Im just going to say it outright if anyone is going to remember this anime at all it will be as Amagami SSs eccentric little sister. The eccentric part comes from the fact that the story presents some rather bizarre events and quotes while the little sister part comes from not only the fact that it not only noticeably comes from the same universe but a couple of the characters are actually younger siblings of Amagami SS characters Lets not forget the omnibus format both series share too. In fact this connection with Amagami SS was why I selected this anime to be among those from the Winter 2017 anime that I watched in the first place in spite of this decision however my expectations were actually quite low. Unfortunately I was proven right. Ladies and gentlemen welcome to my review of Amagami SSs eccentric little sister Seiren. Seiren follows the romantic misadventures of Shoichi Kamita a secondyear high school boy. Similarly to Amagami SS four episodes each cover the heroines that Shoichi ends up romancing except the number of girls is halved this time. First weve got Hikari Tsuneki the cheerful idol of Shoichis class with a secret job at a restaurant. Then weve got Tooru Miyamae a gamer girl who joins Shoichi and his friends in playing what Ive come to think of as a deer version of Pokemon. Finally weve got Kyouko Tono Shoichis childhood friend who just joined the Home Economics Club. As time goes on in each of the girls arcs Shoichi becomes closer with either one of these girls and gradually falls in love with her....whether or not he actually has any chemistry with any of them. What could I possibly mean by that last sentence? I mean exactly what I said Shoichi does not have very strong chemistry with any of these girls. I mean when youre creating an anime with this format its hard to build a strong connection between our protagonist with all of the girls he gets with but theres bound to be at least one girl who has a believable relationship with him. Unfortuately in Seiren there is none of that in the best case scenario I would see Shoichi and the girl whose arc is ongoing as just friends and thats pretty much it. Each of their stories suffer a bit because of this too and when an animes story is taken down with two characters chemistry especially when its done three times in the same series weve got ourselves a bit of a problem. Although the story can surprise you with its bizarre ideas at times for example there is a character with a real thing for bunnies it doesnt help too much. Now lets discuss the characters. I remember liking Junichi the protagonist of Amagami SS a lot especially since he had what Shoichi didnt: a believable personality. Shoichi on the other hand is a rather boring main character with little personality its not as easy to root for this guy. The heroines arent much help either. While Hikari is definitely the most interesting of the bunch it really didnt feel like she got a lot of development so I couldnt get myself to like her. Tooru had potential but as time went on she seemed to become less and less of an interesting character by the end of her arc I had given up on her. As for Kyouko.... ugh where do I even begin? Out of all of the heroines no out of all of the characters period she has to be the character or at least one of the characters with the least amount of personality and I honestly felt that her relationship with Shoichi as well as her entire arc was the weakest. Out of the supporting cast there are a few memorable characters but most of them are pretty forgettable. The animation done by Studio Gokumi wasnt terrible sometimes the movement of the characters was a bit awkward but for the most part it wasnt terrible. After all a particular diamond in the rough from Seiren came from a beautifullyanimated scene in episode 4 I wont say what it is because of spoilers but anyone who has actually watched this series might know what Im talking about. The voice acting wasnt too bad either for the most part the voice actors played their roles well although some werent really as good. The opening and endings themes were also nice to listen to albeit not songs to listen to over and over again. Overall Seiren was a belowaverage anime. I wont stop you if youre desperate to watch it but if youre looking for an anime with an omnibus format where the protagonist ends up with more than one girl in more than one alternate universe Id prefer that you watch Amagami SS. I mean lets be honest its more memorable than Seiren.