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Season 2

Minami-ke Okawari

Minami-ke Okawari

Season 2

Minami-ke Okawari

  • Air date:2008-01-06
  • User score:
    10.0
  • Number of episodes:13
The second season of Minami-Ke. It picks up where the first season left off, and just like the first season, it's about the daily lives of the three Minami sisters, Haruka, Kana and Chiaki, and their school friends.

List of Episodes

Hot Springs, Let's Eat
S2E1
10.0

Air date: 2008-01-06

Runtime: 25 min

The Minami sisters, Makoto, Touma, Fujioka, and Takeru go on a hot spring trip for New Years.

Taste is Something Inherited Over Generations
S2E2
10.0

Air date: 2008-01-13

Runtime: 25 min

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.

Evening Hospitality, Hesitantly Offered
S2E3
10.0

Air date: 2008-01-20

Runtime: 25 min

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.

Is It All Right to Clean Up?
S2E4
10.0

Air date: 2008-01-27

Runtime: 25 min

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.

Can't Take Back a Served Tea Cup
S2E5
10.0

Air date: 2008-02-03

Runtime: 25 min

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.

My Rice is Warm Even After It's Cooled
S2E6
10.0

Air date: 2008-02-10

Runtime: 25 min

The power goes out and the Minami sisters invite Fuyuki over.

The More You Chew It, The Sweeter It Becomes
S2E7
10.0

Air date: 2008-02-17

Runtime: 25 min

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.

There's Always Time for the Pool
S2E8
10.0

Air date: 2008-02-24

Runtime: 25 min

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.

Does It Hurt Yet? Secrets of Mako-chan
S2E9
10.0

Air date: 2008-03-02

Runtime: 25 min

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.

'Dumplings Rather than Flowers' Age
S2E10
10.0

Air date: 2008-03-09

Runtime: 25 min

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.

As Expected, It's Getting Bad
S2E11
10.0

Air date: 2008-03-16

Runtime: 25 min

Toma's secret is almost revealed to Fujioka when he sees her in a girls uniform. Kana covers for her by making Fujioka believe that everyone must crossdress at her place and tries to force Fujioka to comply. Kana feigns a cold on Saturday to avoid doing the city cleanup; Chiaki stays to keep an eye on Kana and figures out she was faking. The next day, she truly catches a cold and tries to avoid being found out, all the while recruiting Uchida and Mako-chan for help.

Even One Bite More Is Painful
S2E12
10.0

Air date: 2008-03-23

Runtime: 25 min

Chiaki helps to prepare for a school sports meet. Meanwhile, the sisters learn that Fuyuki is moving and is forced to leave in the middle of the sports meet. Kana learns that Haruka has been selected to study abroad.

Everyone At Once, 'Thank You for the Meal'
S2E13
10.0

Air date: 2008-03-30

Runtime: 25 min

Frightened of the prospect of Haruka studying abroad, Kana and Chiaki decide to step up to the plate and exert more of an effort with the cooking and cleaning as well as the other domestic chores in order to put Haruka's mind at ease after sending her off with a smile. It quickly becomes evident that the prospect of having to actually take care of themselves in Haruka's absence is much more than Kana and Chiaki can endure. While being tearfully embraced and exhorted to stay with them, Haruka explains to Kana and Chiaki that she has no intention of studying abroad anyway.

Top Cast

Tetsuya Kakihara

Tetsuya Kakihara

Fujioka

Eri Kitamura

Eri Kitamura

Yuka Uchida

Marina Inoue

Marina Inoue

Kana Minami

Nana Mizuki

Nana Mizuki

Tōma Minami

Saeko Chiba

Saeko Chiba

Hayami

Daisuke Ono

Daisuke Ono

Hosaka

Shintaro Asanuma

Shintaro Asanuma

Takeru-ojisan

Saeko Chiba

Saeko Chiba

Hiroko

Ao Takahashi

Ao Takahashi

Riko

Rika Morinaga

Rika Morinaga

Makoto

Ryoko Ono

Ryoko Ono

Atsuko

Aki Toyosaki

Aki Toyosaki

Yoshino

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