History Manga / MinamiKe

* CatSmile:
** The sisters' default expression, particularly Kana.
** In season 3, virtually every character has this.

The series follows the footsteps of ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'', ''Manga/LuckyStar'', and other SliceOfLife works. Don't expect much realism or drama. Do expect a lot of eccentric characters that play off each other and just a plain lot of fun.

The manga was adapted into an anime by Creator/{{Daume}} and directed by Creator/MasahikoOhta in 2007. It was followed the next year by a sequel series titled ''Minami-ke Okawari'' by a different studio, Creator/{{Asread}}. It mostly consists of original material not covered in the manga and contains much more {{Fanservice}}, which might be the reason that the viewing public generally regards it as far inferior to the first season.

** Chiaki and Fujioka's angel/devil pairs that appear in episode two of ''Okaeri''. Combined with EvilIsSexy.

** It becomes a LoveDodecahedron when Akira joins in. He's attracted by Riko's long hair, but his close relationship with Kana makes him the target of Fujioka's jealously. Akira on the other hand has no idea of Fujioka's feelings towards Kana and mistakes Riko for Fujioka's girlfriend, believing that being the reason why he's mad at him. Also, Riko and Kana have no idea what's going on, everyone within the LoveDodecahedron doesn't know that he/she ''is'' in one.

''Minami-ke'' is a {{seinen}} manga series by Koharu Sakuraba which began serialization in ''Weekly Young Magazine'' in 2004. Take an OneeSama, a hopelessly GenkiGirl, and a LittleMissSnarker, make them sisters, and put them all under one roof. That's ''Minami-ke''. The show is a SliceOfLife comedy which blends the HighSchool, Middle School, and Elementary School subgenres by having each of the three sisters attend one of these. The fourth storyline is about interactions of the three and their friends at home.

* UnexpectedGameplayChange: ''The Teacher and Ninomiya'': The Video Game. Such genres include [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII fighting]], [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros platformer]], [[Videogame/{{Gradius}} shoot-em-up]], Capcom-grade survival horror, and an RPG.

* GratuitousGerman: The German pilot in the last scene of ''Okawari''. In this case, it's [[SurprisinglyGoodEnglish Surprisingly Good German]].
--> "Meine Damen und Herren, dieses Flugzeug wird um 19 Uhr in San Francisco ankommen. Ich wünsche Ihnen einen guten Flug."

** In the final scene of the OVA ''Natsuyasumi'', Hosaka is ordering food at a [[BlandNameProduct WcDonalds]]. The two cashiers behind the register look a lot like Chiho and Maou from ''LightNovel/TheDevilIsAPartTimer''.

* OffModel: The character designs for Season 3 differ vastly from the first two seasons, to the point of invoking this trope at times. Thankfully they kept the same seiyuu/voice actors for each character.

* SpellingSong: The first, third, and fourth season opening themes. The [[DorkAge second season]]... was something else entirely.

A fourth season, ''Minami-ke Tadaima'', this time animated by feel., aired in the Winter2013Anime season (simulcast by Creator/FUNimation), and returns even more to the first season's roots, down to having a similarly-styled opening song and animation. It even brought back the iconic starting spiel that you can see at the top of this very entry. Two [=OVAs=], named ''Minami-ke Omatase''[[note]]it's released before ''Tadaima''[[/note]] and ''Minami-ke Natsuyasumi'', were also released, with the first one being a HalloweenEpisode and the second one being a BeachEpisode.

* AdultFear: Otherwise incredibly lighthearted, an example is found in the last episode of ''Okaeri'' when they find [[spoiler:what appears to be Kana's suicide note]].

* BlandNameProduct: Like most slice-of-life shows, there are tons.

The manga was adapted to anime, with the first season airing in 2007. The second season sequel, ''Minami-ke Okawari'' started airing in January 2008 and was produced by a different company (Creator/{{Asread}}, instead of Daume). It mostly consists of original material not covered in the manga and contains much more {{Fanservice}}, which might be the reason that the viewing public generally regards it as far inferior to the first season.

Take an OneeSama, a hopelessly GenkiGirl, and a LittleMissSnarker, make them sisters, and put them all under one roof. That's ''Minami-ke''. The show is a SliceOfLife comedy which blends the HighSchool, Middle School, and Elementary School subgenres by having each of the three sisters attend one of these. The fourth storyline is about interactions of the three and their friends at home.

''Minami-ke'' is a {{seinen}} manga series by Koharu Sakuraba which began serialization in ''Weekly Young Magazine'' in 2004. The series follows the footsteps of ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'', ''Manga/LuckyStar'', and other SliceOfLife works. Don't expect much realism or drama. Do expect a lot of eccentric characters that play off each other and just a plain lot of fun.

It was later adapted to anime, with the first season airing in 2007. The second season sequel, ''Minami-ke Okawari'' started airing in January 2008 and was produced by a different company (Creator/{{Asread}}, instead of Daume). It mostly consists of original material not covered in the manga and contains much more {{Fanservice}}, which might be the reason that the viewing public generally regards it as far inferior to the first season.

Based on a manga series by Koharu Sakuraba, the show follows the footsteps of ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'', ''Manga/LuckyStar'', and other SliceOfLife works. The first season, directed by future Moe maestro Creator/MasahikoOhta, emphasizes the absurdity of what's happening on-screen. Don't expect much realism or drama. Do expect a lot of eccentric characters that play off each other and just a plain lot of fun.

The second season sequel, ''Minami-ke Okawari'' started airing in January 2008 and was produced by a different company (Creator/{{Asread}}, instead of Daume). It mostly consists of original material not covered in the manga and contains much more {{Fanservice}}, which might be the reason that the viewing public generally regards it as far inferior to the first season.

* OnlyOneName: Almost the entire cast. It's easier to point out the characters who do have family names: The Minami sisters, the other Minami family (Touma's family), and Chiaki's friend Yuka Uchida.

* BeachEpisode: A few of them.

* BlueWithShock

** Everyone becomes this at times.

* HotForStudent: The soap opera ''[[ShowWithinAShow The Teacher and Ninomiya's]]'' premise.
* HotSpringsEpisode: The very first episode of ''Okawari''.

Based on a manga series by Koharu Sakuraba, the show follows the footsteps of ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'', ''Manga/LuckyStar'', and other SliceOfLife works and emphasizes the absurdity of what's happening on-screen. Don't expect much realism or drama. Do expect a lot of eccentric characters that play off each other and just a plain lot of fun. The second season sequel, ''Minami-ke Okawari'' started airing in January 2008 and was produced by a different company (Creator/{{Asread}}, instead of Daume). It mostly consists of original material not covered in the manga and contains much more {{Fanservice}}, which might be the reason that the viewing public generally regards it as far inferior to the first season.

** In a scene concerning Valentine's Day...

:::This is mostly a mistake in the translator's part. Chiaki actually said, "I tried making Chocolat de chocolat (a multi-layered chocolate cake)". Mako-chan then butchers the name as "sokora de kokora".

* ZettaiRyouiki: The girls in Chiaki's grade school seem to have this as part of the uniform.

* {{Kotatsu}}: Much of the time the sisters or their friends are shown at home, they are seated around it. Or under it.

* CatSmile: The sisters' default expression, particularly Kana.

* LoveLetterLunacy: In the first episode, Chiaki's... creative re-interpretation of the letter as a challenge from a ''[[JapaneseDelinquents banchou]]'' has [[HilarityEnsues hilarious results]].

* CastingGag: Fujioka's {{Seiyuu}}, Creator/TetsuyaKakihara, is well known for speaking German, as he plays German speaking [[EmpathicWeapon Armed Devices]] in ''Franchise/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha''. In the last scene of ''Okawari'', he plays a German pilot.

Take an OneeSama, a hopelessly GenkiGirl, and a LittleMissSnarker, make them sisters, and put them all under one roof. That's '''''Minami-ke'''''. The show is a SliceOfLife comedy which blends the HighSchool, Middle School, and Elementary School subgenres by having each of the three sisters attend one of these. The fourth storyline is about interactions of the three and their friends at home.