Bijukubo

Growing up, Yohei assumed Kaho was his mother — then one day she sits him down and tells him she's actually his father's older sister, and that his real mother died a long time ago. That single conversation quietly reshapes everything he thought he understood about his family. The story gets more complicated when a woman named Ikue moves in next door, immediately breaks down crying the moment she sees Yohei, and claims to be connected to his biological mother. Kaho and Fumika, his cousin, are not happy about her showing up. What starts as a domestic family drama becomes something more layered as secrets about Yohei's past slowly surface and the relationships around him shift in unexpected directions. This 2-episode OVA is adapted from a visual novel, so the character writing has a bit more depth than you'd usually expect from something this short — the setup feels deliberate rather than rushed. The character artwork from Daifuku Suginami gives it a clean, detailed look that fans of the genre tend to appreciate. If you've watched Ane Koi or Aneimo and liked how those handled complicated family dynamics with some emotional grounding, this sits in similar territory. Oni Chichi fans will also find the general setup familiar. It's not a long commitment at two episodes, and the visual novel roots mean the story actually bothers to set up its characters before anything else happens.