Guillotine

The Kiss X Sis TV series which broadcast during the 2010 Spring anime season was quite bold, offensive, inappropriate, and just downright hilarious. Most people by now should be familiar with the manga series and the OVAs this show is based on, so to keep the story short…

Keita Suminoe is a middle school student in a curious situation. He has twin step sisters Ako and Riko who are completely infatuated with him. The sisters are a year older than him, and the storyline of the TV series is about how Keita is trying to study so that he can pass the entrance exam and be accepted into the same high school his sisters attend. Basically continuing right where the first 3 OVAs left off.

While the OVAs mostly dealt with how Keita related to his sisters the TV series goes a little more towards a harem setting by introducing several new female characters to add even more mayhem to the already outrageous circumstances. Included are: Mikazuki Kiryū who is a loli-ish underclassman at Keita’s school, Yuzuki Kiryū who is Mikazuki’s older sister as well as Ako and Riko’s high school home room teacher, and finally another of Keita’s school mates Mikuni Miharu who seems to have a bladder control issue (to a hilarious although sometimes gag inducing extent).

The show was quite a bit bolder than I expected from a broadcast, and aside from the blatant censoring (which involved the strategic placement of chickens and teddy bears) the show was not any less steamy that the OVAs were. It seemed that each week the show attempted to top the previous episodes outrageousness (to good effect I might add). The show definitely pushed limits of comedy as well as bad taste. There is also an OVA that was released during the series which fits between episode 9 and 10 which takes us out of the realm of implied incest between non blood related siblings to actual yuri incest between the sisters. I hope readers will take that last line as either: a spoiler, a warning, or a reason to watch… I leave it up to you to choose which.

While I will say that the show is not exactly the most well made show it does keep you coming back just to find out what insane thing will happen next. If you are a fan of this type of comedy (I guess the term “potty humor” fits) then you will definitely enjoy the show. Someone more conservative may just find it offensive. Personally I found it all quite hilarious. I admit in real life most of the things in this show would disgust me, but hey… It’s just animation, and being politically correct all the time is quite boring.

There is also a 5th OVA scheduled for September (if I remember correctly), and it’s pretty much guaranteed that I’ll be watching… If for no other reason than just to see how far they are willing to stretch the limits in this series.