Gimai Seikatsu

Yuuta Asamura gets a new stepsister after his father remarries, Saki Ayase, who happens to be the number one beauty of the school year. They promise each other not to be too close, not to be too opposing, and to simply keep a vague and comfortable distance, having learned important values about men and women relationships from their parents' previous ones.

Saki, who has worked alone for the sake of her family, doesn't know how to properly rely on others, whereas Yuuta is unsure of how to truly treat her. Standing on fairly equal ground, these two gradually learn the comfort of living together.

Their relationship progresses from strangers to friends as the days pass. This is a story that may one day lead to love.

(Source: MAL News)

Ayase, Saki Main

Nakashima, Yuki Japanese

Asamura, Yuuta Main

Amasaki, Kouhei Japanese

Yomiuri, Shiori Supporting

Suzuki, Minori Japanese

Narasaka, Maaya Supporting

Suzuki, Ayu Japanese

Maru, Tomokazu Supporting

Hamano, Daiki Japanese

Asamura, Taichi Supporting

Kobayashi, Chikahiro Japanese

Ayase, Akiko Supporting

Ueda, Reina Japanese

Watase, Shouta Producer

Sotokawa, Akihiro Producer

Taniguchi, Hiroyasu Producer

Kouyama, Takaaki Producer

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Jul 18, 2024

Neo_Randomz

Recommended

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

Don't judge a book by its cover, or in this case, don't judge an anime by its title.

The title of this anime can be very misleading to modern anime watchers because, let's be honest, when was the last time you saw an anime with "sister" or "stepsister" in its title that wasn't about a brother trying to fuck his sister, or vice versa? The same goes for me, and boy oh boy, was I surprised.

Right off the bat, one of the first things I noticed was how calm and serene the atmosphere in this anime is. No yelling, no pumpy music, just two characters monologuing ... with a melancholic background song. It really threw me off guard, especially when I went in expecting an Eromanga Sensei-type of story.

They also portray the whole stepsibling situation in a grounded and quite realistic way. None of them suddenly fall in love with each other and gushing genital juices all over but at the same time, they don't actively try to kill each other either. Their interaction is rather awkward, short, and very minimalistic, to say the least cause let's be honest, if you hypothetically got a stepsister in a very sudden way, and she happened to be your age and in the same class as you, you wouldn't be happy or sad but either confused or just "Oh... cool, I guess?",cause when you live your life used to being alone and suddenly you're not alone anymore, you can't just instantly adapt to it. It takes time, sometimes even more than you think.

Another refreshing part is the fact that their parents are actually... THERE. They're not going overseas to work for the whole anime or suddenly dying in a freak accident like in some anime. They’re pretty much normal people. None of them actively try to hook up their children with each other, and none of them act like manbabies. They actually feel like adults. Even better, they contribute to the story instead of just being plot devices or simple fanservice for hag lovers.

As for the animation, I can't say much. It's decent, or better put, average. Nothing special, but it could be better.

The music, on the other hand, is amazing. The scoring and background music are used effectively to emphasize the calming tone of the anime, and the OP song is amazing. Fhána never fails to make an amazing anime song; they just can't fail. Even in this anime, they ate and licked the plate clean.

Overall, if you are into a slow-burn romance with subtle conflict and narrative and dialogue-driven anime, this is a must-watch.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Jul 29, 2024

keenemon

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (4/12 eps)

This anime is realistic. Maybe a bit too realistic. The pacing, the camera angles, the dialogues, everything about it is non-standard. Typically, romance anime is just a full on try not to blush challenge featuring the main cast, but this anime casts that aside and delves indirectly deep into the psychological statuses of the characters. From the way its going right now, I don’t even know if it’s actually a romance anime or if its a psychological anime that expresses the irl troupes of just suddenly having a step brother/sister. The main theme these past episodes is that they are “strangers”, but they grow closer ... to feel somewhat related, and yet so distant. The pacing in this is so slow, but steady; and that’s probably the main reason that im calling it the most realistic anime i’ve watched.

The art and animation in this anime beats 99% of all the other anime in this genre out of the water. The lighting, the fluidity of motion; everything about it is triple A.

As for all i’ve said, i’ve marked this as mixed feelings as I wouldn’t be recommending this to everyone that’s asking for a romance anime. Usually, when people ask for romance anime, they would want something that would make them hyper blush or cringe out of excitement. This anime is not that, in fact it’s kinda giving the opposite. The first few episodes kind of give the feeling of black and white. It gives off a vibe of uncertainty, but at the same tine the anime portrays happiness some sides. The “comedy” in this anime is almost non-existent; there is almost nothing to smile about in this anime. However, this is still an enjoyable watch as it’s a breath of fresh air from all the romcoms i’ve watched so far.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Aug 2, 2024

dadnaya

Not Recommended

Preliminary (5/12 eps)

What happens when you take Domestic Girlfriend but take out all of its plot, character interactions and spice and proceed to give it to AI to stretch and fluff it to an actual show? You get Gimai Seikatsu.

A relatively promising anime with an interesting premise and interesting character chemistry but quickly it all fades away as you realize that practically nothing happens. Episodes are full of meaningless dialogue and are fluffed up by random things that are stretched over courses of entire episodes and do nothing to move the non existent plot forward.

I wish I had more to write about it, but I just can't.

Dropped, ... 3/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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