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Feb 06 2008

Categories: anime, episodic review, minami-ke
Tagged: minami-ke

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Donkey eating carrot stuffed animal? $20. Live eel? $30. Glass rabbit charm? $50. Earning the wrath of Haruka? Priceless.

(I’d include a “White cotton shirt? $15” for Hosaka, but he doesn’t seem to need it…)

I think one thing ~Okawari~ is bringing home is the fact that Haruka is, undeniably, someone that you just do not want to mess with. She’s one side goddess, one side dominatrix. And, uh, I think I have a lot of willing readers who would want to be disciplined by her. My biggest complaint about Minami-ke ~Okawari~ right now would be… I need my Haruka fix! It’s like after they deployed her flotation devices, I want more. It’s like a drug. I’m eagerly awaiting more ~Okawari~ just hoping for the next hit of Haruka goodness. No wonder they named this series “seconds”! Oh damn you Asread, damn you.

Funniest Moments

How can Haruka not be tapping that?! Honestly, on a scale from 1 to 10, how gay are you for Hosaka? I’m about a 12. And I think Maki wants Hosaka all to herself, hence why she’s not letting Haruka see him shirtless.

(~Okawari~ desperately needs a Hosaka-centric episode. Preferably with more ridiculous Haruka daydreams… like can we get one with a 25 story tall shirtless Hosaka scaling the Empire State Building while clutching a plunging neckline Haruka? Can we get one with a shirtless Dr. Hosaka and plunging neckline Nurse Haruka? I mean, it’s an A+ episode waiting to happen.)

Really enjoyed Haruka’s outfit this episode. I’m beginning to think that Yoko is Haruka’s and Hosaka’s love child. How else can you explain the anti-modesty and the ass at the same time? Plus Yoko has a “don’t fuck with me” mode, which definitely comes from Haruka. She can also daydream, which definitely comes from Hosaka.

“Aren’t you going to answer that?”

Though the best Haruka moment of this episode was when she broke Chiaki and greeted Kana at the door. That was… Harukatastic. Between the previous episode and this one, I’m wondering what’s scarier when mad: Haruka Minami or Haruhi Suzumiya? In any case, this scene reminds me of any cheesy scary Japanese movie. I’m shocked that Kana didn’t pee in her pants. Fantastic end to the episode… well… except if you’re Kana.

And, right before that, Chiaki’s turn. She’s freaking out like Sarah Michelle Gellar in a bad Hollywood remake of a classic Japanese movie. Hosaka, if you ever get on base with Haruka, do not even look at other women. Just do not. Though it does explain why Yoko was an orphan…

(Chiaki’s face when Haruka put her hand on her shoulder… it must be the same exact face that every Phoenix Suns fan had when they heard that they traded for Shaq.)

“Gomen nasai gomen nasai gomen nasai.”

A few years ago, whenever I saw a scene composition like this one, I thought about The Shining and the ax. Now? I think about Rena and a butcher’s knife. How anime has reshaped my world. And I still can’t go to the supermarket, look at a head of cabbage, and not break down laughing. Needless to say, it’s been a long time since I have successfully purchased any.

Poor Uchida. Pobrecita.

I didn’t really get the Fujioka-kuma ronin shtick, though the bazooka bear was funny. But it would have been 10,000 times more awesome if Bonta-kun showed up. And 100,000 times more awesome if that mechanical thing in the running dream from Clannad showed up.

Kana is becoming more and more like Fredo every episode. Her completely inability to give good directions and her impulsiveness… well… it’s either that she’s Fredo or she’s Celestial Being’s Veda.

Chiaki… when you are ever going to learn… never, ever trust Kana. If hugging live fish in a sexual way in a public marketplace is a 10 out of 10 on the scale of bad ideas, trusting Kana is at least an 11… eleven hundred.

Two things that would have made this scene significantly more hilarious: if that hat on Fujioka-kuma were Fuko’s, and if Chiaki’s milk carton had a picture of Fuko on the side with a “Have you seen me?” caption. I’d laugh.

Baka Gundam… launch!

(The blaxploitation music was tremendous during Kana’s searching scene / Chiaki’s meditation scene. If you can’t meditate to blaxploitation music, I don’t know what can you meditate to.)

And from last time…

Sheba: Can Shion stab Ayu and bury her under the snow?

My top five anime characters that I want to see go stabby looks like… right now…

5. The chick from True Tears (not the crazy one or the one who cooks… the jealous one… I really should remember their names…).

4. Any of the Kimikiss heroines. Please!

3. Nagi Sanzenin after she catches Nekomimi Hayate in the throes of passion with Maria.

2. Nena Trinity. Probably fate that there’s two Rie Kugimiya characters on this list.

1. Haruka Minami.

sh: I finally figured out what to call hosaka, ‘fabulous’.

BZZZZT! Nope. GAR. He’s definitely applying to the pantheon along with Simon, Taniguchi, and Dan-kun. We’re actually starting construction on the Gar Pantheon this spring.

PQQ: The Rukia Useless Anime Characters All-Stars? I’d like to see this pantheon. But would they really be considered All-Stars?

Hell yeah! Why not? Though I did think about calling it the Relena Peacecraft All-Stars instead… though Rukia is the stereotypical useless female lead in a shounen anime. Whenever I think of Relena, I think of wet blanket more than useless, so maybe it’ll be the Relena Peacecraft Wet Blanket All-Stars… but I think Nemu is the queen of wet blankets… mmm… Rukia it is!

Ayu: ~Uguu?
Nayuki: Your creation is a big mistake in the visual novel anime adapatation history, and thus will serve as a reference for future writers on what type of character to avoid.

I’d say Makoto was the worst Key haremette. Seriously, how is a girl who is mentally rapidly degrading harem material? Unless Key has a lot of visual novel fans who always wanted to bed a cat turned underaged girl who is quickly regressing into a toddler. Oh gosh. Don’t answer that. The thought of any non-rhetorical answer makes me feel like Chiaki after Haruka finds out about the rabbit. (Fuko’s a close second though. Dozo!)

Chen: The poster looks more like Brad Pitt to me who, let’s be honest, is in every teenage girl’s wet fantasy.

Hosaka > Brad Pitt. I’m definitely rooting for a Mr. and Mrs. Smith parody with Hosaka and Haruka. A Fight Club parody would work too since one of the rules of Fight Club is no shirt, no shoes…

issa-sa: It honestly took much too long for me to finally get that 5 little girls joke.

Yep… these are my readers.