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Minami-ke

7.3/10 34 votes
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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.

Cast:
Rina Sato, Marina Inoue, Minori Chihara, Nana Mizuki
Language:
Japanese
Country:
Japan
Network:
TV Tokyo

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Seasons

6 available

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Still from Hot Springs, Let's Eat E01

Episode 1

★ 10.0

Hot Springs, Let's Eat

2008-01-06 · 25m

The Minami sisters, Makoto, Touma, Fujioka, and Takeru go on a hot spring trip for New Years.

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Still from Taste is Something Inherited Over Generations E02

Episode 2

★ 10.0

Taste is Something Inherited Over Generations

2008-01-13 · 25m

Kana 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 because she considered her friends useless. In the end of the episode they find out Haruka was just refusing a phone call to become class rep.

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Still from Evening Hospitality, Hesitantly Offered E03

Episode 3

★ 10.0

Evening Hospitality, Hesitantly Offered

2008-01-20 · 25m

Chiaki's classmates invite themselves to the Minami home for a group homework session and sleepover. Kana declares it a 'pyjama festival' and puts herself in charge of hospitality, to Chiaki's annoyance. To feed all her guests, Haruka prepares a family-style nabe meal, and she invites Fujioka and Makoto to dinner. Everyone has a good time, but no-one gets much homework done.

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Still from Is It All Right to Clean Up? E04

Episode 4

★ 10.0

Is It All Right to Clean Up?

2008-01-27 · 25m

During a routine garbage disposal trip, Haruka encounters a boy of Chiaki's age named Fuyuki who is warmly praised by his neighbors for his willingness to freely volunteer his assistance. It is during this encounter that Fuyuki's participation in the weekend neighborhood clean-up is mentioned. Kana's reluctance to take part prompts Haruka to force her and Chiaki to also participate. Later on, Kana summons a few of her classmates, as well as Chiaki's friends to lighten the workload. During the actual clean-up event, it becomes apparent that the work crew Kana assembled was so that Kana could watch while everybody else does all the work.

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Still from Can't Take Back a Served Tea Cup E05

Episode 5

★ 10.0

Can't Take Back a Served Tea Cup

2008-02-03 · 25m

Kana and Chiaki break a glass rabbit necklace that Haruka had bought. Worried that the rabbit was a gift to Haruka that she treasures, both Kana and Chiaki try to repair the rabbit. After the repairs go badly, Kana tries to get Fujioka, Keiko, and Yoshino to look for another to replace the broken rabbit. In the end, Haruka discovers the truth.

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Still from My Rice is Warm Even After It's Cooled E06

Episode 6

★ 10.0

My Rice is Warm Even After It's Cooled

2008-02-10 · 25m

The power goes out and the Minami sisters invite Fuyuki over.

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Still from The More You Chew It, The Sweeter It Becomes E07

Episode 7

★ 10.0

The More You Chew It, The Sweeter It Becomes

2008-02-17 · 25m

It'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 them a secret from her, hoping that Kana will give him chocolate.

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Still from There's Always Time for the Pool E08

Episode 8

★ 10.0

There's Always Time for the Pool

2008-02-24 · 25m

A 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 find out. Later, Kana tries to teach Chiaki how to swim and help Chiaki meet her goal to swim 100 meters. Haruka sleeps the entire time, trying to ignore her sisters, until her highschool friends throw her into the pool.

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Still from Does It Hurt Yet? Secrets of Mako-chan E09

Episode 9

★ 10.0

Does It Hurt Yet? Secrets of Mako-chan

2008-03-02 · 25m

Kana believes she has prophetic dreams and can predict the next nights dinner. Makoto is almost caught crossdressing by Yoshino, and Kana worries whether she is a bad influence on Makoto. Haruka is told that she has been selected to study abroad and is having a hard time with the prospect of leaving.

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Still from 'Dumplings Rather than Flowers' Age E10

Episode 10

★ 10.0

'Dumplings Rather than Flowers' Age

2008-03-09 · 25m

Spring has sprung and the Minami sisters are sitting around the kotatsu talking. Chiaki confuses 'skirt steak' (harami) with 'flower viewing' (hanami) and is teased by Kana. To save Chiaki, Haruka suggests going flower viewing, though it is still too early.

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Still from As Expected, It's Getting Bad E11

Episode 11

★ 10.0

As Expected, It's Getting Bad

2008-03-16 · 25m

Toma'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 must crossdress at her place and tries to force Fujioka to comply. Kana feigns a cold on Saturday to avoid doing the city cleanup; Chiaki stays to keep an eye on Kana and figures out she was faking. The next day, she truly catches a cold and tries to avoid being found out, all the while recruiting Uchida and Mako-chan for help.

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Still from Even One Bite More Is Painful E12

Episode 12

★ 10.0

Even One Bite More Is Painful

2008-03-23 · 25m

Chiaki 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 the sports meet. Kana learns that Haruka has been selected to study abroad.

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Still from Everyone At Once, 'Thank You for the Meal' E13

Episode 13

★ 10.0

Everyone At Once, 'Thank You for the Meal'

2008-03-30 · 25m

Frightened 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 cooking and cleaning as well as the other domestic chores in order to put Haruka's mind at ease after sending her off with a smile. It quickly becomes evident that the prospect of having to actually take care of themselves in Haruka's absence is much more than Kana and Chiaki can endure. While being tearfully embraced and exhorted to stay with them, Haruka explains to Kana and Chiaki that she has no intention of studying abroad anyway.

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Cast

Rina Sato

Rina Sato

Haruka Minami

Marina Inoue

Marina Inoue

Kana Minami

Minori Chihara

Minori Chihara

Chiaki Minami

Nana Mizuki

Nana Mizuki

Tōma Minami

Tetsuya Kakihara

Tetsuya Kakihara

Fujioka

Eri Kitamura

Eri Kitamura

Yuka Uchida

Saeko Chiba

Saeko Chiba

Hayami

Daisuke Ono

Daisuke Ono

Hosaka

Shintaro Asanuma

Shintaro Asanuma

Takeru-ojisan

Saeko Chiba

Saeko Chiba

Hiroko

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