My Little Sister Can’t Be This Cute! Exploring the “Imouto” Obsession in Anime
The pigtails bounce, the eyes sparkle, and the voice, oh, that impossibly candy voice. Anime has a long-standing fascination with the “imouto,” the little sister character, and sometimes, the thought that crosses a viewer’s thoughts is “My Little Sister Cannot Be This Cute!” This seemingly harmless sentiment belies a fancy and sometimes controversial trope that…