Katakoto no Niwa - Ch. 5 - Let the summer begin

[MangaDex]

 

[jak]

Big sister is a wingman, but not for little bro.

 

[jazz9]

Go away little bro

 

[Crombs]

So this chapter was to introduce the little bro character, show off his good sides and make us less wary of him.

...

It didn't work.

Less bro, more wholesome romance please.

 

[FredFriendly]

I'm with the majority here. We've met the little brother, and now he can just disappear for the rest of the series. It would be a shame if he becomes a constant irritant. Why the mangaka would want to create such an unlikeable, annoying character is unfathamable.

 

[Markgraf]

Gotta add my membership in the "Little bro as an annoying rival is a NO!" club. I'm not against having other characters introduced, but how about using them in a non-cliched way? For instance:
1) Little bro recognizes what's up & decides to become a Lovemaster for his slow-moving senpai, giving a few good & a lot of not-so-good pieces of advice;
2) He sees his sister acting like a B-29 wingwoman & out of irritation at her heavy-handed interference tries to get her to lay off;
3) He decides to be Alice's wingman & tries to advise her on how to win the slow-burning heart of a young Japanese guy despite having even less effective communication synergy with Alice;
4) He acts as the tsukomi character who stands to the side & comments on the love comedy.

Any of these would be something different from the headache-inducing love rival trope.

 

[FredFriendly]

@Markgraf Your number three is a well-worn clichéd plot device which usually ends up with the 3rd wheel becoming a rival (girl meets new guy; girl instantly confides her romance secrets to guy even though she just met him, etc., etc.), anyway. I don't like any of your suggestions myself. Personally, I like:

5. He suddenly gets a baseball scholarship to a school located at the most Northern tip of Hokkaido which he accepts, and we never see him again.

 

[Angelonius]

He better be #4, @Markgraf

 

[bastek66]

Selfinserts, don't bother reading shoujo manga if you can't stomach that girl can have more than 1 love interest.

 

[Radicool21]

Crisis averted in my eyes, the lil bro flag was shot down pretty quickly imo.

Also I call dibs on Prez