Minami-ke

Minami-ke (みなみけ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Koharu Sakuraba. It has been serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine since March 2004. The series focuses on the everyday life of three sisters: Haruka, Kana, and Chiaki Minami. An anime series produced by Daume aired in 2007. Asread produced a second season in 2008 titled Minami-ke: Okawari, a third season in 2009 titled Minami-ke: Okaeri, and an original video animation (OVA) episode in 2009 titled Minami-ke: Betsubara. In 2012, Feel produced another OVA titled Minami-ke: Omatase, followed by a fourth anime series in 2013 titled Minami-ke: Tadaima. A fifth anime series, titled Minami-ke: Korekara, was announced in 2024.

Plot

A slice of life comedy about the day-to-day life of the Minami family, the story centers around the daily life of three sisters named Haruka, Kana, and Chiaki as they get into various kinds of shenanigans alongside their friends and classmates.

Characters

Minami sisters

Other Minami family

Tōma Minami (南冬馬)

Tōma is a tomboy girl in class 5–1 who, despite having the same surname, is not related to the Minami sisters. However, Chiaki adopted her as a little brother because of the same surname. She has three older brothers that know nothing about her. Her tomboy action can be said to be an influence by her brothers. The way she acts, looks and dresses causes Fujioka to actually believe that she is a boy. "Tōma" contains the kanji for "winter"; Chiaki declares that Tōma is the younger because "winter follows autumn". She is very good at sewing; she is able to make a teddy bear similar to the one owned by Chiaki.

Haruo Minami (南ハルオ)

He is the eldest son of the other Minami family. It is unclear whether or not he is still in high school. Though calm and composed in his demeanor, it seems as though he is in a state of denial concerning the adverse effects the brothers' lifestyle is having on their younger sister. "Haru" in his name probably refers to "spring." Despite being the eldest, Haruo's physical strength is underwhelming, compared to Natsuki, being sent meters away by a mere pat to the shoulder.

Natsuki Minami (南ナツキ)

Second son of the other Minami family, and is in first year of high school. He used to be a delinquent, but had calmed down after Hosaka recruited him to the volleyball club. He got beaten up by Haruka the first time they met due to a misunderstanding, with him touching her chest (in the manga, he accidentally hugs her instead). Despite this, he harbors no ill feelings towards her and instead shows signs of embarrassment and indirect affection towards her, this is made evident when the eldest Minami brother talks about having a girlfriend and Natsuki immediately pictures a provocatively dressed Haruka in his mind and suffers a nose-bleed. "Natsu" in his name probably refers to "summer."

Akira Minami (南アキラ)

Third son of the other Minami family, and is in first year of junior high school. Maybe because of the gap in their age, he is treated as a child in the other Minami household and is often told not to interrupt when the other two elder brothers are talking. He likes long-haired girls, especially Riko, who is in the same class as Kana. Fujioka dislikes him because he assumes that he is close to Kana. He crossdresses as Aki-chan when he is around Fujioka inside the Minami household. "Aki" in his name probably refers to "autumn."

type	tv series
title	Minami-ke: Okawari
director	Naoto Hosoda
writer	Masashi Suzuki
music	Yasuhiro Misawa
studio	Asread
network	TXN (TV Tokyo), AT-X
first	January 6, 2008
last	March 30, 2008
episodes	13
episode list	List of Minami-ke episodes#Minami-ke: Okawari (2008)

Plot

Characters

Minami sisters

Other Minami family

High school students

Junior-high school students

Elementary school students

Other

Media

Manga

Volumes

Volumes

Anime

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