

The basic premise of _Kenka Banchou Otome_ (the anime, anyway) is that
Onigashima Hikaru (a boy) and Nakayama Hinako (a girl) swap places, resulting
in Hinako attending Shishiku Academy (a boy's school) while disguied as
Hikaru.

Most of the main cast has never actually met the real Onigashima Hikaru prior
to the swap, and both Hikaru and Hinako are sort of androgynous, so the
deception works.

But Hikaru's elder brother Houou also attends Shishiku Academy, and encounters
Hinako (in the guise of Hikaru) multiple times, starting in episode 9. For
some reason, the disguise fools Houou as well - he shows no signs of being
aware that the person he's speaking with is not actually his brother Hikaru.

Is there a reason that Houou is also fooled by Hinako's disguise (other than
"the plot demands it")? We can infer, based on their conversation in episode
9, that Houou and the real Hikaru have met before (they weren't raised
separately or whatnot), so this is rather odd.


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Why can't Houou tell that Hinako isn't actually his brother?


Since every episode of the anime is very short, a lot of details are left out.
In the game it is mentioned by others and Houou himself that although they are
brothers, they don't live together and didn't see each other much.


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