Shiunji-ke no Kodomotachi (The Shiunji Family Children)

The love between brother and sister. The love between man and woman. That which is most forbidden is most unyielding. The two sons and five daughters of the Shiunji family shine like brilliant gems, each with intelligence and beauty in equal measure. And with the pedigree of their wealthy father behind them, how could they not be the talk of the town? Eldest son Arata has spent his life being tossed around by the whims of his colorful sisters, yet a little teasing won't stop him from valuing his family over anything and anyone else. But when his youngest sister turns fifteen, their father reveals a long-hidden secret of the Shiunji "siblings" and knocks Arata's world off its axis...

(Source: Yen Press)

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Shiunji-ke no Kodomotachi has been published in English as The Shiunji Family Children by Yen Press since November 21, 2023.

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May 8, 2024

Fabelisator

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (23/? eps)

I do have to say upfront, if you come from Rent a girlfriend, this one is imho much better.
The MC at least isn't room temp IQ + Stalker and the girls aren't extremely oblivious.
The plot moves along each chapter and something actually happens on screen.

The girls are incredibly bland though. Like... trope to the max. Kuudere, Tsundere, Ara Aradere, Smartdere and Sportsdere.
And if you think of a specific character now, you know all there is to know of the 5 girls.
At least they have cute designs, are drawn decently well and actually have a meaningful changing wardrobe.

IF you want to read a ...

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Sep 26, 2022

VanVeleca

Mixed Feelings

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It may seem unfair to review a, what seems to be, future long running harem series which tends to be a slow genre in general. But fuck it, no one has written a review yet.

The story is about Arata, who is a bitchless loser but at the same time handsome tough guy. He lives in a house of 5 sisters (and a younger brother) who are all popular and conventionally attractive. Arata thinks the same, but of course doesn't try anything with them because he thinks they're related to him by blood. Turns out they're not, which is lame. Seriously all sense of drama is ... shot down by the end of chapter 1 as they learn that they're not actually siblings.

None of them really care, it's glossed over insanely quickly. Aren't these characters supposed to have been a family who've been living together for years?

Anyway, afterwards they don't really treat eachother as family in the first place. Hell, by the end of the first volume it's pretty damn clear that all the girls wanna hop on Arata's dick and never saw him as a brother in the first place. Can we think about this for a second. Imagine growing up in a house full of people you regard as family but as soon as they find out you're not related to them they treat you like a love interest instead? Again I get it, they're pretty girls but it's pretty fucked up to think just how little their previous relationship mattered.

The girls themselves so far have nothing much to stand out beyond their token bishoujo stereotype. There's a shy one, a sexy one, a tsundere one, yada yada you've seen them before. There's also a girl who isn't related to the Shiunji's and therefore it's obvious that Arata will never get with her so who cares.

All of them have the exact same establishment though, they wanna fuck Arata. That is all, so far none of them have expressed exactly why or how Arata seems so attractive to them that they wanted to fuck him even when they thought he was related to them but realistically it's gonna be some dumb spiel about how he's "kind" and "reliable" or some other basic bullcrap.

So far it's...Strange. It's supposed to be for people with an incest fetish but the family members don't treat eachother like family nor are they actually related. (although from the little hints so far there might be future plot twist where it turns they ARE related but idk why the dad would lie about that???)

It's not really great, nor does it appeal much to people like me who like the incest trope. The usual normie audience will likely not pick this up because of the supposed incest. So who is this for?

So far it's average, I would not be surprised if it gets axed after 3 volumes.

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Nov 1, 2023

Huang-Teizan

Not Recommended

Preliminary (6/? eps)

6.5/10

Why do so many harem mangas get such a bad rep? Well, it’s quite simple — the characters suck massive balls. Introducing and developing one or two characters is already a hard enough task, however, harem mangakas decided it was too easy to write two fundamentally sound and engaging characters, so they opt for the much harder challenge; sadly, the world is not some kind of fairytale where an inexperienced writer can accomplish such a feat, this is no exception.

1,2,3,4,5,6,7 characters that have been info dumped onto each panel by the author, only to be forgotten with the mindset of “I ain’t reading all of ...

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