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.
#1 - '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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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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#4 - 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.
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#5 - 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?
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#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.
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#9 - Fruitless Love
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/31/2007
The Minami family celebrate New Year's.
#10 - The Neighboring Minamis
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/2007
The Neighboring Minamis are introduced.
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - Spring Is Here, and So Are the Minamis
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/2013
Spring has come, which means it's time to put the kotatsu up. But before the Minami sisters do, there are still plenty of misadventures to be had. From failed study groups to eating tangerines, the table is an important part of their daily lives.
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#15 - 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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#16 - 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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#17 - 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?
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#18 - 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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#19 - 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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#20 - 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?
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#22 - 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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#23 - Simply Put, It's a Roundabout Confession
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/20/2013
One day when Toma is visiting the Minami residence, she tells Haruka that Natsuki likes to take long baths. Haruka mentions this to Natsuki when she seems him at school, only to embarrass him. This sets off a series of misunderstandings.
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#24 - Let's be Ourselves
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/2013
Makoto desperately wants to drop his alter ego as the cute Mako, but if he does, he won't be able to hang out at the Minami residence any more. The conflict has him left feeling torn. Meanwhile, Toma wants to know what it means to be feminine.
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#25 - A Warm Place
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/22/2009
Chiaki lashing out at Uchida, Kana, and Maki due to their boisterous laughter rousing her from a nap on a warm spring day gives way Kana first sending in Uchida and Maki to fight this battle for her before doing her own dirty work only to have it end in a stalemate. The next arc features Makoto and Uchida taking an afternoon nap with Kana when Maki pays the trio a visit with the request that Kana gaze upon her sleeping face while recalling a dysphoric middle school memory, especially after Kana reads Maki and Uchida sleeping as the perfect opportunity to draw on their faces as a prank. The arc thereafter features Haruka and Atsuko looking at pictures from their middle school days. The arc that ensues has Chiaki sewing on a wayward button while Kana detects Haruka's school uniform carelessly strewn about before remarking of the seasonal uniform transition. While modifying a shirt of Kana's, Chiaki accidentally slices Haruka's fuku skirt. Knowing that Haruka will be very angry with them when she detects the damage, Kana and Chiaki attempt some desperate and frenzied repairs to buy time for computing their next move. Unfortunately, things coming unraveled when Maki detects the telltale thread put both Kana and Chiaki in scalding hot water with Haruka. The final arc features Kana blowing up at Chiaki for insulting her once too often before deciding to resolve her fears of Chiaki becoming a delinquent by being a nice older sister. Unfortunately, all Kana accomplishes is to greatly unsettle Chiaki and frighten her into co-sleeping with Haruka.
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