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(#11) Rin Matsuoka
- Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club
Besides swimming and shirtlessness, one of the main themes of the first season of Free! is Rin Matsuoka's estrangement from his friends - and also his little sister Gou. Due to a combination of having trouble processing their father's passing and enduring racist bullying during a study abroad experience in Australia, Rin becomes standoffish and aloof to the point where he's barely able to speak to his sister or his friends without either getting into an argument or storming off.
Things change over the course of the series, as Rin comes to terms with his emotional issues and repairs his relationship with both his sister and his friends, but he starts off firmly rooted in this trope.
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(#7) Lelouch Lamperouge
- Code Geass
At the start of Code Geass, Lelouch Lamperouge is actually a doting older brother who prioritizes his sister Nunnally above everything. While his actual feelings don't change, his behavior does. Once he formulates his ultimate plan for world peace, he starts acting like a complete jerk to everyone who cares about him, including his sister - largely by ignoring her since he has trouble with direct cruelty when it comes to the people he loves. It's only when Lelouch is about to pass away that Nunnally finds out the meaning behind his bizarre and distant behavior.
Meanwhile, Lelouch has his own aloof older brother, Prince Schneizel. This family just can't win.
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(#8) Illumi Zoldyck - 'Hunter X Hunter'
Illumi Zoldyck presents an interesting inversion of the aloof older brother trope. While he appears to be largely expressionless and uncaring when it comes to his little brother Killua, he actually cares way, way too much. Rather than allow Killua to make his own choices, Illumi inserts a needle into his brain that can control his behavior - specifically, it forces him to run away from fights he might lose.
Why does he go so far to insure Killua's survival? Because Killua is supposed to inherit the Zoldyck family. So, while Illumi might be excessively controlling of Killua, it's not exactly out of brotherly love, and in fact his heart is still pretty closed off from him.
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(#12) Ryo Marufuji - 'Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'
Sho and Ryo Marufuji - also known as Syrus and Zane - have never enjoyed a close relationship. Ryo was the superior duelist in a world where card game prowess was just about about the most important skill a person could have, and besides that he was generally more competent and self-possessed, preferring to ignore his anxious and chaotic younger brother.
For a long time, Sho's ultimate goal is to show his brother that he's good enough to face him in a duel. That goal changes dramatically after Ryo gets himself into huge trouble when his pro dueling career fails almost immediately and he ends up joining an illegal underground ring and getting possessed by a particularly dangerous card. By the end of the series, Ryo has nearly passed away from heart failure and is relying on Sho to care for him.
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(#14) Yaichiro Shimogamo - 'The Eccentric Family'
Yaichiro Shimogamo is a distant and aloof older brother not because he doesn't love his three younger brothers, but because he thinks that he has to be. As the eldest son in a family whose father recently passed away, he considers it his job to hold the family together and keep their reputation spotless. This often means picking fights with his younger brothers when they step out of line - which they do, constantly.
Part of Yaichiro's emotional journey throughout the series is learning to relax a little bit and just enjoy his family's company, rather than thinking he has to set himself apart from them because he's the oldest.
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(#9) Light Yagami
- Death Note, Death Note: Re-light: L's Successors, Death Note, Death Note: The Last Name
Light Yagami has always been a little distant from his sister Sayu. While he's always been happy to help her with homework, the fact that he's a 'genius' and she's just 'ordinary' put them on completely different life paths. He's kind enough to help her out with homework, but the two have never been close.
Light's aloofness is dramatically increased when he gets ahold of the Death Note and begins his quest to become the god of the new world. Not only does he no longer have time for Sayu, he seriously considers letting her be eliminated by kidnappers to save his own skin.
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Although a successful animation is always in the characterization of the main character with the most ink, the main character of the most distinct! But many romances have also succeeded in shaping the relationship between two brothers. There are brothers who are opposites, brothers who are powerful and help each other become powerful, brothers who support each other and respect each other, brothers who are super loving and help each other in secret. We trust each other even if we don’t speak much.
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