The Elder Sister-like One

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| image = The Elder Sister-like One volume 1 cover.jpg

| caption = First {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume cover, featuring Chiyo

| ja_kanji = 姉なるもの

| ja_romaji = Ane Naru Mono

| genre = {{ubl|Reverse isekai{{cite web |last=Andrews |first=Hayley |title=Hinamatsuri & 9 Other Must-Read Seinen Reverse Isekai Manga |url=https://www.cbr.com/hinamatsuri-must-read-seinen-reverse-isekai-manga/ |website=Comic Book Resources |access-date=November 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221029131403/https://www.cbr.com/hinamatsuri-must-read-seinen-reverse-isekai-manga/ |archive-date=October 29, 2022 |date=August 20, 2021 |url-status=live}}|Romance|Supernatural comedy}}

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{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = Manga

| author = Pochi Iida

| publisher = ASCII Media Works

| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA=Yen Press}}

| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Seinen}}

| imprint =

| magazine = {{ubl|Dengeki G's Comic|ComicWalker|Niconico Seiga}}

| first = March 30, 2016

| last =

| volumes = 6

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{{Nihongo|The Elder Sister-like One|姉なるもの|Ane Naru Mono|lead=yes}} is a Japanese manga series by Pochi Iida, based on the adult {{Transliteration|ja|doujin}} 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 {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes. The manga is licensed in North America by Yen Press.

Plot

The manga follows a young boy, Yuu, and his daily domestic life with a supernatural being, the 'Sister of the woods with a Thousand Young' or, as she names herself, 'Chiyo'. Having lost his parents in a car crash when he was five years old, Yuu drifts between the foster homes of uncaring, disdainful relatives, leading to a lonely existence where he hides his feelings to placate others and avoid getting kicked out.

After ending up at the residence of his indifferent yet not outright contemptuous uncle, who is hospitalized during the course of the story, Yuu explores the storeroom that his uncle warned him not to explore—the sole condition of his permission to live onsite. Within the storeroom, Yuu accidentally summons Chiyo, an eldritch-like being with the horns and legs of a goat and tentacle-like tendrils, who Yuu mistakes for an angel as she asks him what he wishes for the most, in return for what he values most. As Chiyo's demonic presence overwhelms Yuu, his fear forces his thoughts to focus on his foremost desire: the warmth of a family member. Yuu requests for Chiyo to become his elder sister, which Chiyo accepts, sealing the contract with a kiss.

Yuu faints from the experience, waking up the next morning in his room with Chiyo, who now appears as a regular human woman, at his futon-side. Yuu panics, shocked at Chiyo's non-monstrous appearance, but she reassures him that their contract was not a dream, and simply asks that he call her 'sis'. Thus, their days as 'little brother' and 'big sister' begin.

The manga portrays slices of the pair's life, with Chiyo's occasional humorous regression into her monster form and associated habits, along with heartwarming moments of the growing connection between the two, bringing joy, emotion, and a renewed lease on life for the young and orphaned Yuu.

Media

=Manga=

The series began serialization in the May 2016 issue of ASCII Media Works's Dengeki G's Comic on March 30.{{cite web|url=http://gs.dengeki.com/news/67002/|script-title=ja:新連載『姉なるもの』電撃G’sコミック5月号連載分をチラ見せ！ひとりぼっちになった僕の元に、現れたのは――!?|publisher=Dengeki|language=Japanese|date=April 1, 2016|access-date=September 5, 2021|archive-date=November 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106215607/http://gs.dengeki.com/news/67002/|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|first=Crystalyn|last=Hodgkins|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-03-31/dengeki-g-comic-magazine-final-issue-reveals-fate-of-serialized-manga/.145234|title=Dengeki G's Comic Magazine's Final Issue Reveals Fate of Serialized Manga|publisher=Anime News Network|date=March 31, 2019|access-date=September 5, 2021|archive-date=March 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331070439/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-03-31/dengeki-g-comic-magazine-final-issue-reveals-fate-of-serialized-manga/.145234|url-status=live}} The manga is licensed in North America by Yen Press.{{cite web|first=Karen|last=Ressler|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-01/yen-press-licenses-silver-spoon-kemono-friends-manga-a-sister-all-you-need-reborn-as-a-vending-machine-light-novels-more/.118307|title=Yen Press Licenses Silver Spoon, Kemono Friends Manga, A Sister's All You Need, Reborn as a Vending Machine Light Novels, More|publisher=Anime News Network|date=July 1, 2017|access-date=September 5, 2021|archive-date=June 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622092514/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-01/yen-press-licenses-silver-spoon-kemono-friends-manga-a-sister-all-you-need-reborn-as-a-vending-machine-light-novels-more/.118307|url-status=live}} As of March 2022, six {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes have been released.

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| Language = Japanese

| SecondLanguage = English

| Width = 72%

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{{Graphic novel list

| VolumeNumber = 1

| RelDate = December 17, 2016{{cite web|url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321607000724/|script-title=ja:姉なるもの1|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|language=Japanese|access-date=January 7, 2020|title=KADOKAWA Corporation|archive-date=November 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108074411/https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321607000724/|url-status=live}}

| ISBN = 978-4-04-892477-1

| LicensedRelDate = April 10, 2018{{cite web|url=https://yenpress.com/9780316480628/the-elder-sister-like-one-vol-1/|title=The Elder Sister-Like One, Vol. 1|publisher=Yen Press|access-date=January 7, 2020|archive-date=June 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623224146/https://yenpress.com/9780316480628/the-elder-sister-like-one-vol-1/|url-status=live}}

| LicensedISBN = 978-0-31-648062-8

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| VolumeNumber = 2

| RelDate = August 25, 2017{{cite web|url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321705000185/|script-title=ja:姉なるもの2|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|language=Japanese|access-date=January 7, 2020|title=KADOKAWA Corporation|archive-date=November 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108074404/https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321705000185/|url-status=live}}

| ISBN = 978-4-04-893309-4

| LicensedRelDate = June 26, 2018{{cite web|url=https://yenpress.com/9781975301286/the-elder-sister-like-one-vol-2/|title=The Elder Sister-Like One, Vol. 2|publisher=Yen Press|access-date=January 7, 2020}}

| LicensedISBN = 978-1-97-530128-6

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| VolumeNumber = 3

| RelDate = August 27, 2018{{cite web|url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321804000714/|script-title=ja:姉なるもの3|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|language=Japanese|access-date=January 7, 2020|title=KADOKAWA Corporation|archive-date=November 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108074416/https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321804000714/|url-status=live}}

| ISBN = 978-4-04-912013-4

| LicensedRelDate = April 30, 2019{{cite web|url=https://yenpress.com/9781975304195/the-elder-sister-like-one-vol-3/|title=The Elder Sister-Like One, Vol. 3|publisher=Yen Press|access-date=January 7, 2020|archive-date=June 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623224204/https://yenpress.com/9781975304195/the-elder-sister-like-one-vol-3/|url-status=live}}

| LicensedISBN = 978-1-97-530419-5

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| VolumeNumber = 4

| RelDate = January 10, 2020{{cite web|url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321909000522/|script-title=ja:姉なるもの4|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|language=Japanese|access-date=January 7, 2020|title=KADOKAWA Corporation|archive-date=November 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108004335/https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321909000522/|url-status=live}}

| ISBN = 978-4-04-912987-8

| LicensedRelDate = September 22, 2020{{cite web|url=https://yenpress.com/9781975315931/the-elder-sister-like-one-vol-4/|title=The Elder Sister-Like One, Vol. 4|publisher=Yen Press|access-date=March 18, 2020|archive-date=March 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317231648/https://yenpress.com/9781975315931/the-elder-sister-like-one-vol-4/|url-status=live}}

| LicensedISBN = 978-1-97-531593-1

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| VolumeNumber = 5

| RelDate = December 26, 2020{{cite web|url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/322009000030/|script-title=ja:姉なるもの5|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|language=Japanese|access-date=September 5, 2021|title=KADOKAWA Corporation|archive-date=November 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108004339/https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/322009000030/|url-status=live}}

| ISBN = 978-4-04-913587-9

| LicensedRelDate = November 9, 2021{{cite web|url=https://yenpress.com/9781975336035/the-elder-sister-like-one-vol-5/|title=The Elder Sister-Like One, Vol. 5|publisher=Yen Press|access-date=September 5, 2021}}

| LicensedISBN = 978-1-97-533603-5

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| VolumeNumber = 6

| RelDate = March 26, 2022{{cite web|url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/322111000621/|script-title=ja:姉なるもの6|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|language=Japanese|access-date=February 10, 2022|title=KADOKAWA Corporation|archive-date=February 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210220357/https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/322111000621/|url-status=live}}

| ISBN = 978-4-04-914293-8

| LicensedRelDate = January 17, 2023{{cite web|url=https://yenpress.com/9781975361778/the-elder-sister-like-one-vol-6/|title=The Elder Sister-Like One, Vol. 6|publisher=Yen Press|access-date=July 4, 2022|archive-date=July 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705190906/https://yenpress.com/9781975361778/the-elder-sister-like-one-vol-6/|url-status=live}}

| LicensedISBN = 978-1-97-536177-8

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=Original video animation=

An original video animation (OVA) adaptation was announced in January 2020.{{cite web|first=Rafael Antonio|last=Pineda|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-01-05/the-elder-sister-like-one-demon-romance-manga-gets-original-video-anime/.155055|title=The Elder Sister-like One Demon Romance Manga Gets Original Video Anime|publisher=Anime News Network|date=January 6, 2020|access-date=January 6, 2020|archive-date=February 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215064422/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-01-05/the-elder-sister-like-one-demon-romance-manga-gets-original-video-anime/.155055|url-status=live}}

Reception

In 2017, The Elder Sister-like One placed sixth in the 3rd Next Manga Award in the printed comics category.{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/245881|script-title=ja:「次にくるマンガ大賞」発表会、上位入賞者による記念イラストも公開|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|language=Japanese|date=August 23, 2017|access-date=September 5, 2021|archive-date=December 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231041723/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/245881|url-status=live}}

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.{{cite web|title=The Spring 2018 Manga Guide: The Elder Sister-Like One|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2018-05-29/the-spring-2018-manga-guide/the-elder-sister-like-one/.132171|website=Anime News Network|last1=Silverman|first1=Rebecca|last2=McNulty|first2=Amy|last3=Loveridge|first3=Lynzee|date=May 29, 2018|access-date=September 9, 2021|archive-date=September 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909030312/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2018-05-29/the-spring-2018-manga-guide/the-elder-sister-like-one/.132171|url-status=live}}