Minami-ke: Okawari

[The Chaos]

I Want To See ~Okawari~ But I Don't Want To See The Raw....
Is The Second Ep Been Out Yet...?

[stevency]

Since the 1st season had got a way too good head start, not surprised that 2nd season got fallen a lot when you do a compare with each other.

To be fair, 2nd is more close to manga version. But 1st did raise the fun to its limits successfully.

Other then the screenplay style and production[drawing] related, I still enjoy the punch line at Okawari. Remember to treat it as Futakoi Alternative and Futakoi: they are different from each other. Even the characters themselves are somewhere 40% max alike at most in Futakoi series.

We now return to the normal program of Okawari.

[stevency]

Originally Posted by The Chaos

I Want To See ~Okawari~ But I Don't Want To See The Raw....
Is The Second Ep Been Out Yet...?

If you wanna learn Japanese, the only shortcut is to force yourself to watch raw 1st.

[mandarb916]

Originally Posted by margafred

If slice of life is what Okawari all about,then they shouldn't use the name Minami Ke.

Minami Ke to me,is a combination of both comedy and slice of life,and described in the most cute ways.Lack one of those element mentioned means it don't deserve the name Minami Ke anymore.

Just my 2 cents.

well, the series essentially does say something along the lines of "this story is about the plain life of the minami sisters, please don't expect anything major blah blah blah", so it's still following the original premise...

[stevency]

Originally Posted by mandarb916

well, the series essentially does say something along the lines of "this story is about the plain life of the minami sisters, please don't expect anything major blah blah blah", so it's still following the original premise...

Agreed.

Many people here seems expecting too much for Minami-ke[and okawari], and forgotten what Chiaki-sama had warned you about for 13 times already.

It is a parallel world, and you won't fell that bad of Okawari once you truly understands it.

[The Chaos]

Originally Posted by stevency

If you wanna learn Japanese, the only shortcut is to force yourself to watch raw 1st.

I Know A lot Of Japanese Word...I Even Can Speak Japanese..
But I'm Afraid They Put Hard Word...
So I'm Gonna Watch The Raw...

[mandarb916]

Originally Posted by stevency

Agreed.

Many people here seems expecting too much for Minami-ke[and okawari], and forgotten what Chiaki-sama had warned you about for 13 times already.

It is a parallel world, and you won't fell that bad of Okawari once you truly understands it.

well, it's not really so much the parallel world or chiaki's oddly dyed hair, or the old fashioned phone in the hallway etc that's a huge turnoff, atleast for me. The content hasn't changed much since S1 and I don't watch subs so I'm not sure how that translates over to English and how much of the comedy is maintained. One of the strong points of S1 was how close to perfect the timing of the voice acting was. In Okawari, the timing is way off now so there's uncomfortable silences or the tsukkomi is rushed so it's really awkward...

i'll still keep watching it as it's something to watch though and it's not uber horrid, though.

[Vexx]

I find it interesting that the second attempt is apparently much closer to the manga's art and feel --- and its taking terrible heat for that.

So if the manga was so bad, one wonders how it got greenlit for anime in the first place? (not saying the manga was bad -- but if one is blasting something that is closer to the manga, eh?)

Ah well, won't know til I get a look-see. It *does* sound like the comedy timing is an issue though and that may make the difference.

[stevency]

Originally Posted by mandarb916

well, it's not really so much the parallel world or chiaki's oddly dyed hair, or the old fashioned phone in the hallway etc that's a huge turnoff, atleast for me. The content hasn't changed much since S1 and I don't watch subs so I'm not sure how that translates over to English and how much of the comedy is maintained. One of the strong points of S1 was how close to perfect the timing of the voice acting was. In Okawari, the timing is way off now so there's uncomfortable silences or the tsukkomi is rushed so it's really awkward...

i'll still keep watching it as it's something to watch though and it's not uber horrid, though.

That's exactly what Chiaki had pointed out: many had overexpecting on this show.

For me, I watch both raw [as a file] and nicodouga's web version /w real time comments[you can't keep but to laugh on the comments if you knows how 2ch works].
I then can enjoy the full favor provided.

[mandarb916]

niconico douga adds a layer of entertainment to most any anime :P I hate it when people start discussing stuff on niconico though...I prefer people keeping that on 2ch :P

[margafred]

Originally Posted by mandarb916

well, the series essentially does say something along the lines of "this story is about the plain life of the minami sisters, please don't expect anything major blah blah blah", so it's still following the original premise...

Originally Posted by stevency

Agreed.

Many people here seems expecting too much for Minami-ke[and okawari], and forgotten what Chiaki-sama had warned you about for 13 times already.

It is a parallel world, and you won't fell that bad of Okawari once you truly understands it.

Don't you think they should put that notice too in Okawari?Unless the animators think that the anime quality and new style implemented in Okawari could meet everyone's expectation?

Beside i don't think anyone expecting the story to be more interesting anyway...since slice of life anime are always like that,nothing unexpected or twisting plot would happen,unlike other different genre kind of anime like Kimikiss or Da Capo.

So the problem in Okawari is not on the storyline...its how they describe it.Some may feel it as okay,but other ppl like me felt that everything was just not right.

[herbert]

What is wrong with me? I came here with expections of some positive opinions after watching ep2, but just find out there are more complaints than even ep1 got. Frankly, I enjoyed it. Even though I truely had the problem to get used to new designs, but the jokes made me laugh and I think animation was more fluent than 1st season.

[Falkor]

Originally Posted by herbert

What is wrong with me? I came here with expections of some positive opinions after watching ep2, but just find out there are more complaints than even ep1 got. Frankly, I enjoyed it. Even though I truely had the problem to get used to new designs, but the jokes made me laugh and I think animation was more fluent than 1st season.

You just haven't read my post and that of many others.

Overall, i felt episode 02 to be much better than episode 01, but i'm not precisely the right person to say whether the humor is indeed good or not since i cannot truly enjoy a show without subs (my Japanese skills are that bad seriously... ).

[golthin]

Originally Posted by stevency

Remember to treat it as Futakoi Alternative and Futakoi: they are different from each other. Even the characters themselves are somewhere 40% max alike at most in Futakoi series.

Well there is a big difference between Futakoi and Futakoi alternative. One was a harem type of anime with many sets of twins. The second was a love triangle between a set of twins. Two different Genre.

MKO is not trying to be different than MK, just continuing the first season with different character designs and their take of how things should look. I said that even the girls' uncle is a fail because he doesn't look like a loser.

Even the Fugly close up to Chiaki in episode 2 was really annoying! Was that supposed to be funny?

[Falkor]

Originally Posted by golthin

Well there is a big difference between Futakoi and Futakoi alternative. One was a harem type of anime with many sets of twins. The second was a love triangle between a set of twins. Two different Genre.

MKO is not trying to be different than MK, just continuing the first season with different character designs and their take of how things should look. I said that even the girls' uncle is a fail because he doesn't look like a loser.

Even the Fugly close up to Chiaki in episode 2 was really annoying! Was that supposed to be funny?

I actually have the impression that MKO is trying to deviate from its predecessor, but it's keeping some stuff from the original in order to make the transition/continuation smoother (a good example would be the background music).

[herbert]

Originally Posted by Falkor

You just haven't read my post and that of many others.

Overall, i felt episode 02 to be much better than episode 01, but i'm not precisely the right person to say whether the humor is indeed good or not since i cannot truly enjoy a show without subs (my Japanese skills are that bad seriously... ).

I have read most posts, if not all. I know some said ep2 got improved comparing to ep1. But still way too more negative thoughts than I expected. I was surprised I was in minority.

[animeotaku99]

Come on people we need to give MKO more of a chance then that. I really want to see MKO subbed since I don't know any Japnaese.
I also think that we will al love the series as it progresses.
The only difference I see is the art style and addition fan service. and that is just the hot spring/ Panty shot type.
PLEASE Some group sub this anime
EDIT: and someone said Mako-chan looks more masculine, which I think is OK since he is a boy afterwards and it gives you that slight hint if you don't know his secret. He's still adorable though

[Red Lupine]

this is going to be Nanoha StrikerS all over again

at first no one is subbing it, then suddenly there are over 4 different subbers, and finally its down to one that subs it at the slowest pace possible

[animeotaku99]

WWWAA! I want this series to be subbed so badly!

[Guardian Enzo]

Originally Posted by Red Lupine

this is going to be Nanoha StrikerS all over again

at first no one is subbing it, then suddenly there are over 4 different subbers, and finally its down to one that subs it at the slowest pace possible

I'd happily take that.

Come on - 180 posts in a week and a boatload of controversy? Surely there's more interest in this than most of the series already being subbed.