Ane Naru Mono follows Yuu and Chiyo, as Chiyo figures out how being human works. It consists of their wholesome bonding as siblings and a few ecchi moments due to Chiyo not understanding how people work. This makes up a lot of the story, but there are a few serious moments in the story. The backstory of Chiyo is dark and mysterious. It’s not touched upon too much. There’s also another character with a very serious background, but I won’t go into it due to it being spoilers. There are a few plot points and dark moments that feel forgotten about though, which is unfortunate since they seem interesting. Hopefully, they do go into them later in the manga.
The manga is paced well. It’s episodic and the story normally does not carry over between chapters. It’s able to space out the comedic, ecchi, and dark moments all well. The very few small arcs that matter to the plot are also well spaced out. They don’t happen too rapidly and they aren’t just missing from the plot half of the time.
The characters in Ane Naru Mono are fun. Chiyo is a demon who’s been summoned by Yuu to be his older sister. She’s trying her best to be an older sister. You see her fail some common, normal things and get upset about it. It’s really fun and cute to see her try to be the best older sister she can.
On the other hand, the main character, Yuu, is just a main character. His character is how you’d think a stereotypical shota would work. He’s kind, innocent, cute, and that’s it. He does get the extra factor of being ignored and other things like that in school due to being able to speak to ghosts, but it’s not shown in his character too often.
Interactions between Yuu and Chiyo are always great and fun to see unfold. It’s often very wholesome to see them interact.
The art in Ane Naru Mono was great. It was used effectively for every situation. In the wholesome moments, the art uses soft and thin lines. The lighting during these moments is very bright and not much is shaded in. During the ecchi moments, the lines become thicker and the shading becomes darker. It’s like a light grey as opposed to dark shading. And finally, during the serious moments, you move to a very dark grey, sometimes even black. The lines become bold and sometimes even roughly drawn depending on how serious it is.
Overall this is a fun, SoL manga with great art that gets serious when it needs to. The main downfall of it is that the protagonist is nothing special and the story sometimes forgets some of its plot points.
