Final episode starts with graduation. After graduation ceremony and some nostalgic scene with the game-maker club, Kyousuke and Kirino walk home together to face their “final” boss battle: Manami. As I predicted when watching last episode, the creators of this anime must have prepared something for Manami.
Manami’s opening sentence is “Kyou-chan, Kirino-chan, as promised, I’m here to fight.” She literally says that !
Started with some awkward conversation, Manami finally expresses her disgust to Kyousuke and Kirino’s sibling-romance relationship. I must say, in 2 seasons, I’ve never seen this side of Manami. Thanks to Kirino’s provocation, the discussion quickly changes into cat-fight. Kirino vs Manami, slapping each other, pulling each other’s hair, and finally even punching each other. Kirino breaks Manami’s glasses and Kyousuke is trying to stop them.
I must say, I’m 100% with Manami for this fight. All her arguments are sound and correct. She must have gathered all her strength and courage to become the person who should tell Kyousuke-Kirino about the mistake they make.
“It doesn’t seem like anyone else has told you this, so I’ll make this clear. Two siblings being in a relationship together is disgusting. It’s not normal. Not by a long shot.”
“Kyou, what do you think of a person who rejected a girl who confessed to him by saying he loved his little sister? Kirino, what do you think of a girl who entered high school and bragged about going out with her older brother? Will the two of you be singing the same tune when you’re 20 or 30 year-old? Do you think that’s okay? How do you plan to explain this relationship to people who are close to you? If someone accuses you two of being influenced by dirty games, can you honestly deny that? Can you convince them otherwise? Answer me.”
Then Kyousuke gives his usual “I don’t care”-styled speech.
Manami starts her series of what-if questions: “what if I were to say I’m telling your father about you two?”
Kyousuke begs her not to, promising her he’ll do anything as long as she won’t expose his relationship with Kirino.
“What if I said I’m putting an end to this even after you begged?”
Kyouske answers that he’s prepared to lose everything else to protect one thing (his relationship with Kirino).
“What if I said stop, please don’t, please rethink this ! and got on my knees and begged. What then?”
Kyosuke doesn’t change his mind.
“What if I said I’ve always loved you, Kyo, please go out with me right now and confessed to you? Would you stay by my side then?”
Manami’s “what-if” confession ! I almost cried. She deserves more than this !
Still Kyousuke rejects her, screaming “I’d still choose Kirino. I love my little sister Kirino.” When Manami answers “that’s disgusting”, Kyousuke replies “yes, incest all the way, I’m going to real sister ending.”
And Manami slaps Kyousuke, smiles, saying “that really was the worst possible reply”, and leave. Manami’s feelings are genuine, and she never treated Kyousuke like trash, Kirino did it all the time until recently. Honestly the one getting my support is Manami. Just leave that stupid man, Manami, you deserve someone better !
And Kyousuke’s next punch comes immediately from… Kirino !
Kirino: “do you have any idea just how many stupid things you’ve done because of my selfishness?” (oh so she realizes this part, at least)
“Just because you love your little sister, you turned down all the girls who confessed to you, and you’re usually not even popular. You’re an idiot !” (yes he is)
Kyousuke answers “everyone of them was too good for me” (my comment: damn right). “Something this incredible will never happen again in my life.” (my comment: it better not)
“We’re disgusting. We can’t get married as siblings and we have to keep it secret from everyone. Once it ends, you’ll have nothing left !”
Wait… what? “once it ends”??? I though these two are prepared to stay together forever no matter what will be the consequences? So they’re not?? It will end someday?
Then Kyousuke asks Kirino to get married right away.
The wedding turns out to be a fake one. Kyousuke arranges an empty church, they both wear wedding outfits. And they kiss. Then they end their relationship few seconds later.
“I think this marks a good spot, so shall we end this as we promised?”
“Yeah, let’s do that.”
That night after the confession, what Kirino whispered to Kyousuke was “until we graduate, the two of us will be lovers, we’ll enjoy ourselves to the fullest, then once we graduate wego back to normal siblings.”
I can fully understand that a man will do anything for a girl he truly love, in context that he plans to spend the rest of his life with her. But this Kyousuke guy rejected girls who genuinely have feelings for him, and treat him better, for a planned-temporary relationship? All that speech to hurt Manami, just for them to end their own temporary relationship in the next few minutes/hours? How about thinking what the other girls will feel. Oh yes, I forgot, only the feeling of main characters matter.
I can accept either they’re not together at all, or go against everyone and become a serious couple, not a half-assed “dating game” until graduation at the cost of hurting other heroines. If they truly love each other, I don’t believe they can just “end” things like that without hurting themselves.
This final episode ends with Kyousuke and Kirino go to Akihabara as “normal siblings” again. And so this story ends. I’m kinda sad for not seeing enough Ayase in the last 3 episodes. Heck, even Kuroneko still gets lots of screen time, why not Ayase?
I must say I somehow satisfied with the ending. We still get to see an “epic” confession, we see the main couple together, and they return as normal sibling at the end after ending their own romantic relationship. At least we get a movie that doesn’t teach young kids that it’s ok to date your own sibling. What I’m not satisfied is how they treat the other girls, and how Kyousuke is really being an ass. But again… I guess this also serves as the most realistic consequence by every young boy attempting to go harem route. In the end, when he has someone he actually like, there is no other way to avoid hurting the others.
It’s a quite an enjoyable ride. Thank you for reading my very long review this time.
