Story: 7
The story is an interesting premise. A light novelist is working with an insert art illustrator whom of which he has never met in person. Said illustrator turns out to be the shut-in little step sister who he has been living with for years.
The author takes a similar approach as Netoge where he forces the main protagonists together in a very obvious 'coincidence' in order to tell the story in a proactive way: 'face to face'.
EX. of non proactive: in different cities and communicating only via email/skype/phone.
Aside from that, the story boils down to the main protagonist, Masamune, trying to get his sister to abandon her shut-in ways, all while working together to write and illustrate light novels with their respective roles.
Art: 9
A1-Pictures. Expect great quality, get great quality. Not as beautiful as an anime such as Hai to Gensou no Grimgar (I highly recommend). but definitely better character design than OreImo. Cute moe girls are undoubtedly cute.
Sound: 6
Pretty average. Sound track isn't super memorable. Gets the job done.
Characters: 10 thus far
I see so many other reviews bashing the characters. I will honestly defend them and say that the characters have a very human traits MANY of which are idiosyncratic and niche traits that only certain people will relate to and understand. CHARACTERS ARE NOT STATIC AND BORING. The 2 main protagonists are clearly growing and changing which I cannot understand where other people come from when they say that the characters feel 2 dimensional or static. Are they genuine? Yes. Are they interesting? Depends on what kind of people you find interesting to be perfectly honest.
Izumi Masamune: Hard working onii-chan who has trouble catching breakthroughs with his works. Writes from the soul. Has a massive thing for his beautiful imouto.
Izumi Sagiri: Became a shut-in after grief stricken by the passing of her mother (birth mother).
Yamada Elf: Overly eccentric popular writer. Writes for fun, profit, and marketability rather than work.
Enjoyment: 10
This is a personal score as I'm bound to enjoy this series more than the average viewer as it resonates with me at the personal level as an amateur writer and artist too. A lot of the laughs i get from the series come from how human the characters feel. Can't say nor generalize all of the series, but it definitely has a situational comedy style to its humor (the best kind of comedy imo btw).
Overall: 8
Definitely not a 'must see,' but I definitely recommend it to people looking to get a good growth story of two step siblings trying to build a bridge between one another.
