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Minami-ke

TV·2007–present·4 seasons, 52 episodes·TV Tokyo·Animation, Comedy·25m

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There are three of the Minami sisters: Haruka, Kana and Chiaki, who have an average life. The girls only have each other to depend on and help each other get through everything from love confessions to cooking.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Minami-ke S01E01The Three Minami SistersS01E01 · 10.0The three Minami sisters and some of their friends are introduced.
  2. 02Minami-ke S01E02Weird SchoolS01E02 · 10.0The Minami sisters' daily school life is shown. Some of their classmates are introduced as well.
  3. 03Minami-ke S01E03The Delinquent Soccer Player ReturnsS01E03 · 10.0Fujioka admits that he likes Kana after she wakes up from a nap at school. Kana runs home then asks Chiaki what Fujioka meant by "I really like you." The next day Kana invites Fujioka over for dinner, Kana ends up kicking Fujioka out.

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Episodes by season

Season01Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode13Episodes2007Aired 10.0Season avg
  1. S01E01Minami-ke S01E01Season's bestThe Three Minami SistersOctober 8, 2007 10.0The three Minami sisters and some of their friends are introduced.
  2. S01E02Minami-ke S01E02Weird SchoolOctober 15, 2007 10.0The Minami sisters' daily school life is shown. Some of their classmates are introduced as well.
  3. S01E03Minami-ke S01E03The Delinquent Soccer Player ReturnsOctober 22, 2007 10.0Fujioka admits that he likes Kana after she wakes up from a nap at school. Kana runs home then asks Chiaki what Fujioka meant by "I really l
  4. S01E04Minami-ke S01E04The Pattern of LoveOctober 29, 2007 10.0Takeru visits Minami family. Riko has a crush on Fujioka, but is frustrated by his relationship with Kana. Meanwhile, Hosaka imagines what i
  5. S01E05Minami-ke S01E05Let's Go To The BeachNovember 5, 2007 10.0It is really hot and the Minamis decide to take a trip to the beach. Their swimming suits are too small. Kana and Chiaki go buy swimming sui
  6. S01E06Minami-ke S01E06The Birth Of Mako-chanNovember 12, 2007 10.0Chiaki invites her friends over to work on home work. Kana asks Makoto what type of girls does he perfer. Haruka comes in and Makoto decides
  7. S01E07Minami-ke S01E07Many FacesNovember 19, 2007 10.0Kana teaches Chiaki's friends about how to deal with a suspicious man. Meanwhile, Haruka's legendary past in her junior high school is revea
  8. S01E08Minami-ke S01E08HosakaNovember 26, 2007 10.0Hosaka tries to get close to Haruka by making impressive bentos for her.
  9. S01E09Minami-ke S01E09Fine Weather for the Three SistersDecember 3, 2007 10.0The Minami sisters' daily life at home is shown.
  10. S01E10Minami-ke S01E10Boy and GirlDecember 10, 2007 10.0Toma, a tomboy from another Minami family, is introduced while Makoto is still pretending to be a girl in front of Haruka.
  11. S01E11Minami-ke S01E11The Neighbouring MinamisDecember 17, 2007 10.0The Neighboring Minamis are introduced.
  12. S01E12Minami-ke S01E12Of Christmas And EvesDecember 24, 2007 10.0The Minami family and the neighboring Minami family are having their own Christmas eve, while Hosaka is preparing a soba bowl to impress Har
  13. S01E13Minami-ke S01E13Fruitless LoveDecember 30, 2007 10.0The Minami family celebrate New Year's.

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode13Episodes2008Aired 10.0Season avg
  1. S02E01Minami-ke S02E01Season's bestHot Springs, Let's EatJanuary 6, 2008 10.0The Minami sisters, Makoto, Touma, Fujioka, and Takeru go on a hot spring trip for New Years.
  2. S02E02Minami-ke S02E02Taste is Something Inherited Over GenerationsJanuary 13, 2008 10.0Kana decides to help her sister become the Great Bancho once more by making the Kana army, but Chiaki on the other hand couldn't help becaus
  3. S02E03Minami-ke S02E03Evening Hospitality, Hesitantly OfferedJanuary 20, 2008 10.0Chiaki's classmates invite themselves to the Minami home for a group homework session and sleepover. Kana declares it a 'pyjama festival' an
  4. S02E04Minami-ke S02E04Is It All Right to Clean Up?January 27, 2008 10.0During a routine garbage disposal trip, Haruka encounters a boy of Chiaki's age named Fuyuki who is warmly praised by his neighbors for his
  5. S02E05Minami-ke S02E05Can't Take Back a Served Tea CupFebruary 3, 2008 10.0Kana and Chiaki break a glass rabbit necklace that Haruka had bought. Worried that the rabbit was a gift to Haruka that she treasures, both
  6. S02E06Minami-ke S02E06My Rice is Warm Even After It's CooledFebruary 10, 2008 10.0The power goes out and the Minami sisters invite Fuyuki over.
  7. S02E07Minami-ke S02E07The More You Chew It, The Sweeter It BecomesFebruary 17, 2008 10.0It's Valentines Day and the Minami sisters are making chocolates to give out. Kana tries to eat Fujioka's chocolates, but he tries to keep t
  8. S02E08Minami-ke S02E08There's Always Time for the PoolFebruary 24, 2008 10.0A local shop owner gives Haruka tickets to a new indoor pool. We learn that Chiaki doesn't know how to swim and doesn't want the others to f
  9. S02E09Minami-ke S02E09Does It Hurt Yet? Secrets of Mako-chanMarch 2, 2008 10.0Kana believes she has prophetic dreams and can predict the next nights dinner. Makoto is almost caught crossdressing by Yoshino, and Kana wo
  10. S02E10Minami-ke S02E10'Dumplings Rather than Flowers' AgeMarch 9, 2008 10.0Spring has sprung and the Minami sisters are sitting around the kotatsu talking. Chiaki confuses 'skirt steak' (harami) with 'flower viewing
  11. S02E11Minami-ke S02E11As Expected, It's Getting BadMarch 16, 2008 10.0Toma's secret is almost revealed to Fujioka when he sees her in a girls uniform. Kana covers for her by making Fujioka believe that everyone
  12. S02E12Minami-ke S02E12Even One Bite More Is PainfulMarch 23, 2008 10.0Chiaki helps to prepare for a school sports meet. Meanwhile, the sisters learn that Fuyuki is moving and is forced to leave in the middle of
  13. S02E13Minami-ke S02E13Everyone At Once, 'Thank You for the Meal'March 30, 2008 10.0Frightened of the prospect of Haruka studying abroad, Kana and Chiaki decide to step up to the plate and exert more of an effort with the co

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season03Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode13Episodes2009Aired 10.0Season avg
  1. S03E01Minami-ke S03E01Season's bestStart of the YearJanuary 4, 2009 10.0A euphoric moment of Haruka securing Chiaki's kimono gives way to frustration that Kana is oversleeping along with the consequent compensato
  2. S03E02Minami-ke S03E02Me, TooJanuary 11, 2009 10.0Touma pays the Minami sisters a visit with an unknown payload whose revelation Chiaki objects in Haruka's absence. Though she inhibits herse
  3. S03E03Minami-ke S03E03Even if it's a FightJanuary 18, 2009 10.0Touma's ecstasy during the homebound commute is quickly extinguished by Natsuki helping himself to the snack consecrated for that purpose. T
  4. S03E04Minami-ke S03E04The Order That Must ExistJanuary 25, 2009 10.0In spite of being the reason for Touma's earlier »Hands off!!!« repulsion, Kana decides that Touma is getting out of hand while making the s
  5. S03E05Minami-ke S03E05It's Getting FunFebruary 1, 2009 10.0Chiaki is down in the dumps at the upcoming stewardship of the pool and decides to enliven things by challenging everybody to a game of tag
  6. S03E06Minami-ke S03E06Letting it FlowFebruary 8, 2009 10.0A euphoric beach outing having the dysphoric prologue of Kana being carsick is reflected upon warmly by Uchida and Yoshino who have taken th
  7. S03E07Minami-ke S03E07If I Am WorthyFebruary 15, 2009 10.0Frustrated and bored with the practice for the three-legged race, Chiaki decides to call it a day much to Makoto's dismay. Kana tells Makoto
  8. S03E08Minami-ke S03E08It's LawFebruary 22, 2009 10.0During the homebound commute, Uchida and Yoshino's stopover to buy some baked yams during the homebound commute gives way to Kana explaining
  9. S03E09Minami-ke S03E09I SeeMarch 1, 2009 10.0During a lazy afternoon, Kana decides to help herself to some oranges while Touma and Chiaki read at the kotatsu before getting the idea to
  10. S03E10Minami-ke S03E10Manners Are...March 8, 2009 10.0Caught up in a sudden rainstorm, Touma is forced to make an emergency stopover at Chiaki's house but finds that the hospitality comes with a
  11. S03E11Minami-ke S03E11Nice ImageMarch 15, 2009 10.0Fujioka approaching Kana with a book for Chiaki and Riko computing the approach thereof gives way to another girl named Hiroko taking notes
  12. S03E12Minami-ke S03E12A Warm PlaceMarch 22, 2009 10.0Chiaki lashing out at Uchida, Kana, and Maki due to their boisterous laughter rousing her from a nap on a warm spring day gives way Kana fir
  13. S03E13Minami-ke S03E13Because We're TogetherMarch 29, 2009 10.0While doing some homework, Chiaki observes Haruka in some kind of distress and anxiously runs to Kana for assistance. Even though she feels

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season04Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode13Episodes2013Aired 9.8Season avg
  1. S04E01Minami-ke S04E01Spring Is Here, and So Are the MinamisJanuary 6, 2013 7.0Spring has come, which means it's time to put the kotatsu up. But before the Minami sisters do, there are still plenty of misadventures to b
  2. S04E02Minami-ke S04E02Season's bestLet's be OurselvesJanuary 13, 2013 10.0Makoto desperately wants to drop his alter ego as the cute Mako, but if he does, he won't be able to hang out at the Minami residence any mo
  3. S04E03Minami-ke S04E03Simply Put, It's a Roundabout ConfessionJanuary 20, 2013 10.0One day when Toma is visiting the Minami residence, she tells Haruka that Natsuki likes to take long baths. Haruka mentions this to Natsuki
  4. S04E04Minami-ke S04E04The Man Sweats Under the Blue Summer SkyJanuary 27, 2013 10.0Hosaka has a crush on Haruka, so he'd do anything to win her over. When he hears that Haruka likes things “golden brown,” he goes on a quest
  5. S04E05Minami-ke S04E05Making Chilled NoodlesFebruary 3, 2013 10.0Kana declares that she's going out to eat some chilled Chinese noodles after school. Fujioka is willing to do whatever it takes to make her
  6. S04E06Minami-ke S04E06A Girl Cannot Hide Her Sunburn, Nor Her HeartFebruary 10, 2013 10.0Kana invites Makoto to tag along when the girls hit the beach. The only catch is that Makoto has to go as his girl counterpart, Mako! Can he
  7. S04E07Minami-ke S04E07Coming for a Late Summer VisitFebruary 17, 2013 10.0Summer is coming to an end, but the heat seems to be lingering around. During a slumber party at the Minami residence, the girls try to beat
  8. S04E08Minami-ke S04E08Vegetables with Your Merry Friends on Your Day OffFebruary 24, 2013 10.0Kana and Haruka are trying to help Chiaki overcome her dislike of vegetables. When they hold a BBQ party, Haruka has Natsuki grill the veget
  9. S04E09Minami-ke S04E09Love Begins NowMarch 3, 2013 10.0Takeru couldn't bring himself to give his girlfriend a ticket to a popular romance movie, so he gives both of his tickets to Haruka. Haruka
  10. S04E10Minami-ke S04E10We Started Living GreenMarch 10, 2013 10.0With the coming of winter, the Minami residence has brought out its kotatsu once more! Unfortunately, the girls leave the electric table on
  11. S04E11Minami-ke S04E11The Goddess Descends on the Holy NightMarch 17, 2013 10.0Christmas is coming and Hosaka's infatuation with Haruka is growing ever stronger. Hayami fears that if Hosaka greets Christmas in his curre
  12. S04E12Minami-ke S04E12Start Planning Your Year From New Year's DayMarch 24, 2013 10.0It's the end of the year, which means lots of goofing off and eating delicious sweets. Uchida enjoys her holiday snacks a little too much a
  13. S04E13Minami-ke S04E13What's Said Here, Stays HereMarch 31, 2013 10.0The cherry blossoms are in bloom, which means it's time for a flower-viewing party. Kana's got the right spirit, but she's the only one. She

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

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