EP 1 Plot Summary: Junior High student Nao's brother complex is so strong, it's almost at the point of incest. She's determined to make her brother, High School student Shuusuke, see her as a woman. So determined, that she goes as far as going into his room to throw away all his non-incest related porn. But as she's looking for his porno stash, she finds a photo album... and she's not in any of his childhood pictures.

The romantic comedy that whips up the incestuous angle without being incest is interestingly more entertaining than its manga counterpart, as Kitamura Eri brings out all the perverted silliness in Takanashi Nao, along with relatively high production values on ZECXS’ part. With Inoue Marina as the childhood friend rival Tsuchiura Iroha, who’s slated to arrive next episode, things should get even more out of hand… in a good way. Leading up to that, we’re shown the extremes of her brotherly complex and how she enjoys teasing her perverted older brother Shuusuke (Toyonaga Toshiyuki) and giving him opportunities to take advantage of her. Clearly, this series isn’t striving for a lot of depth much like most comedies don’t, so keeping that in mind will have a direct effect on how much enjoyment you get out of it.



Artwork wise, the overly slender character designs with long arms and big hands aren't that much a showstopper as initially thought. After all, if I were to take such a shallow stance with anime character designs, I would’ve never watched Kanon and CLANNAD. Compared to faces that get much more screen time, I can put up with some long arms without a problem. The humor works a lot better animated, as the awkwardness is more prevalent with shaky voices and exaggerated reactions, like when we get inside Nao’s sex-ridden mind. That same appeal should be further exubrecated by Iroha next time, who’s just as messed up except there isn’t any sort of incestuous pretense holding her back. Nao’s request to her parents to keep the act with Shuusuke was for her personal brocon excitement, but sort of backfires against her when Iroha leverages it for her own goal.

For good or bad, Iroha and Nao are here to show us the extremes of female perversion. In some ways, their advances are akin to Yamada‘s in B Gata H Kei, so if you have an idea of what that entailed, then you can expect something similar here.

Judging from the first few episodes, this series is barely far from kiss x sis’ take on the non-blood-related sibling relationship. Take out the younger brother Keita and replace him with an older one named Shuusuke who sounds just like Mikado when he’s around Anri and voila, you have a male protagonist who’s trying hard to fight his desires for two girls who don’t make it easy for him. I would continue following this series since I was amused by seeing the first bit of the manga I read come to life and realized how much better it is.

The fairly energizing OP is great for playing along with Guitar Hero or the likes as well...

OP: "Taste of Paradise" by Eri Kitamura

ED: "Ari Ari Mirai (アリアリ未来☆)" by Eri Kitamura, Marina Inoue, and Kazusa Aranami