Brothers Conflict

Brothers Conflict is a shoujo manga, novel series and animation series. The anime series adaptation is produced by Brain’s Base, directed by Atsushi Matsumoto and the anime ran for twelve episodes while a second season is said to be in the works. Plus, it has also been adapted into two Playstation video games by Idea Factory.

Plot

Ema Hinata finds out that her father who is a famous adventurer, Rintarou Hinata, will remarry with Miwa Asahina who is a successful apparel maker and she’s excited about it because she always lived with her busy father. Ema moves into the Sunrise Residence complex that is owned by Miwa and finds out that she has thirteen step-brothers. She is very happy being with her step-brothers though her siblings fall in love with her and they want to claim her as their own. This family life turns out to be not what Ema expected.

Main Characters and Their Chains

Ema Asahina (Hinata) is voiced by Rina Satou. She is sixteen years old and she is very good at cooking. Towards the end of the series, Ema finds out that she is adopted and that her biological parents are dead. She’s troubled over it and the reason why her father kept it a secret but in the end they are family.

Masaomi Asahina is voiced by Kazuyuki Okitsu. He is thirty-one years old and he’s the oldest son of the Asahina family. He works as a doctor yet he faints at the sight of blood. He really loves children and shares a special bond with the youngest brother of the family, called Wataru.

Ukyo Asahina is voiced by Daisuke Hirakawa. He is twenty-nine years old and he’s a lawyer yet he acts as the mother figure of the family. He cooks, cleans and helps the others study for school. He’s calm, reliable and talkative.

Kaname Asahina is voiced by Junichi Suwabe and he is twenty-six years old. He is a monk yet he is a womanizing playboy.

Hikaru Asahina is voiced by Nobuhiko Okamoto and he’s twenty-five years old. He is a cross-dressing novelist who enjoys his brothers reactions around Ema. He knows that all of his brothers have feelings for Ema so he makes a chart called "Brothers Conflict" to have fun with.

Tsubaki Asahina is voiced by Kenichi Suzumura and he’s twenty-four years old. He is a voice actor just like his identical brother called Azusa. Personality wise he is a cheeky and pushy young man, but he’s a hard worker who loves his job. He also loves and cares for Azusa dearly.

Azusa Asahina is voiced by Kousuke Toriumi and he is twenty-four years old. He is the one to keep Tsubaki in check thanks to him being calmer than his twin brother.

Natsume Asahina is voiced by Tomoaki Maeno and he’s twenty-four years old. He is the CEO of a game company and lives alone. Even though he is looking after others he has a blunt way of talking.

Louis Asahina is voiced by Ken Takeuchi and he’s twenty-one years old. He is a hairdresser. He is a beautiful and mysterious man who talks with Juli (only Ema could talk with her pet).

Subaru Asahina is voiced by Daisuke Ono and he is twenty years old. He is a college sophomore who is very athletic (basketball team) and wants to be a professional.

Iori Asahina by Daisuke Namikawa and he’s eighteen years old. He is a high-school senior with a prince-like behavior and popular even in other high schools. He adores flowers and he has a knowledge of any type of flower along with their meanings.

Yusuke Asahina is voiced by Yoshimasa Hosoya and he’s seventeen years old. He is Ema’s classmate and a delinquent with a righteous personality.

Fūto Asahina is voiced by Kenn and he’s fifteen years old. He is a very popular idol is in the 9th grade with a devilish and cheeky personality.

Wataru Asahina is voiced by Yūki Kaji and he’s ten years old in the 5th grade; a sweet and honest child, but very spoiled thanks to his brothers.

Juli is voiced by Hiroshi Kamiya and he is Ema’s squirrel pet who can talk with Ema, and Louis, later in the series. He calls Ema as ‘’Chi’’. He’s overprotective of Ema and calls her step-brothers wolves who want to eat her up. He appears as a handsome man in a suit in Ema’s dream and tells her about her adoption as well as his feelings for her.

Opening/Ending Themes

The opening theme is called "BELOVED×SURVIVAL" by Nico Nico Douga singer, Gero, while the ending theme is called "14 to 1" by Asahina Bros+Juli and was sung by the male characters of the show.

Review

Before I start, let me tell you that if you don’t like otome anime, then do not watch this. Usually, anime adapted from a novel are really good so I waited for the series to be complete before I watched it, while hoping the show drew content from the novel, but soon I realized they didn’t. I was really disappointed to say the least.

Ema is the only girl in the show and her twelve brothers fall for her. There is the idea of incest which doesn’t even matter to them and the same goes for age difference and very different personalities. Her brothers all appear to be very aggressive when they want something and that shows when they make advances towards her. Ema is a very submissive girl who does nothing to stop these situations and is always saved by something other happening. The basic thought of this anime it totally unrealistic if you think about it even though some of you may find it cute.

This anime is full of romance, comedy and reverse harem filled with hot guys and a really bad story. The show was directionless and composed of certain events that work as an excuse for the guys to get close to the girl they want to get. There are three subplots connecting some of the brothers with their sister in a mini type of plot which thankfully added to the show, otherwise it wouldn’t be worth to watch at all. If I had to rate this from one to ten, then I’d give it four.