Who was this series made for? The tone seems so wildly all over the place and just plain gross at the worst of times. It fluctuates between rather disturbing fanservice almost suited for a hentei and wholesome moments that touch your heart. ONIMAI: Im Now Your Sister is a weird anime that I frankly wish was never made as it gives those who hold a delusional hatred of anime without ever even watching a single one ammunition to say animes for weirdos as if something like the weirdly disturbing ONIMAI is a representation of anime. Sure anime can plenty of weird but so can Western shows like Family Guy. Family Guys creepiness makes many of the stranger anime look mundane and wholesome by comparison. But Im getting off topic. ONIMAI: Im Now Your Sister is an adaptation of Nekotoufusenseis manga by Studio Bind and Toho whos produced such series like Dr Stone Haikyuu Jujitsu Kaisen My Hero Academia Jobless Reincarnation and my absolute favourite Teasing Master Takagisan. They have the pedigree to make something special if theyre given the right tools. ONIMAI werent such good tools . It stars Mahiro a reclusive young man otherwise known as a hikikomori a form of severe social withdrawal of adolescents and young adults who hole themselves up in their parents houses unable to work or go to school. This honestly had the makings of a beautifully wholesome story about rehabilitation but it gets hampered down so much by perverted tasteless fanservice that made me question on several occasions who on earth they made this for. But anyway Mahiro awoke one day to discover he or rather she had been transformed into a girl by her genius supremely more talented and atrociously fetishly weaponized little sister Mihari hence the title Im Now Your Sister. The two surprisingly share several touching moments that makes me long for the series just to be about the pure innocent bonds Mahiro develops with the rest of the cast throughout her time as a girl without the nauseating perverted stuff. Its actually quite heartwarming seeing Mahiro struggling to readjust to the outside world from beyond her bedroom and relying on her sister for moral support or when she bakes her some cookies in Home Economics class to show how much she appreciates all shes done for her. I just dont get why the producers shoved in so much fanservice. It added nothing to the narrative and largely took away from it. One episode saw the fetishlyweaponized Mihari bizarrely making a move on her sibling out of nowhere when she got drunk and had to be pulled away by another disgusting sexual creature with unrealistic and disturbing Gcup breasts reminding Mihari Mahiro isnt her brother. Mahiros true gender was supposed to be a secret the two shared Mihari then turned her lesbian incest fetish on her saying Then you Kaedeoneechan before proceeding to pin her to the ground and make out with her. Yeah because thats what I needed in my wholesome anime a contrived homoerotic makeout session and actual sexual assault It makes the writing feel so juvenile and perverse ruining what should otherwise be an uplifting series about a NEETs rehabilitation and second chance to do things over and form the bonds she wasnt able to when she originally attended school as a boy and the annoying part is there are plenty of nonerotic fun and warm moments sprinkled around the horny bits. It leads me to believe they were trying to cater to two different audiences: people like me who want to see a warm setting and people who want eyecandy. It really doesnt work. I can never ever advocate for treating a girl like an object for someones sexual amusement and thats what ONIMAI does utterly ruining its premise. Ultimately I cant award this series anymore than a 4.3/10 which is a real shame because theres plenty of touching moments that warm my heart like when Mahiro learns the agonising pain of her first period and has to be looked after and comforted by her sister or when Mihiri comes down with a fever and Mahiro does her level best to care for her in a roles reversed. Even the previously mentioned sexual object of Mihiris bizarre attack Kaede gets some pretty good characterization and becomes a bit of a role model to Mahiro. Mahiro becoming besties with Kaedes little sister and expending her social circle is also really cute. Animation It can quite a bit to be desired. They seem to spend much of their budget animating Kaedes juggle chest physics in an excruciatingly nauseating fashion. Artstyle Its cute. The use of warm colours and bubbles lend the series a tenderness that probably kept me in it because the fanservice making me vomit on several occasions. Sound Passable. OP and ED Needlessly perverted and horny and I skipped each. In conclusion: Trying to cater to two different audiences is a recipe for disaster. The wholesome moments will always be bogged down and washed away in the tidal wave of perverted horniness. Final score 43/100
43 /100
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