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Yes, they really were BOTH laughing in that daydream.  Just like a certain stripping senior…

Once again, as seems to be par for the course, Minami-ke Okaeri manages to lurch along from amusing to ho-hum all within the same episode.  The twist this time is that we get an episode that focuses more on Riko for the first few skits, including a daydream which seems to have been stolen from Hosaka’s inventory of Haruka-induced delusions.

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Natsuki’s version of “The Look”

An episode about attitude, ideas, and communication – or lack thereof.  Also an excuse to show Chiaki’s more childish side, as well as give the animators a reason to show some skin.

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Why yes I would gladly open that up…

Well it will be the final stretch in the coming weeks for schooling and sadly the lab report on Azotobacter and the English Paper took precedence over Minami-ke. Well I suppose winding down a hellish week with finals in about two weeks. Uchida seems to be hitting puberty with full force last time she was using area denial ops against Touma and now she’s doing recon on Yoshino. Kana has been trying to run female development courses with the primary goal being how to attract men and to this end all of Chiaki’s soda is brought out. I am not sure how the inability to open a can of soda is moe, but I do find in irritating enough that if I see someone one who’s having trouble my multi-tool usually does the trick. Uchida fails at feigning weakness while Yoshino is a consummate actor.  Maki seems to have tried to use that gambit back in her middle school days though it seems she suffered a string of defeats. Atsuko is really that weak and has to ask Maki for help. Maki and Kana lock on target and start hounding Atsuko who promptly GETS FRIENDLY with Haruka and hides behind her. Chiaki returns and snatches back a can of her soda from Kana, like an idiot she opens it and gets a face full of high fructose corn syrup. Kana adriuotly lays the blame on Atsuko and her witchcraft. All in all it seems that Maki, Kana, and Uchida form an unbroken line of succession for BOSS. Still Chiaki is going to get fat after drinking all that soda laden with high fructose corn syrup which bypasses one glycolytic pathway.

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Boss Kana wants to know… WHY SO SERIOUS?

So yes its sports festival time and Mako-cakes gets paired up with Chiaki in a manner most FRIENDLY. Chiaki called it quits early with Makoto who ended up face planting more often than not. As Mako-cakes though he gets into the Minami home but is almost discovered by Chiaki who recognizes that Makoto and Mako-cakes has the same body type. Mako-cakes wished to help out Chiaki, but Kana warns him that he runs the risk of beind discovered, all the while of course while Chiaki is still in the same room, I wonder what kind of fantasy Chaiki had while Kana and Mako-cakes were debating the risk involved in a three-legged race. Nevertheless Mako-cakes elects to help Chiaki and they do get better not to mention FRIENDLIER, still it seems that Makoto and Mako-cakes being one and the same did not register for Chiaki. When Chiaki practices with Makoto again Makoto gets too FRIENDLY and gets a face full of fist. Despite the pain it seemed Chiaki seemed to like this friskier Makoto, as indicated by her blushing. I am simply amazed that Mako-cakes is getting more action than Hosaka and Fujioka combined hell he made more progress than both of them on the Haruka and Chiaki fronts. I am shocked that Mako-cakes even has a shot at one day dating All Woman Chiaki. Go Mako-cakes, he already went for broke and then some.

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Opportunity… It only knocks once.

Well now that I can type more comfortably with this new ergonomic keyboard I can go full tilt in praise of this episode, the beach episode was fairly well done especially since Haruka did look most dashing as she was better animated this time around. How it took this long for Kana to demonstrate her car sickness. Still I think that the reasoning behind his loli powered burial was lost on Takeru. Fujioka sure was lucky to get to go and I nearly fell out of my chair when it looked like he was about to feel up Haruka. I don’t think any of us would have blamed him if he did… Surprisingly enough it seems that Uchida is one step ahead of the rest in laughing at the notion that Chiaki only wants to be Fujioka’s imouto. Fujioka sadly though had his hopes raised and then brutally dashed when Kana made a confession, to everyone. I am still not sure why Kana didn’t just throw up on Takeru in revenge but going for Chiaki’s bag was evil enough I suppose. Still just what did cross Fujioka’s mind when Haruka said that Chiaki was always using it?

(Sorry it took so long I am still getting use to the trackball)

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I guess Yoshino has some Banchou in her as well…

Well this marks the triumphant return of Mako-cakes to help Touma out on her path of brokenness. By Jove was it terrifying to behold.

That first skit made me feel dirty…still it must be great to be Chiaki, she gets to be the brattiest of them all in not helping out to clean, as if she is one the level of Haruka Bacnhou…what impertinence. It seems to me that Chiaki has gotten dumber over the seasons, it use to be that she was smart, but now Uchida, Yoshino, and Mako-cakes are getting the better of her…I guess Chiaki was broken by Kana in a more subtle way and soon I bete even Mako-cakes will be able to outsmart her some where down the line. Mako-cakes though was living the loli-con dream, even if Mako-cakes is so whipped that he reached for the buckets before the order was given I can’t say Mako-cakes got the short end of the deal, even if Chiaki is still flat Yoshino and Uchida are undergoing normal progression, not that I am paying particular attention of course…

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