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NEWS: Otsuji's My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren't Wicked Manga Gets TV Anime in 2026




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L'Imperatore



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2025 5:54 am Reply with quote
I haven't read the manga yet. So the main (only?) source of comedy is that despite their intimidating appearances, the step family turns out to be nice?

If this is billed as a twist on Cinderella, would the eventual prince be a jerkass this time? Laughing

Edit/add: Seriously, this is the studio's first and only credited work? Is it an offshoot of more established ones?
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maximilianjenus



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2025 7:36 am Reply with quote
L'Imperatore wrote:
I haven't read the manga yet. So the main (only?) source of comedy is that despite their intimidating appearances, the step family turns out to be nice?

If this is billed as a twist on Cinderella, would the eventual prince be a jerkass this time? Laughing

Edit/add: Seriously, this is the studio's first and only credited work? Is it an offshoot of more established ones?


Only the step family thing is like Cinderella, everything else is Meiji Japan, no prince or anything in sight. It's basically cute girls doing cute things. At least the misunderstanding jokes get dropped with good timing and are reused naturally.

If you want a good take on Cinderella , there a Cinderella Isekai, " I will raise Cinderella preciously" also badly translated as " the evil story of Cinderella's evil stepmother. It's very fun grey area ,it explains the actions of the step family towards Cinderella without going the evil Cinderella route, and it needs to be Isekai to justify cutting the bullying at its roots ( Isekaied person becomes the step mom ), it does fun things with the role of women in society and pretty privilege.
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Kan2Screm



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2025 8:15 am Reply with quote
L'Imperatore wrote:
I haven't read the manga yet. So the main (only?) source of comedy is that despite their intimidating appearances, the step family turns out to be nice?

If this is billed as a twist on Cinderella, would the eventual prince be a jerkass this time? Laughing

Edit/add: Seriously, this is the studio's first and only credited work? Is it an offshoot of more established ones?


NEWON was actually founded early this year (March, more specifically) by Silver Link founder Hayato Kaneko.
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YagamiBlackstone255



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2025 2:41 pm Reply with quote
Wow you could have fooled me with that pic. But seriously they are great and not bad people.
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MFrontier



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2025 10:18 pm Reply with quote
Kujirai seems perfectly cast here!
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YagamiBlackstone255



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2025 9:07 pm Reply with quote
Kan2Screm wrote:
L'Imperatore wrote:
I haven't read the manga yet. So the main (only?) source of comedy is that despite their intimidating appearances, the step family turns out to be nice?

If this is billed as a twist on Cinderella, would the eventual prince be a jerkass this time? Laughing

Edit/add: Seriously, this is the studio's first and only credited work? Is it an offshoot of more established ones?


NEWON was actually founded early this year (March, more specifically) by Silver Link founder Hayato Kaneko.


This story sounded so cute, but the new studio with zero credits or experience is scaring me...
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