What could possibly go wrong?
Yeah, what
could go wrong? Straight out of the gate of a successful season Minami-ke returns with Okawari! But what's this? Why do the Minami sisters look different? What happened to the intro song? How come I feel like this show isn't the same anymore? So as it turns out a bidding war between two studios was settled by simply compromising. One show with two separate teams animating. The first thirteen episodes was hilarious, well drawn and hit just the right notes. However...
What!? Wh-how!? W-why!? Kana it seems having been bored the few hours prior during the turn of the new year decided to lift weights and absolutely HULK OUT! I can understand it if she had something in mind, perhaps a final showdown against her "arch-rival's" golden leg? But what we get here is...Kana...looking (sadly) bigger than even I do irl! And it doesn't stop!
Kana had been a favorite of mine in this show, but to know that under her seifuku lies the body of a Ninja Warrior depresses me to no end. Illusions shattered. Shiratori, next time share your secret training with someone else...please! And forget the fact that Minami-ke was going just fine without overtly stressing fan service moments, the first episode is a "hot springs adventure!" which I guess is fine if the focus wasn't about showing off Kana's new biceps.
Now maybe you guys are looking at me like some kinda alien here, after all not ALL of it is that bad. There are moments when the show does have it's highs when it comes to animation. Yet it never really reaches that simple splendor the first one had. It felt like they really tried hard for every moment in the first series while this one is relegated to times when they
felt like doing it. The look of the show isn't the only thing that's suspect, the humor itself is maybe not my cup of tea or more likely not that funny.
Perhaps however I'm the only one who notices this? It can't be though, I believe I've seen others saying that this is simply not up to par with what came before. But does that means DVD sales and ratings won't live up to expectations then? What if Minami-ke doesn't survive this. I'm sure it will, given that the fan service might be up in this season and it seems like the hardcore otaku are going to eat that up (C73 for example had doujinshi based on Minami-ke) but could this show have already jumped the shark? /drama
It is only one episode so far...right...?
That's how close the Bardtard got to Canada's Pro-Basketball God Steve Nash today. In the 5 minutes I was being caught in the mob, I must have absorb at least 0.005% of his uber mojo. Enough for me to hit some open jumpers at a park nearby a little later. I even got a soggy towel signed by the man. Damn. I gotta say, the Phoenix Suns players that were there were great...they stuck around to talk to fans, take photos and autographs. Jason Kidd too. Too bad Baron Davis and the Euro guys left early. I know Henry was a big deal for half the fans gathered there.
