Audience reviews
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pezidnt
Being passionate about what you love is important, but what if you take it to far? Our hardcore-imouto lover Itsuki thinks nothing else other than imoutos, everything he does and thinks about is related to little sisters characters and he passionate work hard to feature them in his ongoing light novel serie. But keeping track of deadlines and finding ideaś is challenging at time, luckily he has his four friends which two of them also work as authors. Together they take trips to the zoo, amusement park, trips to Hokkaido etc to find inspiration for his fantasy novel.
The anime uses a wide mix of different narratives element, such as direct continuation from one of their trips to one of Itsuk fantasy books. As an example Itsuki and his friend wanted to go to a mixed open bath hoping to find…
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A weird anime for a weird crowd.
First off, it’s clear that this anime is a bit odd, especially in how it introduces the protagonist and his almost fetishistic obsession with having an ideal little sister. The premise starts out in a rather peculiar way, and as the story progresses, it becomes increasingly evident that the show has absolutely no qualms about playing around with that kind of scenario.
We follow Itsuki, a light novel writer obsessed with the idea of a perfect little sister. Interestingly, despite this obsession, he shares quite compelling relationships with the other characters, particularly Chihiro, his younger brother, and Nayuta, a girl who is head-over-heels in love with him. And that’s precisely where one of the aspects that intrigued me most at the time comes into…
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Imouto sae Ireba Ii, or A Sister's All You Need, is the prime example of the dark corners of the earth. This shows is either meant to horrify you, or disgust you in the most horrendous way possible, or maybe even both. Why it's even rated a 7.24 I will never know but if you even have any kind of common sense in you I will save you the PTSD from watching this. I will try to not give any details because I would prefer not to remember any more of this show than I need to.
If you haven't been scared away from this review yet then allow me to explain the terror I went through while watching this "show". First of all, at the time of watching this, I was in a stage of "I will watch every episode of any anime I start watching" and if you haven't already guessed, this show ended that stage in my li…
Read at the sourceLegionIscariot
A Sister's All You Need is an anime about a light novelist with a huge little-sister complex.
He writes insane stories about his sister waking him up naked, bathing in his little sister's bathwater, and wiping his face with her underwear. You know, normal anime stuff 🤷
The two female characters are in love with him despite him being a freak. You know, normal anime stuff 🤷
However he doesn't have a little sister in real life. His younger bother is a trap (supposedly...). And as we all know, traps are always the best character.
Despite the ridiculous humor, the show also tries to tackle serious topics. And its actually not bad.
It has fanservice. The girls go topless but its censored. Needs more. Like some cameltoe would be nice 🤔
Whether you enjoy this or not depends on your toler…
Read at the sourceDipta25
A Wild Journey with Hidden Depth: A Mixed-Bag Review
My Rating: 6/10 ★★★☆☆
At first glance, A Sister's All You Need is exactly what you expect it to be: a wild, chaotic, and incredibly eccentric ride. If you can push past the initial shock value and the main character’s intense "little sister complex," you will find a surprisingly meaningful story buried underneath the surface-level tropes. It is a series that leaves you with genuinely mixed feelings, blending bizarre comedy with unexpected life lessons.
The Story: Predictable Tropes vs. Genuine Life Lessons
The overarching setup relies heavily on typical anime tropes, and the heavy emphasis on the protagonist's sister obsession can be a bit much to swallow. However, if you can look past that, the episodic journeys are incredibly rewardi…
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5/10- Pretty mediocre.
This show is the definition of "meh". I haven't something this boring in a while. I really should have dropped it around Episodes 4 or 5.
The characters are very poorly written. They all have barely any personality. Characters do stuff that would get you in jail. The worst part is that it's not even slightly funny to be considered a joke. The little sister character undergoes assault but it's played for cheap comedy.
There is some potential here in regards to our main character- Itsuki's relationship with his father. His father remarried rather quickly after his mother's death, which has been a point of contention between them. He stops talking to his dad after that and moves out. They have a pretty broken relationship but we don't really see any progress on it.…
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Overall, a fun and humorous show that talks about the creative and narrative process. The little sister trope is a bit overplayed for me, but I think it lands fine. I liked the characters but that’s the issue I didn’t love anything. Honestly, the character I felt for the most was the editor because is job is very demanding. I just think the show had more potential instead of a group of friends all liking each other. Each one has a in depth backstory, but we barely scratch the surface for them. When we get character development it is focused as a reveal to the audience but instead it should be for the characters. I have not read the light novels or the manga, and I could see where this could excel in a second season. Yet, it had the room and time to do it earlier and in fails in that. If yo…
Read at the sourceGrilledMackerel
This is my favorite anime of all time(as of writing this review), so I am super biased in this review and most people probably won't like it as much as me, so take the review with a grain of salt.
A sister's all you need is a well written story with interesting characters, that also touches on serious stuff if you look past the surface.
If you have a problem with fan service then you shouldn't be looking at an anime with the ecchi tag.
I wouldn't recommend this to someone who doesn't like dirty humor, because there is quite a bit of it.
If you have a normal amount of a problem with incest than this show is fine, but if you have a severe problem with it than you probably shouldn't watch this.
If none of the above apply to you then I would recommend this show. The first few minutes a…
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I don't come across story like this, It's premise is not to complex, it's about a 20 year old college dropout Light novel author Itsuki and his group of friends friends, hanging out and growing as characters, nothing mind blowing but Its in the execution of these ideas where the story truly shines. I didn't find myself attracted any one character but rather awed in admiration of their relationships as the show slowly unravels it.
I have decided to read the Light novel to know the full story but as for just the anime it's probably not getting a S2, so where the anime ends lot of plot points are not addressed but it still gives a satisfying conclusion to the relationships of the characters.
Not a master piece but still a show which I thing changed me for better ;)
overall 8/10
very good
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Oh boy an anime about a guy who has a little sister fetish. Oh god what do I say. It was actually pretty good. The characters were interesting the story was fun the humor was really funny. Also the main heroine's dub voice actress was Rias So I may be a little biased.
It follows a group of drop out college kids who are LN writers. As you can guess the MC writes stories where the heroine is the little sister. Funny enough his love interest isn’t a little sister so I am ok with it (its not like that one anime where the siblings end up together the one where they both have grey hair. Yaa I know we know which one I am talking about). Its really sad that this anime never got a second season they were really hyping up the end of the first season like there was going to be a second. The mc just…
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The show had potential with some of the deeper content but it felt like panning through mud for gold and only coming up with a few specs that aren't even worth anything. The characters are not good. Most of them are creepy or downright criminal, with several of them being guilty of SA, which just gets brushed off as if it's normal to strip strangers clothes off on the street because you want to see their naked body, or downright R-ping other characters to get them to agree with you. These examples sound extreme but they are things that actually happened in the show. There are some more meaningful moments, but they're completely overshadowed by the unending torrent of s*x crimes. Even when it comes to the positives of this show, the unfortunate truth is that this show is designed to appeal…
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First season came out in 2017 and the second season has unfortunately been canceled for a while. You'll have to read the light novels (or manga, if they exist, I don't know).
'A Sister's All You Need' starts out as a full blown ecchi siscon anime and about halfway through turns into a board game advertisement show with slice of life elements and occasional ecchi moments, which vary from light perverse humor to a full on yuri groping session.
Despite what the title promises, there is no little sister, only a protagonist who is obsessed with his ideal fantasies of them.
Hashima Itsuki is a young 20-something year old established light novel writer working on his career from his one room apartment. He is friends with a couple of other authors whom he hangs out with, along with a friend from…
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If this anime didn’t have the slightest mention of sisters, it would be a pretty solid anime. It was actually pretty enjoyable and quite nice when the main character wasn’t talking about his dark twisted fantasies. How is the MC not in jail? Like, this anime had some SERIOUS potential considering it had a semi decent story and message, but it was completely ruined by fan service that was uncalled for. The FBI could be at my very door step… wait… I GOTTA RUN ITS ALL THIS SHOWS FAULT!!!! DON’T WATCH!!!
Seeing the MC suffer was a highlight
4/10
Read at the sourceRESOLVING_POWER
I watched Imouto sae Ireba Ii, also known as A Sister is All You Need. Here are my thoughts:
Wow this is complete trash. It was a mistake to feel the slightest flicker of optimism for anything created by the same guy who wrote Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai. Despite being about the manga/LN industry and having characters who are slightly older and 'more adult' than your average anime, this show is surprisingly juvenile. The author really channelled their inner 14-year-old boy into this.
There is a ton of sexual humour in this and most of it is utterly moronic, even by anime standards. Furthermore, the amount of time that gets spent on it is ridiculous; it's not just a line or two here and there – they spend entire scenes just for some idiotic gradeschool-tier sexual joke that makes me feel…
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hear me out.. this might be boring ish title..
but believe me when i say the story take on different direction of what typical anime LN takes .. as this anime
unravel reality on these LN writer. such as tax evasion (i love the tax baba she cute). or how the editor somehow lock the
author to force them to write.
the seggs related joke are many but well at this point, only veteran would watch this..
the character is well writen. the plot is well directed. not too good and not too bad.
you can feels the slice-of-life ish feel on this anime. last word, i like how this anime goes, not too experimental and not
too shabby. good quality and good joke at modest.
-kkc
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I came for incestuous garbage instead I just got regular garbage.
I hate to admit this but this show made me laugh... A lot. It's got an incredibly perverted sense of humour with a few characters in particular saying some variation of "I want to suck your dick", it's not afraid to cross the line in the slightest which plays into the humour nicely and makes it unironically funny.
The characters were all boring, I liked the blonde haired girl because I find sadistic anime characters entertaining and funny; and the silver haired girl was the main source of raunchy humour so I couldn't hate her too much, but other than that they all were pretty boring.
Plot is also boring on paper, however I enjoyed the character interactions and scenes when they're not just sitting in the guy's room were fu…
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The Anime follows Hashima, Itsuki, a 20 year old full time Light Novel author who is absolutely obsessed with little sisters and wishes he had one himself. That's also the reason why he only writes about little Sisters and why the main girl of his Series is the protagonists little Sister.
When he's not writing he often hangs out with his friends Fuwa, Haruto a Light Novel author who debuted around the same time as Itsuki, Kani, Nayuta a light novel author that is madly in love with Itsuki and Shirakawa, Miyako a university student. She met Itsuki at University before he dropped out to become an author. There is also Itsuki's little stepbrother Chihiro (who pretty much acts exactly like Itsuki wants a little sister to act) that takes care of him. He makes him dinner, cleans his apartment a…
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A lot of people say that the first 5 minutes of the show is not indicative of the full show and while that's mostly true in regards to directness of the content, the MC still fetishizes little sisters throughout the entire show, so you have to be prepared for that regardless of those first 5 minutes. For that reason, I have mixed feelings.
As a story about the LN authors and the world they live in, the show is fun and interesting. But the little sister stuff doesn't work for me, as well as the relationship between MC and the girl that loves him. They have a rather contrived relationship that doesn't make much sense and doesn't get much development. It gets an explanation by the end for why things don't progress, but it's not really a satisfactory one, and honestly just feels like a hand-w…
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The award for the most misleading title goes to…!
Probably not A Sister’s All You Need but it’s a pretty damn misleading name.
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.
This show isn’t...
-A little sister romance.
-A rip off of Eromanga-sensei.
-Ecchi, but there are few over-the-top lengthy fanservice scenes.
-A kids' show, despite how the characters appear. -The horrifying events that occur in the first 3 minutes. It gets better after that, I swear.
This show is…
-About the ups and downs of being an artist.
-A character study. Yes, as ridiculous as that sounds this show is about the characters, not the story.
-A (perver…
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Aka the board game playing anime
I have to give this credit in the scope that it did mature as the season went on. There's just not much else that happen, including the title. The characters are consistent as are their portrayals and the voice acting. It's regrettable that the one big secret to all of the characters but obvious to the viewers (or seemingly obvious) was left hanging, although there is an implication that it would be resolved. There is a level of fan service there, however it's not offensively in your face, which is nice because most shows that have fan service just throw it right at you without restraint.
I wouldn't rush out and watch this, but if you're looking for something very light and easy, this would be a good break in between more intense or in depth shows.
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