Here's how I'd "fix" the anime. The first thing I'd do is give a good reason for why all the boys are obsessed with Ema. I'd have their biological father die horribly in an accident. Then Miwa, being so stricken with grief, goes into overprotective mode and isolates her and her sons in a mansion in the middle of the forest. They would have all of their food and supplies delivered to their house, be homeschooled, and have all of the staff be men to give the sons some semblance of a male role model. Then, once Miwa meets Rintarou, and allows her heart to love again, she allows her sons to have more freedom. Little did she know, the damage had already been done. Since Ema would be the first girl that the boys meet that's their own age and isn't their mom, they'd all go feral over her since they've never been socialized around other girls. I'd also have all the boys be teenagers. Like 2 sets of quintuplets and 1 set of triplets. That way, at the very least, their age ranges would be 14 - 17. Isolation plus raging hormones that they don't understand would also explain all of their irrationally horny behavior. I'd also have them only know love and romance through anime and manga. I'd also explore the ramifications of having so many siblings, such as parentification. That's sadly a common thing with large families, especially if the oldest sibling is a girl. There's no way a family that large, with no visible nannies, wouldn't have the oldest siblings be parentified to hell and back. So exploring how their conflicted emotions coupled with the burdens of being the oldest males in the family would make for interesting storytelling as well as further justify their irrational behavior. Most of all, I'd have the finale be that Ema helps all of the brothers get their own girlfriends by teaching them how to behave around girls. That would give them all a reason to bond by having Ema get to know all of the boys and their wants and personalities. Then it all ends with everyone in separate relationships, and Ema is happy staying single and surrounded by people who love her as family.
Review of Brothers Conflict
