The Elder Sister-like One (manga/anime)

The Elder Sister-like One (Japanese姉なるものHepburnAne Naru Mono) is a Japanese manga series by Pochi Iida, based on the adult dōjin of the same title. It began serialization in ASCII Media Works‘s seinen manga magazine Dengeki G’s Comic in 2016, before it was moved online to the ComicWalker and Niconico Seiga websites in 2019 after Dengeki G’s Comic ceased publication. It has been collected in six tankōbon volumes. The manga is licensed in North America by Yen Press. An original video animation (OVA) adaptation has been announced.

Manga

The series began serialization in the May 2016 issue of ASCII Media Works‘s Dengeki G’s Comic on March 30, 2016. It was then moved online to the ComicWalker and Niconico Seiga websites in April 2019 after Dengeki G’s Comic ceased publication after its May 2019 issue. The manga is licensed in North America by Yen Press. As of March 26, 2022, six tankōbon volumes have been released.

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 December 17, 2016 978-4-04-892477-1 April 10, 2018 978-0-31-648062-8
2 August 25, 2017 978-4-04-893309-4 June 26, 2018 978-1-97-530128-6
3 August 27, 2018 978-4-04-912013-4 April 30, 2019 978-1-97-530419-5
4 January 10, 2020 978-4-04-912987-8 September 22, 2020 978-1-97-531593-1
5 December 26, 2020 978-4-04-913587-9 November 9, 2021 978-1-97-533603-5
6 March 26, 2022 978-4-04-914293-8 January 17, 2023 978-1-97-536177-8

Original video animation

An original video animation (OVA) adaptation was announced on January 6, 2020.

Reception

In 2017, The Elder Sister-like One placed sixth in the 3rd Next Manga Award in the printed comics category.

As part of Anime News Network‘s Spring 2018 manga guide, Rebecca Silverman, Amy McNulty, and Lynzee Loveridge reviewed the first volume. Silverman and Loveridge praised the plot and characters, while all three critics criticized it for being generic at times.

See also

 

The Elder Sister-like One

Cover of the first tankōbon volume, featuring Chiyo
姉なるもの
(Ane Naru Mono)
Genre Romance
Manga
Written by Pochi Iida
Published by ASCII Media Works
English publisher
Magazine Dengeki G’s Comic
ComicWalker
Niconico Seiga
Demographic Seinen
Original run March 30, 2016 – present
Volumes (List of volumes)
Original video animation

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