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When I last left the anime adaptation of erotic dating game Yosuga no Sora, my interest was at an all-time low. A poorly though out story arc combined with a staggeringly unnecessary and exploitative sex scene all combined to make me lose interest in writing about the show.

I knew from the first few episodes just how powerful the relationship between Sora and her brother, Haruka, had the potential to be. Sora’s isolation, the tragedy of losing their parents, the insular, tight-knit relationship they had developed, her misplaced lust for her brother: all the elements were there for a beautifully tragic tale of dark, twisted love.

Melodrama, often to ridiculous levels, is almost a requirement in any adaptation of a dating game, but that limitation works to Yosuga no Sora’s advantage. You know from the very beginning exactly what is going on, from the moment we see Sora clutching to her brother on the back of a bike. We know how it’s going to end: it’s just a matter of getting there, to that moment.

I wish I could say the rest of Yosuga no Sora is totally worthy of that moment, that it builds up to it and uses it as the fitting climax (yeah, not going there) of its story. I wish I could say that this scene starts in motion a whirlwind of tragedy that ends either in despair or catharsis. But I’ve been watching anime long enough to know better.

I’ve no problem with sex if it’s used for a reason, to make a point about a relationship, to evoke a theme, anything. Here it just seems like a ‘thank you’ for putting up with another lazily-written tale of dark romance, a happy ending to an otherwise dreary few episodes. That doesn’t make it worthy or interesting; that makes it pornography.

There are two exceptions, in the last two arcs, which are about one and a half stories. Nao’s story is the beginning to Sora’s, so those episodes are aired together because it makes sense chronologically. Each girl’s arc branches off from the first episode or a previous arc, trying its best to stay away from Sora’s story, which is the only interesting one.

So, you’re left with a fairly good five episode arc: episodes 1, 7, 10, 11, and 12, intertwined with seven episodes of useless filler. And even Sora’s arc isn’t the high tragedy I was hoping for.

It’s not until the relatively upbeat conclusion that you realize the show has been pulling its punches, aiming for a happy ending. Which is not only a horrible cop-out that betrays the tension it spent the last two episodes building up, but it makes you realize that all this was just a pretext, just an excuse for the sex.

The only thing, then, that separates Yosuga no Sora from a show like Kiss x Sis (actual pornography, in other words), is that moment, and the suspense and tension that follows from it. It’s a breathtaking moment, no doubt; enough to justify watching the entire series and enough to make it memorable, to me, at the very least, but not enough to save it from the worst fate that can befall an anime: mediocrity.

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