It hilariously backfires as Manami isn't offended at all, but rather is intrigued that all of those mags and the eroge have glasses girls. This mesmerizing novel tells the story of a brutal murder in the staid Tokyo suburbs, as a young mother who works the night shift making boxed lunches strangles her abusive husband and then seeks the help of her coworkers to dispose of the body and cover up her crime.

Pet the Dog: Kirino gets some rare moments where she's genuinely or at least somewhat nice to Kyousuke.Kyousuke thought they were just going to talk, but Manami literally delivers a gut punch to Kirino to let her know how she feels regarding their relationship.

Also, Kyousuke is a Chick Magnet with lots of girls crushing on, including Kirino who very much displays Big Brother Attraction combined with being a Clingy Jealous Girl towards all the other girls of the Unwanted Harem. She decides that being jealous is better than Kyousuke being sad and denying her best friend a shot at happiness, especially knowing how shy Kuroneko really is. Are Yoshie and Kuniko simply seduced by the promise of money, or are their reasons for participating more complicated? Despite being a middle school girl around Kirino and Kuroneko's ages, she is around the same height as Kyosuke, which surprises him when he first meets her.Moderator of Kirino and Kuroneko's home online community, Saori looks like a stereotypical otaku who uses weird speech mannerisms, uses really thick glasses (with swirls), and wears awkward clothing.

Big Brother Instinct: A major plot point is that he was so jealous of Kirino's success that he turned this instinct off until the beginning of the series. Beautiful All Along: In the anime, she can be seen very briefly without her glasses in the mirror in one episode. The introduction, discussion questions, suggestions for further reading, and author biography that follow are designed to enhance your group’s exploration of Out, a daring and disturbing psychological thriller set in contemporary Japan. She is unaware of Kirino's hobby and generally finds anime childish and otaku disgusting, though on one occasion she was tricked into cosplaying as Kirino's favorite anime character, Meruru, for a contest and won. The Heart: He's the one who keeps Kirino and their friends together, whether through mediating between them or just listening to their problems and trying to help them.Note that she does this before they start hinting she had a crush on him; that's just how she wakes him up. As I say, this is an interesting take, but unfortunately, her character is a little one-dimensional. In addition to their own series, the characters from Oreimo also make cameo appearances in the episodes of the anime adaptation of Eromanga Sensei, another light novel series written by Fushimi and illustrated by Kanzaki. Both Kirino and Kuroneko (who actually came up with the idea according to the Light Novel) realize they went way too far, and throw Kyousuke a surprise party as an apology.