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

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  (#7) Lelouch Lamperouge

  • Code Geass

  At the start of Code Geass, Lelouch Lamperouge is actually a doting older brother who prioritizes his sister Nunnally above everything. While his actual feelings don't change, his behavior does. Once he formulates his ultimate plan for world peace, he starts acting like a complete jerk to everyone who cares about him, including his sister - largely by ignoring her since he has trouble with direct cruelty when it comes to the people he loves. It's only when Lelouch is about to pass away that Nunnally finds out the meaning behind his bizarre and distant behavior.

  Meanwhile, Lelouch has his own aloof older brother, Prince Schneizel. This family just can't win. 
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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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  (#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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  (#2) Byakuya Kuchiki

  • Bleach, Bleach: Fade to Black, Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion, Bleach: Memories of Nobody

  Byakuya Kuchiki has two conflicting goals: uphold the law at all costs, and protect his younger sister-in-law at all costs. The first one is a promise he made to his late parents, while the second is a promise he made to Hisana, his late wife. When Hisana's sister Rukia breaks the law, Byakuya has to figure out his priorities. 

  For a long time, he's cold and standoffish to Rukia, and at one point he even agrees that she should receive the ultimate penalty for breaking the law. But with Ichigo's help, he changes his ways, and becomes protective towards Rukia instead. 

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