Minami-ke: Welcome Back #07 — Breasts Make the Man

February 15th, 2009

 

Or something like that.

Impressions:

A very Mako heavy episode, but the first couple parts were extremely boring. Thankfully, they were also extremely short because they wanted to cram in 5 parts for this week’s episode. It was still about 8 minutes of humorless boredom though, so I can’t be too enthusiastic about it. At least part 2 sort of picked up at the end, but Makoto just stood there in front of the toilet with his plumbing out while Kana lectured him… with the door open. Honestly, they both deserve whatever happens to them for that particular brand of stupidity.

The third and fourth bits were at least fairly amusing though, so the episode wasn’t a total wash. C-cup Makoto is somewhat horrifying for any number of reasons, and you have to wonder exactly why Chiaki seems to know so much about ways to disguise breast size. If devil Chiaki is any indication, she’s really not going to need it. Makoto in general was looking a lot more feminine than usual. I blame him always being in pink… and his giant shoulders giving him a plunging neckline.

Brief Summary:

Parts 1 and 2 were pretty abysmal and centered around Chiaki and Makoto/Mako practicing 3 legged running and Kana/Uchida wondering what Makoto’s up to, respectively. Then we got Makoto worrying about breast size until walking in on Maki taking Haruka’s measurements and being rendered dumbstruck. Part 4 showcased Chiaki spilling juice on Mako skirt and alternately trying to take it off and rub the stain out segueing into a parable about tanukis and the ‘cute’ mischief they get into. After the ED, Chiaki broke a mug and after buying replacements, the family confused the hell out of Touma and Fujioka by giving them the duplicates.

 

Preview:

Food, glorious food.

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12 Shouts From the Peanut Gallery

  • Myssa Rei says:
    February 15, 2009 at 9:01 pm

    http://blog.seiha.org/images2/minamike7/minamike7_45.jpg

    Egads, a glimpse of the future? A racked Mako-chan is disturbing in lot of unspeakable ways.

  • Haesslich says:
    February 15, 2009 at 9:15 pm

    This was Mako-chan’s episode, Myssa. I -told- you there was no hope for him getting his manhood back – that and Maki seems to be getting trained by Hayami-senpai in molesting her juniors.

    Part 3 was straight from Chapter 115 of the manga, which is probably why it wasn’t boring. Although the reason Chiaki knows about disguising breast size is that she feels… inadequate… compared to her peers. Whether or not she really is a late bloomer is up to the viewer’s imagination though.

    PS: The reason I was so slow to respond to this post, even though I’ve been spending the past 40-50 minutes watching it, is because I was trying to get a full-height shot of Mako-chan in Chiaki’s chest-concealing dress. And wasn’t it Episode 7 in Okawari where we saw Mako-chan in a similar ‘from foot to head’ shot in a maid uniform? Or in Episode 5-6 of the original series where he was seen in that full-length yellow dress?

    PSS: That eyecatch with him in the dress is the only ‘custom’ eyecatch I’ve seen so far this season. And we go all the way back to his original outfit in the last skit. This is definitely HIS episode.

  • Haesslich says:
    February 15, 2009 at 9:29 pm

    .. and that Tanuki bit at the end reminds me of a cross between Stripey and Impz.

  • Chen says:
    February 15, 2009 at 9:50 pm

    Dang…

    I’d hit it.

  • sage says:
    February 15, 2009 at 10:13 pm

    C-cup Makoto is somewhat horrifying for any number of reasons

    Truth.

    PS: The reason I was so slow to respond to this post

    Protip: The world doesn’t really care about BADASS FIRST COMMENTERS.

  • Ryan A says:
    February 15, 2009 at 10:19 pm

    Tanuki are cute! -OVER

  • Haesslich says:
    February 16, 2009 at 12:04 am

    sage: I wasn’t going for FIRST comments – but something faster than 45 minutes after Aroduc posted (I was watching it about 20 minutes after it showed up). And as noted, I did get the full-length thing done – that took some time. Results were worth it, though.

  • Omisyth says:
    February 17, 2009 at 2:14 pm

    WHERE THE HELL IS HOSAKA.

  • Sheba says:
    February 17, 2009 at 6:19 pm

    >> WHERE THE HELL IS HOSAKA.

    Banned because of QQing Mako-chan fans who could not sleep at night because of the mere presence of the Curry Fairy at the expense of the trap.

  • Rawr says:
    February 17, 2009 at 10:04 pm

    And yet Uchida is getting more screen time than either of them. This confounds me because Uchida probably ranks nowhere near as high as either of them in terms of popularity if the north american fanbase is any indication to what the japanese fanbase is.

  • Haesslich says:
    February 18, 2009 at 12:06 am

    Rawr: Kana needs a victimpartner to do her tsukkomi routine with. Uchida’s dumb enough to go along with anything Kana says, without being too annoying… which is basically what Fuyuki-the-character-who-never-existed failed to do.

    Besides, Mako-chan and Hosaka are best enjoyed in small doses, or at least as seasoning for the show… such as the chocolate thing (Mako-chan dressing up as a maid was classic), or the Hosaka daydreams.

  • Sheba says:
    February 18, 2009 at 6:27 am

    >> And yet Uchida is getting more screen time than either of them. This confounds me because Uchida probably ranks nowhere near as high as either of them in terms of popularity if the north american fanbase is any indication to what the japanese fanbase is.

    I swear that Uchida’s IQ dropped by the seasons, like now she is Cirno level. But she is so cute ;__;