I can't believe how good I Can't Believe My Sister Is This Cute is

Kousaka Kirino

Anime: I Can't Believe My Sister Is This Cute (Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai)


I was really sceptical about this show for the first half of the first episode, but when it suddenly revealed its main plot it really reached a high state of "potential awesomeness". Here's a main character (a guy) who has a younger sister who is a closet otaku, hooked on eroge (erotic dating games for adults) that involve little sister characters. The roles are very upside-down, with him definitely not interested in this genre of games (nor its contents), and his sister really into them but disgusted by brother and sister relationships in real life.

Romantic comedies that involve a guy and one or more sister characters (who are usually not blood related)  ending up in a love triangle are really becoming too common in anime, and it seems a lot of people just can't get enough of this sub-genre. No matter what your taste in anime, if you've seen a bit of it up through the years you know exactly what I'm talking about. So when everything is turned upside-down and scrambled around, and with a great visual style to boot, the result is a show that seems very promising.

Three episodes have aired so far, and they've all been increasingly interesting and funny. I strongly recommend this one if you're into comedy and would like a refreshingly unique plot for a change.

The obligatory introduction

Hiya, my name's Something Damian and I watch a lot of anime and love most things Japan. I'm not so disillusioned as to think that Japan is Heaven on Earth, but I do love a lot of its culture and the entertainment it spawns. I'm 24 and something, and I live in Norway, so I sit at a healthy distance from a country that, while absolutely amazing in some areas, is simultaneously disturbingly backwards in others. But the world isn't either good or bad, and the same goes for Japan.

I consider myself a Japan otaku because I think and talk about it a lot more than the average anime watching person does. The reason I started this blog is because my girlfriend told me I should do it; she's a bit tired of hearing all my ramblings about anime and Japan-related activities, and she's quite the Japan otaku herself. The goal of this blog is for it to be an outlet for my views on anime, games and Japanese culture in general.

So there you have it, the obligatory introduction concluded. Let's hope I can type as enthusiastically as I speak. Oh, and "otaku" means geek, or nerd, if you will, if you didn't know.

Until next time!