Forum - View topicSibling relationships in anime.
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ChronoBall X
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Ok,weird question that just came into my mind,but just bare with me people,ok,have any of you ever thought that your sisterly or brotherly relationship is similar to an anime character's relationship.
ok,first thing's first,what I mean is,are there times you compare your brotherly family relationship to a bond of an anime character;s family relationship,it can be like a real brother relationship or just two friends who treat each other or look out for each other as brothers. for example,for me,I think me and my relationship with my older brother is similar to Simon and Kamina's relationship from Gurren,(although they're not really brothers) because my brother always looks out for me when we were kids to make sure i'm safe,similar to how Kamina looks out for Simon to help him reach the surface. so,how do you guys describe your family relationship closer to an anime character's family relationship? [EDIT: Made the title a bit more specific. -TK] |
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Elfen12
 Posts: 479 Location: Bay Area |
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Well the actual relationship is differnet but in Fruits Basket, Shigure and Yuki's relationship is a lot like me and my brothers. We're constantly throwing back some sort of wise cracks at each other, and sometimes we dislike each other, but deep down inside, we're family and therefore have a special bond. For example, he'll do something, i'll come up with some sort of wisecrack, he'll have a comeback, then i'll have a comeback untill one of us just says something like "oh you're so cold sheesh" or something like that. I guess it's a mix between Yuki and Shigure's relationship and Yuki and Kyo's relationship minus the whole "i hate you soo much" aspect of it. That might be one of the reasons why i love Fruits Basket so much... but then i'm not sure, that isnt' something i always think about it the multitude of times that i've seen the show.
It's interesting, while watching anime, i do tend to do that. Only those two mentioned are the ones i can really relate too becuase in our house, it's sort of like a sarcasm house... full of ... not exaclty hostility, becuase it is a legitiment environment to grow up in, but it's like sarcasm and what not is all we really do in the casual conversation... like at restraunts we may get a couple stares and whispers but to be hoenst, i sort of enjoy it. I mean the only other relationship i can kinda relate to like that is in Minami-ke with the two younger sisters, but still i find it to be a little more sarcastic and double sided then it is in Minami-ke. Becuae in Minami-ke, it's kind of a one sided sarcasm with the other bieng like aww you're so mean or something.. but in Fruits Basket, and esepcially with Yuki and Shigure, it's a two sided sarcastic battle. I havn't thought about it this much though... kinda interesting. -Elfen12- |
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spoon89
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Well, atm i cant really give a definite title of an anime character/characters that are similar to my experience because it is a frequent occurence in the majority of animes nowadays. My step sister never leaves me alone and calls me Onii Chan!!! at the tip of her voice in public -.-, older people have looked at me thinking i am some kinda pervert anytime stuff like that happens :s
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Skylark
 Posts: 827 Location: ORE NO TSHIRT |
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Boku wa Imouto ni Koi wo Suru
Haha, just kidding. Kinda. I feel like i'm too close to my half sister so I tend to push her away more than I should, so I guess watching this it felt kinda similar (but obviously NOT like THAT). I don't have a very good relationship with anyone else in my family I guess. |
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DieHardBleachFan
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I've never given this too much thought. There aren't many titles or characters that speak to my situation.The only series that comes to mind is Yu Yu Hakusho and the friendship between Yusuke an Botan. There's a ten year age difference between my brother and myself so we have very different personalities and interests. We talk to each other, but I wouldn't say that we're extremely close. We sort of have the kind of relationship that Yusuke and Botan have. We tease and poke fun at each other a lot, but there are also times when we show that deep down we care about each other even though we don't always show it.
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Kruszer
 Posts: 7994 Location: Minnesota, USA |
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Most of the brother/sister relationships I see in anime I find are rather antagonistic. They're out there and I've seen them but I'm drawing a blank for counter-examples. I don't really see any families like mine in anime. (Granted you don't get to see many relationships between adult siblings which are usually quite different from the way children usually treat their siblings. As an adult you tend to see your siblings as the family you love rather than rivals or annoyances.) I've got an older sister, whom I've usually always got along with so I can't really relate too much. Our family has always been really close, lots of bantering, play-fighting, and hugging when we haven't seen each other for a while, and such.
On a side note, and off the subject of siblings and family, reguarding relationships between a man a woman in general: I get the impression it's part of Japanese culture to be what I'd personally consider rather stand-offish. Even married couples who obviously love each other are hesitant to show it even in their own homes like it's a bad thing or something. Displays or words of affection in public also seem semi-taboo wheras over here you see it everywhere and nobody cares. Nothing wrong with it if that's how they do things and I'm not trying to judge but was a observation of mine I felt was intriguing. Besides it's not like anime is the best way to see a country's culture, which is always in motion, so it's hard to confirm my sociological observations without actually going there. 
However, then there's hantai and echi titles prominantly displaying sexuality which sends mixed signals. This being a large part of their media, perhaps it puts a spin on things if you assume that my initial observation is correct, does the high abundance of sexualality indicate some kind inate desire to be free from social restriction? Keep in mind the old saying though that when you assume you make an A** out of U and ME but we do have some of that mentality here in the US so maybe it's not too far off base. 
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Zin5ki
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My only criticism with Koi Kaze was that it was somewhat uneventful, but it was probably the only way to handle the subject matter. For some time now I've been wanting to know how this OAV approached the topic, but have yet to watch it. |
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