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06 was another good episode. Right now it's a close match up between season 4 and season 3. S4 is obviously better visually, and has had solid ass bits the whole way through, but there hasn't been a truly legendary scene yet. I haven't seen something that's even as funny as some minor gags from season 3, like Fujioka stealing the snacks from Kana (maybe I'm the only one who found that hilarious?). And of course let's not even talk about season 1. A little while ago I was skipping through some S1 episodes because I was looking for a particular scene, and I constantly came across these random skits that I barely remembered and was like, "Holy shit that's funny" (eg Chiaki becoming the Terminator and scanning peoples' idiot levels). Best scene in S4 so far is a tie between any number of things: Maybe Fujioka expressing unbridled joy after getting the 100 yen piece, or Fujioka going Kaiji mode when dropping the eraser.
Don't interpret this as me complaining about S4 because this show is still too good. I never want the episodes to end. Being funny isn't EVERYTHING, and there's been lots of cute and touching moments, like the whole Chiaki/Mako-chan development this episode, and the ending, which was sad with a humourous spin. The normally ornery Chiaki looking so emotionally vulnerable makes it all the more Spoiler: show Quote:
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Minami-ke Tadaima Episode 07 was good, all-around cute fun. I can't narrow down the pictures this time to a reasonable number, so we'll have several galleries waiting inside. ^^; The 10/10 epic moment continues to elude us, but Episode 07 managed to deliver several solid "classic Minami-ke goodness" scenes. Spoiler: show A bit of an exhaustive half-episode summary half-occasional thoughts post. If you managed to read it all, good for you! I'm glad! But if it was a bit too much to handle, the Spoiler: show
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This episode was a big step down from last week's. Even the strongest bit wasn't as good as 06's weakest.
I do relate to Takeru, as I also have a problem where my cousin's daughters call me "uncle", followed up by me objecting, "HOLD IT! I'm your cousin!" and explaining what the definition of an uncle is. I'm not ready to be called uncle yet, I feel too old! Yeah, that ass was pretty ridiculous! Even speaking as an ass man myself, it's just grotesque when it appears out of nowhere like that. They at least need to do what other anime have done correctly, which is to establish that a character has a big ass from day 1, and they can even add exposition later where you find out that it's fueled by her Pizza Hut addiction.
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Re-reading an old post I made in the Fate/Zero thread, I just had the most awesome fanart crossover idea ever.
Haruka in Irisviel's clothes hugging or consoling Chiaki in Ilya's clothes would win multiple internets.
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1m37s into Minami-ke Tadaima Ep08 and OH ... MY ... GOD. This is incredible. It's totally fan-pandering, yes, but if the rest of the episode is this level of awesome ... do I dare to hope? Do I dare to dream!?
... AWWW MAAAAN! XD ^^; I set myself up to be disappointed. More after the break. Spoiler: show
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Minami-ke Tadaima Manga-TV comparisons ~ listed by manga chapter Flipping through the manga to see if Episode 08 was made for TV or not, here are some of the chapters I've found that we've seen. (Note: I'm just glancing out of the corner of my eye at a lot of these so that I don't get spoilered on chapters we've yet to see. If I type "---" it means that it looked new to me and I skipped past it as a result.) Spoiler: show In total, we have 27 chapters remaining out of 57 chapters we started off with between Betsubara (OAV 1) and Omatase (OAV 2). That's not bad, not bad at all. Furthermore, when Omatase came out, it came out alongside Volume 10 of the manga. So that's an additional 19 chapters (presumably), and while I have no idea how much or how little of it has been tapped so far, the 30 chapters that we have used proooooobably do correspond to the eight broadcast episodes of Tadaima so far. (That's around three to four manga chapters per episode. I can totally see that.) Mcsweeney, as you go through the list of chapters I identified, do you spot any noticeable absences from Tadaima Eps 01-08? (See my post below.) Last but certainly not least ... I'll have to re-examine my love/hate relationship with Episode 08. 'Cause like I said, I really did love certain aspects of it. It's just that ... ^^;;;;;; ... why must you shaft Hosaka so!? >_< And why must you have Chiaki, Hosaka, and Haruka fall prey to something so silly and bizarre?
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Minami-ke Tadaima TV-Manga comparisons ~ listed by TV episode & scene Above, I listed the manga chapters and told you what scenes they corresponded with in the TV series, indicating ones that hadn't shown up yet with a "---". In this post, I'll do the opposite: list all of the scenes in each episode in order, and tell you their corresponding manga chapters. Then, if there's a scene which didn't have a corresponding manga chapter, I'll indicate this with the words "made for TV". Keep in mind that anything labeled "made for TV" by me could be material from an earlier or later volume. I'm just looking through Volumes 7, 8, and 9 for now as those seem to be the chapters where most if not all of the material is coming from. I should note: a lot of the scenes have been embellished in their transition from manga to TV. But that has always been the case with Minami-ke. So when I say a certain scene "is" a certain chapter, I'm not claiming that 100% of all frames in the TV scene correspond with 100% of cels in the manga. Just that the overall stories match up. And if I write "made for TV", then I'll explain what the scene was since my scene breakdowns may not be the same as yours. If it does match up with the manga though, then I'll just say so. Brevity! Spoiler: show There are some noticeable trends, although they don't hold up 100% of the time. The first is that the opening scene to each episode is a made-for-TV scene. In many cases, however, these scenes are merely embellishments on scenes which will show up later in the episode and which do come from the manga. The second trend that I noticed is, for at least the first four episodes, the closing scene also seems to have been made-for-TV material. And even later on, some episodes' final scenes have manga-faithful bodies but made-for-TV closing moments, like the final bits of Episode 08 and like the embellishments given to the ending of Episode 05. (The phone call is much, much shorter in the manga and Akira doesn't scold Fujioka at all.)
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Looks like all of my predictions were correct, even Hosaka building the plate, which I second guessed myself on and thought may have been in the manga. I also assume that the entire pre-season OVA was made for TV (it was obvious).
Now for my episode 08 thoughts: Spoiler: show
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Your vision for how the first half of Episode 08 could have gone makes me all kinds of "T_T" that it didn't.
Spoiler: show There's actually a really clear example of this in Volume 06 of the manga. I'll put it in its own spoiler box below. Spoiler: show I accidentally started summarizing another of the chapters that didn't make the cut into the anime (and again, who knows why), so since I already wrote up most of it, I'll go ahead and include it here for your reading pleasure: Spoiler: show
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Whoa! Are you sure that first one didn't happen in the anime? It sounds familiar to me, especially the part about Mako-chan having some kind of incident in the bathroom, and a girl remarking that she's strong ... like a man. Maybe I'm mish-mashing unrelated things in my head?
What's more, I can confirm with certainty that Chiaki offering to lend Mako-chan Haruka's dress did happen.
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Then my memory may be rusty! :o For I definitely do not remember either of those two scenes happening in the anime. (Though kudos to Asread for exercising good sense if they did!) Do you have an episode for the latter one? (And, if you located the former as well, the former one?)
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Not sure about the bathtub incident, but Mako-chan walking in on Haruka having her bra size measured happened in season 3 episode 07.
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I knew I should've rewatched Season 3 all the way before starting Season 4! But ... I've seen it like three or four times. So I'm surprised I managed to forget it. And isn't S3E07 the Season 3 beach episode? Maybe I forgot the Mako-chan scene just because it was outshone by other scenes. No idea ...
Now I'll have to see if I can find the Yoshino scene too. Still ... the scene I'm most excited to see animated is one I know hasn't been touched yet.
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Oh jeez! It happened in Betsubara. You see, this is why I was surprised that you gave it a "meh" review. That and Kana accidentally giving Fujioka Valentine's Day chocolates were solid bits!
Another thing that made me remember that scene was Yoshino's creepy laugh, because it sounded like Walpurgis Night.
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Oh man, now I will have to go and rewatch Betsubara right away! I've only ever seen it two times I think. It's definitely the thing I've watched the fewest amount of times (not counting Omatase, which I've watched 1½ times or two times, not sure).
Now you're making me wonder if every single chapter I feel got skipped by the anime did in fact show up and my memory is going to very bad places. ^^; So let me ask you this: was there ever a scene where the girls took turns opening cans of soda and at the very end Chiaki comes home, opens one, it explodes in her face, and Kana blames it on "the witch" (Atsuko) and Chiaki goes "Who are you calling a witch?" (This is Chapter 50 of the manga, from Volume 3.) EDIT: I just started up Betsubara and saw this scene referenced a TON during the opening montage. So clearly this was shown in Season 3. -.-; ^^; I think we've established that my memory for Season 3 is apparently quite bad! Here's another one which, tbh, does VAGUELY sound familiar but I can't visually remember it happening in the anime. Chapter 53. Hayami comes over with her "fruit juice" again, and Chiaki goes to her and asks for help. Spring is bringing out the full idiocy of the idiots, she complains (referencing Maki, Kana, and Uchida who are all laughing loudly around the table). Hayami goes "Hmmmm?" and suggests, "Why not join 'em?" Chiaki is averse to the idea but Hayami encourages her, hands her a "fruit juice", and soon after Chiaki is drunk. Kana complains to Hayami, asking her just what she's done to Chiaki and noting that Chiaki is so foregone right now that surely she'll still be this way when Haruka gets home, and that'll mean trouble. Uchida is confused (this is her first exposure to the casualties of Hayami's "fruit juice") and asks what is going on. Kana explains that Chiaki sometimes gets like this whenever Hayami pays a visit. Chiaki, having previously drunkenly glomped Uchida, crawls out of Kana's hold and returns to Uchida, demanding to know her first name. "I-It's Yuka! Uchida Yuka!" Kana is seriously worried about Haruka coming home and finding Chiaki like this, so Hayami suggests tying Chiaki's hair up in pigtails like Kana's. "If you see her like this from behind, no one will know it's her!" Uchida and Hayami tug a bit on Chiaki's pigtails, Chiaki gets angry at Uchida only, she gives chase, grabs at her panties, the two topple over, Chiaki slams her head against the coffee table ... and passes out. ^^;; Kana powwows with Hayami and suggests they return Chiaki's hair to its original state since, by the time she wakes up, she should be back to normal given past precedent. When Uchida worries that Chiaki will still be angry with her after waking up, Kana brushes aside Uchida's worries and reassures her that Chiaki will have forgotten everything after waking up. ^^; Sure enough, she's right: the scene hilariously ends when, the next day at school, Chiaki greets Uchida in the morning with a question: "Who's Yuka?" Chiaki explains that she has a vague recollection of someone named Yuka having tugged on her hair and forced her to eat green peppers. (Uchida internally monologues "The green peppers bit didn't even happen! T_T") Chiaki walks off after a silent pause, her question unanswered by Uchida, and she begins to wonder whether it was a Yuka or whether it was someone named Rika instead. I sincerely don't remember these happening in the anime, so if they both did, ... I'm not sure whether to be happy I got to re-experience these stories as if they were fresh or terrified that my memory is going to Hell for a show I so dearly love. ;_; The bit about Chiaki demanding to know Uchida's first name sounds VERY familiar, but I don't remember Hayami ever paying a visit to the Minamis and getting just Chiaki drunk, and Kana flipping out about Haruka finding her like this. EDIT: So, I'm watching Betsubara right now and ... OMG at all of the bits that I've seen in the manga recently and assumed never made it into the series proper! XD So so many of them! Like ...
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Decided to finish my nth rewatch of Season 3. Decided to spoil myself by beginning with S3E02 even though I saw it in 2012. (I think I left off last after Ep04 or Ep05?) This episode is amazing. The opening scene with Fujioka and the chocolates is a bit weak, but the three scenes after that are all classics! First is the debut of Chiaki's good and bad consciences. Next up is the amazing scene where Hosaka tries to befriend Maki, Atsuko, and even Hayami (the shogi pieces scene). And then capping it off of course is the Curry Song. Now I knew that one was there, but I had forgotten what great company the Curry Song kept! What a solid episode!
And rewatching the Curry Song scene, oh, how awesome this is. I'll never forget how much I flipped out that Spoiler: show the first time I saw it. So memorable, so amazing.
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I don't recall that scene. I think I would have remembered Chiaki's hair being messed with, but I'm not 100%. Don't feel too bad about your memory, because my only having seen the anime (for the most part) means I have an advantage over you. I only need to remember if I've seen something once, you have to remember if you've seen it twice.
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The climax of the scene, I agree, is great. The tone of her voice is just perfect as she's like "Fine, here, take 'em O_o;" and the scene does well illustrate what you said it does. But I just feel like the lead-in to the punch is a fair bit too long and not very funny, and the punch itself isn't on par with either the shogi friends scene's multiple punches or the Curry Song scene. As for Good and Bad Conscience Chiaki, it's a personal favorite. The "my heart is THIS big!" bit is cute but not as funny as the "Here, take them! O_o" scene with Fujioka, but the material which leads the way ... sexy Bad Conscience Chiaki for one, the part where she scares Good Conscience Chiaki with the possibility that the original memo was for a green or yellow vegetable for another, ... I just enjoy the scene. Basically, I'd say this: Curry Song > shogi friends > G&B Conscience Chiaki > Fujioka assertively demands chocolate. And I'm guessing you largely agree: you just swap the positions of those last two. No? Do you really place the chocolate scene ahead of either the Curry Song or the Hosaka friend-making scenes?
Rewatched S3E03. 100% positive I just recently (2012) saw this one too, but re-enjoyed it all the same. The scene with Uchida and the apples is definitely my favorite in this one. Poor Uchida is confused as to why the normally polite Minamis are so unenthused about her generous gift to them, and then ... she looks in the box. XD A great application of a classic horror story formula to something as mundane as in-season fruit. Uchida is also one of my favorite supporting characters in the series, so there's that.
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Curry song is #1, OBVIOUSLY. I still thought Fujioka stealing the chocolates was the second best thing in the episode though. Another thing that made it amusing was him marveling at how Touma was a natural at play fighting with girls, due to the whole gender confusion. Hosaka friend making was good, and something that was sorely needed after he did nothing all of season 2, but inferior to pretty much everything he did in season 1.
I also loved the described apple scene. That came in at #5 in my top 5 list.
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Some other things of (re)note.
First, the animation. It's hard to believe I ever thought this (Season 3's animation) was good: that's how badly Season 4's spoiled me. I can't even fathom how, when I watched Omatase, I was unsure as to whether I liked the new animation more or not. It's light years ahead of Asread's work, both in character design and in technical execution. And while I still love Daume's designs (always will), even they are being challenged by the manga-faithful, incredibly sharp and colorful character animation of Season 4. Second, the high school. I didn't even notice this at first, so natural and "right at home"y did it feel to me, but Studio Feel has returned us to proper desks in Haruka's school instead of the bizarro college lecture hall-style bench-desks that Asread concocted for Season 2 and retained in Season 3. Never did care for those. In fact, I remember being quite confused by them at first, believing they indicated that Haruka had gone on to college. "But wait a second," I thought, "wasn't Haruka only a junior? And isn't it a bit of a coincidence that Maki and Atsuko are there with her too? " It became pretty clear that, despite the college lecture hall feel of the classroom, this was still supposed to be Haruka's high school once I saw Hayami and Hosaka there as well. But yeah. Kudos to Studio Feel for scrapping Asread's dumb design idea and returning us to real high school desks. I still can't believe Hitomi only shows up in just that one episode. I mean, I recognize it to be a fact, but I just can't believe it. Feels like we had her around for quite a few sketches before Tadaima. APPARENTLY NOT! That's one thing I sure am grateful to Tadaima for. Hitomi is so cute, inside and out, so it's great to have her around more. Looks like we'll be getting to see yet more of her in this weekend's episode.
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The thing that surprised me: It wasn't until you started talking about season 3 again that I learned the Curry Song happened so early on. I knew we indeed got the Hosaka making friends scene early, a good solid gag that was a sort of apology for Hosaka's lack of presence in season 2, but could have sworn it wasn't until much later that they pulled out the big guns and gave us the Curry Song. In fact I thought it happened near the end, as a sort of climax to the show. But no, those two bits were back to back! wtf.
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One of the reasons why I wouldn't have minded if Hosaka showed up Natsuki at the barbeque: Why does there seem to be this running gag where Natsuki always turns down Hosaka and makes up some kind of excuse every time he offers him food? It happened this season when he offered to cook food for his family, and dates all the way back to season 1 when the two had this funny exchange:
Hosaka: I want you to taste this lunch before I give it to the woman I love. Natsuki: I see. Sorry, I just ate my lunch and I'm too full. Hosaka: Isn't this your lunch here? Natuski: This is being saved for later. [starts unwrapping it] Hosaka: You shouldn't open things you're saving for later. Natsuki: That's true. [starts eating] Hosaka: You shouldn't eat it either. Natuski: That's true. What is he, some kinda JERK?! Is he weirded out by Hosaka and doesn't want to eat his food because he doesn't know where it's been? Maybe it's weird and a little gay for a guy to accept a wrapped food box from another guy? Or does he know about Hosaka's infatuation with Haruka and sees him as some sort of rival? In other words, it would help him out a lot to accept Hosaka's meal box to feed his family, but he can't because all he can think about is, "SHINDOU HIKARU!!!!!" He's never done an internal monologue expressing these kinds of feelings, and he sure doesn't look angry when he's turning him down. He just kind of sits there with a dumb look on his face, so who knows what's going on in that guy's head. We need to borrow Hitomi to get to the bottom of this ...
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I wanted to write up a nice big post for this episode but I've put it off for several days so I should just go ahead and say: I really quite enjoyed Episode 9. Probably my favorite of the season thus far.
Spoiler: show I haven't rewatched it yet but I'm looking forward to doing so.
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"I want him to straight up say he loves me ... and hold me tight~♥"
Oh god, this amount of cute should be illegal! I've decided that you can have Haruka, Hitomi is my new waifu. My only complaint is that her hair looks stupid from the back! But that's okay, because her voice might be the most pleasant sound I've ever heard. Takeru is obviously an uncle-like figure to Kana and Chiaki, but she has a strange and interesting relationship with Haruka that I would like to see explored further.
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Episode 10 was alright. None of the sketches were especially memorable, but they weren't terrible either.
Spoiler: show The sneak peek for next week's episode looks like it might be portending an epic scene. Or it might not. ^^; Only time will tell. Spoiler: show
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