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Jun 3, 2009 5:10 AM

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I'll wait this season out for a few more episodes and see where it takes me.
Jul 17, 2009 2:33 PM
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Well I actually liked the last three or so episodes of Okawari. The the animation improved, and the humor was starting to become reasonable again, while still incorporating a larger plot. At the End of Okawari I was pleased to see who there was a subtle maturation of the characters that occurred over they series.

And while I'm grateful Okaeri is trying to improve by going back to the first season, so far it seems like they completely threw out Okawari as if it never happened. Given that I stuck with Okawari to have the characters I came to love from season 1 grown in me even more and seem more real as people, if only just a little, throwing all that out bothers me.

When Season 1 ended, Okawari picked right where it left off in terms of time. Season 1 ended with the new year, Okawari started with the near year and went into spring. If anything the subdued nature of Okawari was comparable to the winter it primarily took place in. I would have liked the new series, which is obviously trying to be more upbeat, to have started out in the Spring. But instead Okeari, so far, is back to the start of the new year. So did they skip all those other months in the year, and it's now the NEXT new year? Or are they pretending Okawari never happened and it's right after where season 1 left off? I don't really like either of those possibilities....

Still, I have the Curry episode to look forward to.

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Just a note, I haven't read the manga, so I'm just assuming that the contents of Okawari are present in it along side the usual humor.
XerainJul 17, 2009 11:44 PM
Sep 15, 2009 3:32 AM

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Cloud1234 said:
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Animation and art is great!

Sure is great.



I'm impressed by the renowned asread quality.


aaaggh.. my eyes! my eyes!

The art and animation, if continue like this, will beat VK in terms of crappiness.....


PLEASE TELL MT THIS ISNT TRUE.PLEASE.
I just finished 2nd season (that i found as good as first) but if this is terrible i prefer keeping Minami's good image instead


Good fucking god, the team tries to go back to the original animation, and you guys STILL bitch and complain. Ridiculous.. Anyway, I think the fact that Haruka is cross eyed there is because she is drunk, just a thought.
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Sep 24, 2009 8:43 PM

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Urg. Can't they still to one art style? Took me a while to get used to the 2nd season's art. Finally started liking it too. Now it's just bugging me.

Oct 3, 2009 1:34 PM

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I'm a bit disappointed with the first episode, but was entertaining if nothing else.
Nov 23, 2009 9:38 AM

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Finally watch the first episode and after 20+ minutes of withholding the urge to stab my eyes, I managed to survive the first episode.

Beside the awful animation, the comedy part of the anime was kinda good. Haven't had that much of a laugh in a long time.
Dec 2, 2009 10:35 AM

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It was a great start. But I find myself missing the art from the second season, but I guess I'll get used to it.

It was very enjoyable and Touma looks even more like a boy in this episode. I liked the part where they were using the pen to find this. Kana needs to pay more attention. LOL
Dec 21, 2009 2:50 PM

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The animation sucks for this season. I remembered thinking the second season was bad compared to the first but this season takes the icing. -__-

I'm still going to hang tight for the rest of the show though. Minami-ke is a great slice-of-life anime nevertheless.
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Jan 12, 2010 1:41 AM

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Okay, since when was Chiaki and Fujioka THAT close? Her dragging him and sitting on top of him??? Did I miss something in the 2nd or first series?
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Jan 14, 2010 8:12 PM
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MRLX69 said:
Okay, since when was Chiaki and Fujioka THAT close? Her dragging him and sitting on top of him??? Did I miss something in the 2nd or first series?
I must have missed this moment as well, but from what I've read reading around Minami ke forums, Chiaki thinks of Fujioka as a father figure. I could be wrong.
Mar 17, 2010 12:49 AM

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Awesome they brought back the series.
That's all i have to say.
May 16, 2010 9:13 AM

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The pen finding Kana's cool future husband (Fujioka) on the roof was very cute, even if it was totally predictable. I really enjoyed this episode.
Jun 3, 2010 11:26 AM

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First of all: The new art is real bullshit. Also it is not very funny. I really hope it gets better soon, because it would be a waste for the first two seasons, which have been very good.
Sep 6, 2010 5:08 AM
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artemis22 said:
failed art!

It's, sadly, true :/ second season had bad art, but now... it's even more bad than bad :///

But, I still like this how, it's somehow refreshing ;D
And, Kana look more mature this time... it she'll change hairstyle, she'll be really beautiful *___*
So, I hope that their adventures will be as funny as always xD
Sep 16, 2010 7:46 AM
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Kana's Future Husband Huh.... Amazing She still hasn't noticed....
All Hail the Falling Pen!!!

On a Side note it was weird how the ED was not at the end. I've seen many times there being an extra clip after the ED but not an entire extra Sequence.

4/5

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For a Quick Overview about what this Season will be like Read my Episode 2 post [There are Zero Spoilers](Unless you'd Consider Talk about Show Structure Spoiling)
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Sep 16, 2010 7:47 AM
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Sep 20, 2010 11:08 PM

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QUALITY designs for sure. Hope it gets better >_>

The whole "future husband" thing was predictable, but I still think the KanaxFujioka scenes are cute :D

Hosaka steals the show again.
Don't forget.
Always, somewhere,
someone is fighting for you.
As long as you remember her,
you are not alone.
Sep 30, 2010 8:15 PM

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They changed the freaking art again!! I liked S2 art imo.
Feb 4, 2011 2:55 PM

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Oh my, the pen trick was great _O_ Lol at the dense Kana :P

Totally loved Hosaka, I'm glad he's back ^^ I still have to laugh every time I see him take his shirt off :P
Mar 30, 2011 12:48 AM

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I liked it personally. It's not the first season, but they were trying to get to that.

I liked the cup yakisoba phenomenon and the pen. The pen made me laugh a lot, it was pretty accurate. Especially when Kana asked for her potential wonderful future husband. That was obvious who, but how they showed who it was was hilarious. And it still funny that she still doesn't have a clue Fujioka likes her.

The Hosaka 180 part made he laugh a bit at the end,because I didn't know what he got, but it was because the translators didn't put what his fortune said. I'm guessing it was a bad one since he tied a bunch. Nothing makes Minami-ke, Minami-Ke without Hosaka doing something stupid and stripping. xD
Apr 4, 2011 4:34 PM

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Pretty good episode. Lol looks like Fujioka is Kana's future husband.
Sep 5, 2011 8:08 PM

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OP and ED were disappointing, loved the second season's. The art doesn't bother me, still, it can't compare to the first season, I don't know why, it was amusing, though not to the point that I'd be laughing my ass off.

Fujioka keeps butting in (stray free-loader dog) and Hosaka as always is pure epicness, his amount of win is undeniable.
Sep 9, 2011 3:08 AM

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Sadly no more bible black faces. They were hilarious.
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Mar 31, 2012 7:31 PM

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I like the OP
Jan 6, 2013 3:24 PM
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This first episode gave of a better feeling than the second season.
Jan 19, 2013 8:12 AM

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Although the animation was horrible in this episode, the amusement factor more than made up for it imo.
The OP came in kind of late which is not that unusual, but such an early ending is pretty unusual AFAIK. I usually start updating MAL and what not while the ending plays, but I couldn't do that with this early one.
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Feb 12, 2013 10:05 AM

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Nice start but it was so short O_O either way they started off quite nicely better than the second season for sure, great OP and ED as well and some hair color changes again :p

Lets see what's next, lets hope they can keep this level or it will be as a failure like last season!
Apr 23, 2013 8:47 AM

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More Kana wewew
Jun 15, 2013 12:04 AM

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Loved it!!

I think this is my favorite ED of the series.

And I didn't mind the art at all. I keep seeing that comment, but I don't get why people hated it so much. I feel like it's a nice combo of the first and second season as far as the art goes.
May 13, 2014 1:15 PM

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People are so fucking fickle. So many of them complained about the change in S2, now they are trying to get it closer to S1 and people STILL complain.

*smh*
Dec 3, 2014 8:46 AM

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Kana x Fujioka OTP!!

Hosaka bought 180 fortune cards, 100 yen each = 18000 yen = 150 US$ ?? lol
Nov 5, 2015 8:48 AM

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This was a decent Episode. The OP was somewhat better than than second season.
Fujioka-kun interrupting the meeting and Takeru's expression on that really made me laugh.
Hosaka-senpai is funny as usual.
Feb 7, 2017 6:05 AM
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the art has been bad since season 2 i wish daume had done other seasons too
May 13, 2017 7:49 AM

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the ending scene of this season ep 1 was the reason I started watching this show
Aug 10, 2017 5:52 AM

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Cup Yakisoba phenomenon!
I don't know what is that, but ok xD

It's always the uncle and Fujioka xD

"Kaeroyoo bakayaroo"
I'm disappointed she's not saying "bakayaro" a lot like she used to

FujiokaxKana is official apparently xD
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Apr 27, 2019 2:57 PM

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LOL look at all these people who are complaining about the art.
The first time I watched it today, I quickly checked the studio because the humor is back compared to season 2, (those black faces are nightmare)

This is better than the previous season, but the first is still the best.
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Aug 18, 2020 8:08 AM

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Feels more in line with the first season already.
Feb 5, 2022 7:29 PM
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In my opinion it looks better than the second season. The OP and ED are better. Obviously the first season is the best by far.
May 21, 2023 1:04 PM

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The art is like first season now.
May 25, 2023 1:17 PM
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MRLX69 said:
Okay, since when was Chiaki and Fujioka THAT close? Her dragging him and sitting on top of him??? Did I miss something in the 2nd or first series?
Chiaki sometimes likes to think him as a father, as once Haruka said to her that he reminds of their father
May 26, 2023 4:36 AM
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artstyle is better tham s2, op ed too.
fujioka looks so different though.
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