else. Halfway through, the sis-con gets toned down in favour of the life of a porn addict stumbling along with his porn club trying to discover the greatest pornography of them all. A pathetic attempt at plot at best. Done.
Oh, and I don't think I need to mention this, but the dubious blood relations (a potential story point) between bro and sis is brought out in the first episode and resolved within the same 20 minutes. Well done to putting the cherry on top of this disaster of an attempted story.
Design -
Someone should really change the poster of this anime on this website since its doing a great disservice in promoting it. To be blunt, the characters designs are pretty hideous and can be compared (unfavourably) to the Digimon anime's human character designs. That said; the pace of this show makes it so there's not many scenes which will induce vomit so rest assured.
The anime is better looking than its promoting posters. Its definitely a case where the book cover's a lump of shit compared to its insides.
Sound -
I'm not one to judge, since this obviously differs from person to person but I like the fact that a recorder (flute) is used as ambiance in certain scenes. Really unique compared to mainstream animes. Other than that...meh really.
Characters -
The main hero of this show actually comes across as pretty interesting and if one drills to the deep end of hole, what you have is a pretty complex character worthy of a psychological profile. To elaborate; this show is mainly about a teenager with a psychological porn addiction with specific fetishes. Instead of being identified with this, he seemed genuinely understand that this is not a good thing. He doesn't grope peoples breast, make efforts to see up girls pants, he understand that this is a bad influence on his sister, and there is a particular scene where he seemed repentant when he realises that his addiction has 'corrupted' his childhood friend that he actually rids himself (temporarily) of his lust the same way a monk renounces worldly pleasures and try to lead a 'normal' life of a teenager. A welcome change in a world where the average perverted anime hero would dish out sexual assaults with clockwork regularity without so much a hint of guilt.
Our main heroine, Nao, is almost equally convoluted as her brother. This is not you're average little sister pining to suck her bro's cock. Instead, we are treated to a character what may actually come across as sadistic rather than genuinely in love with her brother. In the entire show there is no reason to believe that she ever wants her bro's cock, see her brother happy, or wants his undivided attention. Instead, all she truly desires is to continually believe that her brother's a total pervert and vindicates this by putting herself in compromising positions for her brother's guilty pleasure. When her brother renounces his perverted ways, this induces such a breakdown as she gets increasingly desperate and does things that reflects her desperation in a way that is believable, though ridiculous.
Every other character is pretty much cookie-cutter and I won't waste your time describing them. I will say that its interesting to see the characters of this anime bounce of each other in the most ridiculous ways while seeking to satisfy their own desires. For what its worth, this is one of those rare animes that try to convey characters more by their actions rather than words and I can respect that.
Overall Enjoyment -
This is a show which understand that its not going to win any awards for cultural significance and instead goes all out of its way to show how a harem rom-com can be relevant simply by being fun. There is not a scene where there isn't some ridiculous slapstick routine throughout the entire series which left me grinning from ear to ear. There's no breaks to the action and whatever attempt at the heart is swiftly proceeded with some comedy to wash it down with. Simply speaking; there's no scene where the characters stand static talking with each other while making weird faces screaming, there's no scene with two characters making a long trek to nowhere while stuffing our faces with exposition drama, there's no scene with characters making exaggerated speeches, all there is is all action all the time and I was loving every minute of it. The fast pace of this anime and its choice of focus make it so any person regardless of their cultural knowledge of Japan can enjoy this, just as long as you don't take this anime seriously.
As for the harem aspect of the show, it does it pretty well, but do be warned that the romance part is pretty dumbed down. If you're rooting for any particular girl, you'll be glad to know that the story does not try to steer you towards any of them, which to me is a plus. Its not a harem where its blatantly obvious who the main hero gets off with.
In Conclusion -
Gather up your favourite drink, a large pizza and enjoy this beautiful shit show of an anime for whatever its worth. Don't take it seriously (the sis-con aspect is never deeply acknowledged in the story and can easily be ignored) and just have some fun.
Apr 25, 2017
Every now and then I go out on my way to adventure deep into the most obscure anime I can find deep in this vast sea, not trying to find diamonds but to find the most brilliant of turds to stuff my face in and laugh. Oniichan no Koto nanka Zenzen Suki ja Nai n da kara ne!! certainly meets those criteria as one of the most genuinely shittiest animes ever conceived. And I am going to recommend it because I spent hours laughing watching every episode and I am not going to feel sorry about it.
Let's just get a few things over it before ... |