Eromanga-Sensei

 While this has been on my to watch list for quite some time (it hails from 2017), me and Noshi started it recently because of the figure of Sagiri I obtained from TokyoCatch.

Labelled a comedy with some ecchi mixed into it, it is time to see this 12 episode long series and hopefully get some smiles out of it as a result.

Masamune and his adoptive younger sister Sagiri live alone since the death of their parents.  Sagiri is a hikokomori, having herself shut in for a year now.  Masamune on the other hand also writes light novels as a form of income, and his art is provided by a lewd drawer called Eromanga-Sensei.

But during a leave stream of the artist, he finds out that this is actually his little sister!  In the meantime, Megumin, a classmate of Sagiri, is trying to get her to come to school again, and wants to go to great lengths to achieve this.  Masamune has other things on his head though, as Elf Yamada, his rival novelist, has come to live next door.  They start a challenge that who gets to write the most intresting novel, would get Eromanga-Sensei to draw the art for it.

Having to keep the challenge a secret, he has a fall-out with Sagiri who thinks he is in love with Elf.  As Masamune wins, he shares his dream with his step-sister, and she decides to stick with him to reach this goal.  They confess each other's love towards one another, also realising it can't be though.  Masamune needs to bring Sagiri girls so she can see their panties, in order to keep her inspirational juices flowing for her art.

When he gets sidelined for a year for the release of his new book, he bands together with Elf for a solution.  He gets entered in a competition by his editor, but he has to face the top novellist Muramasa Senju for the spot that grants publishing rights...  But in turns out Muramasa is actually a great fan of him, and when she gets accidentally disqualified after winning, second place Masamune gains the publishing spot.

 

 

They all go on a writer's camp at Elf's family island, where both Elf (who also discloses her real name) and Muramasa proclaim their love for Masamune. As Masamune and Sagiri look back at their youngest days, they unknowingly have motivated each other to become a writer and an illustrator respectively.  So when she organises a mini festival at her home, she finally opens her window to the outside world, beginning to break her shut-in lifestyle...

A funny series for sure, and to be honest, I think the controversy is highly overrated.  Yes, the elements and insinuations are there, but then again they aren`t as much as the internet tends to burn this series down for.

So yeah, in the end it is just a fun little series, with some stunning paralel designs and feels in animation to the about the same time released Miss Kobayashi's, Sagiri having a striking resemblance to Kanna for one.