I wonder: when will I ever stop falling on the trap of incestuous plot? When will it stop waiting for me in the bushes and then sneak attack when Im least expecting it? Do I have to just NOT read anything with siblings or what???? sigh So. Akatsuki ni Tatsu Lion is about an orphaned sister whose brother left her to do some activism on Turkey. Cool. Except one of the guys from his group is murdered and the police highly suspect of him. Not cool. So there his sister goes to Turkey to figure out a way to acquit his brother from such a crime and to well figure out where he is cause hes missing. Sounds interesting enough but then the manga does everything possible in its power to screw it up. 1 The plot Fast forward through some action/thriller scenes someones trying to kill her theres an actual mystery in place here and this COULD have been an excellent manga just from that alone. It didnt need a romantic subplot but well this is a shoujo afterall. The problem is: its a really short story. When the plot starts to pick up its already over. We find out whos the killer what happened to the brother what was going on etc etc. Almost as if the mangaka wanted it to be over already so she rushed everything into 3 chapters. 2 The romance The romance subplot wasnt even necessary in the first place. And in the second place: its barely even developed She meets a guy from her brothers group and he helps her around. Hes a native hes handsome hes kind to her and hes kind of mysterious. Thats... all really. Their entire time together is spent trying to solve the mystery of the brother and trying to get a clue as to where he is. And then out of NOWHERE in the end they kind of get together because the guy had a crush on her. Uhmmmm???? He doesnt even know her???? His knowledge of her comes from the brother who never shuts up about her and then from the short really short time they were together scooby dooing around. Thats honestly not enough of a reason for me to buy that crush thing. And now I saved the worst for last: 3 The incest She talks WAY too much about her brother. Like way more than siblings should. Theres even a flashback of her as a kid and him as a teenager and she says big brother I want to marry you when I grow up ... Well okay. Maybe Im just being paranoid maybe this is just harmless sisterly love because her parents died and her brother is her only family and she really holds him dear. Maybe at that age she didnt know what she was saying. Okay. Except the brothers girlfriend comes up in the end and tells her about how jealous she was of her because the dude also wouldnt shut up about his dear little sister. Well okay. Maybe the girlfriend is just as paranoid as I am maybe the dude is just really overprotective of his sister since AGAIN they only had each other. Thats not enough of a reas He was IN LOVE with you Erina His own sister Thats disgusting It really is revealed that he had romantic feelings for his sister. Its not just something spit out in anger its truthfully a part of the story. And then after everything else is said and done the sister goes and says: Yeah I was in love with him too. But its okay we werent real siblings we were children of separate marriages. How how is that okay? How is that even REMOTELY okay? What? So just because youre only HALF related to blood its cool? Or just because youre not related to blood at all its also cool? Bitch no lol nothing about this is okay. I was right all along this smelled of surprise incest since the beginning and yet I still thought I was just being silly. The only good thing about this manga and the only reason why I dont give it a lower score is the art. The mangaka is VERY talented the art is very beautiful to look at. But this specific manga isnt worth your time. It couldve been better developed and it definitely didnt need the incestual tones.