KyoAni does imouto right

If made-to-order imoutos are available, I'd commission KyoAni to fashion mine. Kyon's sister, Sunohara Mei and now Hirasawa Ui are powerful testaments to the studio's impeccable imouto-craft. At this moment, I need to come clean and declare that like almost every otaku on the planet (and their dollfies), Mio is my main reason for watching K-on! (Goth-punk Mio FTW!) But after ep 3, I've begun praying for a Ui-centric OVA since there's little hope of her taking centre-stage in the mother tale.

Ui (like the other KyoAni imoutos) is the kind of sister that invokes 'healthy' siscon. Do note that siscon is a much maligned word and does not equate incest. Traditionally used to describe brothers who are overly protective of their little sisters (which is, in my opinion, is not a bad thing), the word has been 'expanded' by anime to embrace romantic or increasingly sexual elements in sibling relationships. The siscon I speak of, which Ui invokes, is of course defined with the purest use of the term in the most honourable of tanuki vocabulary. In other words, Ui is the kind of sister that brings out the onii-chan in you that would make her friends mad with envy.

Barely 15, Ui is more mature in mind and womanly than many much older in flesh. Plus her love for her silly onee-chan is beyond commendable. I've always maintained that those who love/cherish their family (including annoying siblings) also make great life partners. Ui would surely be on my 'to-hit-on-list' if I ever turn 2D.

K-ON 2

The K-ON4 work part-time to buy Yui a guitar.