Review of Koi Kaze

OK! OOOOOOOOK! WHO IS READY TO GET CRUCIFIED FOR THEIR OPINION! ME! PICK ME! I did not enjoy this. Now let me be specific here. This is not a horrible show or something that I will tell others is bad or god awful or something. No. This show was just not for me. I did not enjoy this. Why? The taboo. Yeah I know, big shocker. Look at mister original here, not liking something because it tackles a social stigma in a realistic way that makes the viewer as well as the characters feel uncomfortable. Like it did what it intended and I couldn't enjoy it. Mister originalaward goes to.... ME! Oh wait... this is the band wagon award... Damn.

Joke aside. Koushiro meets a high school girl after getting his heart stomped on. He, at first, doesn't care. However, when circumstances lead him to go to the carnival with this high school girl... he opens up and cries and she comforts him. She admits her heart was broken too. They comfort each other and the sparks start to fly.
Issue 1 - He is a 27 year old adult and she is a 15 year old high school girl.
Issue 2 - After a day at the carnival, she meets her father. Who happens to be his father. That's right! They are blood related siblings who haven't seen each other since they were super young. Their parents are divorced.

The premise is that these two must go through the social stigma hell and discover if love truly knows no bounds. AND! That is all I will say. I can not say more with out spoiling it.
Koushiro is a tall beefy looking manly man of a man who tries to bury his feelings behind being an asshole big brother. He can't help but soften up. Nanoka is a young lady who is curious about her older brother and wants to get closer to him. despite him being a butt face. I found moments where I genuinely laughed and moments I genuinely felt things for these two. I hated that this anime made me feel. It should not have. I felt weird watching it and I felt weird when it was over. I wanted to peg this as a show with shock value and nothing else. Like the Domestic Girlfriend anime (The manga was fire and I will die on this hill).

However, this anime has charm and realistic written characters who react in a way that doesn't break immersion and I respect that. I came in wanting to hate this, as it was a recommendation from a friend, but walked away not knowing how to feel.
My personal score is a 6 out of 10. I see many giving it a 10. I can see why, but I stand by my personal score. Watch it if you feel like needing food for thought. You can NOT turn your brain off to watch this. Sorry. It is not a dumpster fire.