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Sasami Tsukuyomi is a beautiful tenth-grade girl who happens to be [[{{Hikikomori}} a total shut-in]], refusing to even go out of her house. She constantly relies on her doting older brother Kamiomi, a teacher in her school, to take care of her, including dressing her up, even though she despises his slavish devotion to her. She spends most of her time watching Kamiomi's daily life outside the house through her "Brother Surveillance Tool" and his interactions with the Yagami sisters -- fellow teacher Tsurugi, who looks too young for her thirty-one years of age; Kagami, the middle sister, Sasami's classmate and a sleepy sixteen-year-old; and Tama, the youngest at age nine with a ridiculously hot body.

As it turns out, however, his life is not so ordinary, and that's what slowly motivates Sasami to start connecting with society.

''Sasami-san@Ganbaranai'' ("[=Sasami-san@NoEffort=]") is a light novel series written by Akira and illustrated by Hidari, published by Shogakukan under the ''Gagaga Bunko'' brand, currently standing at ten volumes since 2010. It is also adapted into a manga with illustrations by Akira Nishikawa and published in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shonen Sunday'' since October 2012, as well as a TwelveEpisodeAnime directed by AkiyukiShinbo and produced by StudioShaft as part of the Winter2013Anime block.
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!!The series provides examples of:

* ActorAllusion
** In Episode 1 Tsurugi (ChiwaSaito) gets to revel in melee combat a la [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Homura Akemi]].
** From the same episode, Kagami (KanaHanazawa) sprouted mechanical wings, alluding to her role as [[Anime/AngelBeats Tenshi]].
* AnimalMotifs: Frogs for Tama.
* BadassFamily: The Yagami sisters.
* BigBrotherAttraction: Tama to her "Paparin" Kamiomi.
* BlandNameProduct
** In Episode 1 Sasami receives Valentine's chocolate shipped by "''Amazon''as".
** Sasami watches her brothers' activity through her [[Creator/{{Sony}} Vayo]].
** In Episode 2, there is a fridge full of Red Blue. The logo looks like a bull.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Tama, Kagami and Tsurugi, respectively (the order also coincides with their age order, youngest to oldest).
* CastingGag: This isn't the first time ChiwaSaito has voiced a [[Anime/PaniPoniDash childlike teacher]].
* CheerfulChild[=/=]GenkiGirl: Tama
* ChristmasCake: Tsurugi is still single for a woman in her thirties. Or, as Sasami calls her, a "prepubescent hag".
* ClingyJealousGirl: Sasami to her brother.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Kamiomi freely admits that he has no common sense.
* DeflectorShields: Tama's power.
* TheFaceless: For some reason Kamiomi walks around holding his suitcase, frying pans, etc. in front of his face. Even the opening isn't immune.
* {{Hikikomori}}: The eponymous Sasami... and she looks too hot to be a total recluse.
* HypocriticalHumor: In Episode 2, Tsurugi childishly berates Kamiomi for being childishly happy after winning a jenga game against her.
* IncestSubtext: Kamiomi is far too coddling to Sasami; likewise Sasami is far too possessive of Kamiomi.
* {{Lolicon}}: In the novel, when [[OlderThanTheyLook Tsurugi]] gives Kamiomi chocolate, several male teachers beat him up and steal it. She even complains about the (unwanted) attention she gets.
* MindScrew: Which makes its production by StudioShaft very understandable. For example, in Episode 1 alone, the world almost completely turned into chocolate, with the Yagami sisters fighting chocolate monsters.
* NamesToKnowInAnime
** KanaAsumi as Sasami Tsukuyomi
** HochuOtsuka as Kamiomi Tsukuyomi
** ChiwaSaito as Tsurugi Yagami
** KanaHanazawa as Kagami Yagami
** AiNonaka as Tama Yagami
* OlderThanTheyLook: Tsurugi looks like a little kid. She's actually 31, and acts even older than that.
* PungeonMaster: Kagami.
* RealityWarper: When Kamiomi goes to buy chocolate for his sister, [[ApocalypseHow Apochocolypse]] happens.
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming
** Kamiomi and Sasami's surname is Tsukuyomi, the Moon God.
** Yagami sisters' names are based off the three Imperial Regalia: sword (Tsurugi), mirror (Kagami), and jewel (Tama). 
* RobotGirl: Kagami can turn her right hand into [[PlayingWithFire a flamethrower]], her left into [[AnIcePerson a cryogenic gun]], and has [[MacrossMissileMassacre an entire array of missiles]] over her torso (including TorpedoTits), as well as mechanical wings. She also has her own internet connection.
* ShoutOut
** In one scene, Kamiomi is seen doing the [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Hare Hare Yukai Dance]], much to Kagami's disgust.
*** In the next episode Kagami herself references the same series, explaining that her online game character is a vet and not a nurse, because she has "no interest in ordinary humans".
*** Might also count as a bit of foreshadowing, since it's revealed that much like [[spoiler:HaruhiSuzumiya, Kamiomi is able to warp reality at his subconscious whim, what with being the current Amaterasu.]]
** While browsing the internet, Sasami encounters an anime called "[[VisualNovel/KoiToSenkyoToChocolate Choco and Choco and Chocolate]]", causing her to quip...
--->"What happened to [[VisualNovel/KoiToSenkyoToChocolate love and elections]]?"
** Kagami doubles over and sprouts robotic wings from her back, reminiscent of ''Manga/{{Gunnm}}'' or ''Manga/{{Saikano}}''. The homing missile canisters she drops are also very like those Chise produces.
** The sound effect of [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Grief Seeds]] cracking open is reused. Episode 1 also even features a MagicalGirl battle in a city with a somewhat surreal chocolate monster.
*** The chocolate dragons bear more than a passing resemblance to the tree dragons of Anime/OriginSpiritsOfThePast.
** The DVD that Kagami checks out in Sasami's room in Episode 2 is called [[TheRockyHorrorPictureShow The Macky Horror Picture Show]].
*** Also, the speech balloon in the cover reads [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam "I wanna have a pure time. Everyone's a noble mind."]]
* {{Sleepyhead}}: Kagami
* SpitTake: In Episode 1 Sasami spews out the barley tea she was sipping when she sees a rather saucy scene from one of Tsurugi's eroges as seen through her "Brother Surveillance Tool".
* StylisticSuck: KanaAsumi sings the ending theme as Sasami '''very''' half-heartedly.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Tama refers to herself as such, which is justifiable, considering she is actually a little kid.
* TorpedoTits: As lampshaded by Tsurugi, Kagami has these. She's a bit dismayed that Kagami didn't use them more effectively.
* {{Tsundere}}: Tsurugi plays a Type B towards Kamiomi.
* VomitDiscretionShot: Every time Sasami tries to leave the house she vomits, but it's covered up by a card that [[TakeOurWordForIt says she vomited]].
* WidgetSeries: The anime is an adaptation of a LightNovel written by the author of KyouranKazokuNikki, directed by AkiyukiShinbo, and animated by StudioShaft. 'Nuff said.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Tama looks like a mature lady. She's actually nine, and acts even younger than that.
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