(L) Kono Naka ni Hitori, Imouto ga Iru!

[~Yami~]

Originally Posted by Endless Soul

What I'm wondering is, how did Yuzurina change her hair color from the same brown color Shougo has when she was outside the apartment, to black when she was inside the apartment?

Endless "Inquisitive" Soul

wow! yeah! I notice that as well... so strange
maybe it's because of sunset?

I still think Yuzurina is the real imouto... because she doesn't seem showing love interest toward Shougo... (the real imouto in the funeral also didn't show love interest like strong urge to marry Shougo)

[cyberdemon]

Originally Posted by ~Yami~

wow! yeah! I notice that as well... so strange
maybe it's because of sunset?

I still think Yuzurina is the real imouto... because she doesn't seem showing love interest toward Shougo... (the real imouto in the funeral also didn't show love interest like strong urge to marry Shougo)

• She had a strong intent to marry him at the funeral, it's all obvious that she was interested in him romantically.
• Yuzurina has also not once brought up the funeral or what she supposedly said during it as proof that she was the sister. So far as we have seen, Shougo has not told anyone but the girls about that incident. That may mean that Yuzurina may have no idea about it.
• She hasn't even looked at Mei and only saw her as a girl who was interested in Shougo which is wierd considering that they are supposed to be friends.
• Also don't forget that Mei was willing to pretend to be the sister before she left as a way to help the actual sister. This proves that Mei knows that the sister has strong feelings for Shougo and that she was willing to help her with it.

[Mairsile]

I'm convinced that Shougo's mother is behind the game and that the DNA test is just another clever stunt to keep switching his attention to the girl of the week.

[EroKing]

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Houshou Yuzurina

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[TheDrifter]

i think yuzu is the sister. i was scared at first when the lady that ran the test seems to have other motives, and there are a few other signs that go against it, but i think it's just a trick.

at least now the rich boy can be with all five girls.

[Shimapan]

Originally Posted by cyberdemon

This new episode made some things clear to me:

1. Yuzurina is NOT the sister.

• Shougo knows that Mei is friends with the sister but Mei was instead troubled by the reveal like she knew the truth but didn't want to say it for the sake of the actual sister. It's kind of surprising that he didn't talk to her to confirm it.
• On a similar note. Yuzurina didn't take any notice of Mei. She only seemed to consider her to be one of the girls in love with Shougo.
• The very first episode had the sister say she intended to marry Shougo at his father's funeral. Yuzurina makes it clear that she doesn't mind him being with one of the girls as long as he picks one of them.
• There's no way that she would just come out and say that she was the sister if that was her plan as well.

Yes, quite certainly Yuzurina is not his little sister. Besides she doesn't seem to know Mei, she also didn't try to get it on with Shougo. She didn't even like him taking her hands. *Very* suspicious. No plan to marry him either.
Most likely, the Dna test is faked. Note her mischievous smile when Shougo requests a Dna test.

The question remains: just why does she pretend to be his little sister? She's not interested in him, and she doesn't seem to be sent by the real sister either, otherwise she would think differently about the girl's relationship to Shougo. What's her motive?

[ReaperxKingx]

Originally Posted by cyberdemon

This new episode made some things clear to me:

1. Yuzurina is NOT the sister.

• Shougo knows that Mei is friends with the sister but Mei was instead troubled by the reveal like she knew the truth but didn't want to say it for the sake of the actual sister. It's kind of surprising that he didn't talk to her to confirm it.
• On a similar note. Yuzurina didn't take any notice of Mei. She only seemed to consider her to be one of the girls in love with Shougo.
• The very first episode had the sister say she intended to marry Shougo at his father's funeral. Yuzurina makes it clear that she doesn't mind him being with one of the girls as long as he picks one of them.
• There's no way that she would just come out and say that she was the sister if that was her plan as well.

2. The mother of the child is likely Seri, the secretary.

• She had info on Yuzurina as if she knew about her beforehand. It's very likely that she hired Yuzurina to play the sister to hide her own child.
• She basically had a "Just as planned!" look on her face after the call from Shougo asking for the DNA test.
• She personally handled the DNA test so it would be all too easy for her to manipulate the results.

For all we know, there may be more than one sister.

[cyberdemon]

Originally Posted by Shimapan

The question remains: just why does she pretend to be his little sister? She's not interested in him, and she doesn't seem to be sent by the real sister either, otherwise she would think differently about the girl's relationship to Shougo. What's her motive?

simple in my opinion. Yuzurina was sent by the mother to pretend to be the sister. Considering all the information that Seri had on her when she was talking to Shougo, she's probably the mother. By sending a "sister" and then faking a DNA test, it becomes "true". From that point, the real little sister is free to chase Shougo while not being suspected.

My guess though is that if Shougo chooses one of the other girls, Seri would fake evidence that the girl was his sister and create a scandal even if the girl was not his sister. She would then step in and take control of the company.

If Shougo chooses her daughter, it will turn out that she was never actually his blood related sister and Seri lied to his father in a failed attempt to take him from his wife. From that point she still hits it big because her only daughter just married the only heir.

[Mairsile]

That's how I see it as well.

By episode 4 I thought Ikusu was the sister. However, the only other really suspicious person who has been feeding information and assisting Shougo in ways such as DNA testing has been Seri.

However, I do not think Shougo himself will discover the truth. I believe Ikusu was absent from this episode for a reason, that being she will uncover the truth about Seri and get Shougo to realize it. Thus, Ikusu will be his date to the event. Of course, I'm sure every other girl will want to butt in. The only other twist I can foresee is that Ikusu was hired by Seri but I'm leaning against it with her being absent and the latest developments.

[Kaoru Chujo]

For whatever reason, my intuition tells me that the staff is building up Konoe to be the chosen bride. Maybe partly because Kyari (Ishihara Kaori) is a rising star. The identity of the sister is still unclear: Miyabi or Yuzurina remain the possibilities, for me. I still think there was a moment a couple or three episodes ago when Ikusu made a comment on the number of sisters appearing that made me think she was not the sister.

[cyberdemon]

Originally Posted by Kaoru Chujo

For whatever reason, my intuition tells me that the staff is building up Konoe to be the chosen bride. Maybe partly because Kyari (Ishihara Kaori) is a rising star. The identity of the sister is still unclear: Miyabi or Yuzurina remain the possibilities, for me. I still think there was a moment a couple or three episodes ago when Ikusu made a comment on the number of sisters appearing that made me think she was not the sister.

I personally think Yuzurina can be safely crossed off. Miyabi and Ikusu are likely the only likely suspects.
-Konoe's excuse for the funeral is very easy to look into since the school would have records on it. She was also the first to volunteer her DNA for the tests (though this can seem weak if she knew that the results would be changed anyways).
-Mei knew the sister rather than was her. We even had flashbacks about it.
-Rinka seems to be in the clear since she has some big family background to her.
-Yuzurina isn't giving any indication of any of the events or people that the real sister should know about.

-Miyabi's excuse about the funeral basically came down to "I forgot" which isn't a reliable source. She was also the most reluctant to give out her DNA.
-We know NOTHING of Ikusu or her background. Mei's flashback also showed the sister to be a bit boyish as well. Also her thoughts on the "sisters" turning up could easily be made into "Why are all these sisters who aren't me turning up in his life?".

[Kaoru Chujo]

Originally Posted by cyberdemon

...We know NOTHING of Ikusu or her background.... Also her thoughts on the "sisters" turning up could easily be made into "Why are all these sisters who aren't me turning up in his life?".

This is quite true. My remaining reasons for eliminating her are my feeling that she seems too old and my intuition. There is clearly something funny about Yuzurina, but I'm not ready to eliminate her. I'm not sure we can take what Mei says totally at face value. Miyabi is almost too likely, however: we could end up with the first two girls to appear in the show as the bride (Konoe) and the sister (Miyabi). I still think Rinka would make the best wife of a president, even though they have been making her seem a bit sillier over the past 2-3 episodes. Haha. I look forward to finding out how they decide to do it.

[Arya]

Originally Posted by Kaoru Chujo

This is quite true. My remaining reasons for eliminating her are my feeling that she seems too old and my intuition. There is clearly something funny about Yuzurina, but I'm not ready to eliminate her. I'm not sure we can take what Mei says totally at face value. Miyabi is almost too likely, however: we could end up with the first two girls to appear in the show as the bride (Konoe) and the sister (Miyabi). I still think Rinka would make the best wife of a president, even though they have been making her seem a bit sillier over the past 2-3 episodes. Haha. I look forward to finding out how they decide to do it.

I caught up with the last episode and I admit that I didn't keep track of each evidence, but I also have the feeling that Miyabi will be the sister and Konoe the bride. Konoe was quite sure from a while to me.
In this episode the balance was broken, things changed a bit. Shougo almost kissed Konoe, on the cheek, and Miyabi discovered them, the best way nobody get hurt, namely Miyabi, is that she is her sister. A lighter way for turning her down. My guess anyways is both (as bride and sister) or none of them.
But if this will be the real ending, what about Ikusu, would that mean she has been simply a relief character? No way!!
BTW I'd prefer her or Rinka as final bride.

[cyberdemon]

The thing that really has me sold on Ikusu as the sister and Seri as the most likely mother is that only those 2 are continually pushing Shougo to NOT ask his mother. While it might be hard on her, this is a dangerous situation for her son. I'd imagine that she would be more than willing to help. Unless talking to her would reveal something that they don't want Shougo to know about.

[Zeris]

Okay anime staff, you've made it ridiculously clear that Yuzurina has malicious intentions. You can stop with all the subtle hints already. At this point, I wouldn't put it past them to have her stroking a cat while slowing turning around in a revolving chair. I do wonder if she'll stop hijacking all the focus so Mana can get a turn before the anime ends though.

[Midonin]

Spoiler for NakaImo 10 - Well, It's Technically Grape Juice...:

Can't have a party without something going down, and it looks like several of the theories being thrown around in this thread are starting to show some degree of truth. Ikusu returns as a butler, Seri's talking about something, and there's a lot of drunken Miyabi hijinks. Nothing serious happens, but it's said that a drunken man's words are a sober man's thoughts. Miyabi's drunken thoughts are made very clear. Also clear, was Yuzurina's expression at the end. If she wasn't suspicious before, you can't get much clearer than that.

[thundrakkon]

I think after today's episode 10, pretty much everything can be figured out.

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That's too bad, since I do like Rinka in her own way. My favorite is Ikusu, but she's not even listed as a candidate. That's too bad, since she is awesome in so many ways.

[Mairsile]

I was right about Ikusu, Seri and Yuzurina. About this episode...

Spoiler for Protecting his sister:

Mei was very protective of Miyabi when she demanded that Shougo not do anything indecent to her. I'm guessing the director used that to lead us to believe Miyabi is the sister.

Personally, I don't want Miyabi or Ikusu to be the sister since they are my faves. I'm really interested to learn the motive as to why Ikusu is helping Shougo...

[Kaoru Chujo]

Originally Posted by thundrakkon

I think after today's episode 10, pretty much everything can be figured out....

This all makes sense to me. I can't see Seri as Yuzurina's mother or Ikusu as Shougo's sister. Ikusu now has a strong role, helping Shougo find the truth and impress his mother. I wish they had kept Rinka at the higher level of intelligence and capacity she had early on, but now they have her knocked to the ground and looking silly. Sigh. Konoe it shall be, if anyone. Or so it seems....

[Enternal]

Originally Posted by thundrakkon

I think after today's episode 10, pretty much everything can be figured out.

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That's too bad, since I do like Rinka in her own way. My favorite is Ikusu, but she's not even listed as a candidate. That's too bad, since she is awesome in so many ways.

Ikusu is definitely awesome but since she isn't a candidate, then yes Rinka. RINKA!! Too bad it seems like she's not going to win. Well if they chose Konoe, I guess it's fine too since she's not that bad really.