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Jan 24, 2021
Kono Naka ni Hitori, Imouto ga Iru! (2012)

This show started off fairly well but quickly takes a steep decline especially with how obvious the story components are and how clueless characters are made to be and has an ending that doesn't have any real resolution to anything just we know who the sister is but it is easily figured out many episodes beforehand.

Grinding my gears a bit is Ikusu Mizutani is so obviously drawn female that to have everyone be so oblivious would make it seem like she is unattractive yet fawned over by so many.

Some plot devices are a bit stupid like for example in episode 5 the associated issues would be resolved by using silent on the phone and thus the episode would be basically ruined but sorted.

A big positive to look forward to in episode 6 with the Neko maid girls with ears and tails that react to emotion which was quite honestly SPECTACULAR.

The artwork comes across far more gloomy than it should be considering the show is fairly old but also pretty modern. It looks nice and the ecchi is all good but the tone of the whole thing doesn't match up.

The OP is good and the ED is good but neither is memorable. Voices are pretty good too with the voice actor for Shiga doing amazing with such a high pitch character voice. Generally, sounds are good enough going through.

Character develops due to how much the show is trying to do is beyond rushed but at the same time, it is also very slow because of how unbalanced the show is. You get to know everyone but some just have major changes in personality like Rinka. The president Mana is at least consistent from start to finish.

The show itself I honestly looked forwards too but it just did not meet the expectation of what it could have brought to the table. The main issue is that the story just sort of ends even with the 13th episode. It doesn't resolve any of the issues like the bad people and just leaves holes everywhere.

I want to say various girls are best girls but I honestly only think Mana or Konoe are the honest girls where everyone ran the to main due to money as the primary factor as Konoe is more normal and Mana is honest with her snack desires. I think it is a pretty brutal show in that regard but at the same time at least the whole school didn't run forwards.

I would give it a 4/10 which feels harsh but deserved, I wanted to give it higher but I just cannot. A final good point is Rinka as a catgirl in the episode preview at the end of each episode running in a circle is super cute.

4/10.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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