Keeping the momentum going, here’s my top 10 list of favourite anime elder sister types [edit: from recent series]. Seems that the hontou ni class of anime blog has captured the siscon niché of the market (;^_^) - with Stripey specialising in girls who like their brothers a bit too much while one area of focus for me is Oneesama types. Pretty big difference still, within this niche. Stripey gets his shivers down the spine from such instances as Nemu’s “Niiiii-san!” or Pacifica’s “Daisuki dayo!” so technically his niché is “cute girls with elder brother complex” (but that’s too wordy so he’ll just stick to "siscon". In contrast, I get my thrills from the girls listed below.
The screencap above says a lot about my criteria. She must be an actual older sister to someone or if not, she is addressed as such or have the term associated with her. Hawtness is an obvious criteria. Significant screentime rules out Suzuka’s elder sis or Motoko Aoyama’s aneeue (both of whose names escape me). Character traits like natural leadership, bossiness, domineering also given high weight. Respect and ownage a big bonus while extra credit is given for oneesamas with imouto admirers who want their “gouhoubi”.
10. Tenma Tsukamoto (School Rumble) barely squeaked in but my sample is skewed towards whatever anime I have on hand right now. What finally got Tenma in for me was her use of “Oneechan power” to arbitrarily win her argument for Yakumo not to talk to Harima during the camping trip.
9. Lunamaria Hawke (Gundam SEED Destiny) gets some points for being an elite combat pilot, giving Meyrin an inferiority complex about her waist size, berating Meyrin for not visiting her in the sickbay and for being blog mascot. Loses points for getting pwned by her little sister’s escape with Athrun and major major point deduction for final choice of boyfriend.
8. Margery Daw (Shakugan no Shana) gets the “Anee-san” honours from Tanaka. Nice character growth, has beaten Shana and Mr Thousand Transformations from the Baal Masqué, drinks like a fish, great comedic double act with Marcocius. Not really sure why she doesn’t float my boat more though.
7. Taiga Fujimura aka “Fuji-nee” (Fate/Stay Night) is one of the reasons why I haven’t gone Yawn/Good Night yet. Love her antics and while she’s been pwned by Saber in combat and Rin in negotiation, she’s clearly respected by Shirou and Saber and well loved by her students.
6. Asa Shigure (SHUFFLE!) is on a bit ambiguous ground since the “oneechan” thing was self-declared. Plus points include getting the guy against all the odds, being cooking instructor to Kaede and Nerine, a very liberal girlfriend and shaping up well to be primus inter pares in a polygamous arrrangement plus having a “best friend” in the gorgeous Kareha. Loses points for her silly reason for not using magic.
5. Nobue Itou, (Ichigo Mashimaro) on the other hand, has no question about her qualifications. Elder sister to Chika and addressed as Oneechan by Miu and Matsuri, Oneesama by Ana. Has her own lolicious harem with one of the girls actually having da hots for her (even though I try not to think of it too much lest I get ridden down and trampled by the RCMP).
4. Juliet Nao Zhang (Mai Otome) gets the “Oneesama” tag from Nina. I know that there are so many others in Otome that could qualify but Shizuru’s fan club is big enough already and her fan worship plentiful enough. Nao gets a lot of points for actually being useful - saving the girls from pinches, providing crucial bits of info and protection - and for being able to wind up Ms Maki Maki effortlessly. Really happy for her when she was chosen as a Pillar or “Colum” but loses points for the awful Spiderwoman robe (I don’t actually mind the French mime outfit that much).
3. Melissa Mao (Full Metal Panic!) gets addressed as elder sister by Weber and what a Master Sergeant to have! Big robot operator, having the guts to challenge TDD captain, the fighting-in-underwear scene in the last episode of FMP!’s first season, the knife fight with half of Twincest and that wig and evening dress followed by rocket launcher and that evening dress in Ep 5 of The Second Raid. Pity she didn’t get more screentime.
2. Natsumi Hinata (Keroro Gunso) may only be 13 but she’s more than just big sis to Fuyuki, being able to pwn the Keroro Platoon’s best fighter, Giroro, with just a leek and her briefcase as well as enslaving Keroro to be housemaid. Utterly hot and as Earth’s Ultimate (and Only) Line of Defence is only really vulnerable on the Aki, Saburo and Slugman fronts. Also has a ninja girlfriend. ;)
1. Sei Satou, (Maria-sama ga Miteru) Rose Gigantea and Oneesama to the elegant Shimako Toudo, is my top yuri girl as well. That she doesn’t have any magical or technological or other powers makes her even more special. Love her range - from honours student mode when dealing with parents and official external Yamayurikai business to dirty old man mode with pretty girls; from tormentor and tease of our lead character, Ordinary Girl Yumi Fukuzama, to being her trusted confidante, advisor and emotional shelter. Loved by girls like Shiori Kubo and Shizuka Kanina. Even Sachiko is jealous of how comfortable her Yumi is with Sei. :)
Mao onee-sama really fits the category. She is one hella awesome girl in FMP.
It seems like the scope is extremely big if not limited to just girls with younger siblings.
I would have Belldandy/Urd/Hazuki/Hisui & Kohaku tag team on the list. And maybe even work in Mahoro, Sakuya, Tamaki, and a Mitsumi/Naru tag team. Then, for 1, it has to be Shizuru. “Don’t worry Natsuki, onee-sama will take care of you.” How is that not number 1? That’s the thing with these gimmick posts… it’s really easy to disagree. ^^
Haruka Shitou from RahXephon has always been one of my favorites.
gundamfans - Every time Weber leers at Mao, I understand sooo much. And I also feel his pain (and delight) when she smacks him.
jason - Yeah, gimmick posts 4tw! I thought about Belldandy and Urd as well but the AMG! series was just too nice, even though Urd’s crazy antics are fun, she just doesn’t have that slightly nasty edge that I like in my oneesamas. Kohaku would have definitely gone in if the Tsukihime anime had gone beyond the Arcuied arc. Hazuki (Yamibou?) is the younger sister… Not sure if Mahoro gets called “Oneechan” by anyone though she does try to play the role to Minawa. That Shizuru moment was great for me too - almost perfect blend of creepiness, mad lust and pampering but her crossing that non-consensual line bumps that down for me a bit.
skyplate - I’ve been meaning to catch RahXephon sometime. Think I was put off slightly some of the similarities of the premise to Evangelion.
Hmmm did you forget Raquel Casull from Scrapped Princess? :) I recall she’s yr fav char in there and well I think she’s hawt :)
Raquel was hawt and had major ownage - blasting opponents with her magic - but she’s not nasty enough. :)
Zyl “I’ve been meaning to catch RahXephon sometime. Think I was put off slightly some of the similarities of the premise to Evangelion.”
IMO the differences are superficial at best. To stay on topic, Haruka and Misato are completely different characters, despite being the same age and having the same “job.” Her sister Megumi has an inferiority complex when it comes to her onee-san, that’s for sure.
Futaba-chan from Green Green
Onee-chan to Wakaba who has a cute girl friend Sanae-chan.
Really.
Ahhh, I’ve always wondered about the differences in taste between you and Stripey. This post makes everything so much clearer!
Props on the Marimite selection for top honors - Sei was my favorite in that series too. Good point on the nastiness bit though; there’s a lot of onee-samas out there, but most of ‘em are so darn boring! Sad to see Luna get downgraded so much, but she got what she deserved! :(
Might want to make a note at the beginning that you’re drawing your choices from recent series (seems like all within the past year), to rationalize your exclusion of many sterling onee-samas from older series.
skyplate - Tks for your opinion on RahXep. Will keep an open mind about catching it now.
Demon Eyes - I’m not familiar with Green Green either… Superficial impression of it was that it was not particularly good harem series?
Ender - *Zyl in orz position with spotlight* at the thought of having similar taste as Stripey. (;^_^) Nasty is good. As for Lunamaria, I still love her to bits but blame SUNRISE instead as I think she’s been sinned against rather than the sinner. And have added the rationalization on my sample population. Tks!
what about shizune nee-chan, from naruto .she gets point for being a jounin .
My #1 is Chizuna Takashiro from Lament of the Lamb. She is a character that just draws everyone into her darkness against her wish.
My wife’s #2 is Raquell Casull from Scrapped Princess. #1 is, of course, Lafiel from Banner of the Stars.