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Minami Ke Betsubara

Zyl — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:19:14 +0000

I prefer cheese and mushroom risotto!

I had a completely opposite reaction compared to Aroduc who felt that:

The first couple parts weren’t great, but I did enjoy both of the Valentine’s Day bits.

Maybe it's because I felt rather bad for both Maki and Fujioka.

And I find myself in complete agreement with Chris' reaction to the first vignette:

I found it very amusing how Hayami’s games with Hosaka backfired on her in a most satisfying way.

Hosaka constantly entertains with his antics but I'm ever so pleased that he's exerted a positive influence on Chiaki. If only she had called him 'Curry Fairy' to his face!

the faces of Uchida

Zyl — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 02:30:38 +0000

Sweet, sour, spicy and bitter LOL. I've mentioned previously how much I enjoy Uchida screentime. In Okaeri, I'm happy to say that she's still Got It.

While she's not as outwardly broken as, say, Mako-chan or Touma, Uchida embodies a nice balance between OTT WTFBBQ humour (best represented by Hosaka) and Slice Of Life humour (food, homework, household jokes). And, like the others, she just keeps coming back for MOAR.

P.S. Matthew feels the Uchida love too.

When some episodes of Minami Ke are criticized as 'not funny' I suspect that the viewer is looking for the former kind of humour. But that perspective probably misunderstands the nature of the series. For me, the charm of the series comes from how wry observations about things from everyday life are given an added spice from how the idiosyncrasies of the Minami sisters ripple through their circles of influence.

The moral of Chiaki's Tanuki Story

Zyl — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 01:48:05 +0000

is that you can get away with anything if you're cute. Such as BEING FRIENDLY with lolis. Chiaki's tanuki story was a great rejoinder to Kana's tanuki story; I also love it because it just fuels the mystery of whether Chiaki knows about Mako-chan's real identity - personally I'm leaning towards the school of thought that says she knows but ignoring it simply because the status quo is such great fun.

The Ep 7 Random Curiosity post also provides welcome confirmation of the return of jaalin to active duty. Hurrah!

In other news, I always have the greatest respect for Evirus' views but his rating of Maria+Holic does not compute:

Maybe that doesn't matter if you have a thing for transvestites and lesbians, but I found it dull.

The problem, for me, with Maria+Holic is that it needs MOAR Mariya and MOAR Kanako Lesbian Fantasy. Heck, as Totali so pithily observed, even Minami Ke Okaeri has become

Even more traptastic than Maria Holic!