They can be really perverted at times and seem like sickos but over time they grew on me. If you can’t gel with perverted humor then I don't think this is the show for you, but give it a chance beyond just judging a book by its cover.ĭespite looking and acting like teenagers, the characters are used to adult life and often show their wisdom in conversations. He spends a lot of time in his apartment with his friends playing games, telling jokes, talking about anime, and this all brings about plenty of funny perverted gag humor. He gets some absurd story ideas turned down by his editor. The main character struggles to come up with new material and jokes ensue around him in his distraction. The story is small in scale, but it gives the characters plenty of room to develop. It’s self-deprecating for sure, but that’s part of the charm.Ī sister obsessed light novel writer, his younger stepsister, a perverted novelist, his plain jane friend, and a few more writers and publishers make up the cast. The show knows where the line is between too much fanservice is, and it purposefully crosses it to get you to think about how disgusting the whole fantasy is. The start of the show may be a bit alienating to anyone who isn’t prepared for a sis-con, but it does a good job of preparing you for the show’s absurdity even if no other scene reaches the heights of the first few minutes.
Later it’s shown that the main character’s editor is reading then spitefully denying his appalling work as he drops the script to the table (not unlike how I initially dropped the show after only that first scene). Within the first three minutes of episode one, the main character’s horrifying sister fantasy is shown to the audience in grotesque detail. No time is spared in establishing the perverted tone. Be prepared to laugh and possibly to be offended. Yes, as ridiculous as that sounds this show is about the characters, not the story. About the ups and downs of being an artist. The horrifying events that occur in the first 3 minutes. A kids' show, despite how the characters appear. Ecchi, but there are few over-the-top lengthy fanservice scenes. It’s definitely caused a bit of confusion for people deciding whether to watch it or avoid it like the plague, so before I start the review I feel like it’s necessary to say what this show is and what it isn’t. Probably not A Sister’s All You Need (AKA: Imouto Sae Ireba Ii) but it’s a pretty damn misleading name. Nayu also overheard Itsuki’s confession, so the aftereffects will definitely be felt by the time the finale rears its head.The award for the most misleading title goes to…! However, Nayu’s editor has a flip side to her as she perks Miyako up by saying how being her editor gives her the honor of being the first person to read Nayu’s books. Nayu’s writers block also gave us some time with her cute editor who is comparative to Itsuki’s editor as having to come at odds with an infuriating writer.
Seeing her come up with Itsuki growing a large enough member for him to eventually use as a weapon for him to fight against Titans with was outright hilarious. After finishing her last LN thanks to Miyako’s thighs, she provides the funniest twists in the next tabletop game they played. While the confession was the largest development in this episode, Nayu was the MVP of Episode 11. His own perspective wasn’t prominent in the episode, but I’d imagine that later on, Haruto will continue to let his feelings about the Itsuki/Nayu pair and Miyako fester overtime until it causes him to be far more aggressive towards Itsuki. Most likely, he was unable to shake off the negative feelings he’s had since Miyako similarly wanted to push Itsuki and Nayu together to rip off the band-aid of unrequited love. The last scene in particular is a good indicator in how tragically flawed the men of the show are whereas Itsuki puts his love on-hold for a chance to be as successful, if not more so, than Nayu, Haruto is actively getting testier and pushier about getting the two together. Whether the announcement of Itsuki’s LN getting an anime pushes him to open up to Nayu or causes him to move the goal post further for her will be something to look forward for the finale. Itsuki’s logic behind holding off on asking her out is indicative of his character in that he is willing to suppress his own feelings both for Nayu’s sake as a young novelist and for his own self-centered desire to have the world’s gravitational pull go his way.
His reasoning for not committing to officially going out does align with his personality as he would rather be considered a “protagonist” in his own story than a side character in Nayu’s. We’ve got another bombshell this week! This time, Itsuki fesses up that he actually does like Nayu.
“Becoming the Protagonist Is All You Need.”