Ore no Imouto - Light Novel & Manga Discussion Thread

[Flere821]

Chinese translation is finished, but I'll need some time to calm down from the emotional roller coaster before I post summaries.
I'll summarize 1 chapter tomorrow (or the day after), anyone have any preferance which one they want?

Although I'd like to discuss something trivial:

Spoiler for Ayase:

When Kyousuke told her he's going out with KN Ayase's just unhappy, and Kyou points out she should be happy that the sis-con brother has finally found someone else and isn't going after Kirino. I'm starting to think Ayase is actually really being a yandere for Kyou now lol...

Not to mention Manami is shipping for Kyou+Ayase, even thinking Ayase's the best suited girl for Kyou. Add to the fact Kyou's blantatly stated the kind of girl he'd fall for is someone with Ayase's looks, well... this pairing isn't impossible at least

[karice67]

Originally Posted by Flere821

Spoiler for Ayase:

Not to mention Manami is shipping for Kyou+Ayase, even thinking Ayase's the best suited girl for Kyou. Add to the fact Kyou's blantatly stated the kind of girl he'd fall for is someone with Ayase's looks, well... this pairing isn't impossible at least

Spoiler for response:

Hm...it's more that she said that Ayase would be the only one who could put up with all the cr*p Kyousuke's girlfriend would have to go through...

And everyone keeps forgetting the other half of Kyousuke's perfect girl: a personality like Manami's.

And take your pick on summaries (though I assume people would want chapter 3 because that's the only one really missing). If you're all done before I finish, I'll probably work on interesting points from previous volumes.

[grylsyjaeger]

Originally Posted by Flere821

Although I'd like to discuss something trivial:

Spoiler for Ayase:

When Kyousuke told her he's going out with KN Ayase's just unhappy, and Kyou points out she should be happy that the sis-con brother has finally found someone else and isn't going after Kirino. I'm starting to think Ayase is actually really being a yandere for Kyou now lol...

Not to mention Manami is shipping for Kyou+Ayase, even thinking Ayase's the best suited girl for Kyou. Add to the fact Kyou's blantatly stated the kind of girl he'd fall for is someone with Ayase's looks, well... this pairing isn't impossible at least

When Ayase first appeared in the anime, I got the opinion she and Kyou would end up together.

IMO she's the cutest girl of series!

[larethian]

there was also something about Ayase in chapter 3.

since I don't have the novel with me now; just basing on my memory which can be very flawed at times due to LN overload:

Spoiler for beginning of v8 chapter 3 Ayase rant, I think it's beginning:

Ayase was angry and ranted on how Kyousuke broke his promises, especially about the one when he came to her house and said that he would marry her.

btw, there was another vague memory trigger about a past event with Kirino when Kirino was tending to his wounds after he fell down the stairs in Ayase's home as he was trying to get away from her mother. I think I left that out.... oh wait.... I just remembered I didn't summarize chapter 3 at all....

it will be nice if someone who is more free can fill in on the other stuff Ayase said and what had led to the above

[Mentar]

Wait, run that past me... ^_^ (hidden Ayase-shipper here)

Spoiler for Vol8:

So you're saying that _Ayase_ - the same who has been dissing him throughout 90% of the show - is now complaining that he's breaking his promise to marry him? For real?

Aw gawd, I'd _love_ to have someone translate that part. Could someone please... ?

[katsudon]

Originally Posted by larethian

there was also something about Ayase in chapter 3.

it will be nice if someone who is more free can fill in on the other stuff Ayase said and what had led to the above

i meant to write a quick note...it ended up being long ...

Spoiler for ayase part3:

before kyo's first date, ayase suddenly invited kyo over to her house.

10 minutes later ayase was suprised to see him. "oniichan, you came so fast"

"yes i really wanted to see you as soon as i can"

"oh, saying such a thing again...."

at this point kyo lamented the fact that since he's got a gf, his secret meetings with ayase is probably over.

ayase pretty much handcuffed kyo before letting him into her room. and went directly to "i heard you have a girlfriend oniichan"

basically manami was the one who told ayase.

"i, probably can't sexually harass you anymore now, sorry" said kyo

ayase took out a lighter and burn the handcuff (!!) "we're having a serious discussion oniichan!!"

ayase: "so what are you going to do with manami" then she also ask what kyo is going to do with "kirino"

kyo of course was like "what about manami" since he is dense. as for kirino he was still playing the part of 'siscon' in front of ayase of course. but we all know ayase probably knows from the beginning that kyo is lying in the first place. and that lie is also the truth. kyo said kirino have nothing to do with ayase

ayase "it does have something to do with me, if you have a gf, i can't use you anymore to discuss anything about kirino if i have a problem"

kyo "but isn't it better now that i have a gf, so that this hentai siscon would leave kirino alone? so why are you saying strange things now"

at this point, it looks like ayase wanted to say more and expose her true feelings, but she exploded and kick him out of the room, down the stairs

"you big liar! everything you said was a lie! you said.... like last time at my house, you wanted to marry me.....all lies'

[kaigan]

at last, a confirmation that this is not a one-way battle after all, well at least it seems not yet.

now that the other girls are taking the offensive, i wonder if ayase and manami/"the witch" have been part of kuro's plan...

[katsudon]

Originally Posted by kaigan

at last, a confirmation that this is not a one-way battle after all, well at least it seems not yet.

now that the other girls are taking the offensive, i wonder if ayase and manami/"the witch" have been part of kuro's plan...

i don't remember seeing them being involved in kuro's plans.

right now everything is up in the air, and i think kuro has the advantage, next is a toss up between ayase/kirino.

i'm okay with ayase ending....

Spoiler for ayase psp ending:

[kaigan]

Originally Posted by catsudon

i don't remember seeing them being involved in kuro's plans.

right now everything is up in the air, and i think kuro has the advantage, next is a toss up between ayase/kirino.

thanks for your generous amount of summary and input. somehow ayase and manami returned to relevance. between the two, i'm more curious to the degree of "damage" an agitated could make, well at least in LN canon

and manami is still manami... considering kuro loathes her so much, did kuro ever consider her a worthy rival or a trivial annoyance? and manami speaking out her heart is something unexpected.

the next volume probably involve a lot of "massacre" or twists.

[RegalStar]

Kuroneko doesn't hate Manami. She got the wrong impression of her from Kirino, and that's mostly gone now since Manami helped her out in school as well.

[Maugomale]

Remember how Ayase says she hates lies?

I can already see her sharpening her knives, and next volume focusing on Kirino protecting Kyousuke from her best friend's wrath.

[Midrange]

Originally Posted by catsudon

Spoiler for ayase psp ending:

Na...na...

Spoiler:

な　ん　だ　こ　り　ゃwwwww

Well that was unexpected. I feel like I've just been ubertrolled.

[Johnny]

Been reading summaries from that provided them. Thanks, BTW. One name I haven't seen been mentioned that much and wanted to know if Saori was absent, or just not giving much page time? Also I take it she's the only one that hasn't tossed her hat into the "Snag Kyosuke's Heart Race"...?

[sleepingleo]

About Saori, in one of the extras of the anime she explicitly says "She loves(Dai-suki) Kyo", but from everypart i can gather she hasnt taken any explicit action. Saori does show up in Vol8, havent you seen the Terminator-Saori illustration. But she, not much screentime for her it seems.

[RegalStar]

She appeared in chapter 1 during the second post-comiket party, but not after that.

[Flere821]

Alright, I'll start summarize Ch3 - this will take a while:

Spoiler for Ch3 summary:

-Ayase + Kyou bit. Kyou is thinking that he can't see Ayase like this anymore now that he's going out with KN, and he feels like it's having a affair. He comments on almost 'dying by Ayase's moe' and almost missed her holding something behind her back. He thought it was a knife and he's going to get stabbed then find out it's just the handcuffs.
After being cuffed and got into Ayase's room he mentioned he can't sexually harass her anymore, and she broughts out a lighter and starts to heat the handcuff.
Manami is the one who told Ayase about Kyou and KN, and she's angry that Kyou is 'cheating on Manami', to which Kyou replies they were never a couple.
Then follows the bit between Kyou and Ayase about marriage and the hints of Ayase being yan/tsun-dere.
Ayase's mother got home and Kyou starts running for his life, falling down the stairs.

-Kyou got home and sees Kirino being as angry as the last time he went on H-sites on her laptop. It turns out she's angry that Kyou put the two-shot of them on a date on the fridge and doesn't want her friends to misunderstand she's a brocon. Kyou said then wth didn't she just take the photo off and she did not think of that.
Kirino then saw Kyou's injured and thought he got hit by a car. She then got Kyou to sit down at the lounge and starts to treat his injuries. It reminds him of the times back then when they got along and she'd treat his wounds like this (he got into fights).
Kyou told Kirino he's now going out with KN, to which she pauses, finishes wrapping up Kyou and then ran out of the lounge.

-Kyou and KN's first date. KN is wearing a white version of goth loli clothes, cosplaying as a angel with wings and contact-lenses giving her gold eye in one and red eye in other.
*skips mushy moe stuff that almosts gave me a heart attack*

-Kyou thought it's almost like being out on a trip with Kirino, Kaori and KN like usual, and decides to do something that makes more like a date. He offered to hold KN's hands and while at first she shot back in embarassment she eventually agrees to do so.
The two of them then went to a park to eat KN's homemade bento.

-Their 1st date ends and KN asks Kyou to accompany her to her house before he leaves. Kyou found KN actually have a pet black cat.

-Next day, their second date. Kyou visits KN's house. Mentions KN's sisters are out and the two of them are alone in the house. KN is nervous Kyou might try something but Kyou says he won't do anything like that, much to her relief/regret. The two of them ending up watching 'Maschera' (the anime KN likes) for the day.
KN pauses the anime at 2nd season's climax and leaves the room. After a whole Kyou hears the shower running and freezes. He then looks at the TV screen and finds it's paused at a 'contract' scene with the main characters hugging and starts to get nervous about what's being implied is going to happen. Then KN's sisters come back home.

-The two younger sisters come back, and Kyou notes if Kirino ever sees the two she'll be KOed by how moe they are. The older of the two asks if Kyou will marry KN and he's struggling to find a good answer before KN came back into the room and asked what is her sisters doing with a glare. Those two was supposed to go play outside for the day (under KN's orders) but came back because its too hot outside.
After seeing how close those two are getting along with Kyou and using him as a shield KN directs her ire at Kyou. Hinata (the older one of the two) asked if KN's angry because they're getting on KN's way, which KN denies (think tsundere). Hinata presses KN on why is she going to take a shower when hey boyfriend's here KN replies it's for when they're going to go on a trip later (Kyou notes that's a far more reasonable reason that his H-game scenario he thought will happen), but Kyou says KN never told him about that plan. Hinata continues to tease KN saying then why does she sound like she's lying and being so tense, before KN finally snapped and dragged Hinata away.

-afterward that in the days following, the two went on more dates. Kyou mentioned one of them is to the pool but he can't be bothered to talk about it right now (FlereNote: DAMN it Kyousuke stop trolling us readers).

-Later, Kirino tells Kyou her light novel is getting animated, and forces Kyou to listen to Kanako's voice (same as Meruru's voice) acting for her series for 2 hours. After sitting through two hours of the same sentence repeating over and over again Kyou finally had enough and tried to leave, which Kirino then pulled out her counter:
She also put the twoshot photo of her and Kyou on her cellphone. Kyou screamed like he saw the Devil (Read as: Ayase) and thought the two of them really are in a incestous relationship (ie having the same photo on their phone'sbackground = being a couple). Kyou asked if Kirino really does like him and got smacked. Kirino says she's just annoying him in return to his own trick last time. And her own screensaver is Kyou cosplaying, which others on the net have rated it as infamously bad.
Kirino then yelled at Kyou to change his phone's setting, as she doesn't want to keep her own phone like this. Kyou said if she doesn't like it then just change her own one back if she doesn't want to be mistaken as being in a relationship with him. The two fights and ends up with Kyou accidently falling on top of Kirino and hugging her tightly. Kirino slaps him hard before running away.

-KN comes to visit Kyou at his house on another date. Kirino is out with Ayase. KN and Akagi (the imouto, forgot her name ^.^; ) made a new bullet-hell game and KN asks Kyou to beta-play it. Kyou chooses the KN-lookalike character and starts playing, but sucked at the game epically. It doesn't help KN voiced the death animation and it sounds almost arousing. KN accused Kyou of doing this on purpose as he can't possibly be this bad, then starts to walk him through the game herself by putting her hand on his with the controller and embraces him from behind. Their conversation alone made it sound like they're doing indecent things in the room (Think of the Nogizaka Haruka series), which led to Kirino charging in and asked wth are they doing. KN cleared up the misunderstanding, invited Kirino to play the game with them, Kirino declined and ran away.

-Another date, this time going to watch fireworks. Before the two leaves Hinata askes who's better, herself or KN and Kyou unhesitatingly says KN. Hinata accuses Kyou of being biased towards his girlfriend.
After the fireworks, KN asks Kyou how was this holiday and Kyou replies it's the best time of his life so far. KN then drops the bomb saying the two of them will be breaking up.

End Chapter 3.

*whew* that took a while. Don't expect another summary for at least another 24hrs, I'm taking a break from typing now.

[sleepingleo]

Thank you very much for summary of Ch3. It shows some important missing points between 2 and 4.
But yah, FFFFUUUUU Kyo!! Where is the description of the pool date!!! (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

[Korsar13]

sorry, can't find summary for ch.4 in this thread...
anyone, please? post # or link?

[larethian]

there's none

[Rhystic]

C.E. Translations has summaries up for Vol 8

http://cetranslation.blogspot.com/