(Noun)
: sexual intercourse between people who are very closely related
With incest seeming to be a common theme in certain anime series, yet, still very taboo, there has been an uprise of story illustrations depicting "forbidden love" amongst the lines of blood related family members.
With these themes, stories are orchestrated to bring this topic of "forbidden love" to the viewers and give them something more than just their regular romance stories.
Aki-sora is a story of a younger brother and older sister rekindling their love for each other, something I really enjoyed about this is that it wasn't a typical romance anime revolving around a shy girl falling for a popular boy, the writers for aki-sora do a tremendous job at putting together a very taboo like story of a brother and sister who secretly are committing acts of "forbidden love". If you are looking to step away from your typical romance stories and look for something with my spice, then Aki-sora is something worth viewing.
The story itself is decent, however there is a ongoing dispute on rather this would be considered Hentai or just plain old anime with ecchi themes. I personally would have enjoyed to see a more in depth story, something amongst the line of character progression, character backstory, etc.. However with onky one episode being aired at this time, it did a decent job witht he character stories. What I did see is that sora would practically make things obvious by his multiple blushing and worrying about everything, Aki on the other hand was comfortable with the way she was, she enjoying have sexual relations with Sora, and even went as far as having sex with him while their sister was in the house. Viewers can easily point out the differences between the two, they easily contrast each other, one is nitpicky and worries too much while the other enjoys every second and lives their life with little to no regrets.
There was definitely room for improvement, but it did good the way it was.
7.5/10
The art and animations were rather nice and above decency. I sometimes would catch myself saying "damn this is pretty good". The backgrounds were done very well, almost screenshot worthy, I would say.8/10
The voice acting was done well, I'm not quite sure if this was intentional, but sora had a very girly voice, alongside his female figure, there were sometimes the voice sounded boyish as well, it suited his character very well. Aki's voice acting was also well, I enjoyed it very much, not once did it come across my mind that I had any complaints about the voices whatsoever. 8.5/10
Me being very strict and critical on what I watch, I always pick out things I didn't enjoy and things I did, my biggest one is definitely the lack of story and character progression. Also keep in mind, if you're not willing to see sexuak parts or even the concept of incest itself, it definitely isn't for you, but I would still recommend broadening your horizons, that it was I did and ever since then, I've come upon beautiful stories.
The followup of this is Aki-sora: yume no naka, if you are looking for more of a story and something more with Nami, then I recommend watching this, I really did enjoy this, however this isn't a review for that so I won't go in detail.
