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Impressions:

This was easily the best episode of this season of Minami to date. The third part was pretty weak, but the fourth was an absolute riot. Watching Chiaki bark at Natsuki while he growled back between flashing his creepy smile at Haruka was absolutely priceless. I haven’t laughed that hard in months. Part 1 and 2 were decent as well, but when you end that amazingly, that’s really all that’ll stick in your mind. Part 1 did have creepy joystick-using Natsuki, and that counts for a lot. Part 3 unfortunately just dragged on so long that I forgot we were in a flashback until it skipped back. It also creeped me out quite a bit since Fujioka still thinks Touma’s a guy… and about 3 years younger. I’m pretty sure guys sitting in guys’ laps is a recipe for… uncomfortable weirdness.

It also bears a little mentioning that the scenes with Fujioka and Taiga Chiaki were really adorable. Perhaps it’s just the whole ToraDora thing on the brain, but as weird as they’d be as a couple (not like this show has any pretenses at serious romance anyway), those shots did make them look very good together.

Part 1 was relatively typical gender bending antics with Touma and Fujioka. Part 2 was the how and why of Chiaki’s psychology, as told by Kana… with Uchida sucking on balls. Part 3 was jealousy over Fujioka’s lap, as told mostly in a flashback from his lap. Finally, Part 4 was Natsuki getting prepped for dealing with the sisters (smile for Haruka, ignore Kana, intimidate Chiaki) so that he could ask them to send Touma home earlier… who was sitting there ignoring the conversation the entire time.

Preview:

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