![]() Overall, an average harem ecchi anime that questions one of the biggest problems of the entire genre at the end, as well as having a bit of a 'moral of the story'. There is of course the controversy of the incest between Junichi and his sister, but you should have gathered why I haven't complained about it. Really gives the viewer hope that this will be different. And thats the only redeeming feature, that some interesting stuff is said about being true to yourself and not being indecisive. ![]() Did I mention how predictable almost every aspect of the story is? *But wait!* Towards the end things get interesting and this is the only thing that pushes this anime slightly higher than its too numerous genre pool. The story is the typical harem ecchi plot (or lack of it) where nothing intersting really happens besides characters being introduced. The teacher is a bit wierd and the best friend, Fuyuhiko Nishino, is actually an OK character, not too pervy or jealous of Junichi. They also have a typical pretentious ojou-sama rich girl character (as if Yuuhi wasn't rich enough) Karen Ayanokouji who also has a hidden crush on Junichi, though she doesn't get mad at him. There is a big-boobed childhood friend, Tsukasa Kiryuu, who is surprisingly not of interest to Junichi. They are literally secret agents, doing cliche secret agent jobs like defusing bombs or escaping from facilities. The parents are actually explained for once. But of course, they just had to give her a brother complex (explained in the spoiler section) making her the other main romantic option. She decides to give her brother some space, especially where it concerns Yuuhi. She knows all about her brother and is good at everything related to housework. A typical 'same age' sister who takes care of Junichi's every need, except for the obvious ones she shouldn't do. Minato Nagase is Junichi's (relatively) big-boobed sister, not really known whether she is older or younger than him. Could it get any more cliche? Towards the end however, her personality shiws through and she contributes to the interesting confrontation of the genre. What's more is that her father has decided that she is to be married to him at the start, so she is Junichi's fiance and goes to live with him to 'see how he is'. Of course she comes from a rich family, of course she actually likes Junichi and of course she physically assualts him on many cases. Yuuhi Katagiri is the typical hot-headed tsundere rich girl, one of the two main romantic (yeah right.) options. Overall a disappointing character and the final nail in the coffin? A hidden sister complex (explained in the spoiler section). He hides his feelings and isn't true to himself. Most importantly is the fact that he acts strong, not in the literal way though. well he doesn't get upset at others too much. In the later episode it is mentioned that he is too nice. Everyone calls him Genokiller, an image of him made up by others to make him seem intimidating. He even has a porn stash, though he isn't so much a pervert as other harem protagonists. He is the typical, indecisive, coward, lack of empathy harem protagonist. The main character Junichi Nagase, a high school student. Of course, this means you need subtitles. She's done many voices like Louise from ZnT and Alphonse from FMA. This anime is only in Japanese and I recognised Yuuhi's voice actor to be familiar. Not worthy of going for the soundtrack though. ![]() Sound is okay, not terrible since I actually noticed it and it was suitable for the atmosphere. I look forward to the day that I finish the last one, then I never have to watch a terrible ecchi/harem ever again. I guess that is the result, when I'm trying to bulldoze through the remaining ecchi anime on my watchlist. I think I'm being desensitised to the ecchi bullshit, since I didn't notice it that much. There are a lot of unnecessary panty shots/fan-service shots, though the most offensive remain in context for the most part. This is an ecchi anime, though only a couple of characters have obviously large boobs. However, they do often use funny cartoony facial expressions, so that's a good thing. The animation quality is great, the style is typical for the most part though. I actually got bored and barely paid attention to the middle episodes. Feel free to watch the first few episode and then skip to the last three, since the others are typical filler/ episodes of the genre where little occurs. And it makes you think, or gives you hope. HOWEVER, towards the end things get a little interesting, if only for the one fact that it literally confronts the harem genre for what is possibly its biggest problem. So, you'd expect me to now tell you that this is a typical ecchi harem anime. Once again, I'll state I hate those genres/combination of genres and that will affect this review. Akane-Iro ni Somaru Saka is 12 episodes of a typical ecchi-harem anime.
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