Misunderstanding someone’s first love to be his cousin feels like a mistake that would only happen in Japan, lol

Interesting how Madoka seems to have no issue shipping Mizuto and Yume together despite being aware of their family situation. Maybe the idea of them getting together isn’t as taboo as I originally thought. Hmm...

IKR...
Just my thoughts on the shipping issue,
Like she is trying to set up a pair of siblings as lovers lol...

Well they aren't blood-related siblings, but it does make me wonder if something like this has actual precedence, and if there have been any successful cases.

I know that the even Date A Live teased the idea of Shido marrying Kotori and actually winning the approval of their parents in one of the short stories, so I duuno....^^;

also marraige between second cousins is way more common than it shoulod be or one want to belive it to be. its actually legal to marry second cousin in most countries even the USA you can check , only first cousin is illegal.and tbh you only share 3 per cent DNA with second cousin , hence its "SAFE"? idk , its legal everywhere.

Reading that book made yume cried just like the elementary irido when he first read that book

oh ure bsing me. first cousins can marry legaly most of the times. they just need to make an exam and if the result is under 30% they can legaly marry. or at least that is how it is in portugal. i know this because i had a boss who was married to a direct cousin. also second grade cousins are usually second grade because they are cousins through other cousins/step uncles so they hardly even have anything to do with the family in most cases? to be a second grade cousin you either get it from a direct cousin or an outside uncle with other nephews... also step siblings can marry legaly as long as they dont share the same blood like in the case of the anime so idk why ppl even wonder why if this is legal.

honestly for me at least i dont think its illegal its just more of a society deemed taboo at least in my country dont know how it is in other countries just the suggestion of siblings being romantically and physically in love be it blood related or not just gives an immediate disgusted reaction that being said for JP might be diferent i have read and saw a lot of animes on this subject that make it a lot more casual than im used to be some extremes like Da Capo have it blood related siblings being a couple others like Kiss x Sis have it non blood related like in this anime Oreimo is one of those as well

That kid has a crush on yume knowing that they're family but not blood related

well u got oreimo that was a disaster and quite realistic with blood-related sisters, though 10 years later doujin was just bigger flop so yeah. though in this case they are not blood related so it might go well

Da Capo 2004 is older than Oreimo its the first insis anime i have watched and it was a good love story if you can dismiss the fact that there blood related that being said i guess this insis ganer is a thing in Japan as there are a lot and i mean a lot of Hentais with that that are popular

most of those hentais are non-blood related and are just step siblings

Yeah, when that happened I was like "You do know that they are Step Siblings, Right ?" Might be step but still siblings. Why is she trying to Destroy their family.

"If she is not blood-related, she is free to be dated"
I guess that's what she wanted to do for them.

Parents in KissXsis: and we took that personally

I mean, they had been strangers until recently. The idea of them being a couple doesn't feel strange at all; at least not for me.

And in Japan, even cousins can marry each others, so, I think the idea of step-siblings are a couple is less unusual.

Yes, from a logical perspective it works, but then there's the way society perceives it, which is why I wondered if there have been any actual successful cases of a pairing like this in real life.

Yes but society is often wrong. Was wrong about the solar system, mask mandates, and efficacy of vaccines (only Pfizer remains OK to use), slave labor (the use was OK for a long time and I'm not just talking about Blacks in the US), etc. Society can kick rocks and mop the rain for all I care. Legal is legal. If society doesn't like it's they can go and pass some dumb law.

P.S. not a cousin fudger tho lol

Cousin marriage is also legal in Japan though. Just saying.

That is so wrong it shouldn't be allowed

I mean honestly Understand the Cousin Situation but the Step- Siblings one is just wrong from a moral POV. Think of their parents marriage life, his father Found love after So many years, Are they just going to Destroy it Like this ?

Just gotta say.... society can suck a big 'ol D.

I don't know if there are any successful cases but, from what little understanding of Japanese marriage law I possess, the 2 are in fact allowed to have a relationship and marry so long as their respective step parent doesn't legally adopt them. As for how people would actually see it I have no idea. I know I'm personally more of a context oriented person so unless I suspecting grooming I'm not sure what genuine issue there'd be as long as all parties are understanding and consenting.

I was wondering that too! It was certainly unexpected! Also,.....because I know someone else from the U.S. will eventually say it....I may as well be the first..... There are some places in the U.S. where it might not be so odd either, step siblings or otherwise.... * Dueling Banjo music starts* XD

Side note, now that I think about it, I do also recall an episode of "Friends" where Ross thought (hoped) his cousin (Denise Richards) was into him, so I mean....maybe certain coffee houses in N.Y. too.... XD

Well, cousin marriages are legal in Japan. Not sure about marriage between step-siblings, but I was told it’s ok as long as the step-parents don’t legally adopt their step-children too.

Interesting, huh, well that's a factoid I didn't know. As I check back from time to time, it seems this is a more popular topic than I had expected it to be, gotta admit, I'm learning a lot from the comments posted following this ep.
Well that just goes to show that anime is educational! XD

I'll admit, despite my issues, this IS better than I thought, even if not as trashy when compared to Vermeil or Isekai Meikyuu.
As far as the whole loving step-siblings thing, honestly, you do you, do what makes you happy would be my advice. Not exactly qualified in the love department. XD

However, I'd be lying if I didn't say I have issues worth addressing. If you ask me, Project No. 9 shouldn't have dropped this right after Love After World Domination.

In japan it wasnt unusual or illegal back then as long as they were your 2nd cousin. That wont fly today but im sure the tradition still exists in rural places. Gotta preserve your bloodline ya know.

As a nurse if someone came in and was curious, our place isnt to judge but to help them make an informed decision... I would just educate them on risk factors.

Many cultures encourage first cousin marriages and their kids seem to be pretty safe. Recent studies have shown that the risk for first cousins to pass on diseases is only 2-3% higher than for unrelated people.

But there is definitely good biology behind the laws that prohibit brothers and sisters from having children. The risk for passing down a genetic disease is much higher for siblings than first cousins.

To be more specific, two siblings who have kids together have a higher chance of passing on a recessive disease to their kids.

Second cousin marriage is legal in every state of the US though

Nah bro it's clearly an Alabama thing.

Or... is that with the sister?

I was more alluding to the fact that cousin marriages are actually legal in Japan.

Hot diggity dog Japan and it’s laws sure are funny aren’t they

what about alabama

step-siblings, i mentioned this before too, dont remember on which episode but they are technically allowed to get married

Of course it isn't a taboo.. People make it a taboo by thinking it's taboo, especially when someone is not related by blood no matter how hard you try you can't ignore your own heart, even more so if said "stepsiblings" were in a relationship way before their parents got together..

And also another thing: While overall incest yes bad cuz DNA bullshit.. It used to be a big thing in royal families to keep the bloodline "pure" which later was discovered with medical science that it messed up the gene pool therefor it was adviced against.

Not to mention the fact that the further you get "family" wise the less harmful it gets, while still a taboo cuz yknow weirdness it isn't as uncommon as people think.. My grandparents are direct cousins of each other, they married and got kids so indirectly i'm a byproduct of medium distance incest, but cousins getting together overall is not as uncommon as people tend to believe, nor is it as harmful as we think.. Now directly blood related brother and sister... Yes thats an issue.. But that also is something that's actually more uncommon than cousins getting together.

Point being it really is not that weird for stepsiblings to face this.. "scenario" it's just that most stepsiblings try to make it work without catching feelings. but i'd say these two from this anime are a whole different story cuz as said.. They had something going way before they became stepsiblings.

Hmm indeed.

Not matter how much she ships ‘em, there is no such happy ending. That kid has already recorded what happened between Mc and Yume. Now he is gonna use that clip to make yume do naughty stuff and this, begins the ntr route. And the true ending for this anime.

Madoka's got bonkers alright... ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Also, that Chikuma girl kinda looked like mini Higashira lol...

That red bikini was *chef's kiss*

😘👌

I love the red bikini and the weist of yume

Chikuma's a boy by the way. He was crushing on Yume.

Oh damn, srsly???
Looks like i fell for the trap dammit... 😂

Not really a trap lol, his naked torso was on display.

That was my observation too. XD But you can't blame Bnix, a skeletons torso is always naked. ;D

I know she's the cousin of irido and yume really thought of it like that weird

I deadass looked Madoka and thought two things:
1. "Wow, she's pretty cute!"
2. Is Akatsuki really the only JK girl in this show that isn't THICC?

Yume is always stupidly misunderstanding things and coming to all the wrong conclusions
If only she had talked things through in the past like she did now

But wouldn't the fact she is talking things now be a product of trying not to make the same mistakes again ?

NTM, hasn't it been like a year and thensome and she's just now apologizing?

She only now realizes where she went wrong and how selfish she was. Pretty sad when you think about it, but I'll give her the benefit of the doubt because she's still pretty young