Review of Kiss x Sis (TV)

There are certain issues that it can be rather tricky to handle in fiction of any kind. Drug addiction, suicide, sexual abuse, etc. One of these topics is incest - and while some shows have it to act as a commentary of sorts, for every show that does this (the only example that comes to my head is Koi Kaze), there's a show that has incest for the sake of incest. Like KissxSis. Story - 3/10 The story to KissXSis is a rather generic harem/romcom story, with the only thing that's really unique about it being the incest. The plot of each episodecenters around Riko and Ako attempting to seduce their brother - and given the main "appeal" of this anime, you can probably guess what happens at the end. The story tries to excuse the incest by saying that Keita (our male lead) and his sisters, Riko and Ako, aren't related by blood - they're related by marriage. And I don't buy that excuse, because quite frankly, they're still related - it's still incest. You can get a flu vaccine via that mist technique instead of having a shot, but that still doesn't change the fact that you got a vaccine. At least the show has Keita's sisters be slightly older than he is.

Half of the events are ones that would work in a generic harem/romcom, but there are also events that are absolutely disgusting. For example: in one episode, Riko and Ako both make a good luck charm for their brother. While this sounds innocent enough, they do so by putting one of their pubes in the charm.

Art - 6/10
I'm not a fan of the style they used here, but it wasn't unpleasant to look at - it's passable. Nothing I'd write home about, but nothing I would condemn, either.

Sound - 4/10
The sound isn't bad per say, it's just pretty forgettable - the opening is generic J-Pop, and the ending is also pretty generic. The voice acting is...okay, I guess, but it's not something I'd say really stands out about this show.

Character - 3/10
Riko and Ako are generic older sisters, who only interested in screwing their brother - they don't even talk about normal conversation topics (I do not remember a single moment where they talked about something like the weather or how they were doing at school). Keita seems like he's resisting their efforts at first, but he then goes to reluctant to have them fall for him, to not having a problem with their advances by the end.

There was literally only 1 character who objected to Riko and Ako's efforts to seduce their brother - their teacher, Yuuzuki Kiryuu (and it's for that reason why I actually found her to be the one character I liked about the show), who happens to be a closet Otaku (I know that Otaku generally refers to males, but I forget the female counterpart), and she's really into cosplay (this is actually important during several scenes). Everyone else doesn't have a problem with it - in fact, the parents of the 3 main characters actually encourage Riko and Ako. It would have been one thing if they did this once as a joke, and then scolded the twin sisters the rest of the time. But no, the story chooses not to redeem itself.

Enjoyment - 1/10
I actually enjoy watching harems every now and then (it's not a perfect genre, but there are shows in the genre that I genuinely enjoy), but this was the first one that I watched (that I didn't have mental scars as a result of watching) where I did not have at least some enjoyment from watching it.

Overall - 2/10
I'd just skip this one. It's not really worth your time, and there are tons of better series out there that would take you the same amount of time to watch as it would take you to watch this one.

Alternative recommendations: Koi Kaze, Heaven's Lost Property