紫雲寺家の子供たち

SHIUNJI-KE NO KODOMOTACHI

ANIME

STATUS
COMPLETE
EPISODES
12
RELEASE
June 24, 2025
LENGTH
24 min

DESCRIPTION

The Shiunji family with their seven children reside in a mansion within Tokyo’s Setagaya ward. The eldest son, Arata, is tired of being pushed around by his five sisters and daydreams of a life without them. That is, until Arata’s father reveals a shocking truth—Arata isn’t biologically related to his sisters! The siblings’ relationships will be tested as they navigate life in this new light.

(Source: Crunchyroll)

CAST

Ouka Shiunji
Rie Takahashi
Banri Shiunji
Chika Anzai
Seiha Shiunji
Marika Kouno
Kotono Shiunji
Kana Ichinose
Minami Shiunji
Hana Hishikawa
Arata Shiunji
Yuuichirou Umehara
Shion Shiunji
Chiaki Kobayashi
Narrator
Masaki Terasoma

EPISODES

Dubbed

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REVIEWS

marioink508
55/100
Yet Another Dumpster Fire
_This review contains __MODERATE SPOILERS__ for __The Shiunji Family Children__ & __Rent-A-Girlfriend__._ ‎‎ [__Yet Another Dumpster Fire__](https://anilist.co/user/marioink508/) __Another series coming from the author of Rent-A-Girlfriend, ready to bring trash back on the table__ — _but shockingly, our protagonist isn’t a walking disaster?_ --- ‎‎ [__Story - 3.2/10__](https://anilist.co/user/marioink508/) ‎‎ This is like the second plane on 9/11... The author of Rent-A-Girlfriend comes back to write his second trashy romance, and I am here yet again watching this fully, just how I'm gearing up for Rent-A-Girlfriend's 4th season, fully aware I'm jumping on a crashing plane. I can't fully say what exactly about this is engaging, as I can clearly see all of the faults of this series, and while this first season does have a more rewarding protagonist than Rent-A-Girlfriend, it's quite easy to see that this is not going to last long until it becomes another horribly dragged series, just like his previous work. This series starts with a somewhat disgusting and odd premise, but it is for some unexplainable reason engaging. I find many of the scenes really annoying and just so predictable, it feels like the most generic harem story, but from time to time you get hit with some absolute banger takes from the MC, which just throws you on for a loop. At it's core we follow a family of six, two 'brothers' and five 'sisters', and my oh my, do I have some serious issues with many of these characters, but that's for later. Here is where the normal stuff ends, as we get thrown into the plot twist of the century, they are all adopted, wow, such a crappy concept to throw in for a romance series. I just can't really figure out who this series is for? I doubt many viewers are interested in these fantasies. And if not for that, this is just a pretty disgusting plot base. The structure of the series is pretty basic as well, we get to see each of the female interests one by one with each having their own mini-arc, showing their personalities and how they handle this whole situation, and here I do feel like this arcs were handled somewhat decently, not all of them feel like complete trash, they do actually manage to build some realistic standards from time to time. This balance is what I feel like kept me going through this, the absurdly plot combined with the realistic takes that appear in some cases. And when it does have those more down to earth slice of life episodes, it feels somewhat rewarding and more reasonable. ‎‎ #####_Episode 1 'What if...?'_
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Characters - 4.5/10
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Characters are a thing for this series, crazy or not... Arata, our protagonist, compared to the likes of his Rent-A-Girlfriend counterpart, is a lot more down to earth (for the most part) and way less of a loser than Kazuya. I did actually enjoy his character a decent amount for most of this series, it was nice to see him approach things as how a normal human should, and not give in so easily into this romance bullshit. And as I said before a lot of those deep quotes came from him, and they were unexpectedly good... Yes, he does fall into this harem, as expected, but it's a lot more realistic than I thought... The interactions after the plot is unveiled are really well surprised through his eyes, and while this plot is still a dumpster fire, it actually makes some of those odd situations come across as realistic... to some extent
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Episode 7 'Surely'

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Now, into the more boring characters, everyone else. Almost the entire main cast of girls feel like 1:1 copies of The Quintessential Quintuplets, more or less even with their personalities if not only the design. Ouka is the counterpart to Nino but a milder tsundere in comparison. It was a decent change. She’s one of this season’s main love interests, which was the worst in my opinion, as they are literally the closest to TWINS in this family, may I add... I did kinda like her character overall, not a surprise I was a Nino fan in TQQ as well, so that makes sense, but other than that she wasn't a bad character for most of the series until she became a primary love interest. We also have Banri as an imitation of Ichika, someone that felt the closest to being like 'family' in this group, even with her teasing, everything she did felt a lot more normal and grounded than other characters. And this will not surprise anyone, she is also the oldest here, unexpected... And there is also Minami, the character that had the best arc of all, someone that got swayed by romance close to the end, but for her whole arc, she was the best character in terms of her story and ambitions. They focused solely on her personal development with really low amounts of trashy content around her.

The other three members are all quite boring, and added close to no value to the story for me. We have characters like Kotono which seems like the most similar to Miku, but more straight forward, and that's about it for creativity there. She was just the weirdo of the series and contributed nothing. There is also Seiha, which is the only character I could not connect to TQQ, she is the unique one, and that's all there is to her uniqueness... just that she is not a copy... she has really low screen time in my opinion, and we barely get to know much about her, she is a smart character, but that's about all there is about her, I had no idea if she fell in love in this series or not, she was really vaguely shown the whole series. Finally, Shion, the second brother, which conveniently enough already has a girlfriend to start with, we never see her, because why should we... I feel like his character is actually ok, and someone that could've benefited the story with his temper and communication, yet he is completely overshadowed just to make room for the bad romance harem... bummer.
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Episode 8 'Since then'

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Visuals - 8.1/10
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Animation is quite standard with a slightly better visual appeal. There is nothing really visually stunning, it is just good animation all around, without having anything to elevate it to a higher standard. Character design, as I mentioned before, is pretty boring... A lot of the characters are copied from The Quintessential Quintuplets, and have not many differences to make for unique design. I guess clothing diversity is good in this series, but we start to see more and more series managing to fit that standard these days that it's not special anymore. So for visuals... this is pretty much on par with what you would expect for a series this season, it does have great colors and some nice scenery, it is well animated, but that's about it.
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Episode 4 'Respectively'

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Closing Notes
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Is this another dumpster fire of romance? Yes... it so clearly looks like one, and is one. Will I continue watching it if there is a second season to release? Hopefully not, but I can’t promise... I’m still watching Rent-A-Girlfriend despite how bad it is. There is just something about Reiji Miyajima's stories that just manage to make a dumpster fire with a few lonely sparks... or something like that... don't really have a great analogy for why his series are this engaging.

But to wrap up this review... yes, this is a horrible romance harem based on one really weird and fetishized premise, that makes for most viewers to be disgusted when seeing the interactions in this series. It follows a really generic structure focused on prioritizing each girl, giving them some depth that from time to time is actually decent and has some value, but for the most part it is just trashy. The only redeeming qualities this series has are its slice of life moments that feel grounded, and deliver a realistic perspective, a rare treat. But in the end, this series does fit the author’s usual standard. I will say though, it was a much stronger first season than Rent-A-Girlfriend.
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Enjoyment Level - 6.3/10
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Favorite Character - Arata Shiunji
Favorite Episode - Episode 7 ‘Surely’

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patkarunungan
20/100
Incest-bait but actually a generick harem that's worse than Rent-A-Girlfriend in terms of entertainment.
The Shiunji Family Children is a creation of Miyajima Reiji, the mangaka of Rent-A-Girlfriend. Since it's a sister series of Rent-A-Girlfriend, most people expect it to be trash. Is it really? Let's dive in.

In the run-up to its premiere, it has been marketed as an incest anime, so there was some buzz about it. Those who dislike incest-related stories immediately dismissed it. Others who enjoyed Rent-A-Girlfriend despite being trash gave it a chance.

Alas! It's not really incest in the strictest sense of the word. Right in Episode 1, their father tells them that they are not blood-related. Despite that, the incest tag remains because the Shiunji Family girls are into the protagonist Arata. Thus, instead of incest, it is reduced to a generick harem.

One thing that's glaring about this anime is how it ignores the Westermarck Effect. It's an observed phenomenon where children who grew up together as siblings, even if stepsiblings, don't develop sexual attraction for each other. Yet, we see them getting attracted to Arata. Therefore, if you think about it, this is one aspect where it goes against your suspension of disbelief, even if you're open-minded about such stories.

Arata is manly unlike the loser Kazuya from Rent-A-Grilfriend. Unfortunately, this is its only advantage over the latter.

The animation is mostly fine. Some would say it's good because it's from Doga Kobo. But for such a story, it only needs a serviceable animation and art direction so I don't think it's remarkable in terms of visuals compared to what Doga Kobo did in Oshi no Ko.

Character designs are generick and forgettable, unlike the design for the main girl in Rent a Girlfriend. One may argue that the generic design reflects how real-life people are not really the bombshell beauties in magazines. Despite that, it's glaring that they are not that attractive compared to their characterisation that they are ultra attractive. (Banri and possibly Ouka are their best girls in terms of looks, but that's it!) They are deemed by people around them as celebrities and models. Shouldn't we expect more in terms of looks? This disconnect between what's said and what is shown is glaring.

In the history of harem anime, Tenchi Muyou! (天地無用!) has a useless main character Tenchi, and that is told explicitly in the title. (無用 [muyou] means useless.) Its main draw is how interesting the girls are. Eventually, harem anime like Quintessential Quintuplets have both interesting girls and an interesting guy character.

In this anime, it's the reverse. The guy Arata is a bit interesting and manly, a step up from blank, self-insert characters. Unfortunately, the girls are not interesting compounded with the fact that they don't really look that gorgeous. So far, we've seen Minami and Ouka's character arcs. They are fine but are boring.

The Shiunji Family Children's worst sin is being boring. Overall, don't expect much from this. It's fine to watch on its own to pass the time. You might actually like it if you haven't seen other harem. But compared to classic and recent harem anime, it's worse than mediocre. Even worse, it's a downgrade from Rent-A-Girlfriend in terms of entertainment. Many harems have been a guilty pleasure. This is not.

Since we haven't seen the character arcs of Seiha, Kotono, and Banri, it is still possible that over time, this anime may improve. The first season did not end with a bang. In fact, it seems we're still in the phase where the characters and their possible complexities are being introduced.

But for now, I cannot recommend this.

NOTA BENE: A grade of 2 out of 10 [or 20 out of 100 in anilist] means either of two things: the anime is extremely boring or it may have fun elements but it's ultimately illogickal and doesn't make sense. Or just possibly, I rank it above my 1's but below my 3's.
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