I do not own Oregairu
Family
Its a concept that relates to the term of familiarity. While many would limit the word exclusively to blood ties, its a hotly debated topic among the intellectuals about how to define it. Specially given the amount attention provided to the specific Japanese trope of 'non-blood related sister' that I have heard of in the literature of my homeland in Chiba. Just how do you define a family? How does adoption figure into this? Are distant relatives your family just because they are blood related? What is the difference between acquaintances, friends and family?
Frankly my life is great with my family providing for me so that I don't have to work. I have no right to complain about anything in my home. My family thinks I was much cuter as a child but that is stupid. I am sure that I am just as adorable now. I am a bit too lean for my liking though, specially compared to other sturdy ones of my race. I have started to slouch a bit too since entering adolescence. As a young one though, I was often bullied and driven away from the park by the monstrous ones. All I remember from them is barking like mad.
I got some mental peace of mind from the saying that barking dogs don't bite. But then there were some completely different pricks that even threw stones at me. In addition to being small, I was too much of a pacifist to the point of cowardice. I would always run the other way whenever I saw violence. I do not remember many occasions when I have had to even raise my voice. I am even friendly towards the most royal and arrogant existence called cats and play with them whenever I can. Although they aren't as enthused about me as I am about them. Really their pride knows no bounds.
All of this thinking was starting to make me dizzy, so I did what I usually do. I started to eat the food they have put in front of me. We are a regular Japanese family of four with two adults and us two children. My sister is really cute. In fact I challenge everyone that she is the cutest sister in the world. No, I am not a sis-con. That would be gross. Really. Though we often sleep together with her hugging me tightly.
As my sister is cute and also an airhead to rival hot air balloons, naturally there are a lot of bugs that try to approach her but I turn them away with a glare and a growl. Or a whine really considering how polite and soft I am. They are not worthy of her. Father agrees with me, though mother just looks at me with exasperation and amusement. Once again, I am not a sis-con. I am not even embarrassed to say she has me on a leash most of the time. I just love her very, very much as any brother should. Its fine even if she considers me her pet.
All of that changed that one day. I have a habit of doing inner monologues so there are times when I space out. Now I know that this habit is dangerous, specially in the middle of the road where vehicles run around at high-speed. I was lost in thought when I saw a shiny limousine close by and my sister screaming for me. I was frozen and waiting to be splattered all over the road and pavement when someone approached and saved me in a way that was reminiscent of superhero movies.
The last thing I saw in his embrace were a pair of dead-fish eyes closing in pain but also relief. What the hell was this human male? My sharp nose told me that he had fractured one of his legs and was bleeding from some minor wounds but he had protected me perfectly from the danger. More importantly I could not smell any head injury on him. He would be needing a functioning brain to support her. And even more importantly I could not smell any damage to his reproductive organs. Those were vital for what I had planned for him.
My name is Sable, and I have just found a worthy mate for my sister.
I wonder how many of you picked up on the inconsistencies regarding the identity of the MC and at what stage. I did my best to try to be as ambiguous as possible by sticking to the common points between the two but some clues still slipped through. I may have even bent a few traits to the limit of stretching.
It would have been much easier with people similar to him in certain aspects like Ebina, Hayama, Iroha or Haruno. Specially Ebina's thought process is likely way too similar to his, except for BL. Iroha and Haruno on the other hand have way too much of trademark quotes to realistically hide their identities.