Oreimo, or I Can't Believe My Little Sister Is This Cute, is an anime about Little Sister-Chan (Kirino Kousaka) and her brother, Likeable Character-San (Kyousake Kousaka), as he discovers that his little sister is an Otaku and likes Ecchi games about little sisters, and kinkshames her at the dinner table.
The two then proceed to bond in many cute scenes that go by the theme of him helping her out with her life, and if you forget every single time Little Sister-Chan hits and abuses Likeable Character-San it can be a very fun show.
Little Sister-Chan abusing Likeable Character-San gets so bad, that she beats him up and then headbutts him, leaving him bleeding.
I went into this looking for cringe with a friend of mine, knowing this was a disgusting show where a guy marries his sister. Nowadays, I wouldn't be able to stomach this show, but back when I was a dumb 16 year old, I did.
Oreimo also has strong themes that the show likes to dip into occasionally, like a cheese dip made of good writing. It does have some strong emotional moments, with these scenes that I actually enjoyed.... as long as you ignore all the incest. Especially the scenes where everybody thinks HIS 14 YEAR OLD SISTER is his girlfriend.
One of the most interesting episodes I thought was when Little Sister-Chan wrote a Light Novel and it was published, making Gothic Best Girl (Ruri Gokou) jealous. It's kinda strange how Gothic Best Girl struggled for years to make it, but as soon as Little Sister-Chan writes a book, it becomes popular enough to get a fucking anime.
I don't remember if the anime explains this.
A the end, we finally get to see more of Gothic Best Girl's homelife, and really, all I wanted at that point was for Likeable Character-San just to marry one of the other girls, and not his fucking sister.
Speaking of characters, Little Sister-Chan is a fucking bitch.
You may or may not agree, but holy shit, she beats her older brother, she whines and complains all the fucking time, she contently makes Likeable Character-San to do embarrassing shit, and she put his porn out on his bed and on his computer for Deredere Childhood Friend-Chan (Manami Tamura) to see out of pure spite.
Really, I just wish we could have seen more of the other characters instead of Little Sister-Chan. Like I wanted to know more about Deredere Childhood Friend-Chan and Tsundere Loli Number 652 (Kanako Kurusu).
Personally, I felt like the two's personalities and backstories needed to be more explored in this, I'm hoping when I get around to the second season (??? That's real..??) makes this possible, and we don't just focus on Little Sister-Chan, instead getting to know who Tsundere Loli Number 652 is. Who is she? Where did she come from? Who's her family, are they a piece of shit?
One thing I did really enjoy about this anime was both the animation in some shots, and Tsundere Loli Number 652 having the same voice actress as Pink Haired Magical Girl Number 19,345. The fact the character development between Little Sister-Chan and Likeable Character-San was really fun in a lot of scenes (when they weren't doing disgusting bullshit).
Like I love seeing them talk about things Little Sister-Chan likes, when Likeable Character-San is playing her Ecchi games she recommended, or the scene where Little Sister-Chan is playing the Tsundere route of a Little Sister game, and is so happy finding Tsundere Loli Number 764's soft dere shell, she starts rolling all over the ground.
I would rather see Little Sister-Chan go along her everyday life, loving Otaku shit with her big brother out there to protect her, than him falling on her tiddie and her going "Oh no, Onii-Sama!! >////<" or some shit like that.
TL;DR: I think it's an eh show. Like it's got its problems, and those problems really ruined the experience. If you can't ignore disgusting bullshit, don't watch it.
Also, this anime desperately makes me want to read something, where someone examines the character of someone like Little Sister-Chan, where a little sister plays ecchi games and is a massive Otaku.
