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A common cop-out in anime, manga and soap operas, when a series is based on Brother-Sister Incest, is to reveal towards the end, or explicitly state in the opening monologue, that they're Not Blood Siblings. Usually, for all intents and purposes, everyone acts like they are. Alternatively, it can be used to explain why everyone's okay with the relationship. This can also be foreshadowing for such a relationship, as many shows usually wouldn't make a big deal about adopted children unless there was a Changeling Fantasy involved. Examples of Not Blood Siblings include:

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  • A common cop-out in anime, manga and soap operas, when a series is based on Brother-Sister Incest, is to reveal towards the end, or explicitly state in the opening monologue, that they're Not Blood Siblings. Usually, for all intents and purposes, everyone acts like they are. Alternatively, it can be used to explain why everyone's okay with the relationship. This can also be foreshadowing for such a relationship, as many shows usually wouldn't make a big deal about adopted children unless there was a Changeling Fantasy involved. Examples of Not Blood Siblings include:
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  • A common cop-out in anime, manga and soap operas, when a series is based on Brother-Sister Incest, is to reveal towards the end, or explicitly state in the opening monologue, that they're Not Blood Siblings. Usually, for all intents and purposes, everyone acts like they are. Alternatively, it can be used to explain why everyone's okay with the relationship. This can also be foreshadowing for such a relationship, as many shows usually wouldn't make a big deal about adopted children unless there was a Changeling Fantasy involved. Sometimes this is a result of Bowdlerization, Media Watchdogs, and Executive Meddling, in that in the original series they were blood relations. It also comes up in Moe, for fans who, while probably not having siblings, still feel a bit too squicky about it. First Girl Wins can sometimes explain the prevalence of this trope. This trope is often related to Flirty Stepsiblings and Little Sister Heroine. But not by blood, of course. Needless to say, these tropes tend to gross out anyone who actually has stepsiblings. In older works, when sex shouldn't even be hinted in family friendly stories, main child characters are usually Conveniently Adopted Orphan. That way, the main male and female character don't have to be accounted as their actual parents. This situation does lead to a lot of confusion with readers. A boy and a girl are adopted by a family, therefore appear to be brother and sister, but still have a romance thing going on and jealousy when one of them has success with another love interest. Since the situation isn't always explicitly explained to readers this often leads to disturbing confusing ideas with the readers. Examples of Not Blood Siblings include:
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