[All I Need is a Little Sister] A detailed look at the main character, Izuki Hashima

"All I Need is a Little Sister" is a media mix work by Hirasaka Yomi, the author of "Haganai". It was made into an anime in the fall of 2017 and became popular among teenage boys and girls. This work is a lively and fun story about the daily life of Hashima Izuki, a light novel writer who loves his imaginary little sister, and the various beautiful girls and people in the publishing industry who get involved in the slapstick drama. Izuki is a pervert who gets excited by his imaginary little sister, and even though he has beautiful girls such as the heroine Kaniya Yuta and Shirakawa Miyako around him, he is a dangerous guy who places importance on his imaginary little sister. Here, we will introduce the slightly strange protagonist, Hashima Izuki, in detail.

[All I Need is a Little Sister] What kind of guy is Hashima Izuki?

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Hashima Izuki is the protagonist of All You Need Is a Little Sister, commonly known as "All You Need Is a Little Sister." He is a light novel writer who has a passionate fan base with his innovative setting of having his little sister completely naked. He is a mid-career novelist whose novels have sold 100,000 copies, but he is less popular than his friend, light novel writer Fuwa Haruto, and is outshone by the heroine Kani Nayuta in both name and reality.

【All I Need is a Little Sister.】Hashima Izuki is a huge fan of his little sister!

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What makes Hashima Izuki the Hashima Izuki is that he is a huge fan of little sisters. Izuki's love of little sisters is divine, and he has an extremely rare sensibility that, as long as the category of little sister is concerned, even if they are not beautiful, ugly, or not human, they are just about safe. Thanks to that sensibility, the light novels he writes are very unique, and he is attracting attention as a promising writer supported by a core fanbase.

【All you need is a little sister. 】Hashima Izuki loves Hasegawa Kobato!!

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Source: All You Need Is a Little Sister. ©Yomi Hirasaka/Shogakukan/All You Need Is a Little Sister Committee
It turns out that Izuki's love for little sisters is not limited to Hasegawa Kobato, but also Kousaka Kirino from "My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute". He seems to have a special attachment to Kirino, and has openly stated that he would rather be insulted by her than praised by her. Naturally, he also calls Kirino "Kousaka Kirino God" and has a figurine of her in his room. Along with Kobato, Kirino is one of Izuki's most beloved little sister characters.

【All You Need Is a Little Sister. 】Hashima Izuki's love for little sisters is unstoppable!

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Source: All you need is a little sister. ©Yomi Hirasaka/Shogakukan/All you need is a little sister committee
Izuki's apartment is a frequent hangout spot for friends and work colleagues. The most frequent visitors are the double heroines Kani Nayuta and Shirakawa Miyako, Fuwa Haruto and Izuki's stepbrother Hashima Chihiro. Chihiro in particular is a very good brother who comes over frequently to help Izuki with his meals.

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Source: All You Need Is a Little Sister. ©Yomi Hirasaka/Shogakukan/All You Need Is a Little Sister Committee
Hashima Izuki was already a light novel writer when he was a student, and he would write novels at his computer, ignoring his classes. Because of this, people around him shunned him and found him disgusting. However, Kyo, who was interested in Izuki's behavior, talked to her one day, and from that day on, Izuki and Kyo began to interact with each other.

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When Kyo first reads Izuki's novel, he doesn't seem to understand why his sister can use magic if she gets naked or kisses him, but Izuki responds by treating Kyo like a bitch, saying, "My novel has sold 100,000 copies, and a bitch like that can't understand it." Kyo gets angry and slaps Izuki, but since then, the two get closer, and before he knows it, Izuki is so close that he even consults Kyo about fashion.

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Izuki and Kani first met when Kani won a new writer's award and held an award ceremony. Kani was originally a fan of Izuki's novels and had a strong crush on Izuki, so he confessed to her that he wanted to go out with her when they first met. Izuki replied that she wanted to think about it for a while, but after much deliberation, she decided to reject Kani's confession. Instead, Kani started coming over to her house more frequently and they started having fun together with Kyo and Haruto.

【All You Need Is a Little Sister. 】Izuki Hashima's friend and rival

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Haruto, who is a friend of Izuki and made his debut as a light novel writer at the same time, is a good friend and they spend all their free time together. They respect each other's work and are very conscious of each other as writers who have something that the other doesn't. They sometimes feel jealous of each other, but in the end they often compete by saying that their own work is more interesting, and it's good to see them improving each other and growing.

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Izuki's stepbrother Chihiro is super talented, a jack of all trades in housework, perfect at everything from cleaning to cooking, and has a good personality. She has a cute face and is a lovely character that everyone likes. After her mother died, Izuki couldn't understand why her father remarried relatively quickly and got a new wife, so she started living alone. However, Chihiro started visiting her, and the two got along well and built a relationship like real brothers.

【All You Need Is a Little Sister. 】The relationship between Hashima Izuki and Puriketsu

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Source: All You Need Is a Little Sister. ©Yomi Hirasaka/Shogakukan/All You Need Is a Little Sister Committee
Izuki's nemesis is his editor, Toki Kenjiro. Toki is a dangerous character who will do anything to get Izuki to write a novel, even tampering with her smartphone to reveal her location and attaching a transmitter to constantly monitor her actions. In the end, he locks Izuki in a cell where her smartphone signal can't reach and forces her to write, making him a forceful character.

【All I Need is a Little Sister. 】Izuki Hashima's voice actor is Yusuke Kobayashi

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Izuki Hashima's voice actor is Yusuke Kobayashi, who played the protagonist Natsuki Subaru in "Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-". Kobayashi is 33 years old as of 2018, but she only debuted as an anime voice actress in 2013, which is relatively recent. Before that, she had been working normally, but it's amazing that she never gave up on her dreams and made them a reality. Kobayashi's attitude towards life was also reflected in her performance as Subaru in Re:Zero.

【All You Need Is a Little Sister】I want to see more of Hashima Izuki in the second season

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