Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai. 4
Kyousuke comes home to a naked little girl he doesn't recognize. One he does recognize shows up naked a second later though
. His sister orders him to leave the house afterwards. With a bruised face, he lets her know how unbothered he is by her naked body because they're family (note he didn't mean this). The mystery brat then lifts Kirino's skirt in front of him. It's not until after the girls are done wrestling on the coach that the younger one introduces herself.
Ria is in Japan to visit and stay with the Kousakas. She's known as "
rocket girl," the roommate Kirino was able to beat once back in America, and is 12 years old. While Ria's around, Kyousuke spends his time witnessing how Kirino acts like a proper sister to someone else. At Ria's request to sightsee, it's off to Akibahara for the gazillionth time. Uninterested with Kirino's beloved
Meruru, Ria wonders off into the porn magazine section of a store. She looks through one featuring a character that resembles herself and starts to cry. To make up for that experience, Kirino buys Ria a strap that looks like her to replace the magazine's memory.
The title reads "Adult Sensation."
Kirino explains to Ria that she brought her to Akibahara to show her the things she loves, that there's more to life than track. It's at this moment that Ria takes a good long look at Kyousuke, the thing she suspects Kirino loves the most. Ria assures her that she likes things other than track too, just not nearly as much. After Kirino spent all day charging up with her hobby, they decide to have a rematch.
Watching his sister race reminds Kyousuke of a time when she became better than him at everything. He thinks about how Kirino's hard work doesn't hold a candle to Ria's raw talent, and about how he gave up on himself while Kirino continues her struggle. These feelings spur him to cheer her on halfway through, shouting that he has a sister complex. Despite her lead in the beginning, Ria barely wins. Her conclusion is that Kirino lost her drive without her brother around and that his cheering gave Kirino a speed boost towards the end. This is what she came to verify. Dense as ever, Kyousuke convinces himself it's only because she was missing her porn games. He doesn't acknowledge the possibility of it being both, let alone himself being the core reason.
It's time for Ria to go since her mission is accomplished. Once she's out of sight, Kirino playfully teases Kyousuke about his sister complex declaration, after he spent the whole episode denying having a Lolita complex (RIP Ruri). Then, out of the blue, Kirino asks her brother to be her boyfriend.
Two things. One, this episode cements that Kirino receives more of a morale boost from her brother than her hobby, friends, and environment. Two, as much as Kirino insisted for Ria to stay away from Kyousuke, she still took him along with them to Akibahara, knowing that she was going to race.
Kyousuke not expecting for Kirino to play the role of a sister well speaks volumes of his relationship with her; their relationship is unique and not representative of how they treat others. Coupled with how he gave up against Kirino at some point in their past, there's a sizable gap in their development together. One that clearly left them as would-be strangers. What they've been filling that gap with is worrisome though, and Kirino's latest request doesn't help.
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Domestic violence count:
26.5
Sexual abuse count:
6