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NEWS: Kono Naka ni Hitori Imōto ga Iru! Light Novels Get Anime




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dtm42



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 6:25 am Reply with quote
Since each girl has wildly different hair colour, eye colour and body shape, you'd think it would be a cinch for the main character to figure out which one is his sister so as to avoid boning her. Or to target her for maximum incest potential. Hey, don't judge. Who knows, as the audience surrogate he might be interested in that sort of thing.

Of course, this obvious plan has one equally obvious flaw. It assumes that Anime siblings look similar to one another, which as we all know is usually not the case. Such a convenient excuse to negate the glaring plot hole that this lacklustre premise generates; so brilliant.

'Course, he could always ask for a darn photo of his sister from his family or the father's solicitor. Or heck, ask the girls he meets their name and single out the one who has the same name as his sister. Or, the same family name as he has, if by some plot contrivance he doesn't even know her maiden name.

Sigh.

Now now dtm42, it isn't fair to apply your superior logic to a crappy premise such as this. There's no honour in belittling the intellectually disabled; they have enough trouble just trying to figure which way to hold the pen.
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TheAncientOne



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 6:48 am Reply with quote
It sounds like the plot point in Onegai Twins, but with more girls. I suspect in this case, however, the girls themselves will not be aware of the possibility that one of them is his sister (at least not until near the end of the series).
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JoePianist



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:15 am Reply with quote
Um....sounds interesting?? I'm interested, but I need to watch the first episode once it airs to know what I'm getting into
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 9:38 am Reply with quote
dtm42 wrote:
Since each girl has wildly different hair colour, eye colour and body shape, you'd think it would be a cinch for the main character to figure out which one is his sister so as to avoid boning her. Or to target her for maximum incest potential. Hey, don't judge. Who knows, as the audience surrogate he might be interested in that sort of thing.

Of course, this obvious plan has one equally obvious flaw. It assumes that Anime siblings look similar to one another, which as we all know is usually not the case. Such a convenient excuse to negate the glaring plot hole that this lacklustre premise generates; so brilliant.

'Course, he could always ask for a darn photo of his sister from his family or the father's solicitor. Or heck, ask the girls he meets their name and single out the one who has the same name as his sister. Or, the same family name as he has, if by some plot contrivance he doesn't even know her maiden name.

Sigh.

Now now dtm42, it isn't fair to apply your superior logic to a crappy premise such as this. There's no honour in belittling the intellectually disabled; they have enough trouble just trying to figure which way to hold the pen.

Sir (or Ms): Your feelings on this have just made my day.

I wanted to gag when I read the dead horse trope of a premise for this, and you captured my feelings on its inadequacies perfectly.
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configspace



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:33 pm Reply with quote
dtm42 wrote:
'Course, he could always ask for a darn photo of his sister from his family or the father's solicitor. Or heck, ask the girls he meets their name and single out the one who has the same name as his sister. Or, the same family name as he has, if by some plot contrivance he doesn't even know her maiden name.

I think you missed the part where they are separated at birth

TheAncientOne wrote:
It sounds like the plot point in Onegai Twins, but with more girls. I suspect in this case, however, the girls themselves will not be aware of the possibility that one of them is his sister (at least not until near the end of the series).

Yeah it did remind me of Onegai Twins, but it's not clear from the description if it's related to the condition of finding a mate for his inheritance. If it is, I wonder if it'll end the same bittersweet way, or will he not let that little matter get in the way Anime smile + sweatdrop
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dtm42



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 3:23 pm Reply with quote
configspace wrote:
I think you missed the part where they are separated at birth


What? No I didn't.

What I did miss was the part where the boy does not know that his sister attends the same school. I thought he did, which would have been a far stupider scenario However, to me it is still far-fetched that the person who told the boy about him having a sister - presumably the father's solicitor - doesn't even know the girl's name, or where she lives. Why would the father want to tell his son something important (like he has a twin sister) only to not tell his solicitor all the details so that the son can actually find his sister? That's just dumb.
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mewpudding101
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 4:30 pm Reply with quote
That totally sounds like the manga, Ayu Mayu.
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Generic #757858



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 5:22 pm Reply with quote
I'm getting a glimpse of the future here! MASSIVE SPOILERS

spoiler[It will seem like the girl that he finally chooses is his sister, but then it turns out that she actually isn't.]
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VicMcDastardly



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 5:57 pm Reply with quote
Generic #757858 wrote:
I'm getting a glimpse of the future here! MASSIVE SPOILERS

spoiler[It will seem like the girl that he finally chooses is his sister, but then it turns out that she actually isn't.]

Is that really what happens? If so, thank you, now I don't have to bother watching this crap.
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Saffire



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 9:42 pm Reply with quote
A minor point to make is that she's actually his half-sister. (Via crunchyroll: http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2011/12/10-1/kono-naka-ni-hitori-imouto-ga-iru-anime-announced) So there's an easy possibility that the father had an affair with someone and the woman ran away and had the child on her own, leaving the father devoid of details. Also from CR, apparently the girl knows this and is aiming to marry him anyway...go figure.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 11, 2011 1:47 am Reply with quote
The premise......... Seriously? Seriously?! Laughing

What is this, a game of Russian roulette, except instead of a gun and bullet, it's with a deformed baby?!

4 words: D N A Test.
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ommadon



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:06 am Reply with quote
enurtsol wrote:
The premise......... Seriously? Seriously?! Laughing

What is this, a game of Russian roulette, except instead of a gun and bullet, it's with a deformed baby?!

4 words: D N A Test.


Culling - problem solved. Also that revolver has to have about 20 chambers.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 7:17 pm Reply with quote
Just received an invitation to interview with Hajime Taguchi and CUTEG. Wanna ask any question?
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