Minami-ke

Just started watching this (only seen episode 1 as of this post). It's pretty funny so far and judging from everyone's comments, it looks like it's a good show. I guess this will relieve some boredom, at least until Haruhi2 comes along.

The interaction between Chiaki and Kana is awesome so far.



Jam it back in, in the dark.

Finished the show. It was pretty good, hilarious in many parts but as zzeroparticle has mentioned, it's got a lot of misses. Am I the only one creeped out by Hosaka? He was kind'a funny in the beginning (his fantasies in the beginning were truly funny) but the more I saw of him later, the more tempted I was to stop watching. Luckily I managed to continue otherwise I'd never have finished.

I felt that Touma and her brothers were introduced a little too late though. I'm sure there could have been more fun interactions between the two "Minami" families. I'm also kind'a wishing Fujioka the bear had shown up earlier too, especially since it was so prominent in both the OP and ED themes.

Otherwise it was quite an enjoyable show. Looking forward to the new stuff later this month.



There's nowhere I can't reach.

Just saw over at Tokyo Toshokan that the raw of episode 2 of Okawari has already been released. Wonder when anyone's gonna get round to subbing it? Ayako did a pretty good job for the first season and I'm eager to see their work for the second as well. However, it would seem that they have a lot on their plate right now, seeing as how they're also working on Spice and Wolf, Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de, and Rosario + Vampire (with BakaWolf).

I'm going into Haruka withdrawal..........

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Well, despite announcing that they weren't going to sub Okawari, Ayako turned around and decided to do it as a joint venture with Sae. Unfortunately, they've only gotten round to subbing 2 episodes so far. As of this moment, Aho-Neko Subs have subbed upto episode 6 and I've been following them from the beginning. They've been doing a great job.

Despite the slight change in character designs, the (new) series is in fact a continuation of the first season and not a re-telling as originally mentioned. All characters already introduced in the first season are all here almost from the very first episode of Okawari. Even Takeru shows up in the first scene!


Episode 1:

Spoiler:

.....Haruka in the hot springs......wowsers!!

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Well, seen it up to episode 7 and I've got to say it really isn't bad. I have found it a little less humorous than before, but that might be because I'm so used to the first season. Regarding Tails' comments on Haruka, it seems it's only evident in the episodes regarding the weekend cleanup and the gift (forgot which episodes). It still seems pretty alright so I'll be sticking with it.

However, the bits regarding Mako-chan are starting to wear thin. It was funny before but now it's just sad....


>_<

I was speaking idiomatically.