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Candyshark · 2013-01-08, 11:24

Hosaka popularity might be based on Ono Daisuke capturing character way too good to the point that D gets same threatment in real life as Hosaka in anime. Poor guy

Silverwyrm · 2013-01-08, 12:00

Hosaka makes me cringe and facepalm every time he shows up...its awesome

Itlandm · 2013-01-08, 13:22

Isn't Hosaka the only really crazy person in the show, someone people would hesitate to employ in real life? Even Kana is just impulsive, and she is a middle-schooler; compared to kids her age with chuunibyou, she is comfortably normal. Most of the comedy comes from putting together people with different but still mostly normal personalities, and throwing in unusual circumstances. But Hosaka is Hosaka. Even in the most normal of circumstances, his mind works differently from that of other people. He sings in the supermarket, undresses at work and school, laughs creepily and stands lost in his own world for minutes at a time. All this while looking physically mature for his age. He is in a class of his own, unless I have forgotten someone.

wingman32x · 2013-01-10, 04:50

So glad to have this series back. I watched the first 3 seasons completed, but I heard people saying that there was doubts about a fourth season. At any rate, it's good to see it back.

Episode 1 was good. It's good to see Kana back to her hijinks. I've always thought it was cute the way Chiaki acts around Fujioka(the person), so it's good to see that again. Overall I enjoyed this episode and I'm glad it's back.

Ceral · 2013-01-10, 04:52

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Originally Posted by Silverwyrm

Hosaka makes me cringe and facepalm every time he shows up...its awesome

This, he was hilariously awful in the first season. The second and third though he kinda just came off as awful. But a tad bit better in the third, since I guess that was based on the manga.

U<3Anime · 2013-01-10, 06:21

Minami-Ke isn't back in full force yet. Not until I see the characters put on the "serious faces"(AKA, The Bible Black Faces)!

Ithekro · 2013-01-10, 19:47

Did the manga still do that later on. The last places I read (somewhere around 110) the characters didn't do that much if at all anymore.

EroKing · 2013-01-12, 11:38

pampz21 · 2013-01-12, 17:52

gets boring without Hosaka!

HandofFate · 2013-01-13, 01:47

Though I enjoyed the dialogue more in episode 2 than episode 1, I feel the storytelling is rather disjointed.

Even though its a standard 4koma. Earlier seasons did a much better job connecting individual strips to make an entire episode and make it make sense as an entire story.

Here, its just seemingly random joke to another seemingly random joke.

khryoleoz · 2013-01-13, 02:57

This remains one my very favorite shows. The production is just about as good as Daume's.

Nachtwandler · 2013-01-13, 04:26

It always makes me laugh than people try to compare the seasons and saying "that one was better and this one not". Maybe second one stands somehow because of adding you-know-who(but it has the best OP and ED for me personally) but the other three are really the same for me. There are good eps and not so good eps but I really don't see any critical difference in script or direction and I don't care much about chara-designes or animation. It's a SOL anime not some action or moe.

Ithekro · 2013-01-13, 04:43

Old rule that has been true from the start: "Please do not expect much"

MUAHAHAHAHAHA · 2013-01-13, 07:24

Yeay! The Minami brothers are back! This episode once again reinforces my sympathy for Akira. He always gets the short end of the stick in all situations. Sandwiched between his two idiotic and unreasonable older brothers, he has no choice but to kowtow to them, lol. Whenever the two brothers confer about something, Akira is always left out or deemed unimportant. Poor guy.

Midonin · 2013-01-13, 09:10

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Originally Posted by HandofFate

Even though its a standard 4koma.

It's a regular manga, not a 4-koma. What you're seeing is probably just Kawaguchi's style of comedic pacing.

A Mako/Touma episode was a nice direction for the second episode. It's always good when the chapters selected for a given episode are ones that can follow a central theme. My favorite bits are Kana having counted how many times Makoto has made his claims, and Touma making a bear out of couch cushions. That's practical, but not good for the house.

ChronoReverse · 2013-01-13, 10:59

Mmm, that was a good helping of Minami-ke.

Kanon · 2013-01-13, 13:16

An episode focused on the two resident traps of the series. Nice. I enjoyed the April Fools' segment the most. It was brilliant of Kana to mix truth and fiction -actually, truth and no fiction- in her lies. As expected, Fujioka and Chiaki didn't buy these "lies" for a second

At this point, there is no way out for Mako-chan. It's too late to reveal the truth. He will remain Mako-chan forever, which is just how I like it. Touma's situation with Fujioka is not as bad, since it's his misunderstanding in the first place (I think? I forgot if Kana was involved in that or not).

ChronoReverse · 2013-01-13, 15:18

Mako-chan is a superior girl anyway.

felix · 2013-01-13, 15:25

Good episode. Really needed something to relax.

Requiem-x · 2013-01-13, 16:22

At long last, the best sisters in anime are back! I gotta admit, episode 1 was kind of weak, but this time I cans ay it for sure, Minami-ke is back! I guess I had just forgotten what kind of humor this series works with.

Spoiler for Ep 2:

Great episode, and with Hitomi finally back for the next one, and Uchida in a maid outfit, it's pretty much guaranteed the next one will keep up the awesomeness.

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wingman32x Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Age: 34	So glad to have this series back. I watched the first 3 seasons completed, but I heard people saying that there was doubts about a fourth season. At any rate, it's good to see it back. Episode 1 was good. It's good to see Kana back to her hijinks. I've always thought it was cute the way Chiaki acts around Fujioka(the person), so it's good to see that again. Overall I enjoyed this episode and I'm glad it's back. __________________ Fans of Ai, come Join the Ai Nanasaki Fanclub!!

2013-01-10, 06:21	Link #126
U<3Anime Boo! Join Date: Oct 2004	Minami-Ke isn't back in full force yet. Not until I see the characters put on the "serious faces"(AKA, The Bible Black Faces)! __________________ omg Ku-chan!

2013-01-10, 19:47	Link #127
Ithekro Gamilas Falls Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Republic of California Age: 46	Did the manga still do that later on. The last places I read (somewhere around 110) the characters didn't do that much if at all anymore. __________________

2013-01-12, 11:38	Link #128
EroKing Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Age: 38	__________________

2013-01-12, 17:52	Link #129
pampz21 ShipCore Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: USA Age: 31	gets boring without Hosaka! __________________ to Believe is to Live, to Ship is to Believe, the best part of believe is the Lie, to Lie to oneself is to Live and that is the Essence of Life

2013-01-08, 11:24	Link #121
Candyshark Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011	Hosaka popularity might be based on Ono Daisuke capturing character way too good to the point that D gets same threatment in real life as Hosaka in anime. Poor guy

2013-01-08, 12:00	Link #122
Silverwyrm Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Folsom, CA, USA Age: 37	Hosaka makes me cringe and facepalm every time he shows up...its awesome

2013-01-08, 13:22	Link #123
Itlandm Porcupine Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Norway Age: 65	Isn't Hosaka the only really crazy person in the show, someone people would hesitate to employ in real life? Even Kana is just impulsive, and she is a middle-schooler; compared to kids her age with chuunibyou, she is comfortably normal. Most of the comedy comes from putting together people with different but still mostly normal personalities, and throwing in unusual circumstances. But Hosaka is Hosaka. Even in the most normal of circumstances, his mind works differently from that of other people. He sings in the supermarket, undresses at work and school, laughs creepily and stands lost in his own world for minutes at a time. All this while looking physically mature for his age. He is in a class of his own, unless I have forgotten someone.

2013-01-13, 01:47	Link #130
HandofFate Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006	Though I enjoyed the dialogue more in episode 2 than episode 1, I feel the storytelling is rather disjointed. Even though its a standard 4koma. Earlier seasons did a much better job connecting individual strips to make an entire episode and make it make sense as an entire story. Here, its just seemingly random joke to another seemingly random joke. __________________ ...

2013-01-13, 02:57	Link #131
khryoleoz Power of 9 SoShi-ist Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: USA	This remains one my very favorite shows. The production is just about as good as Daume's.

2013-01-13, 04:26	Link #132
Nachtwandler Yurifag Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Kharkiv, Ukraine / Barcelona, Spain Age: 35	It always makes me laugh than people try to compare the seasons and saying "that one was better and this one not". Maybe second one stands somehow because of adding you-know-who(but it has the best OP and ED for me personally) but the other three are really the same for me. There are good eps and not so good eps but I really don't see any critical difference in script or direction and I don't care much about chara-designes or animation. It's a SOL anime not some action or moe. __________________ F/GO: 828 004 124 My Anime list My VN list

2013-01-13, 04:43	Link #133
Ithekro Gamilas Falls Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Republic of California Age: 46	Old rule that has been true from the start: "Please do not expect much" __________________

2013-01-13, 07:24	Link #134
MUAHAHAHAHAHA Hail the power of Fujoshi Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: hahahahahahahahaha Age: 35	Yeay! The Minami brothers are back! This episode once again reinforces my sympathy for Akira. He always gets the short end of the stick in all situations. Sandwiched between his two idiotic and unreasonable older brothers, he has no choice but to kowtow to them, lol. Whenever the two brothers confer about something, Akira is always left out or deemed unimportant. Poor guy. __________________ A politically ignorant person who embraces only hedonism as the main philosophical doctrine. Old stuff but just a reminder that butthurt report form is here to help

2013-01-13, 10:59	Link #136
ChronoReverse Senior Member Join Date: May 2004	Mmm, that was a good helping of Minami-ke.

2013-01-13, 13:16	Link #137
Kanon Kana Hanazawa ♥ Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: France Age: 37	An episode focused on the two resident traps of the series. Nice. I enjoyed the April Fools' segment the most. It was brilliant of Kana to mix truth and fiction -actually, truth and no fiction- in her lies. As expected, Fujioka and Chiaki didn't buy these "lies" for a second At this point, there is no way out for Mako-chan. It's too late to reveal the truth. He will remain Mako-chan forever, which is just how I like it. Touma's situation with Fujioka is not as bad, since it's his misunderstanding in the first place (I think? I forgot if Kana was involved in that or not). __________________

2013-01-13, 15:18	Link #138
ChronoReverse Senior Member Join Date: May 2004	Mako-chan is a superior girl anyway.

2013-01-13, 15:25	Link #139
felix sleepyhead Author Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: event horizon	Good episode. Really needed something to relax. __________________

2013-01-13, 16:22	Link #140
Requiem-x The slacking one Join Date: Apr 2012	At long last, the best sisters in anime are back! I gotta admit, episode 1 was kind of weak, but this time I cans ay it for sure, Minami-ke is back! I guess I had just forgotten what kind of humor this series works with. Spoiler for Ep 2: Once again, Touma's family provides lots of hilarity, and so do our two resident traps. I just loved how Kana literally doesn't care anymore about Makoto sad attepts at giving up the charade (And Makoto's self-justification to continue being a pretty little girl , even keeping count, which I have to say, it was very clever: The first time she does it you wonder what's up with that and end up thinking it's just Kana being random, but the second time it finally hits you, and hard. The other clever joke this episode was attheend with the changes, whether it's Chiaki's opinions going back and forth as usual, her confusion with the plush dolls, or Kana's slight change in hairstyle , it was all beautifully done. Am I an idiot for not realizing inmediatly what was up with Kana's hairstyle? I knew somethig was different, but couldn't quite put it into words. Maybe that's just the brilliance of it. And of course there was Yoshino, the trollmaster, outright confirming the suspicious we had about her so far. I have to say, its really nice to have a character being so open about it instead of desperatly trying to stay in misunderstandings-land. Great episode, and with Hitomi finally back for the next one, and Uchida in a maid outfit, it's pretty much guaranteed the next one will keep up the awesomeness.