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galacticdude7

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Dec 28, 2010

-Story-

At first I thought that the premise to 'My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute' was pretty interesting, but as the show progressed, it kind of let me down. There are couple of things that I didn't like, like how Kirino is a total bitch to her brother despite all of the nice things that he does for her. I also did not like how Kirino writes a novel and has it made into an anime series in two episodes, but it is hardly mentioned after that. Plus I hated how the trip to America by Kirino premise was sprung upon us at the last minute when it was rarely mentioned before that she was a track athlete. The plot here has too many loose ends that it never had the time to fix, thus making the plot to this show a Frankenstein's Monster of half plots. One thing that I did like however, was the relationship between Kyousuke and Manami, and I wish that had gotten developed more.

-Animation-

The animation here is nothing really special, but it did not use stills excessively, and it had vibrant colors and landscapes. However the animation is just average, but thats ok really.

-Characters-

The characters in 'My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute' were mostly dreadful. Kirino is a total bitch to both Kyousuke and Ruri and Manami. I get that she was supposed to be a tsundere character, but the 'dere' part was absent for many episodes, and when it did appear, it was largely overshadowed by the 'Tsun' parts surrounding it. Kyousuke is an ok character, but I feel that he is too much of an idiot for putting up with Kirino. A normal person would leave her hanging with the kind of treatment that Kirino dishes out, saying 'deal with it yourself you bitch'. Ruri and Saori  were pretty decent characters, but they had some flaws. Ruri is smug and arrogant too much, but she does pull off the Tsundere role a milllion times better than Kirino because its more of an even balance between the two extremes. Saori  seemed like she wasnt quite there, and I wished they had dug a little deeper into who she really is.

-Overall-

I can't say that this is a good anime, there are too many bad things about it. I would not recommend it.

4/10 story
5/10 animation
?/10 sound
3.5/10 characters
4/10 overall
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MOJ Sep 1, 2011

I don't really mean to be rude but the first paragraph of this review is essentially a big spoiler. I know there is not much to spoil in this series but it doesn't change the fact that it is. Secondly, i will have to agree with the first two comments. This anime was actually pretty good. I admit the sotry could of been a bit better and they could have added more content to the plot but for a short anime, i think it did pretty well in terms of execution.

As for what type of person Kirino is, why call her a bitch? Im sure at least some of you here have gone through what they call "puberty" right? that and since this character happens to be a top achiever and a model of sorts, her pride would have been of the charts in real life. Of course such a character would act "bitchy" if they also had a questionable hobby. I am not saying she is the best of characters, but she isn't as bad as you make her out to be.

Poultrylord May 4, 2011

Um yeah I have to agree with you and disagree with you on this and disagree with the people defending it. I will admit the animation is great, which it's why it is sad that this show was so disappointing. I love the idea of tsundere, like Taiga from Toradora! but this girl was too much. She was just a straight up bitch, and I found her hard to like since all she did was model, bitch, and play eroge. Kyosuke was not very likeable either. He was just kind of a tack on to his sisters activities. And standing up to his dad for her was cool and all, but I'm not sure why he did it. I would have been like "fine throw away her eroge, see if I care!"

papcorp Jan 10, 2011

lol this review is completly wrong :) read the comment below, i completly agree with that person.

it looks like you just did not understand the concept of the anime. for me it was one of the best anime i have watched recently and the #279 rank for this kind of unpopular and short anime also must mean something. it means that it's good for most ppl :)

the animation is just ok?its very very very very good. the details are overwhelming and the backgrounds are so alive and not standing out (its a rare thing)

but mostly i think that u just got a wrong reception while watching it :) not understanding the characters and plot that explains why u were so disappointed

StevenSAKUJO Dec 30, 2010

Simple-minded folk ;D, the second you thought that Kirino was only being "a total bitch" because shes mean or something? you undermined most of what you had to say, also track was brought in quite some episodes before...  this anime unlike most doesn't explain much that goes on and i'm sure that makes it hard to follow, but there are actually very few plot holes but you've completely missed the point of this anime because it hasn't explained everything to you. I won't spoil too much but it's very clear by this stage that Kirino is trying to hide her true feelings for her brother by acting mean etc, she is a bitch to Manami because she is jealous. Ruri and Kirino have that type of relationship, they are clearly friends and like eachother lol. Kyousuke is clearly confused about his role in his sisters life, it's clear that his sister doesn't hate Kyou like she seems to because 1. she told him her biggest secret that she wouldn't tell anyone else 2. she asks him to play eroge with her and tries to interact with him on some level, yet she shows no appreciation for it and until episode 11 she had not shown her gratitude.. anyway i cbf writing anymore but you should really continue watching this anime and perhaps rewatch the anime, because this anime unlike most is NOT meant to be taken at face value.. that's why its enjoyable ;D so you must always be thinking and guessing, and we play this sort of game while watching the anime... enjooyyy