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Originally Posted by Dr. Casey
Our understanding of the Ore no Imouto world was a lot more limited during the single fortnight this thread was active (poor Manami, nobody cares about discussing her), where even the first season was far from finished.
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Well, the problem is that -- in the anime (not talking about the novels at all) -- she's basically not a main character for a lot of the story. Other than her one episode in the first season, she's sort of like "Protagonist's Best Friend A" for a lot of the anime. She's a sounding board from time-to-time and moves the plot in a few cases, but she's not really a central driver. Her role is about the same as Saori, all things considered, who sort of becomes "Protagonist's Best Friend B" except she's more on the side of the plot that's moving.
We did know from the get-go that there was some long-term bad blood between Manami and Kirino, and so it makes sense that this would come back at the end... but there wasn't really all that much to say about her between her character episode and now. Again, in the anime. So in that sense, maybe it is poor Manami -- we never really got to know her that well.