It parks you on the floor of one apartment and dares you to keep clicking next, which you will, because nothing is happening and you cannot stop. Kana schemes herself into a corner, Chiaki deadpans her into the ground, and Haruka does damage control with the patience of a woman who has already lost. The bench is still absurd: Makoto in a wig as Mako-chan, Touma stuck performing boyhood for her brothers, Hosaka fantasizing about Haruka with his shirt off and zero self-awareness. Be honest about the swap, though, because the new staff brought glossier designs and a heavier hand on the fanservice, and the writing lost some of season one's razor timing. It is still the best kind of nothing show, banter that loops and escalates until you are laughing at a joke that is mostly just three sisters knowing each other too well. Watch it in one sitting with the lights off.

Haruka, Kana and Chiaki Minami are three sisters who still live together with no adults looking after them. This second season of Minami-ke continues directly from the first and keeps the same focus: the sisters' everyday routines at home and at school, and their dealings with friends and classmates. As a new year begins and the seasons turn, the girls make new friends and pick up new interests. The source is a seinen manga by Sakuraba Koharu that ran in Weekly Young Magazine. The show is a comedy built on slice-of-life moments.