Minami-ke Okaeri – 04: Fighting Touma, Hidden Banchou

Don’t worry your best friend will be there shortly…

It’s certainly shaping up to be quite the year for Touma, for the past four eps it seems that Touma has applied for adoption by Haruka. Given the quality of her brothers I cannot say I blame her, with an oppressor like Natsuki who is by all accounts exceptionally thick Touma’s headbutt is probably more effective against Kana in snack defense, I already have a job suggestion for Touma, I hear Terry Tate needs some help in his office linebacker business and Touma is already a promising candidate. Quite how the other Minami family came to the conclusion that Touma was getting more lady-like under the care of Haruka and her sisters is for now a mystery. I just loved how Kana lost her nerve when Akria was thanking her as the truth is quite different. Kana thinks that reverse psychology might work, but quickly changes her plans and resolves to make Touma a gentleman. The great thing is that Touma could probably do it for a while until she could no longer feign flatness. If kana put her mind to it I am sure she could make Touma into a reverse trap for life, but I for one am against gender reassignment, as manliness is 99% attitude 1% balls of a physical sort.

Haruka shamelessly restoring order in her kingdom.

Sadly Haruka was not shamelessly undressing.

You know I am beginning to wonder if Touma will grow up to be like Kanako, lusty for women along with one very talented trap

So who is better between Kana and Chiaki, we all know Kana is an evil genius, and certainly Chiaki is capable but not always willing to listen to her All-Woman Half, speaking of which, I miss her already… Whatever your opinion on the matter Haruka is still queen of the house, and Touma it seems has become a vassal of Queen Haruka, as a result Haruka-sama no longer fears beating her jesters before Touma. I hope one day that Haruka get the crest of the King of Hearts to upgrade her Iron Claw. Also any one wonder what Touma and Fujioka’s work out routine is? Touma has gotten wonderfully more aggressive, but I still see no increase in muscle mass. Despite touma’s increase in martial prowess it seems that she still cannot best Natsuki who has been cooking more often than Hosaka as of late. Still the use of Touma’s proof of girliness was inspired on the part of Kana, and none too shameless on the part of Touma, though I too would have liked to see the proof of girliness. It looks like Natsuki does have the fear of the dreaded first and greatest Banchou. Also I have also noticed that Haruka has become quite rough around the edges, despite the public façade Haruka does have a bit of Hosaka still in her, if only it happened more often, or at least we had more proof of it. Maybe this was the fabled Permit that some privileged A-Laws carry? If so Ribbons is a genius.

Natsuki is no sis-con that much is for certain…

Madness…?

This is HARUKAAAAAAAA! I hope Natsuki was staring at Haruka, otherwise…

Touma certainly had it tough as a kid getting some of the crappiest gifts a girl could get for her birthday, some sis-con manga by Stripey, a dating sim, and a broken GBA knock off (as if you could break a GBA so easily) with one of those 99 in 1 cartridges. I remember getting those from Hong Kong back when Game Boy was still in heavy use. I remember when I was so excited when I got my first one only to soon discover there were like maybe 10 games that were named differently. Still I loved that thing toughest pieces of hardware I ever had, I still have the thing too, and it still works. Radar Mission still holds a special place in my heart.

Renge’s renai game?

I wanna PSP for Christmas dawg…

What do you prefer men or something?

We meet a new friend in Hitomi who was the second person to bear the coveted title of Bancho clearly while inferior to Haruka the Great, Hitmoi nonetheless has some formidable combat skills as she could best the delinquent Natsuki. Touma shouls start taking lessons from Hitomi. Speaking of Banchous I wonder who among Chiaki’s class would earn the title of Banchou? Chiaki? Uchida? Yoshino? Touma? Mako-cakes? If only we were not stuck in a temporal anomaly…I suppose we will never know for sure though. I am betting on Touma though. Poor Hitomi though she’s running up against haruka and doesn’t have a chance, and despite her ability to read Natsuki, her skills are not yet complete…Still I suppose once Natsuki gets his heart torn to shreds that Hitomi has a shot, I like her no tie policy by the way, very Banchou-like. Maki on he otherhand is not up to speed with Natsuki’s eyes. I am sure if Maki had caught wind of Natsuki’s admiration of Haruka-sama Maki would have shut him out quick. Suffice to say I shall enjoy watching Hitomi try and claim Natsuki. I am sure Touma would tell Hitomi all kinds of dirty secrets she has on Natsuki in exchange for CQC training.

is it in his eyes?

Oh no you’ll be deceived.

If you want to know if he loves you so it’s in his kiss.

I am not sure if Hitomi is dumb or smart, asking Maki about maturity might not have been a good idea, though the line of thought that Maki had to take journey to maturity made some sense. Although following Hosaka’s advice lends more support to Hitmoi being a bit dumb. We must introduce Hitomi to Kana. Still Hosaka being Hosaka was rather tame this time, it all seemed so plausible and lacked the signature wackiness I have come to expect. Of course I would love to have Haruka under my umbrella, but it still lacked some zazz. Not sure what to make of the miracle at the end, was God saving Haruka from Hosaka? Was God merely saving Natsuki from a pink umbrealla? Or was God just punishing us all by denying us a hawt and wet Haruka with nekomimi burruma? Still Natsuik seems to have weakness to pink umbrellas with bunnies, Touma would pay good money for that little piece of Intel, I hope Hitomi has the good sense to sell it at a high price.

Make Hitomi your vassal my Queen.

kimi wo kimi wo aishiteru…

Couldn’t you have used it on the way back to school?

Maki is indeed sickened by hetero lust, I know which team maki is playing for. I wish her the best of luck with Haruka onee-sama.

I think Hitomi got much better animation than Haruka this time, it sort of sad, but I find Hitomi to be almost as delicious.

Touma got screwed in the end with the worst birthday gift of the year and no pineapple cakey to go with it…Still there is hope for poor Touma as it seems her partner in crime is prepping for aerial deployment. Yes Mako-cakes is coming back and I am sure it will be terrifying…next week will be awesome.

Kana would like to have a word with you…

Remember to thank God, my Queen.

Every girl should have a .22 rifle at her age, this is just silly…

Look who’s decided to come join the party… There is no escaping your fate Mako-cakes…

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19 Comments

  1. Myssa Rei
    Posted January 30, 2009 at 5:28 am | Permalink

    Correction: Makoto. Not. Mako-chan. I despair at the wait.

  2. Kherubim
    Posted January 30, 2009 at 5:58 am | Permalink

    Touma’s headbutt is more of a soccer move, I’m surprised it even got through Kana’s numbskull…

    New girl Hitomi is kinda like an older version of Uchida (read: easily BOSSED), methinks… of all the people she seeks advice from, she would choose to ask Maki and the Curry Fairy (better than Hayami I guess) but why do I get eroge vibes when I hear her dialogue?

    Those closeups are probably unsuccessful attempts to replicate the infamous “Bible Black-ke” faces.

    Also THE RETURN OF THE LEMON CUSTARD CHIFFON PIE AND CREAM STEW!!!

  3. Posted January 30, 2009 at 4:32 pm | Permalink

    @Myssa Rei
    I think not Mako-cakes has yet to reclaim his/her manhood.

    @Kherubim
    Maybe it’s Hitomi’s voice or some such. Still I guess it takes a girl like hitomi to like Natsuki. I suppose Hitomi likes curry otherwise there in no need to adopt advice by Curry no Yousei on something other than curry.

  4. Haesslich
    Posted January 30, 2009 at 6:51 pm | Permalink

    Myssa Rei: We’ll see if Makoto goes Mako-chan at the pool, complete with wet t-shirt. You know they’re waiting for the trap.

    Crusader: Touma’s too well-adjusted mentally to go Kanako and become androphobic; she might go the Haruhi Fujioka route, on the other hand… if her figure doesn’t blossom.

  5. Posted January 30, 2009 at 7:23 pm | Permalink

    @Haesslich
    Even if Touma isn’t androphobic I am sure as a tall well endowed girl who attracts other women Touma could live up to that standard. There’s nothing wrong with being bi… ;)

  6. Silver
    Posted January 31, 2009 at 12:12 am | Permalink

    @ Crusader

    Ohh…… since I am relatively new here at THAT (a year), I always had a bit of hard time figuring out whether you were a guy or a girl. Now it’s better that I know. Sorry since this post has nothing to do with your post at all.

  7. Haesslich
    Posted February 1, 2009 at 11:37 pm | Permalink

    Episode 5 came out almost two hours ago. 2 minutes in, and the Bible Black eyes are back… well, 75% there. Will post more as I get it.

  8. Haesslich
    Posted February 1, 2009 at 11:58 pm | Permalink

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  9. Haesslich
    Posted February 2, 2009 at 12:04 am | Permalink

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  10. Haesslich
    Posted February 2, 2009 at 12:10 am | Permalink

    Also, Crusader, can you spoiler that last couple of posts?

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    A MAKO-CHAN HAS APPEARED.

    http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/8361/minamikeokaeri5makochanhp4.jpg

  11. Posted February 2, 2009 at 12:24 am | Permalink

    @Silver
    I am a guy…T_T

    @Haesslich
    I need subs…

    Spoiler tags added. Macko-cakes has returned praise be to Haruhi-sama, and Myssa Rei thought that Mako-cakes could reclaim his manhood…I think not.

  12. Haesslich
    Posted February 2, 2009 at 12:28 am | Permalink

    http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/3267/minamikeokaeri5makochanfm7.jpg

    Yes, Mako-chan’s back… and in full drag.

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    More Mako-chan images in the spoilered area. They really DO draw Mako-chan better than Haruka…

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    Conclusion: Fujioka may become more Hosaka than Takeru the way things are going.

    EPISODE 6: RETURN OF THE BEACH EPISODE AND HARUKA’S TWINTAILS. If this is the same story from Volume 2 of the manga, where Takeru drives everyone to the beach, we’re not going to see Mako-chan.

  13. Haesslich
    Posted February 2, 2009 at 12:33 am | Permalink

    … and damn it, Mako-chan even color-coordinated the hairclip with the outfit. He’s goooone.

  14. Haesslich
    Posted February 2, 2009 at 12:37 am | Permalink

    Aroduc just got the entry up, and included I shot I left out… for obvious reasons.

    Look for shot ‘minami35_80.jpg’ and you’ll see why.

  15. Haesslich
    Posted February 2, 2009 at 12:39 am | Permalink

    Oh, and Fujioka’s last bit gave me a bunch of “LET’S BE FRIENDLY’ vibes, albeit more aggressive ones. He’s going the Hosaka route, looks like.

  16. Haesslich
    Posted February 2, 2009 at 12:51 am | Permalink

    By the way, could you locally mirror and edit those links, Crusader?

  17. Posted February 2, 2009 at 1:05 am | Permalink

    @Haesslich
    Looks to be the case. Mako-cakes is will never reclaim his masculinity, but it has netted him closer ties with Haruka. I guess there are those who will pay any price for such a privilege.

    Sorry but what do you mean by locally mirror?

  18. Haesslich
    Posted February 2, 2009 at 8:24 am | Permalink

    Crusader: I mean copying the images currently stored at Imageshack and hosting them on the THAT server and editing the links to reflect the change. Otherwise we can wait for the inevitable post and replace them.

  19. Posted February 2, 2009 at 7:50 pm | Permalink

    @Haesslich
    I am sure the subs will come out soon.

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