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Please Excuse My Younger Brothers(2026)

Also known as Uchi no Ototo-domo ga Sumimasen • Uchi no Otōto-domo ga Sumimasen • Uchi no Otouto-domo ga Sumimasen

Archived · Tokyo MX

7.824 eps
S01
AnimationComedy
ON AIR: JUL 3Season 1Archived listing

What to Expect

PremiereLens read

Please Excuse My Younger Brothers makes sibling friction the source of its light, comedy-first storytelling. Four distinct personalities pull the household in different directions, repeatedly upsetting their older sister's expectations. The jokes grow out of that mismatch, with the ensemble's contrasting temperaments giving everyday family adjustment more room than romance or big dramatic turns.

Becoming the eldest sister means learning a role very different from being an only child. That adjustment unfolds through episodic domestic comedy, with small wins marking progress toward feeling like a family. The household can be unruly without turning every disagreement into a crisis; its warmer moments come from gradually making this unfamiliar arrangement work.

Best for

blended family comedy, sibling chaos and Animation

Story lane

Animation and Comedy

Commitment

Season 1 · 24 episodes

Where

Tokyo MX

Official Premise

A high school sophomore looks forward to gaining a new father after her mother remarries, but discovers she now has four younger stepbrothers. Adjusting from life as an only child to becoming the eldest sister, she navigates a lively household filled with contrasting personalities.

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