trying to explain to new oniisama e watchers that yes it does have an incest plot line but it’s more than just a perverted attempt at forbidden love rather it functions as an extended metaphor for abuse informed by trauma and narcissism wait listen-
thank you rei for teaching us that drugs ARE the answer
thank you mariko for teaching us that men deserve NOTHING
thank you fukiko for teaching us how to never get over anything EVER
thank you kaoru for teaching us BASKETBALL
‼️THANK YOU‼️
now the casual oniisama e viewer might be inclined to disregard nanako as “boring” or “bland” but what they miss is that the normalcy she brings to the narrative is what makes her resistant to fukiko’s manipulation and it helps rei see how dysfunctional her situation is wait—
thinking about when i watched oniisama e a few years ago and could only find this random forum of ppl who were talking about it and they all hated every character besides kaoru and called rei ‘tuxedo meth’
what gets me about these parallels is that rei really didn’t gaf when nanako dressed the wound fukiko gave her and only started to notice her 5 eps later when nanako slapped her bc she associated love with violence rather than compassion
rei being good at basketball is probably the most unrealistic part of oniisama e for me. like she was living off of cigarettes, codeine, and frozen pizza that girl is Anemic
nanakorei the first anime lesbians EVER you will always be famous THANK YOU nanako for giving rei a reason to live again THANK YOU rei giving us emotionally unavailable fuckboy lesbian representation THANK YOU for setting the butchfemme standard THANK YOU
rei holding nanako down to kiss her ear where fukiko did was kind of a cancellable offense only for nanako to be in her apartment the next episode making her dinner like nothing happened
me trying to act flirtatious and charismatic after making the girl i like choke to the point of passing out because i was trying to give her an indirect kiss with my cigarette
the cigarette being an indirect conduit for kissing but it’s shown to be dirty and sinful and rei telling nanako that even though ~she~ smokes it wouldn’t suit her and she wants nanako to remain pure and she becomes upset when nanako confesses anyways so what i’m sa—
i have many interests. i am not a weird little freak. it is not weird that i come on here to talk about the same thing everyday. i do not need to be embarrassed of the age in my bio. i am normal.
hypothetical discourses for the oniisama E fandom should it ever explode into the mainstream
- nanakorei vs kaorei
- people defending the ending
- rei x fukiko discourse
- obligatory bisexual vs lesbian headcanon discourse
- rei accused of being a predatory lesbian
the cigarette being an indirect conduit for kissing but it’s shown to be dirty and sinful and rei telling nanako that even though ~she~ smokes it wouldn’t suit her and she wants nanako to remain pure and she becomes upset when nanako confesses anyways so what i’m sa—
i feel like the anime really tries to portray basketball as an important activity for rei bc it’s really the one thing she does that isn’t connected to fukiko is some way. even in nanako’s dream where her bracelet finally breaks, she’s playing basketball
sorry for being a snob but if you are a grown adult you should be embarrassed to tell the class your favorite book is for nine year olds. back in my day we lied about our favourite books to sound smart and i stand by that practice