Random Aloof Big Brothers In Anime Who Are Super Distant (15 items)

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  (#15) Raoh

  • Fist of the North Star, Fist of the North Star

  Raoh has a large number of younger siblings, both by blood and by adoption. However, he's far more dedicated to developing his power than he is to forming close relationships with them. Instead, he actively opposes them on more than one occasion. For example, when Ryuken chose to give the Hokuto Shinken fighting style to Raoh's adoptive brother Kenshiro instead of him, he refuses to give up his power, and takes Ryuken's life to insure that he doesn't have to.

  Later, he would try to get Kenshiro's fiance Yuria to marry him instead, before changing his mind and faking her murder in order to trick Kenshiro into fighting him. A close brotherly relationship this is not. 
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  (#1) Sesshoumaru - 'Inuyasha'

  There are two reasons why Sesshoumaru hates his younger half-brother Inuyasha. The first is for fantasy racism reasons - he can't stand that Inuyasha isn't a purebred demon like himself, and is in fact half-human. He's also super jealous that Inuyasha received the Tessaiga from their father - a sword that he considers to be far superior to his own Tensaiga. While their relationship does improve somewhat over the course of the series, most of it is spent with Sesshoumaru looking down on Inuyasha and provoking him into fights.
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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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  (#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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  (#3) Itachi Uchiha

  • Naruto Shippūden, Naruto, Ninja World

  At the beginning of Naruto, Itachi seems about as distant as it's humanly possible to be. That's because he eliminates his entire clan and then skips town to join the Akatsuki, leaving his little brother with a singular goal - to get revenge. 

  It's later revealed that Danzo Shimura forced Itachi to take out his whole family by giving him a choice - do the deed himself and escape with his own life and Sasuke's intact or be eliminated by Root along with the rest of the family. Because he was so traumatized by going through a war as a child, inviting further warfare by giving his family the chance to fight back wasn't an option.

  Rather than tell Sasuke the truth, he encouraged his little brother to despise him, in the hopes that he'd one day come after him and destroy him. It's a miserable story from start to finish, and the two don't bridge their distance until it's far too late. 
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  (#6) Ayame Sohma

  • Fruits Basket

  In the early stages of his relationship with his younger brother Yuki, Ayame Sohma was about as aloof as you can get. Yuki was ten years younger than him, which is enough to throw a wrench into a lot of sibling relationships. As a teenager, Ayame had other things on his mind besides caring for his little brother.

  Besides, the amount of care that Yuki needed was more than Ayame could handle. Not only was Yuki a sickly child, he was also favored by the violent and controlling family head. What's more, their mother pretty much didn't care about either of them. In order to keep himself safe in a hostile environment, Ayame focused on himself rather than his brother.

  As an adult, Ayame is trying to repair his relationship with the now-teenaged Yuki, but because of their estranged past, and because of their clashing personalities, it isn't exactly going well.

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