Dropped: Oreimo 2--(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

This season confirmed my suspicions; Oreimo is an incest show after all.

Incest is a big squick factor for me, and it's a very rare show that can have it as part of its plot without me getting skeeved out (see: Revolutionary Girl Utena). The only reason I was able to tolerate the undertones of it in the first season of Oreimo was because it was not the focus; there were plenty of other things going on in the show that I could ignore it entirely, from the otaku humor and references to the only reason most people watch this show, Kuroneko. However, so far this season has dumped the plotline that the extra episodes started in favor of mostly episodic storylines that have recently culminated in Kyosuke admitting that he is a siscon.

The lolibait friend from America didn't help my opinion of the show either

Setting aside my physical revulsion at incest for a second, it doesn't help matters that Kirino has a horrible personality, to the point that while watching the first season I was almost convinced that she was written that way deliberately to make the audience hate her. She treats nearly everyone in her life with little to no regard for their feelings, but if they dare to make her feel bad, you'd better watch out! Making this even more infuriating is the fact that her attitude seems to have no negative consequences on her life. In every industry Kirino decides to grace with her presence--modeling, light novels, track, anime--people are falling all over themselves to offer her work, inflating her already astronomical ego. The story presents her as perfect when her personality clearly isn't, and treating this flaw like a bonus asset doesn't sit well with me.

 
Kyosuke hasn't made this easier. He's gone from an older brother who was trying to understand what the heck his sister was going on about (and occasionally growing a spine to call her out on her BS) to a whimpering pile of goo who finally admits to himself that he likes what she dishes out. When I made the mistake of giving this show one last chance, I nearly threw up at his repetitions of "my honey" on his "fake" date with Kirino. And really, that's where I need to draw the line. If an anime is making me queasy when it is meant to be entertaining, then it's time to stop watching.

Images from Crunchyroll.com.