Unrecommendable anime traits

[shinta|hikari]

Or the Palm hebephilia for Gon.

I actually think people can be oversensitive when it comes to incest themes. They start disliking the show just because of that, even if it only makes up a small part of the show, and may even be integral to the story (and thus not just fanservice). In this show, it is inevitable that they behave like that, considering they only have each other and it's been that way for a long time.

The common argument people make is "I have a little sister but she doesn't act like that." Yes, and people get thrown into different worlds or shoot magic from their hands in RL too. It's fiction, so there can be siblings like that. Just because it isn't common in real life (but likely exists) doesn't mean its bad or unbelievable within the confines of the story.

Another aspect that people overlook with incest themed stories is that there are cases where even characters in the story find the sibling relationship abnormal (i.e. Mahouka, OreImo, NGNL). It would be different if everyone in the story did not even bat an eyelash when siblings are getting too flirty with each other.