Not Blood Siblings: Difference between revisions

Sometimes this is a result of [[Bowdlerise|Bowdlerization]], [[Media Watchdogs]], and [[Executive Meddling]], in that in the original series they were blood relations. It also comes up in [[Moe]], for fans who, while probably not having siblings, still feel a bit too [[Squick|squickysquick]]y about it. [[First Girl Wins]] can sometimes explain the prevalence of this trope.

* ''Another'' hentai, ''[[Body Transfer]]'' (see a pattern?), has one girl rape another in the second girl's sister's body. The younger girl believes the elder to be her sister, and the body-snatcher plays into the ruse (and it ''is'' the sister's body), so for all intents and purposes they are siblings to the audience--butaudience—but ''technically'', they are not.

* In the first episode of the comedic [[Hentai]] series ''Nageki no Kenkou Yuurouji'' (distributed in North America under the title ''[[F 3 Frantic Frustrated And Female]]''), main character Hiroe has a ''lot'' of sex with her older sister Mayaka, and as the episode ends it appears their mother Yayoi is about to join in. Starting with the ''second'' episode, though, [[Running Gag|recurring subtitles]] insist altogether-too-earnestly that Mayaka is actually a neighboring college student and Yayoi is in fact their landlady -- solandlady—so earnestly that the entire thing ends up with a wink-wink-nudge-nudge air.

** Speaking of the third season, in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS]]'' the [[Ship Tease|hinted-at]] [[Toy Ship]] of Erio and Caro may sort of fit this in that Fate ends up being the legal guardian of both. The accompanying ''StrikerS'' manga has them repeatedly state that they are technically adopted siblings... while lathering on even more [[Ship Tease]]. Unlike other [[Not Blood Siblings|non-blood siblings]], they had never met prior to ''StrikerS'', and had no pre-existing sibling relationships (they even begin on a [[Last-Name Basis]]).

* A surprising number of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' [[Fanfic|fanficsfanfic]]s claim that {{spoiler|Rei was actually created by a composite of the DNA from a large number of people -- which has the sole practical result of enabling the Rei/Shinji [[Shipping|ship]] (as canonically it appears that Rei is a sort of [[Cloning Blues|clone]] of Shinji's mother Yui)}}.

* ''[[Code Geass]]'' played with this in one of its many [[All There in the Manual|Sound Episodes]]. Shirley goes through a series of [[Imagine Spot|Imagine Spots]]s in which her attempts to ask Lelouch out go spectacularly wrong. In one of the imaginary sequences, his [[Ill Girl]] little sister Nunnally enters the scene and says that they'll be late for the wedding; as Shirley recoils in shock, the pair claim that they're [[Not Blood Siblings]], so it's okay.

* ''Completely'' inverted in ''[[Koi Kaze]],'' where Koshiro and Nanoka develop an attraction for each other and then find out they ''are'' blood siblings who haven't seen each other in 10 years. The story revolves around how they copecope—or -- or not -- withnot—with the fact that they can't get over their feelings for each other.

* Completely subverted in ''[[Oniichan no Koto Nanka Zenzen Suki Janain Dakara ne!!]]'' (* whew* ). Shuusuke is determined to treat Nao like a sister and nothing else, [[Chivalrous Pervert|despite him totally having the hots for her.]] Nao, on the other hand, is actually slightly ''disappointed'' to find out that they're [[Not Blood Siblings]], [[Covert Pervert|because it makes their attraction to each other less taboo.]]

* The manga, ''[[Me and My Brothers]]'', takes great pains to remind the reader nearly ''every chapter'' that the heroine is in fact ''not blood-related'' to the titular brothers, despite the also-incessant reminders that they are all family and that Sakura is their "little sister." This is used quite blatantly so Sakura can be obsessively fawned over by her new guardians--andguardians—and eventually fall in love with one of them--withoutthem—without the squick.

* Never stated outright in ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'', but the amount of [[Ship Tease]] between characters that aren't technically related by blood is astounding, as adoptive older brother figures tend to later become possible [[Love Interest|Love Interests]]s (in fans' eyes, at least). Possible couples include: Switzerland and Liechtenstein, China and any of the Asians, any arrangement of England/France and America/Canada, possibly Spain and Romano... And because this universe is rather unclear about how exactly countries are "born," fans can and do decide whether or not certain couples are incest based on their preferences.

** In ''[[Spiral]]'', Ayumu is strongly hinted in the anime and confirmed in the manga to be in love with his sister-in-law. Inverted with [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|Kousuke and Ryouko]], who have blatant [[Ship Tease]] much before we learn (in the manga only) that they're actually half-siblings -- butsiblings—but ''they'''ve always known it, and though they've been raised apart, it has always been an obstacle to their relationship. (They eventually do make it to [[Official Couple]] status.)

* Mister Immortal from the [[Great Lakes Avengers]] learned he was immortal after his stepsister's death, which became [[Narm|Narmtastic]]tastic after his repeated botched suicides.

* Even though ''[[Bionicle]]'' is supposed to be a [[No Hugging, No Kissing]] universe, (any romantic subtexts in the movies are [[Canon Discontinuity|discontinuities]]) there's a good deal of romance in [[Fan Fiction]]. A lot of it is between members of the same team who call each other "brother" and "sister." Not as [[Squick|squickysquick]]y when you realize that the entire cast is made of [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|mostly machine cyborgs]] and that "brother" is more a title of endearment than anything.

* In the [[Gender Flip]]-based ''[[Daria|John Lane]]'' fanfic series, this happens in a more justified situation -- Aftersituation—After Helen learns how totally neglectful John's parents ([[Trope Namers]] of [[Casa Lane Parenting]]) are, she takes them to court and takes custody of John Lane, who at that point is already in a budding relationship with Daria.

* ''[[Rebuild of Evangelion]]'': Mari tries to use this argument with [[Original Character|Uri]] in ''[[Nobody Dies]]''; he shoots her down regardless, still [[Squick|squickedsquick]]ed by the prospect.

* The Cullens in [[Stephenie Meyer]]'s ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' -- though—though all the "children" met as adults, and weren't raised together.

** ''Another'' example can be found in Theon Greyjoy. Although they never interact in-series, he remarks several times that he'd hoped to marry his foster sister Sansa Stark, even though he knew it would never happen. {{spoiler|Later, when he takes Winterfell, he thinks that, if she weren't in King's Landing, [[And Now You Must Marry Me|he might have forced her to marry him to secure his hold on the castle]].}} Made somewhat [[Squick|squickysquick]]y since, the last time he saw her, he was nineteen and she was eleven, and she's only two years older now.

* On ''[[Dark Angel]]'', Max and the rest of her X5 unit consider each other siblings because they were "raised" together. Zack falls in love with Max, and it [[Squick|Squicks]]s her out. She wasn't too sanguine about the idea of being breeding partners with Alec, a clone of her brother Ben, either.

* A ''particularly'' [[Squick|squickysquick]]y example on the [[Soap Opera]] ''The Bold and the Beautiful''. In 2003, Ridge discovered that his father was [[Luke, I Am Your Father|not Eric, but Massimo]]. Meaning his half-sister, Bridget, wasn't his sister. He told Bridget and they were kissing shortly thereafter. That's bad enough on its own, but consider their history. Ridge had been in a on-off relationship with her mother for 15 years at that point. He also helped Brooke [[Delivery Guy|deliver]] Bridget in Big Bear ten years ago. He and Brooke had an affair, so they all believed ''Ridge'' was Bridget's father until she was 4. She was even named B''ridge''t after Ridge. So Ridge made out with a woman who he not only thought was his sister but also [[Parental Incest|his daughter]]. Thankfully, any Ridge/Bridget pairing [[Aborted Arc|didn't get too far]].

* ''[[Tales of Legendia]]'', in which Senel and Shirley pretend to be brother and sister (arguably, they ''do'' rather act as though they are, but they certainly don't resemble the other in the slightest, and have different surnames, to boot) until they are exposed by the main villain as not being related at all -- inall—in fact, each of them belongs to a different ''race'' altogether. Not too long after this, Shirley confesses to Senel that she is in love with him. They presumably end up engaged via the Rite of Feriyen by the end of the Main Quest ... although afterward, the other characters note that the relationship between them doesn't seem to have changed much at all (they even get new titles to reflect this; Senel obtains "Still A Brother" and Shirley obtains "Sister Girl").

* The ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' series tends to prefer the [[Brother-Sister Incest|full-blooded version of this trope]], but apparently decided to go the [[Not Blood Siblings]] route in ''Radiant Dawn''... ''twice''. {{spoiler|Once with Micaiah and Sothe, and also with Elincia and Geoffrey.}} In both cases, they end up married at the end if they have an A-support with each other.

* The canonical routes in both [[Da Capo]] games have always been about [[Not Blood Siblings]], though the second game strayed into a fine line between this and [[Kissing Cousins]] for both Asakura sisters, since the protagonist is both adopted ''and'' raised by another parent - who, in turn, is another [[Not Blood Siblings]] with Asakura grandpa.

** Probably not quite as [[Squick|Squicky]]y as it seems. {{spoiler|Shiki and Akiha met when they were seven and six years old, respectively, lived together for two years, and then separated for eight, somewhat short of "growing up together." Akiha knew the whole time that Shiki wasn't her real brother, and Shiki was at least vaguely aware of it, even admitting to himself once that his protective instinct towards her didn't really seem like sibling love}}. Needless to say, that really only comes into play during {{spoiler|Akiha}}'s arc.

* Konstantin seems to think this is going on between Onii-chan and Kotone in ''[http://www.tsunamichannel.com/index.php?date=2001-11-06&comic=ExCoKo Experimental Comic Kotone]''. It isn't. What none of the characters except Kotone-chan herself and Onii-chan know is that Kotone is a [[Robot Girl]] -- the—the whole "little sister" thing is just a cover.

* On ''[[Gargoyles]],'' the title species lives in large clans that are considered to be a single family -- nobodyfamily—nobody keeps track of who their biological parents are, and thus all gargoyles of the same age group refer to each other as their "rookery brothers/sisters" and older members as their "rookery parents." [[Word of God]] says that real incest never occurs, though, because a) each female can only lay one egg per mating cycle and b) pheromones prevent [[Kissing Cousins|Kissing Cousin]] relationships.