On the day of his fathers funeral, a mysterious voice speaks to Kamagurou Shougo. She says she is his little sister, and that she has come to marry him. But then she disappears, and Shougo moves on to inherit his fathers company. The final step in this process is to attend the prestigious miryuuin high school, and find a woman to be his wife. After meeting many people on his first day, he returns home and receives a phone call - the mysterious sister says that she was among the people he met today, and that she still intends to marry him.
(Anime: 1 season, 12 episodes, Finished)
Ok, let's face it. This is another harem anime, based entirely around fan service scenes and one guy being surrounded by pretty girls. Its not like this is anything new. However, this series does stand out of the pack for one specific reason - in all harem anime, the main protagonist never actually picks one of the pretty girls. There are many different reasons; either he doesn't notice any of their feelings (e.g. Infinite Stratos), he is paying more attention to one girl than all the others (e.g. To-Love-Ru) or he just doesn't care for some reason (e.g. Sora no Otoshimono). But with Koko no Naka ni, the protagonist has a Very real reason for not picking a girl because he might accidentally pick his little sister, which is a scary concept. This leads into quite a well thought out story, with a good bit of humorous mystery involved, and which really draws you into the plot because you want to find out who the sister is.
But after that, its just a dumb harem anime. The characters are...well...sluts mostly, who aren't ashamed throw everything they've got (literally) at the main male character. The artistry and animation isn't awful, but it could've been better. For example everything looks quite pink for some reason, and the artists could've dialled that back a bit.
All in All, another typical harem anime, but at least Koko no Naka ni Hitori no Imouta ga Iru has a decent story that keeps it entertaining.
Rating - 4/10
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