Boku wa Imōto ni Koi o Suru

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Boku wa Imōto ni Koi o Suru

Cover of Boku wa Imōto ni Koi o Suru volume 1 as published by Shogakukan

僕は妹に恋をする

Genre Drama, Romance, Incest

Manga

Author Kotomi Aoki

Publisher Shogakukan

Demographic Shōjo

Magazine Shōjo Comic

Original run May 26, 2003 – August 26, 2005

Volumes 10 (List of volumes)

Original video animation

Boku wa Imōto ni Koi o Suru: Secret Sweethearts - Kono Koi

wa Himitsu

Director Mayumi Nishimoto

Studio Shogakukan
Vega Entertainment
Zoom Enterprise

Released May 18, 2005

Runtime 50 minutes

Manga

Boku no Hatsukoi o Kimi ni Sasagu

Author Kotomi Aoki

Publisher Shogakukan

Demographic Shōjo

Magazine Shōjo Comic

Original run December 20, 2005 – August 26, 2008

Volumes 12 (List of volumes)

Live-action film

Director Hiroshi Ando

Producer Youichiro Onishi

Writer Hiroshi Ando

Saeki Nejime

Composer Yoshihide Otomo

 Studio Shogakukan
Toshiba Entertainment
Zoom Enterprise
Nippon Television

Released January 20, 2007

Runtime 122 minutes

Anime and Manga Portal

Boku wa Imōto ni Koi o Suru (僕は妹に恋をする?, lit. I Love My Younger Sister) is

manga series by Kotomi Aoki. Originally serialized in Shōjo Comic, the individual
chapters were published in ten tankōbon volumes by Shogakukan from May 2003 until
August 2005. The series focus on fraternal twins Yori and Iku, who fall in love with one
another despite being siblings.

The manga series was adapted into a one-episode original video animation that was
released in May 2005 and a live-action film starring Jun Matsumoto and Nana Eikura that
premiered in Japan on January 20, 2007. A ten volume spin-off series focusing on Yori's
upperclassmen Takuma Kakinouchi and his childhood sweetheart Mayu Taneda was
serialized in Shōjo Comic from December 2005 through August 2008.

Contents
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 1 Characters
 2 Media
o 2.1 Manga
o 2.2 Original video animation
o 2.3 Live action film
 3 Reception
 4 References

 5 External links

[edit] Characters
 Yori Yuki (結城 頼 Yūki Yori?)
 Iku Yuki (結城 郁 Yūki Iku?)
 Haruka Yano (矢野 立芳 Yano Haruka?)
 Tomoka Kusunoki (楠 友華 Kusunoki Tomoka?)
 Saki Yuki
[edit] Media
[edit] Manga
Main article: List of Boku wa Imōto ni Koi o Suru chapters

Written and illustrated by Kotomi Aoki, Boku wa Imōto ni Koi o Suru were originally
serialized in Japan in Shōjo Comic. The individual chapters were collected and published
in ten tankōbon volumes by Shogakukan, with the first volume released May 26, 2003;
the last volume was published on August 26, 2008.[1][2] The series is licensed for regional
language releases in France by Soleil Productions under the English title Secret
Sweetheart,[3] in Spain by Editorial Ivrea,[4] and in Taiwan by Ever Glory Publishing.[5]
The original volumes were also imported to the United States and sold as is by Borders
and Waldenbooks bookstores in early 2005.[6][7] In March 2008, to celebrate its 40th
anniversary, Shōjo Comic posted free chapters of Boku wa Imōto ni Koi o Suru on its
website, along with a new side-story.[8]

A spin-off series, Boku no Hatsukoi o Kimi ni Sasagu (僕の初恋をキミに捧ぐ?, lit. "I

Offer You My First Love"), began serialization in Shōjo Comic simultaneously in 2005.[9]
Focusing on Yori's upperclassmen Takuma Kakinouchi and his childhood sweetheart
Mayu Taneda, the series ran until mid-2008.[9] Shogakukan published the individual
chapters across twelve tankōbon volumes, with the first released December 20, 2005 and
the last on August 26, 2008.[10][11]

[edit] Original video animation

Boku wa Imōto ni Koi o Suru: Secret Sweethearts - Kono Koi wa Himitsu (僕は妹に恋を
する シークレット・スウィートハート この恋はひみつ?, lit. "I'm in Love With My Little
Sister: Secret Sweethearts - This Love is a Secret") is the original video animation (OVA)
adaptation of the manga. On May 18, 2005, Shogakukan released a DVD for the original
video animation.[12] Directed by Mayumi Nishimoto, the hour-long, one episode OVA
used the song "Ai ga Hoshii" (愛が欲しい?, lit. "Desired Love") by Shion as its ending
theme.[13]

[edit] Live action film

The manga was adapted into a live action film by Toshiba Entertainment. The film was
directed by Hiroshi Ando and produced by Shogakukan, Toshiba Entertainment, Zoom
Enterprise and Nippon Television. It was released in Japan on January 20, 2007 and in
Taiwan on June 1, 2007.[14] The film features Jun Matsumoto as Yori Yuuki, Nana Eikura
as Iku Yuuki, Ayaka Komatsu as Tomoka Kusunoki, Yuko Asano as Saki Yuuki and
Yuta Hiraoka as Haruka Yano.[14] The ending theme of the movie is "Kitto Eien ni" by
Crystal Kay.
[edit] Reception

The first seven tankōbon volumes of Boku wa Imōto ni Koi o Suru sold 2.5 million copies
by May 2006.[15]

A reviewer for Manga News describes the first volume of the manga as "a mature shojo,
appealing and rather captivating".[16] A review of the second volume of the manga
commends the author's art as "very pretty". It also comments on the incestuous
relationship "Between those two brother and sister are sometimes pushed a bit too far and
I found Yuki a bit too silly at times. But that also gives charm to the character."[17]
PlaneteBD's Faustine Lillaz comments on the manga's art which "barely save the day.
The trait is fine and the style rather pure and the background details are rarely presents
and when they are it's only to reinforce the forbidden aspect of Iku and Yori relationship
(church, bedroom with parents outside)."[18] Carlos Ross of T.H.E.M. Anime Reviews
criticized the hour length of the OVA, feeling its compression of the original manga story
causing Yori's feelings for his sister to seem "extremely abrupt and out of left field".
Noting that the OVA adaptation departed from the usual "incest-taboo" set up, Ross
considered the premise "Freudian" and "very unrealistic", stating "most of us don't need
social taboos to think of bedding our siblings as being kinda gross: in psychology, it's
called the Westermarck effect, where constant, early contact with a member of the
opposite sex (related or not) leads to an aversion to sexual attraction". Ross also disliked
the characterization of Yuri, calling him a "raging, violent, jealous, abusive, creepy jerk",
and the other characters as "over the top", detracting from the story. Though he found the
animation itself average, Ross praised the background art as varying "from gorgeous to
amazing".[19] Anime News Network's Carlos Santos criticises the manga for it's lack of
depth.[20]

"[Yori and Iku] basically spend each chapter getting dangerously close with each other, often in
explicit ways, and this smut is repeated over and over until you just want to read some
conservative, pedantic pre-Tezuka shōjo manga about how little Chieko became a good obedient
wife and waits every day to serve dinner to her salaryman husband because he gets so tired from
perpetuating the Japanese economic miracle." - Carlos Santos, Anime News Network[20]

Boku no Hatsukoi o Kimi ni Sasagu received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo
manga in 2008.[21] The seventh volume of Boku no Hatsukoi o Kimi ni Sasagu was ranked
5th on the Tohan charts between April 25 and May 1, 2007.[22] The eighth volume was
ranked 5th on the Tohan charts between 24 to 30 July, 2007.[23] The ninth volume was
ranked 3rd on the Tohan charts between October 30 and November 5, 2007.[24] The tenth
volume was ranked 5th on the Tohan charts between 22 to 28 January, 2008[25] and 1st
between January 29 and February 4, 2008.[26] The eleventh volume was ranked 5th on the
Tohan charts between 22 to 28 April, 2008[27] and 4th between April 29 and March 5,
2008.[28] The twelve volume was ranked 4th on the Tohan charts between August 26 and
September 1, 2008.[29]