Onii-chan Dakedo Ai Sae Areba Kankei Nai yo ne discussion thread

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お兄ちゃんだけど愛さえあれば関係ないよねっ

...or Oniai, for short. Light novel, imouto, etc etc.

Airs Friday, Oct 5 at 23:00 JST on ATX

Animation studio: Silver Link

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[Fencedude]

Oh god. This show. Its going to make NakaImo look sane and reserved, isn't it?

Akiko is delightful, delightfully deranged that is. Also interestingly her seiyuu, Kido Ibuki is brand new, and doesn't even turn 15 till next month!

Regardless, she really wants into her brother's pants...but he's not having any of it.

The rest of the harem is...eccentric, with Chihara Minori standing out by doing her best Horizon-with-a-nasty-mouth voice.

[Draneor]

Akiko is utterly adorable and very polite. Her smile with she greets her onii-chan. Her sparkling amethyst eyes. The bells in her hair. How she pouted when her brother refused to peek on her in the bath... How aggressive she is in pursuit of true love. Hau~ Omochikaeri~! <3 Her Onii-chan may be playing hard to get now... but I'm sure he'll come around.

Oh, there were some other characters. The blond one has potential, but Akiko stole the show for me.

To be fair, I thought Onii-chan's refusals were done generally well.

[HitokiriShadow]

Heh, Akiko wears an "I <3 Imouto" shirt.

Anastasia is currently Best Girl. Haruomi is good too and I'm sure she'll get some great scenes in the future, she's just.... so normal compared to everyone else. Then there's Arashi, who flat out said she's happily take EVERYONE'S virginity.

And of course, there's Akiko. I don't think any other imouto has wanted her brother's dick so badly. Her futile efforts (and irritation at their failure) are quite fun to watch.

Also, as of this point, only one character (grey haired Haruomi) has a personal name that doesn't start with "A".

[HitokiriShadow]

Originally Posted by Draneor

To be fair, I thought Onii-chan refusals were done generally well.

Yes, this. The way he handles her advances and refuses them is a big positive for the show. Most male leads can't even handle the smallest hint of romantic/sexual desire from someone who is not in any way family and turn into blubbering idiots.

But Akito doesn't have this problem. He always kept his cool, even when she rushed into his room with nothing but a (barely hanging on) towel and was literally asking him to bone her. He has little in the way of personality but he's already better than the majority of male leads. At the very least, I think we can safely say he won't be a drag on the show.

[HitokiriShadow]

Originally Posted by Fencedude

Akiko is delightful, delightfully deranged that is. Also interestingly her seiyuu, Kido Ibuki is brand new, and doesn't even turn 15 till next month!

Oh wow. That's... very surprising. To say the least. This is certainly an interesting choice for a first gig.

[superdry]

Originally Posted by Draneor

Akiko is utterly adorable and very polite. Her smile with she greets her onii-chan. Her sparkling amethyst eyes. The bells in her hair. How she pouted when her brother refused to peek on her in the bath... How aggressive she is in pursuit of true love. Hau~ Omochikaeri~! <3 Her Onii-chan may be playing hard to get now... but I'm sure he'll come around.

Imouto route is best route in this show. Everyone else that showed up were okay, but Akiko - oh the craziness.

I love her casual clothes "I love imouto" and "yes to love" t-shirts.

To be fair, I thought Onii-chan refusals were done generally well.

Agreed, it was well done.

So, Akito mentions that the both of them are sixteen. Does that make them fraternal twins or one is slightly older than the other due to their parents immediately wanting to have another kid.

[Draneor]

Originally Posted by superdry

Imouto route is best route in this show. Everyone else that showed up were okay, but Akiko - oh the craziness.

Imouto is *always* the best route. Well, I might have imouto contacts on permanently.

Originally Posted by superdry

I love her casual clothes "I love imouto" and "yes to love" t-shirts.

The power of t-shirts! Hey, Cospa. You had better sell these!

[Nico87]

I really, really liked the first episode. I agree about the refusals, it's not only that Akito handled it very well, but I also really liked the way Akiko reacted each time she got rejected. It's like she came to her senses for a few seconds and was being/acting very polite and "obedient" before she went into sex-mode again (and again).

[stardf29]

The banter between Akito and Akiko is easily the best part of this show so far. Haven't warmed up to the harem yet.

Also, I know it's fanservice and all, but sheesh, is there any real reason besides that for the camera to constantly be panning to the girls' chests/feet/other fetishized body parts?