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NEWS: Oreimo Novel Inspires New Manga Series in Dengeki G's

I like this.

There were three major problems with the Ore no Imouto anime. First, was the character of Kyousuke. On a show like this one, the male lead is always the lowest common denominator, to allow for the viewer to imagine himself as the character, as if he was vicariously the male lead. This has lead to most harem/ecchi romances to feature the most boring and one-dimensional characters possible as the male lead. In the case of Ore no Imouto, the Kyousuke has become so boring and one-dimensional that it has become the equivalent of dividing by zero and he has gone through the other side and into some bizarre form of sadomasochism. Secondly, the character of Kirino was very shallow and weak. She was a reactive character, not an active one. She basically was a 40-year old otaku in a teen girl's body. You know that fat hacker from Steins;Gate? That is her true form. And thirdly, the show itself was fundamentally flawed. More that 75% of the air time was devoted to showing this awkward, one-sided schoolgirl crush Kirino had on her brother. 75% of the show was devoted to showing something completely irrelevant, since the incest romance did not, and would not, exist. It was almost complete waste of time.

But...

Centering the story on Kuroneko solves all three of the problems. The character of Kyousuke is still weak, but he had much better chemistry with Kuroneko and didn't go all sadomasochist. Kirino and her flaws are shuffled off to the side (a much better outcome all around, since Kirino is far too shallow to hold the spotlight on her own, but would make a good supporting character). And there now can be a serious romantic tale that actually could lead to two characters hooking up, instead of the dead end street that is incest. In other words, this is the story that should have been made in the first place.

1) I completely disagree i thought Kyousuke was the strong point of the series. I found him to be a completely refreshing male lead, to the point where he was a much more intresting character then Kirino. Kyousuke's just an all round nice guy it was nice to see.

2) I had problems liking Kirino too until that episode where she apologized to Kyousuke.

3) An incestious relationship isn't a "Deadend" plot, there are entire series based around the idea like Koi Kaze. Personally though, i do think Kyousuke has more chemistry with other characters.

4) I wonder how this whole "True end" business is supposed to go, i havnt gotten around to reading the books yet.