Brothers Conflict


Brothers Conflict, also known as BroCon, is a Japanese novel series created by Atsuko Kanase, written by Takeshi Mizuno and Kanase, and illustrated by Udajo. It has been adaptated into two PlayStation Portable video games by Idea Factory, yonkoma manga, and an anime television series. The 12-episode anime aired between July and September 2013. It is animated by Brain's Base. Funimation acquired the North American streaming rights for the anime. Funimation released a "The Complete Series + OVA - Limited Edition Blu-ray & DVD" on March 8, 2016.

Plot

Ema Hinata is the daughter of the famous expat, Rintaro Hinata. One day, she finds out that her dad is going to remarry a successful clothing maker named Miwa Asahina. Rather than bothering them, Ema decides to move into the Sunrise Residence complex owned by Miwa. From there, Ema discovers that she has 13 stepbrothers. As time moves on, her stepbrothers develop feelings for her and compete in ways to win her heart when all Ema wants to have is a loving family.

Characters

Main characters

;Ema Hinata
;Masaomi Asahina
;Ukyō Asahina
;Kaname Asahina
;Hikaru Asahina
;Tsubaki Asahina
;Azusa Asahina
;Natsume Asahina
;Louis Asahina
;Subaru Asahina
;Iori Asahina
;Yūsuke Asahina
;Fūto Asahina
;Wataru Asahina

Other characters

;Juli
;Kazuma Sasakura
;Mahoko Imai
;Chiaki
;Ryūsei
;Rintarō Hinata
;Miwa Asahina
;Kaori Kishida

Media

Novel Series

Manga

Brothers Conflict Purupuru is a spin-off manga the light novel featuring the characters from the novel in chibi form. Brothers Conflict feat. Natsume tells the story in Natsume's point of view. Other manga hat tell the story from other points of view, including Brothers Conflict feat. Yusuke & Futo and Brothers Conflict feat. Tsubaki & Azusa.
Number of volumesRelease dateISBN
Brothers Conflict: Puru-puru Pururu 1April 22, 2013
Brothers Conflict: Puru-puru Pururu 2September 21, 2013

''Brothers Conflict: Puru-puru Pururu''

''Brothers Conflict feat. Natsume''

''Brothers Conflict feat. Yusuke & Futo'' and ''Tsubaki & Azusa''

Brothers Conflict Short Stories is a compilation of all the short stories that were previously featured on Sylph and Dengeki Girl's Style.

Anime

A 12-episode anime adaptation was produced by Brain's Base and directed by Atsushi Matsumoto. It premiered July 2, 2013. The opening theme is "Beloved Survival" by Gero, who is famous on a video-sharing website, Nico Nico Douga. The ending theme, "14 to 1", is performed Asahina Bros.+Juli. The group is composed of Kazuyuki Okitsu, Daisuke Hirakawa, Junichi Suwabe, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Kenichi Suzumura, Kohsuke Toriumi, Tomoaki Maeno, Ken Takeuchi, Daisuke Ono, Daisuke Namikawa, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Kenn, Yūki Kaji, and Hiroshi Kamiya. It was released in Japan on February 26, 2014, on DVD and Blu-ray alongside the special episode. Apart from streaming rights, Funimation released the series on Blu-ray and DVD on March 8, 2016.

Episode list