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This is one of those anime that has a promising start, yet as series goes on, it keeps getting worse and worse. Even me, pretty much a newbie otaku, can see that. The anime basically ended at about 6 or 7 episodes, and the rest is filled with what i perceive as fillers.

This story is about Yoshida Haru, a delinquent who is socially awkward and just wants to have friends, and Mizutani Shizuku, a cold, apathetic girl who only cares about grades and studying. At first, its really interesting, because rather than the usual, 'I hate him, but slowly i love him, but i ... can't tell him how i feel because i don't want to ruin everything' cliche in romance, Yoshida basically already confessed and kissed the heroine at the first episode. They're both such an interesting characters in a romance anime because of how honest they are with each other, rather than the usual hiding the feelings things. This is the downfall, because basically, in about 7 episodes, both of the main characters already confessed both of their feelings to each other, and after that the anime ran out of content and just shows the side characters romance, and the rivals trying to steal them.

For me, the anime can do much better in the story department. As the anime ends in season 13, there's still many questions that haven't been answered, and events that should've been happened, but instead, they make the last 3 or 4 episodes to be pretty much a filler. As example, we pretty much still doesn't know anything about Yoshida's family and Yuzan, it feels like after the Yuzan Arc ends, they all just forgot about him. There's also the thing about the romance between the side characters, between Natsume, Sasahara, and Mi-chan. They pretty much just ended it in cliffhanger. It feels like they're trying to squeeze as many content and Arc in 13 Episodes, but pretty much never finished each of them, making it feels like its just a filler, if you know what i mean. Also, we didn't even get a date/picnic scene that should've been happened in Episodes 13, but instead, they decided to make it another filler. The story could've been great if they just focused on finishing one or two arcs, rather than squeeze as much Arc as possible. It should've been about Haru and Shizuku from Episode 1 through 13.

Going into this, and with "Imouto" in the title, i was very excited and kinda expect this to be the usual brother have a Siscon, or Sister have a brocon stuff. I kinda expect this to be like OreImo and Eromanga-sensei.

I'm writing this from the perspective of someone who expect this to be kinda like OreImo or Eromanga-sensei, about a brother/sister relationship, so keep that in mind.

The story is about Hashima Itsuki, a young light-novel author who is really obsessed with 'little sister' character in literature and wants a little sister, and his companions, Kani Nayuta, a highschool girl who is also an ... author and really loves him by showing her affection through dirty jokes and such, Shirakawa Miyako, Itsuki's friend from college and the only one in the group who is not an author, and Fuwa Haruto, Itsuki's male best friend/rival, and Mashima Chihiro, Itsuki's perfect, dependable younger sibling.

Story: 4
As someone who expect the story and plot to revolve around a Brother/Sister relationship, i was pretty much disappointed. The story revolves around Itsuki's life as an author, its more of a slice of life about life as an author, and not much else. I find the humour is pretty dry, and the story/plot to be pretty boring.

Art: 7
It has a nice art. I'm not an expert in this area, but well, its pretty nice.

Sound: ?
Not an expert, or even an amateur on sound quality, so i can really give a good review about the sound.

Character: 8
The only redeeming quality about this anime, except for Chihiro, is the character. They all have a different set of personality, and everyone seems to have a deeper character than most other anime. They all have a different reasons on why they hang around Itsuki/becoming Itsuki's friends, and each one is pretty deep. They're not just your generic 'friend to MC' character. Everyone has their own story.

Enjoyment: 5
Despite the lack of interesting plot/story, i found myself mildly enjoying this and just kept watching just because the characters are interesting to me. You might like this if you like slice-of-life genre, and doesn't expect more, but if you expect a romcom or slice-of-life about Brother/Sister relationship, then you will find this a bit disappointing since they rarely show Itsuki's interaction with his younger sibling, Chihiro and focusing more on the 'author' part.

Overall, its 6 from me because i kinda expect this anime to be about a Brother/Sister relationship because of the title (A Sister's All You Need), and just disappointed from the lack of interaction between Itsuki and his younger sibling. Even then, it might be enjoyable if you like slice of life.