>>2752832>It really is noticeable how Kirino slowly starts to enjoy his company more and more.Not really. I fell for the "Kirino is derd in the LN" meme and it's not true at all. Whatever extra dere moments there are, they're buried amongst a page's worth of insults, completely negating them. At least the anime cut down on the insults due to time constraints; no page long monologues belittling Kyousuke.
I understand her reasons for acting the way she does. I understand the confliction she has, liking him even though they're siblings, hating him because of how he lost his old self and what Manami has done to him, (and probably some of that is to further distance himself from her) but she's still physically abusive even halfway through the series.
I really don't think you can call his change "outgoing and energetic" either. Yeah he gets outside more and has friends besides Manami but most of that is Kirino forcing him and it's not like he picked up new hobbies of his own. He's incredibly flat as a character and his only real feature is his kindness, which combined with his lack of a backbone and inability to stand up for himself means he sacrifices everything for people that don't treat him very well. Hell even Ruri is more insulting in the LN.
I'm going to get called a troll for this but I actually prefer the anime to the LN. I liked the anime Kirino and after falling for the LN meme it honestly ruined Kirino for me. It was just way too much to handwave.