Before we start, I should say that this anime DOES have sexual scenes, female frontal nudity (top half only, not below the [Frontal area] waist).....and an incestuous relationship so it might be a complete turn off for a lot of people. BUT it is NOT a Hentai! But I say that you overlook these particular things because if you don't, you might miss out on a pretty good anime.
"You can't stop yourself from falling in love with someone..."
First off, Yosuga no Sora is set when the main character - Haruka - and his twin sister Sora - both move back to a town they used
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to be in when they were younger. They are orphans so they live together in a house. At first this seems like your generic harem with pretty much every female falling for Haruka at the first glance they get of him but a 'Photokano' is pulled off here. What I mean by that is its basically a Visual Novel-like setting. You work your way through the story and when you complete that route, you go back to a 'save point' and go for another route for another ending. So for Haruka he ends up with a different girl after each arc which is just like a Visual Novel.
As far as ecchi and fan service goes, it is a little overused in some particular areas like cliche water splashing all over a girl and her shirt becomes see-through etc but still its easily overlooked. If I'm honest the first couple of episodes got me rather bored since it was kind of predictable but after that I started to get 'attached' to SOME of the characters and I still wanted to know what would happen next.
But the more larger portions of ecchi such as the sexual scenes I think are not there for the fans to enjoy. It's more meaningful than what you'd normally see in hentai (as in that you'd usually see 2 people doing it in a lustful way but in Yosuga no Sora, they each have a meaning towards it such as they love each other enough to do so).
Story 7/10:
The story was a little slow to start I admit, but for me going from 1 route to the next in like 2-3 episodes instead of focusing on a particular couple for the entire/more than half of the episodes of the anime doesn't cut it for me.
But hey that's my opinion remember - I just prefer episodes that last a little longer for each arc such as anime made by Key (Clannad, Kanon etc).
But I think each arc was told rather well. I feel a little 'bad' in saying so but I actually liked the final arc the most and I wanted those two to be together the most...don't get me wrong, I just liked their coupling the most because of their story.
The story itself was pretty bland and rather predictable for the first 3-4 episodes but that changed, especially around the later episodes.
Characters 7/10:
The characters again at first seemed like hopeless girls just waiting to get some of Haruka but I was a little wrong on some of them. They all have interesting backgrounds, as in what their family was like in their childhood for example, except for Nao (I might have missed it or something I guess). Anyway I think Akira was the character I felt connected to and sympathized with the most but again that's my opinion. Haruka is your generic good guy I guess. He doesn't really have anything outstanding about him other than his hair colour. As for the others, I think their appearances are quite unique and I like that quite a lot.
Music/Sound 10/10:
If there's anything I liked about this anime its definitely the music. It just sounds amazing. I can't really describe it well enough unless you hear it for yourselves.
Art 8/10:
I quite liked the art on here and some of the character designs. Especially Sora. I liked her appearance the most. Namely her hairstyle and costume while at her house. The backgrounds were 'okay' I guess but nothing I can really recall as memorable except for the Shrine. It would have been a 9 if the backgrounds were worked on a little more but still I think its pretty good.
Overall/Final Verdict 8/10:
This anime in my opinion has shocked me in quite a few situations but nonetheless, the majority of it was enjoyable. In a way this anime made me think of what is considered 'right' or 'wrong', what love is and what you, as a person, would think about yourself. Honestly, I would rather follow what my heart tells me than lie to myself and bring myself grief. This anime makes you think about your own views on love and what society would think about you based on the decisions you make. Its not just a fanservice anime, it is very meaningful and watching every episode was worth it completely.
I would recommend you watch this, IF you can overlook all of the sexual content.
Sorry if it was a little long, but yeah thanks for reading this~ :D
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Apr 2, 2014
Yosuga no Sora
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Before we start, I should say that this anime DOES have sexual scenes, female frontal nudity (top half only, not below the [Frontal area] waist).....and an incestuous relationship so it might be a complete turn off for a lot of people. BUT it is NOT a Hentai! But I say that you overlook these particular things because if you don't, you might miss out on a pretty good anime.
"You can't stop yourself from falling in love with someone..." First off, Yosuga no Sora is set when the main character - Haruka - and his twin sister Sora - both move back to a town they used ... 
Feb 23, 2014
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Ok... This is the first review I've done so please don't be too judgmental. Alright Here goes.
When I think of how Sword Art Online (SAO) was, the thing that comes to mind is that it was...well...okay at best really. You get the basic rundown of a player of a large scale VRMMORPG that requires high-tech to use, to later find out that this game is not your average computer game. Its a game of Life or Death. Clear the 100 floors in SAO to escape the game but if you die there you die in real life. And I like that concept. But no anime ... |
