The BEST episodes of Minami-Ke

Every episode of Minami-Ke ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Minami-Ke!

Follows three sisters, Haruka, Kana, and Chiaki in their lives at home and school. It's a funny series that depicts how these characters interact with each other and their classmates. It's a story about ordinary girls and their ordinary adventures told in an extraordinary manner.

Last Updated: 1/6/2024Network: Tokyo MXStatus: Ended
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Let's Go to the Beach
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9.79
66 votes

#1 - Let's Go to the Beach

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/5/2007

It is really hot and the Minamis decide to take a trip to the beach. Their swimming suits are too small. Kana and Chiaki go buy swimming suits, while Haruka makes dinner. Kana buys Haruka a two piece swimming suit.

Directors: Kazuhiro Ozawa
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Fruitless Love
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9.71
65 votes

#2 - Fruitless Love

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/31/2007

The Minami family celebrate New Year's.

Directors: Kaoru Yabana
The Delinquent Soccer Player Returns
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9.71
68 votes

#3 - The Delinquent Soccer Player Returns

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/22/2007

Fujioka admits that he likes Kana after she wakes up from a nap at school. Kana runs home then asks Chiaki what Fujioka meant by "I really like you." The next day Kana invites Fujioka over for dinner, Kana ends up kicking Fujioka out.

Directors: Kaoru Yabana
The Pattern of Love
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9.67
67 votes

#4 - The Pattern of Love

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/29/2007

Takeru visits Minami family. Riko has a crush on Fujioka, but is frustrated by his relationship with Kana. Meanwhile, Hosaka imagines what it is like to be a part of Minami family.

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The Neighboring Minamis
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9.67
67 votes

#5 - The Neighboring Minamis

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/2007

The Neighboring Minamis are introduced.

The Birth of Mako-chan
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9.67
66 votes

#6 - The Birth of Mako-chan

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/2007

Chiaki invites her friends over to work on home work. Kana asks Makoto what type of girls does he perfer. Haruka comes in and Makoto decides to help Haruka cook. The next day Chiaki ignores Makoto the whole day. Makoto comes over with Uchida the next day and Kana dresses him up like a girl.

Directors: Masato Kitagawa
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A Girl Cannot Hide Her Sunburn, Nor Her Heart
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9.66
35 votes

#7 - A Girl Cannot Hide Her Sunburn, Nor Her Heart

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/10/2013

Kana invites Makoto to tag along when the girls hit the beach. The only catch is that Makoto has to go as his girl counterpart, Mako! Can he keep his true identity a secret all day long while in a girl's bikini?

'Dumplings Rather than Flowers' Age
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9.61
36 votes

#8 - 'Dumplings Rather than Flowers' Age

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/9/2008

Spring has sprung and the Minami sisters are sitting around the kotatsu talking. Chiaki confuses 'skirt steak' (harami) with 'flower viewing' (hanami) and is teased by Kana. To save Chiaki, Haruka suggests going flower viewing, though it is still too early.

Directors: Naoto Hosoda
Writer: Rie Kojika
Does It Hurt Yet? Secrets of Mako-chan
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9.56
36 votes

#9 - Does It Hurt Yet? Secrets of Mako-chan

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/2/2008

Kana believes she has prophetic dreams and can predict the next nights dinner. Makoto is almost caught crossdressing by Yoshino, and Kana worries whether she is a bad influence on Makoto. Haruka is told that she has been selected to study abroad and is having a hard time with the prospect of leaving.

Directors: Naoto Hosoda
Writer: Koichi taki
Vegetables with Your Merry Friends on Your Day Off
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9.53
36 votes

#10 - Vegetables with Your Merry Friends on Your Day Off

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/24/2013

Kana and Haruka are trying to help Chiaki overcome her dislike of vegetables. When they hold a BBQ party, Haruka has Natsuki grill the vegetables first. Later, Kana has Chiaki watch a magical show that helps children develop a taste for vegetables.

Even One Bite More Is Painful
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9.51
35 votes

#11 - Even One Bite More Is Painful

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/23/2008

Chiaki helps to prepare for a school sports meet. Meanwhile, the sisters learn that Fuyuki is moving and is forced to leave in the middle of the sports meet. Kana learns that Haruka has been selected to study abroad.

Directors: Naoto Hosoda
Writer: Koichi taki
Because We're Together
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9.51
37 votes

#12 - Because We're Together

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/29/2009

While doing some homework, Chiaki observes Haruka in some kind of distress and anxiously runs to Kana for assistance. Even though she feels that the cause of Haruka's distress is something minor like what to prepare for dinner/breakfast, Kana observes Haruka with Chiaki for a while without gaining any more insight unaware that Haruka is observing their strange behavior and wondering its root cause. While Kana and Chiaki converse after school, Haruka is doing the same with Yoshino and Uchida. The misunderstanding is ultimately resolved by everybody making faces at each other. The next arc features the aftermath of a nightmare that has Chiaki clinging to Kana that Haruka euphorically takes in stride. While Haruka is out on the town with her friends, Chiaki gets over her nightmare while Kana has a similar nightmare that sends her clinging to Haruka who is late coming home. The final arc is set in motion when Kana writes her Tanabata wish to repudiate sweets that gets interpreted as a suicide note that scares both Haruka and Chiaki who think that they are to blame. Fortunately, the misunderstanding is quickly resolved and everybody has a wonderful time at the Tanabata party glad to be together.

As Expected, It's Getting Bad
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9.50
36 votes

#13 - As Expected, It's Getting Bad

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/16/2008

Toma's secret is almost revealed to Fujioka when he sees her in a girls uniform. Kana covers for her by making Fujioka believe that everyone must crossdress at her place and tries to force Fujioka to comply. Kana feigns a cold on Saturday to avoid doing the city cleanup; Chiaki stays to keep an eye on Kana and figures out she was faking. The next day, she truly catches a cold and tries to avoid being found out, all the while recruiting Uchida and Mako-chan for help.

Directors: Naoto Hosoda
Everyone at Once, 'Thank You for the Meal'
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9.50
36 votes

#14 - Everyone at Once, 'Thank You for the Meal'

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/30/2008

Frightened of the prospect of Haruka studying abroad, Kana and Chiaki decide to step up to the plate and exert more of an effort with the cooking and cleaning as well as the other domestic chores in order to put Haruka's mind at ease after sending her off with a smile. It quickly becomes evident that the prospect of having to actually take care of themselves in Haruka's absence is much more than Kana and Chiaki can endure. While being tearfully embraced and exhorted to stay with them, Haruka explains to Kana and Chiaki that she has no intention of studying abroad anyway.

Directors: Naoto Hosoda
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Making Chilled Noodles
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9.47
36 votes

#15 - Making Chilled Noodles

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/3/2013

Kana declares that she's going out to eat some chilled Chinese noodles after school. Fujioka is willing to do whatever it takes to make her invite him, but will she pick up on his less than subtle hints?

It's Getting Fun
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9.46
37 votes

#16 - It's Getting Fun

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/1/2009

Chiaki is down in the dumps at the upcoming stewardship of the pool and decides to enliven things by challenging everybody to a game of tag with the »it« person having the garden hose. Makoto stealing the hose and Chiaki's retaliation sparks a three-way water fight with Uchida and Yoshino that obfuscates the issue of Chiaki not being able to swim and that the compensatory computation thereof backfiring on Chiaki. The next arc is a snapshot of Kana's computations of the intermediate school social ambiance in terms of a outing to a public pool followed by the computation crash wrought upon Fujioka regarding appropriate male contact with females and the aftermath thereof. Touma demonstrates her perspective on the issue only to find that male-to-male contact is much more straightforward and has greater latitude.

Directors: Kei Oikawa
Writer: Rie Kojika
Manners Are...
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9.46
37 votes

#17 - Manners Are...

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/8/2009

Caught up in a sudden rainstorm, Touma is forced to make an emergency stopover at Chiaki's house but finds that the hospitality comes with a price: Chiaki refusing to lend Touma any clothes due to her abrasive conduct. Though she initially misinterprets Natsuki's counsel on her conduct, Touma finally catches the lesson -- and a set of clean clothes. The next arc features Chiaki's lack of discretion and foresight with her affinity for trivia and facts. Fortunately, Fujioka helps Chiaki put her error in this area into perspective. The arc that follows thereafter details the prologue of the social dynamic Fujioka is involved in with both Chiaki and Touma: Chiaki mortifying Touma out of Fujioka's lap. The arc after that details that Natsuki has the same problem of abrasive conduct about which he earlier lectured Touma who enters the room and seats herself at the table. However, Natsuki's attempts to heed his brothers' counsel along with Touma's opinions of the Minami sisters sour the ambiance.

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The Man Sweats Under the Blue Summer Sky
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9.44
36 votes

#18 - The Man Sweats Under the Blue Summer Sky

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/27/2013

Hosaka has a crush on Haruka, so he'd do anything to win her over. When he hears that Haruka likes things “golden brown,” he goes on a quest to make the ultimate “golden” eggs AND get the perfect golden tan.

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What's Said Here, Stays Here
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9.44
36 votes

#19 - What's Said Here, Stays Here

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/31/2013

The cherry blossoms are in bloom, which means it's time for a flower-viewing party. Kana's got the right spirit, but she's the only one. She tries everything to pique her friends' attention, but will any of her plans work out the way she wants?

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Love Begins Now
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9.42
36 votes

#20 - Love Begins Now

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/3/2013

Takeru couldn't bring himself to give his girlfriend a ticket to a popular romance movie, so he gives both of his tickets to Haruka. Haruka then gives the tickets to Natsuki. This creates a series of romantic misunderstandings fit for a date flick.

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Coming for a Late Summer Visit
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9.39
36 votes

#21 - Coming for a Late Summer Visit

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/17/2013

Summer is coming to an end, but the heat seems to be lingering around. During a slumber party at the Minami residence, the girls try to beat the heat by telling scary stories. Can anyone think up a spine-chilling tale?

We Started Living Green
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9.39
36 votes

#22 - We Started Living Green

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/10/2013

With the coming of winter, the Minami residence has brought out its kotatsu once more! Unfortunately, the girls leave the electric table on for so long that it creates a huge electric bill! Now they have to cut corners any way they can to save money.

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The Goddess Descends on the Holy Night
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9.39
36 votes

#23 - The Goddess Descends on the Holy Night

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/17/2013

Christmas is coming and Hosaka's infatuation with Haruka is growing ever stronger. Hayami fears that if Hosaka greets Christmas in his current state, at least in his eyes, Haruka will transcend into godhood. Can she give him a reality check?

Start Planning Your Year From New Year's Day
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9.36
36 votes

#24 - Start Planning Your Year From New Year's Day

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/24/2013

It's the end of the year, which means lots of goofing off and eating delicious sweets. Uchida enjoys her holiday snacks a little too much and now she's got the stomach to show for it. Can Kana and Chiaki help her flatten it back out?

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Boy and Girl
star
9.33
67 votes

#25 - Boy and Girl

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/10/2007

Toma, a tomboy from another Minami family, is introduced while Makoto is still pretending to be a girl in front of Haruka.

Directors: Kaoru Yabana
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