The WORST episodes of Minami-ke
Every episode of Minami-ke ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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 - Taste Is Something Inherited Over Generations
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/2008
Kana decides to help her sister become the Great Bancho once more by making the Kana army, but Chiaki on the other hand couldn't help because she considered her friends useless. In the end of the episode they find out Haruka was just refusing a phone call to become class rep.
#2 - The Three Minami Sisters
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/8/2007
The three Minami sisters and some of their friends are introduced.
#3 - Is It All Right to Clean Up?
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/27/2008
During a routine garbage disposal trip, Haruka encounters a boy of Chiaki's age named Fuyuki who is warmly praised by his neighbors for his willingness to freely volunteer his assistance. It is during this encounter that Fuyuki's participation in the weekend neighborhood clean-up is mentioned. Kana's reluctance to take part prompts Haruka to force her and Chiaki to also participate. Later on, Kana summons a few of her classmates, as well as Chiaki's friends to lighten the workload. During the actual clean-up event, it becomes apparent that the work crew Kana assembled was so that Kana could watch while everybody else does all the work.
#4 - Evening Hospitality, Hesitantly Offered
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/20/2008
Chiaki's classmates invite themselves to the Minami home for a group homework session and sleepover. Kana declares it a 'pyjama festival' and puts herself in charge of hospitality, to Chiaki's annoyance. To feed all her guests, Haruka prepares a family-style nabe meal, and she invites Fujioka and Makoto to dinner. Everyone has a good time, but no-one gets much homework done.
#5 - The More You Chew It, the Sweeter It Becomes
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/17/2008
It's Valentines Day and the Minami sisters are making chocolates to give out. Kana tries to eat Fujioka's chocolates, but he tries to keep them a secret from her, hoping that Kana will give him chocolate.
#6 - My Rice Is Warm Even After It's Cooled
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/10/2008
The power goes out and the Minami sisters invite Fuyuki over.
#7 - Can't Take Back a Served Tea Cup
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/3/2008
Kana and Chiaki break a glass rabbit necklace that Haruka had bought. Worried that the rabbit was a gift to Haruka that she treasures, both Kana and Chiaki try to repair the rabbit. After the repairs go badly, Kana tries to get Fujioka, Keiko, and Yoshino to look for another to replace the broken rabbit. In the end, Haruka discovers the truth.
#8 - Hot Springs, Let's Eat
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/2008
The Minami sisters, Makoto, Touma, Fujioka, and Takeru go on a hot spring trip for New Years.
#9 - There's Always Time for the Pool
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/24/2008
A local shop owner gives Haruka tickets to a new indoor pool. We learn that Chiaki doesn't know how to swim and doesn't want the others to find out. Later, Kana tries to teach Chiaki how to swim and help Chiaki meet her goal to swim 100 meters. Haruka sleeps the entire time, trying to ignore her sisters, until her highschool friends throw her into the pool.
#10 - Weird School
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/15/2007
The Minami sisters' daily school life is shown. Some of their classmates are introduced as well.
#11 - Many Faces
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/2007
Kana teaches Chiaki's friends about how to deal with a suspicious man. Meanwhile, Haruka's legendary past in her junior high school is revealed.
#12 - Hosaka
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/26/2007
Hosaka tries to get close to Haruka by making impressive bentos for her.
#13 - Of Christmas and Eves
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/24/2007
The Minami family and the neighboring Minami family are having their own Christmas eve, while Hosaka is preparing a soba bowl to impress Haruka.
#14 - Fine Weather for the Three Sisters
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/3/2007
The Minami sisters' daily life at home is shown.
#15 - 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.
#16 - 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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#17 - 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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#18 - 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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#19 - 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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#20 - 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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#21 - 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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#22 - 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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#24 - 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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#25 - 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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