Comments on: Minami Ke Okawari 12

By: Haesslich

Haesslich — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:58:21 +0000

Zyl: I don’t know if it’s in the manga or not - all I know is that most every comedy show I’ve seen lately feels compelled to fall into the trap, as someone says to the director “Oh noes, we needz sum drama to mek it gud!”… and then he or she does it. The best comedies either created their drama naturally (Azumanga’s ‘we’re graduating this year, and thus we won’t be as close as we used to be because we’re all going to different schools’ is a good example of tihs), while others just don’t do drama at all and end with a bang (Excel Saga’s parody ending, Minami-ke’s first season and its Hayami surprise), and aren’t lessened by the fact they didn’t have a wham-style dramatic ending.

Ah well - at least everyone got faces in the end, and Fuyuki went away - two things I was hoping for all season.

By: Zyl

Zyl — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:58:17 +0000

totali, I once dated a nurse who was on the operating team that performed a debridement on me for necrosis of an injury but I wouldn’t say I’ve got a special preference for nurses. Kumada-sensei just seems to be fun, slightly wacky and oh so cute older-girl type. ;)

Haesslich, agree on the drama trap - but is it in the manga? I don’t think Okawari has been as bad as some critics *coughArouduccough* make it out to be but I agree that the difference in feel with the first season was jarring and the new format didn’t work that well. But I am disappointed with Asread because I really enjoyed the changes they made to SHUFFLE! when translating it from the game to the anime. Guess I was expecting to be wowed by their adaptation of Minami Ke. *Sigh*

By: Haesslich

Haesslich — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:28:13 +0000

Okawari has, or appears to be, falling into the ‘we need drama to end’ trap that a lot of directors feel compelled to enter as if comedies weren’t able to stand on their own merits. Alas, they seem to forget that the best comedies don’t need contrived drama to work. Like most of Okawari, Asread tried hard but failed outside of Hosaka and Mako-chan… which is a tad disturbing.

Also, Touma and Mako-chaney as well pair up now, having their genders hopelessly confused by Chiaki and Kana. They won’t find better partners to switch wardrobes with.

P.S. - I never tool Fuyuki for granted but got resigned to his appearances instead. Chiaki did too.