xmurphy - 2015-01-20 21:19:08

This was predictable and boring it barely had any plot so the main character was bouncing from one guy to another seriously I wouldn't watch this again or ever i want to have a time-machine

anika.hansen - 2014-10-28 04:10:05

Some elements of the story are missing, quite good though felt like it was rushed...

lance94 - 2014-01-17 18:31:32

This is a very underdeveloped series. We have an idiot heroine who allows all sorts of confusion and molestation yes molestation happen to her for no apparent reason. The funny thing is that her forte is supposed to be science but that is never explained nor given any effort to expand which would have been very interesting. Not to mention that her squirrel can communicate with her and one of the brothers but as a poor form of magic realism it is accepted as norm and never really even given some personal thoughts aside how Ema has been taken care of Juli for a long time. This can be quite frustrating. Like some bad rendition of some theatre work with adult themes aka The Homecoming by Harold Pinter her step brothers' heterosexual urges are kindled by her fresh menses female form and take to her like dogs in heat very much (seriously even the Tenuki or Racoons mating in Studio Ghibli's Pom Poko had much more credibility than these lovers). Though abashed Ema seemed genuinely inert in steering her so called brothers away from her so it makes it painful to see a series of unfortunate events (Lemony Snicket would die really) unfold just due to her passive not even passive aggressive behaviour. The brothers are not well developed either one is 2 dimensional nor else all of them suck. Sure they have their quims and cadres but they are more interested in their genitals lust or love or whatever for their little sister, save for two who to them she is nee-san, the worst one and the innocent one.

Overall, I did not mind a season two just to pass time, and see the pretty guys and just the colourful visuals but yeah if you want a story I still suggest watching Uta no Prince sama, yeah that anime, except this one or go watch Arcana Famiglia and L'Cordo D'oro Primo Passo which are much better than this anime and worth your time. But if you are bored watch this.

Apparently, in second season [novel] Ema does go steady with one of the brothers. That was a bold welcome change from a show that shot blanks [pun intended] on its first TV series.

jbauch - 2013-09-14 23:55:55

a show that doesn't stop to show a little more drama each episode
for me i don't even know who to cheer for but that doesn't stop you from picking a favorite
i say watch a few episode to see what it like

koepp.friedrich - 2013-08-31 07:17:53

Oh god, where do I start to rip this abomination appart?

With these kinds of animes, I would usually say they border on mediocre. But no, Brothers Conflict manages to legitimately piss me off. The base of the whole show is fanservice; but it's not at the level of Free!, which has amazing animation, nice comedy, and a number of likeable characters. Free! gets away with its in-your-face fanservice because it's nicely done, and enjoyable at times.
Brothers Conflict has nothing of the sort going on with it.

Story.
Hinata Ema's father remarries to a beautiful and successful woman who, somehow, has managed to have 13 all-male children, all of them extremely good-looking, successful, rich -and they all have different hair and eyes colors, because fuck genetics. (yes, you know where this is going...). They all live in a five-floor top-notch residence where each has his own apartment, and Ema decides to move there, as she has always wished to have a big family (...wait for it...). Her new siblings welcome her to their house with open arms, but, from the very beginning, they notice how cute and nice she is, and -oh dear-, one by one they start falling in love with her (yep...).

So each of these Adonis start making moves on the poor Ema, who gets taken by the flow ("the flow" being her new brothers sexually abusing her).

I'm pretty sure you've noticed by now, but this just sounds like the fantasy of a 15-yo. "Oh and they have this huuuuge house, cause they're like, super rich. And there's this brother who's an idol and he's soooo hot and has this thing for her, but there's also the serious one who's in the basketball team, and also has a thing for her, and there're these twins who share this brotherly love- oh, but both of them are totally into her, and...". Yeah.

But that's not even my main problem with the story, no. The thing that bothers me the most, is that all 13 of Ema's new brothers seem to fall in love with her for no apparent reason. "Yes, I'm totally serious about you". WHY? She has literally no personality. None at all. She's the Bella Swan of reverse harem anime. She's a goodie-two-shoes, who wants everyone to be happy, and understands everyone, and she's so nice, and cooks, and is good with children, and she's really pretty. OH, but she had a lonely childhood because her famous photographer daddy had to travel a lot. Poor little Mary Sue- I MEAN Ema.

Characters (the stereotype festival).

Ema- The blank page heroine who's perfect.

(I seriously can't care enough to remember the siblings' names, so I'll just list their "personalities").
The pasive doctor.

The responsible lawyer.

The sinful monk.

The okama.

Twin nº1: The outgoing hardworker.

Twin nº2: The reserved talent.

Twin nº3 (though not identical): The businessman that triumphed and left home.

The spiiiiritual~ (stylist).

The serious athlete.

The tsundere.

The popular quiet guy.

The yandere idol.

The hyped brat.

(To all of them, add "that's also hot" at the end).

Juli-

An overprotective squirrel that can somehow communicate with Ema, and calls her Chi. She refers to the brothers as "wolves" (and he's right!), and, until a few episodes into the anime, you don't fully understand whether he can really talk, or whether it's just Ema talking to herself- but that would've been too interesting for this anime, so they rush to clarify that, of course, it isn't so, by making "the spiiiiiritual~" one able to talk to him.

Why can these two speak to an animal? Why is Juli so concerned with protecting Ema's virginity? Who the hell chose that awful lace for the poor thing? All these questions worry me more than the "romance" in these series.
Now, if you don't think that the fact that I had more to say about THE SQUIRREL than about ALL THE OTHER CHARACTERS, then this anime might be for you. And I take pity on your corrupted soul.

Animation.
It's ok. The least I expect from an anime now-a-days, at least regarding movement. I can't say the same for the expressions, though.

Yes, the art is nice and all, but most of these characters' expressions never change too much -probably in order not to break their image of "cool"-, but specially Ema's. And that lack of expression makes her even more of a blank page. Urgh.

Other details.
-The pacing is really awkward at times.
-The humor doesn't work most of the time. It just doesn't. And having Juli as a comic release doesn't help...
-Did I mention that it pisses me off?

So, overall?

Terrible. I don't hate all works of girly fanservice, nor all reverse harems (I'm enjoying Free! for godssake), but this is atrocious. It doesn't work at any level, and it's a drag to watch.

The whole series and development feels like a LN game. And, you know what? It's probably a very enjoyable LN game... It's just a horrible anime.

If I had to rescue something, then I guess that would be the opening. It's catchy.