Leav­ing little to the ima­gin­a­tion, Baka to Test to Shokanju fea­tures pre­cisely what the title spe­cifies. The first three epis­odes are a grab bag of dif­fer­ent influ­ences that run the gamut from the quick fire rowdi­ness of Excel Saga to the fantasy-high school blend of Maburaho, suc­cess­fully mix­ing them all into a […]

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Organised with care and attention into:

• 3 episode taste test,
• akihisa,
• Anime,
• baka,
• baka to test to shokanju,
• battle,
• contest,
• idiot,
• minami,
• mizuki,
• review,
• school,
• summoned beasts,
• tests,
• yuji

Hav­ing a char­ac­ter in a series attempt to win an argu­ment using squir­rels seems like it would go down well around these parts; thank­fully squir­rel related tom­fool­ery is not all Minami-ke has to offer as it man­ages to break out of its well trod­den, all-girl-school-comedy premise and develop into a rauc­ous look […]

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Organised with care and attention into:

• aho,
• Anime,
• chiaki,
• comedy,
• haruka,
• humour,
• kana,
• minami,
• minami-ke,
• review,
• sisters,
• squirrels

That is the smell of famili­ar­ity; tried-and-tested, often copied but rarely bettered, it’s the smell of all-girl school com­edy. Tread­ing in the ter­rit­ory of giants such as Azu­manga Daioh and recently Lucky Star, Minami-ke has had the bar set very highly for it. Whether you enjoy the slice-of-life mono­tony or the genuine, […]

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Organised with care and attention into:

• 3 episode taste test,
• all-girl,
• Anime,
• chiaki,
• comedy,
• haruka,
• kana,
• koharu sakuraba,
• minami,
• minami-ke,
• school