The Shiunji family is a very high-class family with five beautiful sisters and two handsome brothers. That said, the oldest brother, Arata, despite being well-respected as the expected future head of the family, has yet to have any success with love. After all, it’s not like he can date one of his sisters, right? Even if the youngest one, Kotono, has already confessed to him, and his twin Ouka gets along well with him in a typical tsundere way, he has to draw a clear line at incest. However, upon the occasion of Kotono’s 15th birthday, the entire family is rocked when their father reveals that all of the children are adopted and, with the exception of the younger brother Shion and fourth sister Minami being twins, none of them are blood-related. Such a revelation naturally causes some drama as well as some reassurance that the family is still a family. But does this also mean that Kotono has one fewer obstacle in the way of her incestuous feelings being satisfied?
“Pseudo-incest harem romcom from the creator of Rent-a-Girlfriend” sounds like the most disastrous combination possible, but let’s give the creator the benefit of the doubt and see if there’s anything worth talking about in this anime’s premiere. One thing’s for sure: the creator’s history with trashy romcoms is showing here as well. We’ve got some fanservice, a bunch of typical character traits for the girls (cool older sister, quiet smart glasses girl, tsundere, energetic sports girl, and shy girl), and some misunderstanding-fueled slapstick. However, we also have some surprisingly good moments as the siblings reflect on how their father’s announcement affects them, which helps them come across as less one-dimensional. I like the relationship between Arata and Ouka in particular, with the two of them believing that they were twins and thus two halves of a whole, so to speak, only for that to get flipped on its head. That said, the overall tone of the anime is still very much that of a silly romcom, so the drama does not go too deep. The production values are strong, as one would expect from Doga Kobo, with pleasing art and character designs and expressive animations. Personally, the best I can say for this show is that it only made me cringe slightly a few times, which is far better than I can say for Rent-a-Girlfriend—a show I dropped after the first episode because it made me cringe too much. In contrast, as shocking as it may sound, I actually enjoyed The Shiunji Family Children a bit. Now, I’m not recommending this show to anyone; pseudo-incest theme aside, it just doesn’t do enough to be anything meaningful in a sea of far better romcoms. But as someone who admittedly enjoys a bit of trashy harem romcom now and then, I’m not completely against watching more of it.
The Shiunji Family Children is streaming on Crunchyroll.
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In other words this is Bridgerton: Incest Edition. Gotcha.
They are twins for real the dad said that they are the only ones who where related to each other