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Originally Posted by Pocari_Sweat
Just because you are making fun the tropes you are using, doesn't mean you get to do it in the most annoying, faceplant, unsubtle and bulldozing way possible. No, this isn't a parody, this is just pure untasteful fanservice which does not move the plot nor develop character.
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I think that's the point though. I view it as a satirical commentary on just how horribly flanderized the "lolicon little sister who is a brocon" archetype has become.
Sorata's sister is totally, 100% obsessed with her brother. Aside from liking video games, her character is a complete "lolicon blank slate" defined
entirely by her being a diehard brocon. And in a cast where the major characters are more multifaceted than their major quirk(s) might lead you to believe, the paper-thin shallowness of Sorata's sister really stands out.
Other reasons why I think this is a lampoon rather than playing a trope straight:
1. The cartoonish way that Sorata's sister was used for scene transitions.
2. That Sorata himself never really gives in to his sister's mania. Usually when the "brocon little sister" is played straight, there's a heartwarming "D'AAWWW" moment designed to sort of justify the trope (even Ore no Imouto has some of these). That moment is when the brother shows genuine warmth and love to his little sister, and in an unambiguous way. We don't really get that here, and I find that lack of a "D'AAWWW" sibling moment telling.
3. Sorata's sister hasn't been heard from since this episode, or even referenced.
So on the whole, I think she's a joke character that hopefully will only show up in another episode or two (because as gratifying as I found the lampooning of the little sister brocon archetype, the joke can get old fast, and I think the archetype critique is most effective if Sorata's sister never advances beyond a joke character).