Miyakawa-ke no Kuufuku

Well, this was disappointing.

I tried liking this. My hopes were up with that it was a spinoff of Lucky Star, but those positive thoughts were dashed swiftly.

Being about the families struggles to maintain any money for food, with an otaku shopper, you think it would be a fun few minutes, but the overuse of similar jokes over and over again drew thin, and eventually it became a chore to finish. Also, the ED joke was funny to begin with, but wore down as all the jokes did. Though the ED was a nice tune.

Since it was a Lucky Star spinoff, you would expect a cameo, ... but alas, those were disappointing as well.

The few positives this show had was the aforementioned ED song, though they were sub-par, the *cameos* of the Lucky star gang, and the art was above average.

Final thoughts would be that it is dissapointing, but if want to waste 30 minutes, as the show varies from 3-5 minutes long, go right ahead, but there are MANY better shorts out there than this one.

"It's 9 p.m. on Monday! Everyone assemble!!!"

"Miyakawa-ke no Kuufuku" details the struggles of the Miyakawa sisters as they battle one of history's most famous, most heart wrenching social problems: poverty. Cruel, heartless poverty. The sisters Hinata and Hikage live a life filled with unflattering things, like tofu substituted meat, skim milk, skim milk, and convenience store dinners. This show is a glimpse at sections of their life, filling the viewers with a sense of overwhelming pity.

For Hikage, the younger sister, she is an endearing elementary school student who puts up with her sister's wasteful spending, using precious dollars on unneeded things like light ... novels with ridiculously long titles and promotional items. Her cries of dissatisfaction are drowned out by the sounds of her growling stomach, giving her the unpleasant reminder that another day of meatless dinner awaits her. She goes to school, where she lives a relatively normal elementary school life, where her dear friends offer a respite to the battlefields of the supermarket. Her teacher, Kirito-sensei, being the sporting guy he is, attempts to help Hikage, as long as it has nothing to do with financial problems. However, the ever wise Hikage denies his advice, citing "love problems." This Kirito-sensei seems nowhere near as successful with women as his alternate world counterpart is.

Hikage's sister, Hinata, works in a book store to rake in meager allowances to sustain both herself and her sister. She is caring, but her impulsive buying habits are in direct confrontation with her family's dire financial situation. Seeing Hikage in distress upsets her however, and always tries to make it up to her, offering enticing things like sharing her limited edition goods, and sweet words to make her forget her growling stomach.

The ending song is tragically cut short for many of the episodes, given the studio's dire financial situation. The Miyakawa sisters sing their hearts out about their lone struggles, but alas, funding is little and the song cannot be complete...until near the end! The song is a cry for help to viewers, detailing their shambled lives, citing the delicious foods they want to eat and the poor substitutes they have instead. Like tofu steaks and skim milk. A given rule to people is to avoid skim milk, but in the most desperate of situations, rules are only "guidelines." Hearing the full song tugs at those heart strings alright.

"Miyakawa-ke no Kuufuku" chronicles short adventures of the Miyakawa sisters, showing their heroic inner fighting spirits and absolute refusal to give up in the face of overwhelming odds. It is a tale worthy of your viewing and sympathies. Struggle along with the sisters as they battle a foe all too familiar to people: empty wallets and empty stomachs.

Let Hikage's shining, innocent face be a reminder of the important things in life. Like bacon. And steak.

Miyakawa-ke no Kuufuku is a nice little side-story for Lucky Star fans. It's not the season two that many have been hoping for—though, the OP would suggest otherwise—but there's no reason you wouldn't enjoy it if you enjoyed Lucky Star.

Despite not still being produced by KyoAni, Miyakawa-ke retains the overall feel of Lucky Star, most likely due to the number of returning staff members: Yamamoto Yutaka is the director, having previously directed the first four episodes of Lucky Star, of which he did a fine job, episode one's infamous first half notwithstanding. Rest assured, you won't be sitting through five minutes of meandering food discussions ... here. The visuals, too, are on point, featuring the light but vibrant color palette you've come to expect from the franchise, and the same kinds of adorable character designs that are consistently well drawn.

However, even with the shorter episode lengths, this show tends to follow a slower pace. While Lucky Star was more reliant on nonstop punchline set-ups, Miyakawa-ke instead uses more focused linear plot structures. That's not to say there aren't any punchlines at all, but each episode typically deals with a single scenario or idea for its whole duration, rather than being comprised of disconnected instances.

Oddly enough, the Miyakawa sisters are the only two returning characters who ended up being portrayed by new seiyuu for this series; you might have forgotten that they did actually have two brief appearances in Lucky Star, though their roles were so small that it hardly matters. Hikage's new seiyuu, in particular, is an unusual one, this being her first and only role. Her non-anime-sounding voice gives Hikage a unique charm, so it's a shame that she hasn't done any more voice work since.

Hikage is also by far the more likable of the two sisters. She's a lot more perceptive and cynical than your typical nine-year-old, no doubt a result of the harsh state of poverty that she lives in. Miyuk-...er, I mean, Hinata, on the other hand, is mainly there to create problems for her little sister—these problems being the main sources for the show's gags. Her incompetence may get frustrating, as she continues to make the same selfish decisions over and over throughout the whole show, only redeeming herself on occasion. But, to be fair, the entire premise banks on her acting in this way. Hikage wouldn't be so endearing if she didn't have to constantly struggle due to her older sister's lack of self control and bad spending habits.

You'll find that the premise of Miyakawa-ke is very simple—perhaps too simple. As it is, there's not a whole lot of variety to the series. With that in mind, the show's length really works to its advantage—any longer and the creators might have run out of new ways to tell the same jokes.

Maybe that's why the ending is so satisfying, despite the fact that not all of the source material could be covered. It stops before getting old, and ends things on a pretty good note. If Lucky Star left you wanting more, you owe it to yourself to give this small series a shot; certain cameos will probably make you smile. However, if you're not amused by the first episode, you probably shouldn't bother to continue.

I just read all other reviews. Most reviews were saying that they were disappointed and blah blah like being a lucky star spin off or something like it.... Each episode were only of 4 minutes and they must've expect something big...

Well, In my view I like this anime. Pretty funfull to watch. I liked the ending song and the story too.

Very good to watch just 4 minutes per episode and you wont regret watching it either....

Most Lucky Star fans all expected to have a 2nd season, but is left with a Lucky Star spin-off. Is it more satisfying than having a 2nd season? Well.....let's see about that.

Story: The plot is nothing special since the series is very short having each episode to be around 4-5 min. It's just about the daily life between two sisters named Hinata and Hikage. Rate: 5/10

Characters: The two main characters are just the two sisters. We have the younger sister named Hikage who is mostly the mature one trying to tell her older sister to not spend lots of useless stuff. Then, we have the ... older sister named Hinata who is pretty much the main problem for having the whole family to have financial problems due to her habits of spending things. Rate: 6/10

Animation: The only thing I would give praise would definitely be the animation. I am really happy that they kept the Lucky Star animation style. You could probably tell that the style for the sisters does resembled other characters from the original Lucky Star series. Like Hikage who looked like Kagami and Hinata who looked like Miyuki. Rate: 8/10

Sound: Sine the series is soo short, there's not an OP song, but left with only an ED song. The ED song was really catchy since it talks about the two sisters being poor and poverty. It's not a memorable song, but a catchy one. Rate 7/10

Overall/Enjoyment: The Lucky Star spin-off series was actually ok, but is a bit enjoyable. It does have that Lucky Star feel to it, but since its really short I wished it would be a bit longer or just more episodes. Well, at least we have "another" Lucky Star series. For the Lucky Star fans, I would give it a watch since its a related Lucky Star series. Rate: 6/10

Now while I have not finished Lucky Star yet due to not finding the dub of the final episodes on Youtube,I rather like it. It may not have a story but its funny and it has quirky and cute characters. But this "spin off " is the opposite. So lll explain in a mini view!

Story ~3
It had potential to be something giving the idea but it really waste it. Its not dull but annoying. The comedy feels force and the situations take a stretch. In other words its 30 minutes of annoying crap.

Characters~3
Everyone minus the main 2 here and characters from the main show Lucky ... Star are meh. The older sister,Hinata is very annoying and is literally the cause of problems financially. She is selfish and dose a bad job at taking care of her sister. The little sister,Hikage is decent and sympathetic because of Hinata is doing a crappy job of taking care of her. Overall the characters at best meh (minus the ones from the main series and Hikage)at worst annoying.

Animation and art ~7
To be positive the animation is very nice,the designs are cute,and fits Lucky Star but upgraded. Im glad the animation looks nice because if you've seen LS it has terrible animation admittedly. So all in all its nice and looks smooth.

Sound ~4
The op is amazing! Its very upbeat and cute. Outside of that sound is meh minus the voice acting. Its good in Japanese and it souunds nice. There is no dub for this OVA at the time of writing this. That`s all I have to say on the sound since there is nothing to talk about minus the op.

Enjoyment~2
I really don't like this show. It had good ideas but wasted mainly because of the poor choices of the Hinata. She was awful. But everything else was meh minus the op and animation. So honestly this was eh at best if the pink hair brat didnt make those choices. It may sound like Im nitpicking but.she is a terrible example of a sister and a main character.

Overall~3
The show is not that good. Stick with Lucky Star if you want a good comedy that has some merit unlike here.

I personally loved this anime; I cannot understand why some reviewers gave it souch a low score, but I will not discuss about taste in anime...; I could wax lyrical about it, but since each episode lasts less than 5 minutes it is a simpler thing to do to watch it than to read all I could write about it [and more enjoyable, too!]. I watched Lucky Star before, but enjoyed this anime on its own. I highly recommend it to anyone who likes real settings [not those unrealistic well-off situations where the conversation between the characters is about how much they will expend, rather ... than how much they CAN expend and on what to do it!]. Enough said! For the record: I signed on to MAL solely to leave my support for this anime and its style/genre [plus the ED theme!].

Miyakawa-ke no Kuufuku is a spin-off of the original Lucky Star series, which was a 4-koma style manga, which was wonderfully turned into a slice of life comedy revolving around a certain friend group.
Lucky Star is one of the most enjoyable animes I've watched. It's funny, there's no serious plot, and it has a great replay value. The best thing about it was how recyclable it was. Take any situation, any every day idea, and give it to these girls. Miyakawa-ke no Kuufuku does the same thing, except with Hikage and Hinata Miyakawa, two sisters living in poverty dreaming of meat and manga.
While not as ... entertaining as the origin series itself, Miyakawa-ke no Kuufuku offers about 30 minutes of living with the Miyakawa family. If you enjoyed the original series, give this one a try.

Now before you guys come at me with your flaming torches and pitchforks accusing me of taking this too personally and saying that I don't know anything or accusing me of not knowing the difference between fantasy and reality, let me clarify something: I don't HATE this anime. I like it. In fact, it's become a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine considering the short length of both the number of the episodes and the episode duration. I liked it for what it is, and I get it's just a comedy not meant to be taken seriously. I get that, and for that, I ... can say that I like it to an extent. The animation, while nothing stellar or special, does its job fine. The soundtrack...I'm not even sure if there was one, because I don't remember it. It must have been really bland and forgettable. The characters interactions are pretty funny, even though the corny jokes do get used over and over again. I get that this is a comedy, and it knows what it is and doesn't try to be anything more, and I respect the show for that. Yes, it's a cute little show that's easy to digest considering how short and sweet it is, and if you want a nice little low-key comedy to watch for about an hour, feel free to watch this, as all the episodes are five minutes long, so you can't really call it a time waster.

However...I need to confess and throw all of these things out there NOW. There is SO much wrong with this anime, it's not even funny, even for fiction, and I feel it to be my duty to bring those issues to light. For one thing: How and why the ever loving FREAK does NOBODY call child protective services on Hikage, especially considering their circumstances?! She's basically told a whole bunch of people about her situation, yet everyone treats it like a big fat joke! Even the teacher doesn't take her situation seriously enough to call CPS so they can put Hikage in a home where competent people would actually take care of her! Speaking of competent, I really really hate Hinata. Her moe voice is annoying, she constantly adds "nay-ee" to the end of her sentences (does anyone else think it sounds like neigh? The sound a horse makes? Maybe she's secretly a horse!), and by freaking God, she spends way more on useless stuff than actual necessities for herself and her sister! Does she seriously have no sense of responsibility at all?! I may spend a bit too much money on anime and manga myself, but even I know better than to place anime above all else, especially when I'm potentially in a dire situation! My big sister always took care of me when my parents were trying to find a house and she never spent money on useless stuff! She always took me food shopping whenever we needed it and even helped cook dinner and paid bills because my mom asked her to! She didn't want to, but she did it anyway for my sake, and I'm grateful to her for it, even though we fight like cats and dogs! If my sister were anything like Hinata, she would have been arrested and charged with child neglect and I'd be taken to a foster home if that were to happen, even though technically I'm too old to be put in foster care. I have no idea how child neglect laws are in Japan, but we Americans would be throwing a hissy fit at Hinata for being incompetent and not putting her sister above her own stupid and selfish desires, she's so freaking incompetent! Also, how do they even manage to keep a house if they're so poor? Why is Hinata taking care of her sister when she herself has school?! Did she drop out like others have? if she did, that would have been realistic because you can't balance both a job, school, and taking care of a family all at the same time. That'd be too much for her to handle, especially if she doesn't know the process behind paying mortgage? AND WHERE THE FREAK ARE THEIR PARENTS?! Did they die? Did they abandon them? Are they divorced? Why is this not explained?! If they're alive, they should be living with them, not living on their own! If they did abandon them, than that in itself is child abuse and neglect!

*sigh* Okay. Finally got all that out of the way. Sorry guys. I just had to get all this out. Despite all of these humpback whale sized flaws, I like it for what it is. Feel free to watch it since it's only ten five-minute-long episodes. If you don't like corny comedy, give it a miss.

I tend to enjoy the little things in life. I watch the little specials that come with the BDs and all that. But to have an anime with the same or even half the length of these specials is something I'm not exactly looking forward to. Nevertheless, Miyakawa-ke no Kuufuku wasn't all that bad, and I managed to get my fair share of enjoyment out of it. Even though the video quality was so poor, you could barely see their mouths move.

Miyakawa-ke no Kuufuku is a "spin-off" show based on Lucky Star. To say spin-off is stretching it, though, as the mini-anime doesn't have anything ... to do with the original one, other than two minor appearances of some of the main characters... In the background. It revolves around two sisters, the older one Hinata, and the younger sister Hikage. They suffer from poverty, and the fact the oldest one is both a spender and an otaku doesn't help either. And... that's it, really. Just like with Lucky Star, there is no actual storyline. Just 2 characters going through their lives and facing their hardships. It is funny how the youngest is far more responsible and mature than the older one, and the fact that the anime store clerk makes an appearance made me laugh, as well as the sneaky appearance of Konata, Kagami and Tsukasa. But really, that's it. There isn't anything really special about this anime. I personally wouldn't even call this an anime, but rather a special you expect to see on the Lucky Star DVD/BDs, as they're only 4 minutes each, not counting the ED.

A few pointers is the art and the sound, which is (thank god) pretty much the same as the original Lucky Star series. It doesn't make up for the lack of proper character development, episode duration and overall amount of episodes, but at least it feels like it belongs in the Lucky Star universe. Also, the whole poverty concept they went with is pretty funny, although kinda harsh when you think about it. I mean, 2 sisters living together with barely any money. They made it look fun, but really, it's something you don't want to be facing. At least they live through it with a smile on their face.

In conclusion, it isn't that bad for what it's worth. For its short duration, the total duration of every episode combined is 40 minutes, which is less than 2 episodes of a "proper" anime. If you want to give this a go, go ahead, you won't be wasting too much time if it isn't your cup of tea. I do recommend waiting for the DVD release, which should happen somewhere at the end of October (2013) if it hasn't happened yet, as the stream releases are of very poor quality. Pretty funny if you think about it, an anime about poverty with a poor quality release... Oh well. If you're bored, give it a go. If you're really bored, watch this and then rewatch Lucky Star while you're at it, and pretend the mini-anime is actually a Lucky Star special series. Like I said, it all does sorta fit in the whole LS universe, and for what it's worth, I do recommend giving it a go if you're a fan of Lucky Star. Even if it's just to see Konata and her friends having a pointless conversation in the background.

I had such high hopes for Miyakawa-ke no Kuufuku, and they sure did disappoint. It can barely hold a candle to Lucky Star. The series is about a really poor family of sisters as they talk about how poor, and hungry they are. Meanwhile, the older sister is an otaku that show no resistance to splurging on anime merchandise. That's basically every episode. I found myself wishing the last episode would just arrive.

The artwork was actually quite good, but not outstanding either. The artwork is close to the original cute, simple artwork of Lucky Star. In fact, there is at ... least one scenario where the two animes take place at the same time, and place. It also has other smaller reference to Lucky Star.

The sound is okay, I don't really recall any background music at all during any of the episodes. The ending them was also just okay. I found the two main characters voices kind of annoying at times too.

I found almost all of the characters very similar to each other. They all seemed to lack in personality. I found this kind of sad regarding the show only had like seven characters.

This is one I've been waiting… the humor. I was so glad this series was short. Those jokes were terrible. It was the same thing every episode. I was expecting hilarious, random humor. What I got was a little girl complaining about food problems. Meanwhile, her older sister spent all their money on anime. This was the same thing rewrapped in every single episode. It was saddening. There are so many better routes they could've gone down.

In conclusion, unless you're a diehard Lucky Star fan, I would advise you to consider something else. Being a fan of Kyoto Animation, overall I felt disappointed, and bored. I was really hoping on writing an awesome, long review, but sadly it was dull ,and didn't have much content(mainly because every episode was pretty much the same. Never the less, I will end on a positive note. The artwork did not disappoint.

Apparently, this ONA is forgettable. Because I literally don't remember watching it. I just kinda randomly caught it on YouTube as a 25-minute compilation, and then when I went to MAL after finishing to log in to give it a score--I thought 5/10 summed up my feelings about it--I see the same exact 5/10 staring me back in the face.

I mean, I never liked Lucky Star that much, but to completely forget about watching a whole thing? Wow. I'm dumbfounded right now. Apparently, I watched this at some point in the past. And I remember none of it. But physical records disagree with my memory, ... so I can't even say "meh".

Well, that's my review. It's not horrible. It's not even bad. In fact, it was kinda cute. But it is middle-of-the-road and, quite literally, forgettable.

I came into this anime with zero expectations, I knew this had almost nothing to do with Lucky Star and that the humor wasn't going to be amazing, I was more curious than anything. The only assumption I made was that it was going to be as cute and situational as Lucky Star, but I was dead wrong.

This anime has a very unique setting of being unbearably depressing while not actually trying to be. You can tell it was trying to make humor out of being relatable to budgeting families and people with not much extra money to spend, but the entire thing is just ... one, long drudge of the protagonist being miserable and unhappy. This anime actually put me in a worse mood than when I started, wholly for the fact that it's that much of a downer. It's especially ironic considering Lucky Star featured at least a few jokes about characters mentioning something happy and then stating several negative things, ruining the mood for comedic effect. Because that's what this anime is, except without the punchline.

In every aspect besides the story, it's a great anime. The animation is relatively beautiful and smooth, the sound is pretty good, the characters are visually appealing, it's got all the surface charm of Lucky Star, if not even a little bit better than Lucky Star's production quality.

If you're a huge fan of Lucky Star like I am, I'd recommend this, not because it's "like" Lucky Star or even has anything to do with it, but just because it almost "feels" like Lucky Star. In an apt comparison, this is sort of the tofu version of Lucky Star. My only warning would be to keep something handy for when you're done watching it to restore your mood, because you definitely will come out of this feeling just kind of bad and abused. Besides that, this is definitely an anime you can afford to skip. It's only really worth a watch for curiosity's sake and just for the fact that you can say you watched it.

Spoiler-free.

I thought Lucky Star is underrated until I watched this.

Miyakawa-ke no Kuufuku is a spin-off of the great Lucky Star. Now, it's time to review it in an animated form.

The spin-off follows the Miyakawa sisters: Hinata, the elder one & otaku, and Hikage, the elementary student. Because Hinata wastes much money on the weeb shit of hers, the Miyakawas are poor. That's the only joke. Or is it?

The most common misconception about Miyakawa-ke is that there is only one joke. Well, it's not even a comedy in the first place (check genres), but okay. In reality, the anime often transforms 'the only joke' ... and does experiments with humour, which I find quite imaginative. It wouldn't have worked if Miyakawa-ke was full-length, however, every episode is about 5 minutes in total.

The story is non-existent, as expected, and that's not bad at all. Lucky Star is relaxing for that reason. But Miyakawa-ke is more dynamic and fast-paced—this is no surprise because it's a five-minute anime. Then why 2 for a story, you ask? I noticed the progression.

By 'progression', I meant characters. In the earlier episodes, Hinata tends to waste her money solely on otaku things, which makes her mildly unlikeable. However, as the series progresses, she really starts caring for Hikage's happiness, resulting in heartwarming moments of her acting as if she was the mother in the Miyakawa family. Speaking of Hikage, yes, she is the *main* main heroine, at least it feels that way. She is mature, which is highly realistic for a child raised in a poor family but reveals her childish identity in some actions.

The side characters are well-developed for a short anime.

The visuals are great, pure moe attitude. OP is surprisingly better than Lucky Star's one and is catchy. ED is ironically sad and fun in its own way, it's good. The voice acting is also gorgeous for a moe anime.

To sum up, this anime is good. It's average in the beginning and has its own flaws, compared to Lucky Star, but improves as the episodes go. It's refreshing and cute, sometimes actually sad, a few times unlikable, yet is enjoyable overall.

Watching this, don't expect another Lucky Star. Yes, the art style is the same, however, the topics in humour and dialogues are different. If you still want another Lucky Star, no wonder you'll end up disappointed. Miyakawa-ke no Kuufuku is neither a sequel nor a side story, it's a spin-off.

Thank you for reading my review.

I adore it! Obviously our perspectives are probably different.
But, I don't think some people understand or appreciate how great/fun this short show is! Well, I don't even understand it myself very well... Yet, this is what I think. Like the lyrics of the Ending song "we are not miserable - we are just poor"... Well myself and this review it is "I can't logically tell you why I give this show a 8/10 - but I can simply FEEL it to be a good show"!

The show is 8/10 because it does well in what it presents. Personally I enjoyed it a lot, so ... I think it is a 9/10 but that is the extreme bias of my review showing. For another person it may be a 7/10 or a 6/10, but I refuse to admit this show is anywhere at or below a 3/10...unless you say it's too short.

9 for story not because it has a great, complex, thrilling, etc. plot but because it is simple and keeps to itself all the way through. It is a slice of life of two sisters, a 4th grader and an older sister. The 4th grader is too concerned about the finances of their small impoverished family because the older sister is an otaku who can't control their spending well. Contrary to some people, I don't think the older sister is terrible, her actions are unnecessarily expensive but it is true that both sisters love each other very much, and to me that makes this show heartwarming. In my opinion, a lot of animes which are said to be "wholesome" are not very wholesome but rather cute or something that is a little superficial or degrading. However, Miyakawa-ke no Kuufuku is truly a wholesome anime! The main character, the little sister, is great not only because she is a moe cute anime girl but also because she is actually smart for her age and attempts to be responsible for the sake of her family's lifestyle. Since the show is a slice of life, she reminds me of some kids who could or already do exist like her. She is a realistically depicted person (as far as anime goes) because they are a human, she may be an intelligent child but she is also still a child.

8 for Art because I like lucky star's art style. Some scenes are slightly too stale (as in the frame stays the same while the audio keeps on playing) for a little too long. But other parts are well enough animated and are consistent with the show. I like the designs of the characters too.
7 for Sound. I chose 7 arbitrarily since I guess if I was more objective (whatever that could entail to) then both art and sound would be 5 or a 6. But since I think both the art and sound compliment each other well and fit into the story of the anime and since it is a Lucky Star spinoff, I think the sound is A-o'Kay! Anyways, the biggest complaint from other views is probably related to the voices from the main cast's voice actresses. As far as I can tell, those two people have mostly only voice acted for this show. I don't know much else...but what I do know is that I actually like these voices. They are probably not great in industry standards, but since I don't understand Japanese very well and I prefer more unique voice performances, I think the two VA's did a good job. I think both the VA's also did a good job at capturing the characters of the show, perhaps other VA's could have done a better job but that better job would've been more generic I bet. So, the main cast's voices actually suit their characters nicely as they sound a little more realistic yet cartoony and charming enough for a lighthearted show with moments of some sadness, mainly from the light-stomachs of the sisters.

I gave 8 to characters and 9 to enjoyment. 10 I reserve for master-pieces. Like many reviewers or people in general, I haven't bothered checking up if there are 'proper' ways to review these shows. So, I give a 9 for my personal enjoyment since I think that's what mostly matters. To be more fair, the show I believe deserves an overall score of 8. For what it is, it accomplishes at depicting it's story well.

This show is depressing to watch.

It revolves around two sisters living by themselves together, but the older (adult) one keeps spending all of the money on manga, so the younger and more responsible one (in elementary school) is always upset. While the elder sister isn't necessarily malicous, she's so irresponsible that she's very hard to feel positively about, even if it's played off as a joke. This is pretty much the entire show, and it just gets repeated over and over.

I'm not sure how (or even if) this was supposed to be funny, because it was just sad to watch. It's kinda painful, because you ... just spend most of your time pitying the kid. You can clearly see that it's gotten so bad that she has a warped perception of what normal people can afford. It feels like watching nearly an hour of child neglect, if not abuse.

Also, I don't know why they made this a spin-off to Lucky Star. The only connection between them seems to be brief character cameos. This could easily have been its own series.

The art style is what you'd expect from Lucky Star, and the OP is pretty nice, but it doesn't make up for its faults. In the technical department, everything feels okay. Not great, but nothing bad.

tldr: writing is repetitive, but the technical aspects are okay. may likely be (mildly) depressing to watch
overall rating: 4/10

compared to Lucky Star, this is absolute garbage, and compared to nothing? It's still painfully boring; The only bits of this show that were at all enjoyable were the brief moments when the Lucky Star cast made a cameo in the background. All this has done is make me ache further for a proper spinoff or second season of Lucky Star, is it really too much to ask for a show featuring Akira as the main? Though this far in the future, anything related to Lucky Star is old news.. and there is no worse pain than that. In total, i'd equate this show to ... torture.

I wish this was better than it was, but it's not like I disliked it.
The art is as good as lucky star, and the backgrounds are occasionally even better, but the writing is repetitive with little to no character growth from the adult main character. Luckily, there was significant character depth in the younger main character, so the parts where she was at school tend to be the better ones.
I liked it for the art and the fact that it was more Lucky Star, but it definitely could have been better. You should definitely watch it though, since the whole thing is less than an ... hour long.

Don't go into this anime expecting much, its not Season 2 Lucky Star, if you do you are going to be disappointed. The Miyakawa Family's Hunger should be seen more as supplementary material to watch after you've completed a few episodes of Lucky Star, and for that I think it works pretty well and provides a nice side story completely disconnected from Lucky Star's main cast. The show isn't revolutionary and doesn't hold a candle to Lucky Star, however is a sweet and slightly sad look into two side characters who are pretty forgettable.

What I'm trying to get across is that if you're expecting something ... in the same league as Lucky Star then you'll be disappointed and not give it a fair shot, don't be led on by the score it's much more enjoyable than it's score may suggest.

Miyakawa-ke no Kuufuku (2013)

For an addition to the Lucky Star series it is not bad but also not great. It does give a good opposite lifestyle of the Otaku from a less wealthy lifestyle without the freedom that the others have in the series.

It almost gives off a feel sorry for them vibe but with the Otaku sister being the reason the cause of the impoverished lifestyle that is difficult. It is however funny when it wants to be and a bit depressing when it needs to be.

Ultimately, it uses the same art as Lucky Stars main series which is actually really great. The ... characters do develop quite well considering the short episodes.

It is an enjoyable show but not on the level of the main series. The ED song is enjoyable with its developments also.

Worth a watch but a second season of Lucky Stars would have been better.