Natsuki’s version of “The Look” An episode about attitude, ideas, and communication - or lack thereof.  Also an excuse to show Chiaki’s more childish side, as well as give the animators a reason to show some skin. The driving force behind much of the humour is how poor communications or its lack, create the situations from which [...]
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みなみけ おかえり Episode 10SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Touma gets caught in the rain as she heads to the female Minami residence. After taking a warm bath to warm herself up, she's waiting for her clothing to dry and asks for Chiaki to give her some clothing. Chiaki doesn't like her attitude, which changes when Fujioka shows up. When Fujioka starts to chastise Touma for fighting with Chiaki, Touma
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If you were to do a mental examination of all the characters on this show, I think it’d be hard to figure out who’s most messed up in the head. In season 1, Kana was out there, but now you could probably consider her to be one of the most sanest characters on the show. From Hosaka’s obvious delusions, to Natsuki’s growing social awkwardness, to the gender-role confusion that Mako-chan, Touma, and Fujioka are bound to share – no one is safe from the madness. Part 1: Clothes fit for a King
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Minami-ke Okaeri is proving to be as varied as ever in terms of episode quality, but on this particular occasion this falls in its favour, as episode ten proves to be towards the more amusing end of the scale.The episode begins with a torrential downpour that catches Touma out, leaving her drenched. Of course, Haruka makes sure that she gets a warm bath and hot chocolate, but Chiaki is far from
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         This episode begins with Touma getting soaking wet while walking to Chiaki’s house. When Haruka see her state she has Chiaki run a bath for her, and Haruka and Kana proceed to fawn over her. Chiaki doesn’t like the attention Touma is getting and feels that she’s not being grateful enough. So, when Chiaki [...]
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What’s up with Fujioka, he open’s his legs and a loli sits down…This episode was mostly a collection of Fujioka/Touma misunderstandings. Funny stuff, espesially when He make’s Touma do morning workouts because he is getting flabby and fat in the chest. We also get a short about Touma’s brother hillariously asking the Minami’s a favor. [...]
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  It gets in the bath or it gets the hose. Impressions: Well, they can’t all be as good as last week, but this one was especially dull. I’m not sure why they decided to introduce a new character so late in the run, but she’s already in as many episodes as Hitomi. Why did they even bother [...]
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Natsuki (!) steals the show. Thank god somebody stepped up...
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This is just a short post on my thoughts for both episodes, which I watched raw, mentioned in the title. I will detail Soul Eater’s fight between the Kishin and Shinigami first, before moving on to what I consider the most owning segment of Minami-ke Okaeri so far. Obviously spoilers follow. Soul Eater 48 The fight was [...]
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Episode 9 shifts the season to winter, and christmas is around the corner for the Minami family. I think it would be rather approriate for the show to be airing sometime during Winter… but the show had to be aired at the end of Winter. Kind of weird to see an episode about christmas and all [...]
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       This episode begins with Kana bringing some oranges to the Kotatsu, and both Chiaki and Touma watch Kana eating, then they both grab for the same orange. At school, Uchida comes running up to Makoto and tells him that Chiaki and Touma are fighting. Uchida pleads with Makoto to stop the hostility, but he tells her [...]
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  I bet that I get the best Google results. Impressions: This was easily the best episode of this season of Minami to date. The third part was pretty weak, but the fourth was an absolute riot. Watching Chiaki bark at Natsuki while he growled back between flashing his creepy smile at Haruka was absolutely priceless. [...]
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When I first became aware of Toradora!, I noticed that the lead female character (Taiga) had a character design similar to Chiaki's from Minami-ke, especially with the hair style. So the other day when I saw an image of the two of them together, I laughed and had to share the love.
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みなみけ おかえり Episode 09SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Its nearly time for Christmas and Kana grabs some mandarin oranges from a case of them in the Minami residence for consumption. Eying the oranges on the table, Touma and Chiaki go for them at the same time. The next day at school, Uchida reports to Makoto that Touma and Chiaki are fighting. Uchida wants Makoto to do something, but he's not getting
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Chiaki’s shrew-like tongue is sharp as ever with Bakayaro’s flying left and right. After a good stretch of hilarious episodes, this ep was pretty average. The odd timing for a Christmas episode didn’t help either, although I still got a chuckle out of the Hosaka hallucination. Part 1: Brought to you by the orange growers of the world
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There's always something indescribably odd about watching Christmas-centric episodes at the beginning of March. Still, at least the weather is suitably seasonal for such an episode here in the UK right now, which is a start.Anyhow, this episode kicks off with conflict aplenty - The cause of it all? Oranges. Well, to be more precise, Kana's refusal to give anyone else an orange she's picked out
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       This episode begins with starts with Yoshino and Uchida buying some sweet potatoes from a vendor then heading to the Minami apartment where Kana starts going over the “laws’ of getting a boyfriend. Kana has them begin their training by acting weak, pretending to be unable to open a soda can. When put into [...]
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Envy, greed, sloth, and a beard made of icing - the four cardinal sins of Christmas
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From Totali at Subculture, taken from Minami-ke Okaeri Episode 9, apparently. What is unusual about this particular mikan box is that it actually appears to be holding oranges. Who’da thunk it? I guess I’ll have to give Totali this one, though I don’t actually watch Minami-ke myself - I’m trusting him not to have photoshopped that [...]
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