Minami-ke Tadaima

Minami ke- A show I had never known about before this season but I just plunged through all the seasons and watched. Why? It was amazing.

Tis is mostly geared to people who havent watched minami ke series yet cuz if you hve, you dont need a review to watch it

Rating Overall- 9.4

Ok. The minami ke series deserves a 10 in my book. Except that I wish it were longer so I can laugh for so 9.

Story-9

Every episode is comedy and absolute joy. For example, I broke my thumb and got water in my eye. I was feeling awful and minami ke just cheered me up. ... Got to say, this is like awesome medicine:P for sadness to joy.

Characters- 10

Every charaters is unique, likable and help you enjoy and laugh with their trooubles. THe thre protagonists, the sisters, each represent a different sector of people ranging for responsible, intelligent, and clueless(KANA COUGH). Even the least likable of charactrs (KANA) prove themselves with kind deeds and help you relate and at least bear with them

Sound/art-10

Brilliant art and sound. The music is great and I listen to op, end everytime. Animation is fluid and amazing too. IT really brings out the comedy

Enjoyment- 10

THis can bring me to laughter in seconds, just looking at the characters interact brings me joy. rewatching is also great cuz everything is just so amazing

Overall-9

It totally deserves a 10, but it is just so good that because I know it will end is bringing me sadness.

Honestly, you should watch this season if you watched the previous, or if not, watch the first season to be introduced to the characters and watch the rest of the seasons (doesnt have to be in order)

Funny story, so I watched the first season then skipped to Okaeri(season 3 meaning Im back) instead of Okawari(season 2 meaning seconds) but it still fit and was amazing. Basically, watch the minami ke series, it rivals Boku wa tomodachi ga sukunai and kore wa zombie desu ka in terms of comedy

I personally almost didnt watch this because of the description (three girls and their daily lives) cuz honestly, it sounds pretty lame. However, this is like the greatest of comedies, with a dash of romance and others to make it even funnier. Especially the suitors after the protagonist, now they are epic (FUJIOKA KUN!!!)

REMINDER: WATCH FIRST SEASON IF YOU HAVENT< OTHERWISE WATCH THIS ... ITS EPIC (NO kidding)

Thanks for reading, I hope I encouraged you to watch this. Its great for like all audiences cuz seriously, who doesnt need comedy?

Has this series changed or have i?

I'm just not sure anymore. The first Minami-ke series sits comfortably in my all time best shows, to me this was the defining slice of life comedy to which i compare all others.
Okawari's change in studio annoyed me, the visuals were unfamiliar, this shows pacing gives you a great deal of time for such grievances to fester, but the content was still enjoyable.
I watched an episode of Okaeri and left it at that, the problem has gone beyond a minor annoyance.

With Tadaima the studio was again changed again, and they've done a decent job with the visuals, so ... why am i not loving the show again?
The characters are the same, the style is more or less the same, the art is good. I'm wondering if the shows simply played on the same running jokes a little bit to long, it's all starting to seem a little to familiar. Kana and Chiaki don't seem to have quite as hilarious a chemistry playing off each other.
The expanded cast do not do the show allot of favor's, we get allot of sketches, only partially involving a Minami sister, or sometimes not at all, i usually greet these with a sigh, they're not all that engaging, the Makoto gags seem to have been done to death, they just generally seem to be animating the same material over and over.

The bulk of the pittance of a MAL following this show has, must be existing fans, so is it just me? Or has the show run its course for premium content.

This is the 4th Season of Minami-ke and I'm glad to report that a lot of effort seems to be put into this one, probably making it the best of the series, so it is definitely a MUST WATCH.

Just like the rest of the series, it is still a situational slice of life comedy so not much development is to be expected, which is reminded in each episode. The art is great and probably even greater than the rest of the series. It features the same VAs which fit each character, good OP and ED, and BGMs that fit each scene. They have the same ... fun characters and the supporting ones were given increased screen times, giving viewers a chance to get to know more about the cast and their roles, and showing a better, wider view of the world of the Minami's.

Minami-ke Tadaima is most enjoyable. Each episode contains several sketches which were carefully planned for quality humor, and is incorporated with fanservice of just the right amount and level that is strategically used for some gags. Few minute problems exist such as the use of backgrounds that do not match the mood/situation and some overly forced coincidences, but these do not at all affect the overall Minami-goodness, and viewers would still be served with good laughs.

The story is so playful as it ever was.

The scenes are designed perfectly. it's not makes me feel monotonous.

I think all characters are drawn more vivacious than it ever was.

Ninomiya-kun and Sensei appear again. Just for fun+


Overall Minami-ke Tadaima is so good as previously.

I like how Minami-ke Tadaima begins each episode with a brief commentary:
"This story is a simple illustration of the three Minami sisters and the ordinary life they lead. Please don't expect too much from it." - Minami Chiaki.

Just like all the previous seasons, fans of Minami-ke should be familiar with how it begins an episode with one of the characters commenting along those lines and that's essentially what Minami-ke is entirely about;heartwarming slice-of-life revolving around three plain girls with very lighthearted jokes delivered throughout the entire show. Alas, this season is one you shouldn't "expect too much from it", just as Chiaki said.

With no story ... or focus on whatsoever, Minami-ke Tadaima is the latest follow-up, fourth season in the Minami-ke series, however, it does not require the viewer to have watch the prequels in order to understand the storyline(because there really isn't any) or know the characters(because they already provided introductions for most characters). Comedy presented in Tadaima is very light, so don't expect yourself to burst out in laughter. Apart from a few chuckles, Tadaima's sense of humor is random sadly, its bland and unimaginative. Even so, Tadaima is relaxing to watch.

Like all seasons of Minami-ke, Tadaima also had undergone a refresh regarding its artstyle. Okaeri, Okawari and the first all had different artstyle. This season's new art is good, however, its none too special or memorable. Just one's personal opinion though, I still find Minami-Ke's first season was far superior compared to any of the other seasons, in terms of humor, OP and ED and rewatchability, just the artstyle looked pretty dated.

Characters are pretty much unchanged; Kana remains to be the naive, energetic middle sister. Chiaki being the youngest but has more brains than Kana does, and Haruka being the motherly-type. There's almost no character development throughout the seasons so far. On that final note, most of them are still adorable as ever and to be more specific, there wasn't a character I disliked. Hosaka remains to be the most eccentric and funniest character in the whole series.

Ultimately, Minami-ke Tadaima was an decent show for me. On the plus side, the charming characters remained intact, has solid visuals and also can be relaxing to watch but regrettably its sense of humor has gone stale. Some people may even consider this to be the weakest season. Nonetheless, Minami-ke Tadaima should appeal to slice of life junkies, but for anyone looking for good laughs, stay away.

-Story is simple and enjoyable
-Art is alright
-Love the soundtrack of this anime, fits well
-Characters are enjoyable

-Overall this anime is quite enjoyable

Hmm, this is...hmm. Just finished this one, so this review will be my freshest of the seasons of Minami-ke. Prepare for disappointment. But, before you get the wrong idea, well this IS because the studio changed again, this review is not centered on its art style alone, but it will play a major role on how this review goes.

This season did something that I was heavily afraid of: they embraced cliché again, something that has not been done since the second season. And by embrace, I mean EMBRACE. Right off the bat, it appears that they are repeating old elements from prior seasons, recycling ... old ideas to be specific; and they did not do a good job with it at all.

Before I go on, I HAVE to say the positives now. From the looks of it, all the voice actors returned yet again and the writers were still capable of writing humor that made me laugh a lot in a few areas. They finally had a moment where Fujioka almost confessed to Minami, which was all I needed. Given it is a comedy, I knew it was not gonna happen, but it was amazing to almost see.

Lastly, the charm of the anime is still there, but now it has mixed with Okawari and Okaeri from the looks of it, as far as delivery and art style go; and just throw in things from season one, too. But, not in the way that you might think. With all that being said, though, it is still Minami-ke at the core and DID bring back the voice actors, alongside the soundtrack once more, so you might still enjoy it in that regard.

Now, with that being said...wow, this is a handful. Um, as I said before, they DID embrace generic anime cliché again, but they took it to a new level. They brought up the infamous Ninomiya-kun show again, alongside the mysterious loincloth people showing up at festivals, and they were trying to recycle a lot of old running gags from the first season.

This would be fine, but they delivered them quite badly. On top of that, they had actual cringe-worthy moments quite a bit, but made up for it by returning one of my favorite elements of Okaeri: the background talk. In some scenes, two sets of characters will be talking to each other and whenever the main conversation is not humoring enough, the other one usually is and it is quite enjoyable to watch their reactions throughout it all. The background alone is almost more enticing than what they WANT you to pay attention to.

Oh, and the worst of it? Hosaka. Now, they just decided that he would be a mental case instead of having him confess to Haruka, though they brought up the whole reason why he was doing this to begin with: the volleyball club! ANOTHER season one reference, and one that I actually forgot myself, but he actually WASN'T in love with her! I completely forgot about that, so that was a surprising reminder.

Right, the mental case part you're curious about. Well, apparently, he didn't talk to her for so long that he fell in love with himself. To elaborate, the "Haruka within himself" of whom he saw in his thoughts. Apparently, nobody could find out why Haruka was "imperfect" and so Hosaka just believed her to be a goddess. The problem? He worshiped her like a fictional goddess; one that he would never actually meet because he never talked to her.

But, the one thing that irks me is that he was actually about to and Hayami STOPPED him, ate his offering to her and basically turned him insane; making her my least favorite character of the entire anime after that. She basically took away his only chance of talking to her, and he was pretty casual about it, too. He had a lunch ready and was actually steps away from her, but thanks to Hayami, he never saw her for the remainder of the season and, well, as I said before, went insane basically. Also, he still sees her sisters as her daughters.

Okay, let's see, what else. They introduced a new character, but she is purely filler at most; named Miyuki, she has a lifeless personality and was meant to be somewhat of a mix between Keiko and Kana at first, though she later went from recurring to minor quite rapidly as she only had one major appearance in a segment and, well, she was not as interesting as their newest addition, Riko, whom still brought up one of the more humorous love triangles I have ever seen.

So, the question. Can I recommend this one? That, I can actually say ONLY if you're a die-hard fan of the anime series, because well it did retain most of the charm, it was not that enjoyable to me and I did not prioritize it as much as I did with Minami-ke (my default label for the first season) and Okaeri. Heck, Okawari would be better than this, personally because it had less cliché in it in comparison and was actually more enjoyable in a few areas.

I won't be too harsh and say this season was pure trash, but it didn't appeal to me too much. The only major thing it did was give the anime the most detailed backgrounds I had ever seen, but they still didn't breath the same color into them as the first did. Regardless, they were still very well drawn and detailed.

My score is about as honest as I can get here. And, normally, whenever I dislike an anime, I don't even put too much life into myself to write the review for it; hence, this one coming off as a bit cluttered and not as high on vocabulary as the first review was. But, I do have a few anime that I literally hate to death, so this one is not that bad. If you're a fan of Minami-ke, go for it.

But, if you enjoyed seasons one and three, I might want to skip this one; keyword: might. If you enjoyed season two, you perhaps will like this one a lot as it brings more of that one's style here again with the cliché elements and all, but it is really up to your own personal preference on which seasons you enjoyed the most.

One word : Marvelous!!

You don't even need to browse through the comment!

The fact that this anime is in its 4th season and is still on-going explain all!

Why are you here? Start watching it now! Very recommended! ^_^

Minami-Ke Tadaima is the fourth season of the series Minami-Ke. It’s a slice of life comedy with elements of high school romance sprinkled into the mix. To say that this show is unique and is a “must watch” would be stretching it. The slice of life genre has always been one of my favorites, but this show just didn't do it for me. The jokes are pretty stale and some of them lose their potential humor simply because of the way they’re set up. But let’s stop with the general impressions and get into the specifics, shall we?

Story:
Being a slice of life school comedy, Minami-Ke ... Tadaima respectively does not have a complicated plot. It follows the ordinary lives of three sisters: Kana, Chiaki, and Haruka Minami. Each episode is formatted linearly: An ordinary problem is presented, hijinx ensues, and a conclusion is met. It’s simple and should be effective. I say “should” because the sheer quality of most of the jokes and the reactions of the characters actually works against this linear format. That's not to say that the show never made me laugh. It got me a few times, but for a comedy, it was rare.

Characters:
Aside from Hosaka and Kana--huge shout-outs to their voice actors by the way--most of the cast is a bit uninteresting. Again, most of the show's failings are brought up from the lack of reactions and lack of exaggerated responses from the characters and some of the characters ended up as tropes. Take Makoto's character for instance. In order to hang out with Kana without drawing the suspicion of his classmates, Makoto takes on the form of Mako--a female version of himself. You would think that this could draw out a few laughs, but the setup for the jokes are really typical and not fun in all honesty. In truth, I think the whole show could be described as “really typical and not fun,” but I do think the music helps ease the boredom.

Music:
The music from the show is actually pretty good. The music used in the comedic scenes generated a silly, albeit cheesy, atmosphere. More specifically, the opening was always something I looked forward to listening to. It was really upbeat and I think it captured what the show really tried to be: a heavily emphasized comedy. The ending theme was less than addicting, but my ears didn't bleed because of it, so that's good.

Art Style / Animation:
Being a show from 2013, Minami-Ke Tadaima actually doesn't look great in comparison to some of the other shows that came out at the time. While the art style is a bit dated, the animation is serviceable enough and the character designs are unique and even a bit fun at times. While I wouldn’t consider the artistic direction of the show to be its strong suit, I can see how others might enjoy it for its simplicity.

Overall Impressions:
Minami-Ke Tadaima was a pretty below average experience for me. It just wasn't as much fun as I thought it'd be and I really like the slice of life genre, so I know that's not the problem. Aside from Hosaka's and Kana’s characters, the show was a bore to get through. With its lack of good characters, its repeated use of unfunny jokes, and without a solid reason to keep me coming back to the show, I had a really hard time getting through this one. Even some fans of the show found out that they didn’t love this season of Minami-Ke in particular. In the words of Chiaki herself, “Please do not expect much out of it.” I cannot and will not recommend this show, even to slice of life fans.

I'll be reviewing Minami-ke in it's entirety: the four seasons plus the OVA's. Honestly, Minami-ke is a pretty standard and simple slice of life/comedy story surrounding three sisters. While you might think it's a CGDCT type of show, it's not. While there are certainly slice of life elements, and it seems to be the focal point of the show, it still is more of a comedy than anything else.
The reason why the show is good is due to the interactions of the many characters. I really like how characters interact with each other. They bring out their personalities in a bunch of different scenarios and ... dialogue. The fact that there are so many different things that these characters do in the limited setting is honestly pretty impressive.
However, not all the characters are very good. I do think that Kana, Chiaki, Makoto, Touma, Uchida, and Maki (barley) are good. What I mean is that they go past their character archetypes and you see a lot of variety when it comes to how they act and interact with others. They always bring something unique to the table, and their interactions aren't just limited to a few token things that they are responsible for. On the other hand, the rest of the characters, especially Harkua and Hosaka, are pretty bland. Whenever they're involved in a scene, they usually don't contribute much to the discussion, if at all. They're more of just to make more numbers, and don't stray off their few token lines and personality traits at all. Truly a waste. I would totally understand if this was a 1 season show, but this was a 52 episode series. 52! That's more than enough to have 10 or so good characters. Instead, we see around half or more of the character cast waste away since there's not a lot of attention on them, or if there are, just repeat their same lines over and over again with not much development in their personalities. Haruka, probably one of the characters with the most screen time, also doesn't pass this hurdle. For such an essential character, you'd think that she'd be fun to watch, but she just fills the role of "responsible older sister that cooks," and barely has any personality outside of "being lazy sometimes." Hosaka also gets an absurdly large amount of screen time for his entire personality being "taking off his shirt, crushing on Haruka, and cooking." It's always the same exact routine when it comes to these two character, and that's not okay when they take up so much screen time. I also can't agree how the attention of the characters are so lopsided. It's clear that the story is surround the three Minami characters, yet, most of the time, it's Chiaki's friends that the viewers see the most. I think that a lot of characters with good potential, like Keiko, or even just Touma's family, were ruined because they just didn't have a lot of screen time. Kana and Haruka's circles of friends are obviously mentioned in the episodes, and they have an adequate amount of attention, but it's nothing compared to Chiaki's circle of friends. If there was a more balanced distribution of scenes involving different characters, I would think that there would be not only more variety, but better characters.
Enough of characters, though, what about the setting? Honestly, Minami Ke suffers from a bland setting. Usually, or almost always, the setting is at the Minami Household or at school. This is still okay, since there are many shows that only use those settings, but Minami ke doesn't really interact with the setting very much. It's always the same type of scenarios, and there isn't a lot of creativity or variety when it comes to many scenes in the show. This can be seen even when they're not at their own house or at school. The fireworks, beach, pool, family restaurant, and festival scenes are really repetitive and don't actually involve any interaction with the environment, or if there are, they're extremely simple ones. If the show had more interesting scenarios where they did different things, it would be a lot less repetitive. I really have no idea why this is the case. I mean, even just going to another person's house could really spice things up, or even just going on recreational activities like bowling or skating could be nice too. there's really not a lot of variety when it comes to the setting, and as such, things get a bit repetitive.
Lastly, I'll talk about art. For a series that started in 2008~, the art was really good. Season 1's artstyle was simple and minimalistic. There was not too many shadows, attention to detail, and everything was simple. That made it so that at least, the movement and animation of facial expressions were fluid and vivid. It's not like an anime like Minami ke really needs that much detail. Season 2, they probably wanted some more detail, and detail it got. The problem was that it was sloppily done. Movements were choppy, animations were always reused, and there was a lack of this fluidity and completeness that the previous animation had. Most importantly, though, the art style didn't fit the anime at all. Not only did season 2 feature the most boring character ever, Fuyuki, who really sucked out any fun at all in a scene, but the art was just horribly paired. Seasons 3 and 4 stuck to the old season 1 art style, and you can really tell how much that art style elevates the entire show. Season 4 especially, had attention to detail, and also still maintained that initial minimalistic approach which really elevated the show.
Overall, I liked the show. Characters were cute and scenes were funny. There was a clear theme of repetitiveness when it came to settings/scenarios, like pool, beach, flower viewing, new years, valentine's day, etc etc, and there were some characters which were boring and lacked any depth, but it was still a good show overall.

This is the, wow, 4th season of Minami K. Aptly named Tadaima (Im back).

This season was amazing. The last few episodes are good as well. The last 2 seasons, the last 3 episodes were depressing. This time not the case.

I am still sad though, I watched 52 episodes of Minami K and its gonna end.

The story is about the 3 sisters, Haruma, Kana, Chiaki. Kana is the wild one, Chiaki is composed, Haruma takes care of them. They are also accompanied by a ton of friends.

My favorite character this entire season is Hosaka. He was the funniest, wittiest, and best character this season. ...
I wish he got what he wanted :(

Music and Animation: OP 1 still on top, but animation is the best out of the 4 seasons.

Final Score: 7/10 really good
Thanks!
-CyanCheetah

The Minami sisters are back to their former glory with Minami-ke Tadaima.

Rather than my usual tempolate (characters, story, art, sound, enjoyment), since this is a sequel, I'll keep it very brief.

Minami-ke Tadaima is probably the best, if not tied for the best (with season one), season of the series.

The art is very clean and crisp, while keeping the bright, colorful, and detailed backgrounds. The stories are as diverse as ever, with a lot of involvement from side characters. The gags seem a lot tighter, in that they pack more laughs per minute. This season also includes more of what I enjoyed from season one -- ... Sensei and Ninomiya-kun!

Overall, this season is very enjoyable and reminds viewers of why they liked the entirety of the Minami-ke series in the first place. It is a strong ending to the franchise.