Nov 18, 2013
When I first came across Brothers Conflict, I was binge watching reverse harem anime like nobody's business. I mean what else could entertain a 13 year old girl on a quest for the perfect fantasy? Well, after checking out my review from the past, I see that I grossly undermined the true awfulness of this particular harem, so I'd like to correct my original findings.
Story - 4/10: A harem revolving around the daughter of a famous adventurer, who one day finds out her father's going to re-marry. Instead of living with her father and new step-mother, she decides to move to an apartment complex owned
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by her step-mother, only to find out that she has 13 step-brothers. Sounds interesting? To my past self, yes, to present me? No way on God's green earth would I give an anime with a synopsis like that a second glance. Unfortunately, I find this a reoccurring theme with reverse harems in general. Typically a really shallow plot revolving around a girl who somehow gets caught up with a bunch of attractive guys who fall in love after she breathes. Although shallow, the plot could have been put to use (somehow), unfortunately the creators squandered that opportunity with the characters.
Characters - 3/10: I cannot force myself to give a score higher than this because of the way the characters turned out. Out of all 13 brothers, only Tsubaki, Azusa, Louis, and Subaru get decent background stories. That may be sad, but just wait til you get a hold of the main character, Ema Hinata. Like I said before, in most reverse harems you get main characters lacking a personality (see, Amnesia and Diabolik Lovers), but man Chi's squirrel had more personality in his stupid bow than she had in all 12 episodes. It really soured my mood to see 13 dudes fall in love with a chick who's only capable of blushing. All in all, the story just had too many characters, with bland/blank backgrounds, and too little reason for them all to fall in love with blandy, the blushing broad.
Art - 8/10: Although there's many things wrong with this anime, to my amateur eye, the art is fantastic. The only thing all the characters have going for them, is that they're at least distinguishable in a crowd. I'm not much of an art fiend, so I can't be too specific, but I'd have to say that one of the reasons I kept watching had to be because the art was so nice.
Music - 5/10: The main reason I watched this anime was for the opening. There are too many anime that I've come across with lackluster music, but I have to say, the opening is catchier than I'd like to admit and I looked forward to starting each episode for it. Besides that, I don't remember the music standing out in any particular way, so I'd say a 5 is a fair score.
Enjoyment- 3/10: If you couldn't gather from the rest of this review, I did not enjoy this poor excuse for an anime. My time was thoroughly wasted and those hours I spent drooling at my computer screen, could have been dedicated to drooling over better anime, or repeatedly bashing my head into a wall. :)
Overall Score- 3/10: I was going to give it a 4 just to be nice, but I'd be lying. The only reason I'd recommend this anime to anybody is if I wanted revenge. I could have gone my whole life without watching this sorry show and others like it. All I can hope is that, all who read this take will take my review seriously and spend time on the endless list of GOOD romance anime, with a GREAT plot, and AMAZING characters.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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