My Sister, My Writer

My Sister, My Writer, known in Japan as Ore ga Suki nano wa Imōto dakedo Imōto ja nai (俺が好きなのは妹だけど妹じゃない, lit. "The One Whom I Love Is My Little Sister But She's Not a Little Sister") and abbreviated as Imo-Imo, is a Japanese light novel series written by Seiji Ebisu and illustrated by Gintarō. A manga adaptation by Kō Narita launched in Monthly Dragon Age from December 2017 to September 2019,[3] and an anime television series adaptation by NAZ and Magia Doraglier aired from October 10 to December 19, 2018.

My Sister, My Writer
The cover of the first light novel.
俺が好きなのは妹だけど妹じゃない
(Ore ga Suki nano wa Imōto dakedo Imōto ja nai)
GenreRomantic comedy[1]
Light novel
Written bySeiji Ebisu
Illustrated byGintarō
Published byFujimi Shobo
ImprintFujimi Fantasia Bunko
DemographicMale
Original runAugust 20, 2016 – March 19, 2020
Volumes11
Manga
Illustrated byKō Narita
Published byFujimi Shobo
MagazineMonthly Dragon Age
DemographicShōnen
Original runDecember 9, 2017 – September 9, 2019
Volumes4
Anime television series
Directed byHiroyuki Furukawa
Written byYūichirō Momose
Music byYashikin
Studio
  • NAZ
  • Magia Doraglier
Original networkAT-X, Tokyo MX, SUN, KBS, TVA, TVQ, BS11
Original run October 10, 2018 – December 19, 2018
Episodes10[2] + 2 Specials

Plot

Suzuka Nagami is a beautiful third-year student who excels in her academics. One day, a novel written by her wins a light novel award which is based on a little sister who dotes on her brother. Suzuka decides to give all the credits to her brother Yuu Nagami under the pen name Chikai Towano due to her student council president position and their strict father. Suzuka and Yuu join a fan service to make progress for her novel, and Suzuka begins to harbor not fake, but real, forbidden feelings for her brother.

Characters
Yū Nagami (永見祐, Nagami Yū)
Voiced by: Tasuku Hatanaka[4]
Suzuka's elder brother. He is a first-year high school student. In his middle school, he became an otaku after reading light novels. Later on, he becomes an author with the pen name Chikai Towano. Compared to his successful sister, Yu is a talentless and an average student. He thinks that he is an untrustworthy brother and mistakenly believes that Suzuka hates him because she is always rude towards him. Deep down inside he cares for his sister, and he has never experienced the feeling of protectiveness and affection (young sister moe) for his sister.
Suzuka Nagami (永見涼花, Nagami Suzuka)
Voiced by: Reina Kondō[4]
Yuu's sister is an extreme beauty and is perfect in everything she does. Unlike her brother, Suzuka is very popular in school, where she is the student council president. She always tries to become a reliable person, even to Yuu. Nobody knows that she is crazy about her brother. When she suddenly desires to write a novel entitled The Story of a Little Sister Who Loves Her Big Brother so Much It Causes Trouble, she asked her brother to become a writer using a false name after she wins an award. Later in the series, after graduating, she enrolls in Yū's school.
Mai Himuro (氷室 舞, Himuro Mai)
Voiced by: Yui Ogura[5]
Yuu's classmate whoi is a proud writer and beautiful inside and out. Yuu is unaware that Mai is the light novel writer whom he praises so much, and is a huge fan of Chikai Towano. She personally meets Yuu and tries to find out the secret behind his "talent".
Ahegao W Peace Sensei (アヘ顔Wピース先生)
Voiced by: Chinatsu Akasaki[5]
An illustrator from the United Kingdom. Ahegao is a cheerful four-eyed girl with big breasts. She never leaves a chance to make sexual references and loves sexually explicit things. Her favorite one is sadism, which means deriving pleasure from humiliating others. Her pen name is derived from a sensual facial expression usually seen in pornography in the manga.
Sakura Minazuki (水無月 桜, Minazuki Sakura)
Voiced by: Kazusa Aranami[5]
A professional voice actress who won who was selected in her first audition. Sakura does not have any weak points and can perform in any kind of role. She aspires to become the voice actress for a little sister character, and is also a great fan of Chikai Towano's writing. Even though Yuu is younger than her, she loves to pretend to be his little sister and nicknames him as "Onii-chan".
Reika Shinozaki (篠崎麗華, Shinozaki Reika)
Voiced by: Eri Kitamura[6]
Esaka (江坂さん)
Voiced by: Ayumi Mano[6]
Haruna Kanzaka (神坂 春奈, Kanzaka Haruna)
Voiced by: Yua Nagae[6]
Akino Kanzaka (神坂 秋乃, Kanzaka Akino)
Voiced by: Yui Nakajima[6]

Media

Light novels

Seiji Ebisu published the first volume of the light novels, with illustrations by Gintarō, in 2016.[1] The series is published by Fujimi Shobo under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint.[7]

No.Japanese release dateJapanese ISBN
1 August 20, 2016[8]978-4-04-072033-3
2 December 20, 2016[9]978-4-04-072034-0
3 April 20, 2017[10]978-4-04-072271-9
4 August 19, 2017[11]978-4-04-072272-6
5 December 20, 2017[12]978-4-04-072557-4
6 April 20, 2018[13]978-4-04-072558-1
7 August 18, 2018[14]978-4-04-072862-9
7.5 October 20, 2018[15]978-4-04-072865-0
8 December 20, 2018[16]978-4-04-072863-6
8.5 June 20, 2019[17]978-4-04-073215-2
9 September 20, 2019[18]978-4-04-073218-3
10 December 20, 2019[19]978-4-04-073219-0
11 March 19, 2020[20]978-4-04-073220-6

Manga

A manga adaptation with art by Kō Narita began serialization in Fujimi Shobo's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Dragon Age magazine on December 9, 2017.[1][21] The manga ended on September 9, 2019.[3] The fourth and final volume was released on December 20, 2019.[22]

No.Japanese release dateJapanese ISBN
1 August 18, 2018[23]978-4-04-072836-0
2 October 20, 2018[24]978-4-04-072910-7
3 May 9, 2019[25]978-4-04-073155-1
4 December 20, 2019[22]978-4-04-073420-0

Anime

An anime television series adaptation aired from October 10 to December 19, 2018 on AT-X, Tokyo MX and other channels.[5][26] The series was directed by Hiroyuki Furukawa, who also adapted Gintarō's original character designs. Yūichirō Momose handled series composition, Kisuke Koizumi was the sound director, and Yashikin composed the music.[4] The series was animated by studio NAZ and Furukawa's own newly established Magia Doraglier.[27] The opening theme is "Secret Story" by Purely Monster. The series ran for 10 episodes.[28]

No. Title[lower-alpha 1] Original air date
1"How my Sister and I Became Light Novel Authors"
"Ore to Imōto ga Ranobe Sakka ni Natta Riyū" (俺と妹がラノベ作家になった理由)		October 10, 2018 (2018-10-10)
2"My Little Sister Aims for the Greatest Heights"
"Ore no Imōto wa Doko Demo Takami o Mezasunda" (俺の妹はどこでも高みを目指すんだ)		October 17, 2018 (2018-10-17)
3"My Little Sister and I Are Light Novel Authors Together"
"Ore to Imōto wa Nī de Hitori no Ranobe Sakkada" (俺と妹はニ人で一人のラノベ作家だ)		October 24, 2018 (2018-10-24)
4"I Just Wanted to Catch Up to My Little Sister, That's All"
"Ore wa Tada, Imōto ni Oitsukitakatta Dakenanda" (俺はただ、妹に追いつきたかっただけなんだ)		October 31, 2018 (2018-10-31)
5"I Love My Little Sister More Than Anything in the World"
"Ore wa Imōto ga Sekai de Ichiban Daisukida" (俺は妹が世界で一番大好きだ)		November 7, 2018 (2018-11-07)
6"Our Hakuou Girl's School Culture Festival"
"Ore to Imōto no Shirazakura Jogakuin Bunkamatsuri" (俺と妹の白桜女学院文化祭)		November 14, 2018 (2018-11-14)
7"My Sister and I Face a Doujinshi Contest We Can't Lose"
"Ore to Imōto no Zettai ni Makenai Dōjinshi Kyohi" (俺と妹の絶対に負けられない同人誌対決)		November 28, 2018 (2018-11-28)
8"About the Time I Got a New Little Sister"
"Ore ni Atarashī Imōto ga Dekita Kudan ni Tsuite" (俺に新しく妹ができた件について)		December 5, 2018 (2018-12-05)
9"Our Special Training at the Theme Park"
"Ore to Imōto-tachi no Yuenchi Tokkun" (俺と妹たちの遊園地特訓)		December 12, 2018 (2018-12-12)
10"I Can Find My Little Sister Moe"
"Ore wa Imōto ni Moete Ii" (俺は妹に萌えていい)		December 19, 2018 (2018-12-19)

Reception

The anime adaptation of My Sister, My Writer was universally panned by anime fans and anime critics alike for its subpar animation quality. Brian Ashcraft of Kotaku described the show as one of the most notable production disasters of 2018.[29] According to the credits of episode 2, the most likely reason for the series's deteriorating animation quality was due to studio Buyu being in charge of key animation as opposed to the main NAZ and Magia Doraglier studios. Buyu is a production company that was only in charge of in-between animation and finish animation in episode 1, and the studio usually serves as a subcontractor for other companies. Additionally, multiple individual staffers were credited with key animation rather than individual companies.[30]

Notes
  1. All English episode titles are taken from Crunchyroll.

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