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How Oreimo Made Little Sisters a Big Deal

It's difficult to talk about Eromanga Sensei without invoking the name of its loud-mouthed older sibling, but the differences become apparent once you look past the surface. Unlike Oreimo's Kirino, Sagiri of Eromanga Sensei matches the otaku's image of the ideal little sister: a quiet, doe-eyed girl who exudes moe appeal. And unlike the main duo in Oreimo, the siblings in Eromanga Sensei are not related by blood, allowing the romance to play out with a less direct connection to real-life incest.

Srsly, what's with Japan writing about underdog people who are trying to learn an artistic profession, and instead of commiting to write the development from newbie to pro, they transform these types of stories into an scenario for wish-fullfillment? Fuuka, Saekano, and now this. If it wasn't for the faithful adaptation crap and pleasing the fans, these would be worth watching series in the same way as Bakuman or Shirobako. Will we see these stories get made one day in the future.

You know what? I actually enjoyed Oreimo. All of it. Even that part.

Sure the full on incest at the end is a bit of a weird departure considering you could watch the whole of Season 1 and safely assume that their relationship is platonic. Plus I'm absolutely disappointed that the parodies of otaku culture were never quite as biting in Season 2. But in terms of execution I actually didn't mind too much how they tackled the topic of incest.

However, Eromanga-sensei is in a COMPLETELY different ballpark. It basically just came bursting out of the starting gates screaming 'I AM TRASH' without even the slightest hint of shame. The characters and their situation are fake and impossible to relate to, the incest is proper fetishy, the fanservice is ramped up, the character designs all make use of that really weird kind of gradient shading that's become all too common in modern anime, the works. It's pure unaplogetic trash.

Sagiri is a way more endearing little sister character than Kirino could ever dream of being. She's still got moments of entitled annoyance, but she's actually cute and lovable. I actually smiled watching the ED of episode 2, and I had to be tied down when watching this with friends to prevent me from constantly replaying the part of the OP where she dances in her Eromanga-sensei mask. .

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“If I had to write a new little sister-themed story right this minute, I'd like to try my hand at a new setting,” he says. “I might make the characters go to another world and have adventures there. It'd be one of those isekai stories.”

Oh boy that sure sounds like a good premise.

Man, after watching Eromanga, its hard to imagine that Fushimi isn't actually just really into little sisters...
It's a shame if Fushimi feels like he's got no choice but to make more little sister stuff against his well though. I'd like to see him make that horror story. Maybe he can combine little sisters and horror next time and get the best of both. Ultimately, that would be really really easy.

Bakuman or Shirobako are aimed to a younger shonen audience...
Eromanga Sensei and Saekano are more aimed to a older audience that find all that learning and training, too boring and getting in the way of the plot. They prefer a already talented character without having to go to the newbie to pro story.

Man, after watching Eromanga, its hard to imagine that Fushimi isn't actually just really into little sisters...
The show is sexual as all hell. Which I think is how it should be, if I'm honest. It's selling Sagiri exceptionally well as the cute, endearing, little sister, thanks largely to some pretty great animation(there is even a dedicated Sagiri animator, Keisuke Kobayashi, who is charged with making all of Sagiri's important scenes especially cute and sexy). It's going to turn off a number of people, no doubt, but they are targeting that audience with abandon and I can appreciate that.
It's a shame if Fushimi feels like he's got no choice but to make more little sister stuff against his well though. I'd like to see him make that horror story. Maybe he can combine little sisters and horror next time and get the best of both. Ultimately, that would be really really easy.

Are they doing all of the Sagiri animation? I'd heard they had a dedicated animator (almost certainly from the same source as you) but IIRC there was some question as to whether they were just one of the ones on it or the only one. If they did all of them, I have to give them props for at least some of the scenes.