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'''Warning: There are unmarked spoilers from the [[Light Novels]] that have not been animated yet. You have been warned.'''

* [[It's All About Me]] - Kirino starts out like this, but improves greatly over the course of the story. It's implied later on that she acted like this earlier to hide her embarassment in typical [[Tsundere]] fashion.

* {{spoiler|[[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]] - After the incident with Kyousuke telling her he doesn't want her dating other guys, she was about to tell him the same when she found out Kuroneko was about to confess to him. She decides that being jealous is better than Kyousuke being sad and denying her best friend a shot at happiness, especially knowing how shy Kuroneko really is.}}

* [[Lack of Empathy]] - Although even anime Kirino seems to get some eventually, as shown in Episode 9 when she plays an eroge and finds herself in Kyousuke's shoes. This is explicitly pointed out in the [[DVD Commentary]] and expanded on in the PSP [[Visual Novel]].

* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]] - In the PSP [[Visual Novel]], Kirino catches this through a combination of her jealousy towards Manami going with Kyousuke on the class trip and Kuroneko pointing out how similar Kirino's situation is to an eroge and telling her that she would lose sense of reality. It only affects her memory of anything related to her otaku hobby, including all development of her relationship with Kyousuke. The "convenience" of how exact this is is lampshaded immediately and repeatedly.

* [[Male Gaze]] - [http://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=587010 The shots of her ass in the anime][http://www.mangafox.com/manga/my_little_sister_can_t_be_this_cute/v01/c001/32.html and the manga.] Kyousuke even [[Deadpan Snarker|coolly says]] "nice ass" to her in the in-character [[DVD Commentary]] when this particular shot comes up.

* [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]] - Kirino is manic to an extent, and looks the part, but it's actually Kyousuke who brings Kirino out of the solitude caused by her hobby. On the other hand, Kyousuke also starts to have a much more interesting life as a result of his actions, so it works both ways.

* [[Ms. Fanservice]] - This isn't really a fanservice series (one can even count the total amount of [[Panty Shot|Panty Shots]] on the hands), but almost all fanservicey shots come from Kirino.

* [[Not Blood Related]] - In an [[What If|If]] route (which is even less canon than the other routes of the PSP game), Kyousuke discovers that he's not actually Kirino's brother. As soon as both siblings are aware of this, they almost immediately start a relationship. The ''night'' Kirino finds out, she tells Kyousuke to sleep<ref>what definition of sleep is ambiguous, but she's putting on her kissy face while she says it</ref> with her so she can be sure he won't move away now that he knows he's not related to the family.

* [[Otaku Surrogate]] - [[Periphery Demographic|Her taste in anime and eroge]]. Said anime and eroge are often aimed at [[Seinen|older men]]. In one scene in the PSP [[Visual Novel]] where she's attending a Meruru live event, her line while screaming like a maniac is tagged "Otaku" instead of her name.

* [[Panty Shot]] - The camera does not want to cooperate with those short skirts she likes to wear.

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]] - The red to Kyousuke and Kuroneko's blue.

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Kuroneko's relationship with Kyousuke also developed quite a lot. First seeing him as an older brother who does just about anything for his bratty younger sister, she tells Kirino that's she's jealous and calls Kyousuke "nii-san". In the 5th novel she starts attending Kyousuke's school and at that point calls him [[Senpai Kouhai|sempai]]. {{spoiler|And at the end of volume 7, they enter a relationship.}}

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* [[Audio Erotica]] - In-series, Kyousuke is a bit stimulated when he hears Kuroneko's voice in the vocal foley for a game they were making.

* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]] - It doesn't come up in the anime, but Kuroneko is very possessive of Kyousuke. In the [[Visual Novel]], she mocks Kyousuke when meeting him going out with Manami in that route, and [[Green-Eyed Monster|rats him out in a pretty cowardly fashion to Kirino in Ayase's route. She outright states she did the latter because of her jealousy.]]

* [[Cool Big Sis]] - To Kirino and Kuroneko.

* [[Cosplay Otaku Girl]] - She comes up with the idea of the maid party for Kyousuke to apologize for Kirino and Kuroneko planning the [[Porn Stash]] trap for Manami to find. The anime implies this was partly to have an excuse to dress herself and her friends in custom made maid outfits she ordered. Also, in the PSP game, she shows Kyousuke a stack of cosplay photos she took to try and "get the otaku urges out" of her in preparation for her [[Arranged Marriage]], including a [[Sarashi]] Bikini kind of outfit that makes Kyousuke do a [[Spit Take]].

* [[Embarrassing Nickname]]: Sure, Saori's chosen surname of "Bajeena" may be a well known [[Gundam]] character, but to those uninitiated to anime it sounds [[Freud Was Right|awkwardly like a prominent part of the female reproductive anatomy]], so much so that Kyousuke did a ''massive'' [[Spit Take]] from shock when he first heard it.

* [[Huge Schoolgirl]] - Subverted big time. She's a cheerful leader type with excellent social skills, defying any height complex and the socially inept otaku stereotype.

* [[Playing Against Type]] - After a decade of playing emotionally-reserved and dead-serious warriors like Kanu Unchou of ''Ikki Tousen'', [[Hitomi Nabatame]] finally sinks her teeth into a bright and upbeat role like Saori.

* {{spoiler|[[Secretly Wealthy]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Shrinking Violet]]: She used to be one.}}

* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]

* [[Childhood Friend Romance]] - {{spoiler|Hasn't worked out so far in the novels, but she's an option in the PSP [[Visual Novel]].}}

* [[Foil]] - Manami is what Kirino is not: nice to Kyousuke, [[Generic Cuteness|plain]], and almost pathologically normal in every way. Kyousuke makes this comparison himself when she's first introduced. No wonder Kirino {{spoiler|(and eventually even Kuroneko)}} dislikes her.

* [[In-Series Nickname]] - Kuroneko calls her [[wikipedia:Belphegor|"Belphegor"]] even before actually meeting her, based on Kirino's stories that she's a seductress underneath that sweet exterior.

* [[Meganekko]]

* [[Out of Focus]] - She becomes less and less prominent in the later novels.

* [[She Cleans Up Nicely]] - An [[What If|If]] route shows her becoming an idol with a different hairstyle and no glasses, and she arguably looks as cute as the girls who are professional models. Of course, [[Generic Cuteness]] may be in effect here.

* [[Turn the Other Cheek]] - She takes the jealousy-motivated rudeness from Kirino and Kuroneko in stride and doesn't even seem cross with them.

* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] - As far as her personality goes, she's probably the closest girl in the show to the ideal Japanese wife.

* [[Blackmail Is Such an Ugly Word]] - In her mini-route, Kanako blackmails Kyousuke into paying for various activities in return for not telling Kirino that her "manager" was Kyousuke. Rather than blackmail, she calls it "courteous service for a lady," which Kyousuke can't help but laugh at.

* [[Girlish Pigtails]]

* [[Older Than They Look]]

* [[Pettanko]] - She's self conscious about being flat chested and undeveloped in the [[Visual Novel]], to the point of teasing Kyousuke about being a [[Lolicon]] when he shows some attraction to her. In both the Light Novel and the Visual Novel, she basically forces Kyousuke to fondle her chest.

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* [[Megane]]

* [[The Patriarch]]

** In volume 9, he has a contest with Kyousuke over whose sister is the cutest. {{spoiler|Sena wins after kissing Kouhei on the cheek for a picture.}}

* [[Handsome Lech]] - Kouhei is implied to be quite good looking and popular with the ladies. Of course, we only ever really hear about his relationship with his little sister and the perverse otaku baggage that brings...

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]] - He and Kyousuke have a relationship surprisingly similar to that between Kuroneko and Kirino, although not as intense.

 

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]] - The red to Kuroneko's blue.

* [[Serious Business]] - Her Yaoi

* [[Tsundere]] - She's a Type B in that she only acts deredere to her brother Kouhei. This is especially obvious in the [[DVD Commentary]] for Episode 13, but can be seen in her interaction with him on the phone during the actual episode as well.

* [[Yaoi Fangirl]] - [[Up to Eleven|So much so]] she fantasizes about one of her clubmates getting gangraped by the other members. Cue looks of horror and disbelief from her fellow club members when she [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?|blurts this out]].