It wasn’t the first, nor the best (maybe), but everyone who knows these genres has heard of these anime. Oreimo essentially defined the imouto genre like how Gundam defined the mecha genre. Probably the most popular imouto anime is Oreimo, which I still haven’t watched the second season of (I’ll get to it eventually). The distinction here is that while a standalone imouto character is just one facet of a series, imouto anime make the imouto character the focus. So, now that we’ve covered the first primary way to incorporate imouto tropes into an anime, it’s time for the second, the imouto anime. While the characters who fit into this final group are more acceptable, what isn’t acceptable is the imouto agenda they’re advancing. This could either be a character like Mafuyu, who simply plays the role of imouto in Blend S, or someone like Maria from Haganai who wants to be an imouto. This group is made up of characters who have no familial relation to either the protagonist or whoever they’re acting as an imouto towards. Then, there’s the final group, fake imouto characters. If the first group was made up of full-fledged imouto characters, then this second group are the imouto-bait characters characters who bait you into thinking they’re full-fledged imouto, but actually they aren’t. And, Suguha is actually the cousin of Kirito (plot twist), but, sorry Japan, that’s still not okay. Shiro is the step-sister of Sora, so that works a bit more. Illya is actually the half-sister of Shirou, which means they’re still related by blood, so that doesn’t really work. So how exactly do each of these series change the relationship between imouto and protagonist? While this is exactly what some series are going for, others have tried out different ways of making this relationship “more okay,” even though it still isn’t.Ĭharacters who fall into this next category are Illya from Fate, Shiro from No Game No Life, and Suguha from Sword Art Online. Now, you can probably see the issue with having siblings who are in love with one another. These are all “true” imouto characters, which means that they’re actually full-fledged siblings of the protagonist. There are two primary ways to incorporate imouto characters into a story, and the first is to have them as a standalone character, which often occurs in either harem anime or anime that simply have a large female cast.Ĭharacters who fall into this category include Kobato from Haganai, Natsuki from One Room, Akua from Love Tyrant, and Yuuko from The Pet Girl of Sakurasou. This doesn’t mean love like how Himawari loves Boruto because they’re a wholesome family, it means love. So, the imouto character trope is a cookie-cutter character formula which revolves around a younger sister who’s often in love with her older brother. I’m not going to go into an in-depth breakdown of all the various character tropes, but the basic explanation is that they’re cookie-cutter character formulas. So now that we know imouto refers to the character trope, just what is that? You may be familiar with other character tropes such as tsundere or yandere. To make things simple, from here on out if I use the term “imouto,” I mean the character trope, and when I use some form of “sister,” I mean your standard sister character. Instead, what I’m discussing today is the imouto character trope. While there are plenty of little sisters in anime, such as Boruto‘s sister, Himawari, they’re not really what this post is about. Imouto is simply the Japanese word for little sister, however, in the context of anime it means more than that. The first thing we need to do is understand just what imouto means and why it’s an epidemic within the anime community. With that out of the way, it’s time to get into today’s topic: the imouto epidemic. For now, however, you can click on the links in the paragraphs above to check them out for yourself. If you’re interested in the finer details of both the Discord server and Patreon campaign, I’ll be writing a full post on both of them tomorrow. The funds from this campaign will be put directly back into the site in the form of updates, such as the coveted dark mode. Becoming a patron is a simple way to be more involved here at. The second announcement I have is about the start of my Patreon page. There is now a DoubleSama Discord server! This server is open to anyone, and although it’s pretty bare-bones right now, hopefully we’ll be able to turn it into a place for members of our community to come together. Before we begin today’s post, I have some announcements to make.
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