Minami-ke

2007-10-08 · There are three of the Minami sisters: Haruka, Kana and Chiaki, who have an average life. The girls only have each other to depend on and help each other get through everything from love confessions to cooking.

S01 E01 · 2007-10-08 · 25 min

The Three Minami Sisters

The three Minami sisters and some of their friends are introduced.

S01 E02 · 2007-10-15 · 25 min

Weird School

The Minami sisters' daily school life is shown. Some of their classmates are introduced as well.

S01 E03 · 2007-10-22 · 25 min

The Delinquent Soccer Player Returns

Fujioka admits that he likes Kana after she wakes up from a nap at school. Kana runs home then asks Chiaki what Fujioka meant by "I really like you." The next day Kana invites Fujioka over for dinner, Kana ends up kicking Fujioka out.

S01 E04 · 2007-10-29 · 25 min

The Pattern of Love

Takeru visits Minami family. Riko has a crush on Fujioka, but is frustrated by his relationship with Kana. Meanwhile, Hosaka imagines what it is like to be a part of Minami family.

S01 E05 · 2007-11-05 · 25 min

Let's Go To The Beach

It is really hot and the Minamis decide to take a trip to the beach. Their swimming suits are too small. Kana and Chiaki go buy swimming suits, while Haruka makes dinner. Kana buys Haruka a two piece swimming suit.

S01 E06 · 2007-11-12 · 25 min

The Birth Of Mako-chan

Chiaki invites her friends over to work on home work. Kana asks Makoto what type of girls does he perfer. Haruka comes in and Makoto decides to help Haruka cook. The next day Chiaki ignores Makoto the whole day. Makoto comes over with Uchida the next day and Kana dresses him up like a girl.

S01 E07 · 2007-11-19 · 25 min

Many Faces

Kana teaches Chiaki's friends about how to deal with a suspicious man. Meanwhile, Haruka's legendary past in her junior high school is revealed.

S01 E08 · 2007-11-26 · 25 min

Hosaka

Hosaka tries to get close to Haruka by making impressive bentos for her.

S01 E09 · 2007-12-03 · 25 min

Fine Weather for the Three Sisters

The Minami sisters' daily life at home is shown.

S01 E10 · 2007-12-10 · 25 min

Boy and Girl

Toma, a tomboy from another Minami family, is introduced while Makoto is still pretending to be a girl in front of Haruka.

S01 E11 · 2007-12-17 · 25 min

The Neighbouring Minamis

The Neighboring Minamis are introduced.

S01 E12 · 2007-12-24 · 25 min

Of Christmas And Eves

The Minami family and the neighboring Minami family are having their own Christmas eve, while Hosaka is preparing a soba bowl to impress Haruka.

S01 E13 · 2007-12-30 · 25 min

Fruitless Love

The Minami family celebrate New Year's.

2008-01-06 · The second season of Minami-Ke. It picks up where the first season left off, and just like the first season, it's about the daily lives of the three Minami sisters, Haruka, Kana and Chiaki, and their school friends.

S02 E01 · 2008-01-06 · 25 min

Hot Springs, Let's Eat

The Minami sisters, Makoto, Touma, Fujioka, and Takeru go on a hot spring trip for New Years.

S02 E02 · 2008-01-13 · 25 min

Taste is Something Inherited Over Generations

Kana decides to help her sister become the Great Bancho once more by making the Kana army, but Chiaki on the other hand couldn't help because she considered her friends useless. In the end of the episode they find out Haruka was just refusing a phone call to become class rep.

S02 E03 · 2008-01-20 · 25 min

Evening Hospitality, Hesitantly Offered

Chiaki's classmates invite themselves to the Minami home for a group homework session and sleepover. Kana declares it a 'pyjama festival' and puts herself in charge of hospitality, to Chiaki's annoyance. To feed all her guests, Haruka prepares a family-style nabe meal, and she invites Fujioka and Makoto to dinner. Everyone has a good time, but no-one gets much homework done.

S02 E04 · 2008-01-27 · 25 min

Is It All Right to Clean Up?

During a routine garbage disposal trip, Haruka encounters a boy of Chiaki's age named Fuyuki who is warmly praised by his neighbors for his willingness to freely volunteer his assistance. It is during this encounter that Fuyuki's participation in the weekend neighborhood clean-up is mentioned. Kana's reluctance to take part prompts Haruka to force her and Chiaki to also participate. Later on, Kana summons a few of her classmates, as well as Chiaki's friends to lighten the workload. During the actual clean-up event, it becomes apparent that the work crew Kana assembled was so that Kana could watch while everybody else does all the work.

S02 E05 · 2008-02-03 · 25 min

Can't Take Back a Served Tea Cup

Kana and Chiaki break a glass rabbit necklace that Haruka had bought. Worried that the rabbit was a gift to Haruka that she treasures, both Kana and Chiaki try to repair the rabbit. After the repairs go badly, Kana tries to get Fujioka, Keiko, and Yoshino to look for another to replace the broken rabbit. In the end, Haruka discovers the truth.

S02 E06 · 2008-02-10 · 25 min

My Rice is Warm Even After It's Cooled

The power goes out and the Minami sisters invite Fuyuki over.

S02 E07 · 2008-02-17 · 25 min

The More You Chew It, The Sweeter It Becomes

It's Valentines Day and the Minami sisters are making chocolates to give out. Kana tries to eat Fujioka's chocolates, but he tries to keep them a secret from her, hoping that Kana will give him chocolate.

S02 E08 · 2008-02-24 · 25 min

There's Always Time for the Pool

A local shop owner gives Haruka tickets to a new indoor pool. We learn that Chiaki doesn't know how to swim and doesn't want the others to find out. Later, Kana tries to teach Chiaki how to swim and help Chiaki meet her goal to swim 100 meters. Haruka sleeps the entire time, trying to ignore her sisters, until her highschool friends throw her into the pool.

S02 E09 · 2008-03-02 · 25 min

Does It Hurt Yet? Secrets of Mako-chan

Kana believes she has prophetic dreams and can predict the next nights dinner. Makoto is almost caught crossdressing by Yoshino, and Kana worries whether she is a bad influence on Makoto. Haruka is told that she has been selected to study abroad and is having a hard time with the prospect of leaving.

S02 E10 · 2008-03-09 · 25 min

'Dumplings Rather than Flowers' Age

Spring has sprung and the Minami sisters are sitting around the kotatsu talking. Chiaki confuses 'skirt steak' (harami) with 'flower viewing' (hanami) and is teased by Kana. To save Chiaki, Haruka suggests going flower viewing, though it is still too early.

S02 E11 · 2008-03-16 · 25 min

As Expected, It's Getting Bad

Toma's secret is almost revealed to Fujioka when he sees her in a girls uniform. Kana covers for her by making Fujioka believe that everyone must crossdress at her place and tries to force Fujioka to comply. Kana feigns a cold on Saturday to avoid doing the city cleanup; Chiaki stays to keep an eye on Kana and figures out she was faking. The next day, she truly catches a cold and tries to avoid being found out, all the while recruiting Uchida and Mako-chan for help.

S02 E12 · 2008-03-23 · 25 min

Even One Bite More Is Painful

Chiaki helps to prepare for a school sports meet. Meanwhile, the sisters learn that Fuyuki is moving and is forced to leave in the middle of the sports meet. Kana learns that Haruka has been selected to study abroad.

S02 E13 · 2008-03-30 · 25 min

Everyone At Once, 'Thank You for the Meal'

Frightened of the prospect of Haruka studying abroad, Kana and Chiaki decide to step up to the plate and exert more of an effort with the cooking and cleaning as well as the other domestic chores in order to put Haruka's mind at ease after sending her off with a smile. It quickly becomes evident that the prospect of having to actually take care of themselves in Haruka's absence is much more than Kana and Chiaki can endure. While being tearfully embraced and exhorted to stay with them, Haruka explains to Kana and Chiaki that she has no intention of studying abroad anyway.

2009-01-04 · A year after “Okawari,” the three sisters are more mature but still the same at heart. Haruka is loving and responsible, Kana is carefree and troublesome, and Chiaki is clever and teasing. Despite their chaotic dynamic, they deeply love one another—now facing new challenges as Haruka steps into adulthood.

S03 E01 · 2009-01-04 · 25 min

Start of the Year

A euphoric moment of Haruka securing Chiaki's kimono gives way to frustration that Kana is oversleeping along with the consequent compensatory frenzy thereof that does not seem to bother Uchida who (at the cost of her micro-economy) has been enjoying herself at the festival. The fortune that Uchida purchases with Kana's money only amplifies this fact; unfortunately, Uchida takes the fortune too seriously and overlooks that realizing a fortune takes effort on her part. The next arc features Chiaki contrasting fried noodles and their instant-cup brethern with Touma who has no idea what Chiaki is telling her until Haruka returns home with Kana and prepares some tea that Takeru enjoys using old leaves rather than the ones from the first harvest. The arc that follows thereafter details the home visit the school nurse regarding Chiaki who is none too thrilled with the prospect and that Haruka refuses to intercede as Chiaki's guardian. Between Takeru's obliviousness and the school nurse's flirting along with Kana watching the whole thing, poor Chiaki is absolutely mortified. The final arc details Takeru availing a superstition that points to Kana pulling her usual pranks and a fact that has been demonstrated all throughout.

S03 E02 · 2009-01-11 · 25 min

Me, Too

Touma pays the Minami sisters a visit with an unknown payload whose revelation Chiaki objects in Haruka's absence. Though she inhibits herself for the time being, Kana begins to succumb to avarice when Fujioka comes for a visit. What follows is an exercise in game theory in which Kana leads Chiaki through an enigmatic scenario to obfuscate her volition for having the entire payload to herself since Haruka's estimated arrival time is an unknown variable. Kana's only mistake is that she forgets to consider all the players. The next arc features Haruka and Chiaki being rather vague and indirect about the supermarket and the route thereof as well as a neighborhood dog giving way to Chiaki encountering a shopping list that she suspects that Kana tampered with. The arc thereafter details Hayami comparing notes with Maki regarding Hosaka before she gets the idea to wield Hosaka's computations as her plaything. Hosaka tries befriending Maki and Atsuko but is puzzled when they swiftly flee. The final arc features Haruka taking notes from a cooking show about the preparation of curry while detecting the necessity of visiting the supermarket. Chiaki taking on this stewardship with the very notes that Haruka was taking earlier ends up inspiring Hosaka and herself an extra spicy curry.

S03 E03 · 2009-01-18 · 25 min

Even if it's a Fight

Touma's ecstasy during the homebound commute is quickly extinguished by Natsuki helping himself to the snack consecrated for that purpose. Thereafter, Touma's sudden arrival on Chiaki's doorstep gives way to the revelation that Touma has an ongoing passive-aggressive dynamic with her brothers and paints a dysphoric snapshot of Touma's family. The next arc details how the Minami sisters deal with an abundance of apples. The arc concludes with the Minami brothers prosecuting protracted and complex computations regarding the utilization of the apple Touma brought back with her. The arc that follows thereafter details Haruka conferring culinary counsel upon Natsuki while Kana and Chiaki discuss Haruka and Natsuki first as individuals and then as a romantic couple. Chiaki dismisses the prospect before directing Kana to finish the curry Haruka is making. Unfortunately, the culinary protocols for both Haruka's curry and Natsuki's cookies get interchanged with dysphoric consequences. The final arc is related to the first and details the conflagration of Touma confronting Natsuki who repels his brothers' attempts to come to their sister's aid. In an attempt to guide her through guarding against this kind of misunderstanding, Kana demonstrates to Touma a form of Japanese script that looks a lot like arithmetic.

S03 E04 · 2009-01-25 · 25 min

The Order That Must Exist

In spite of being the reason for Touma's earlier »Hands off!!!« repulsion, Kana decides that Touma is getting out of hand while making the same mistake with Chiaki at dinner. Haruka swiftly answers the dominance question between Kana and Chiaki right before Touma arrives again with a slideshow of her family government. Kana gives Touma a photograph to show Natsuki that causes a computation crash. The next arc depicts the Minami brothers discussing what to give Touma for her birthday and revealing that Natsuki is the second-generation Banchou that has gotten into a misunderstanding with one of his classmates Hitomi who is fishing for insight regarding maturity and thinks that she can determine Natsuki's thoughts via eye contact.

S03 E05 · 2009-02-01 · 25 min

It's Getting Fun

Chiaki is down in the dumps at the upcoming stewardship of the pool and decides to enliven things by challenging everybody to a game of tag with the »it« person having the garden hose. Makoto stealing the hose and Chiaki's retaliation sparks a three-way water fight with Uchida and Yoshino that obfuscates the issue of Chiaki not being able to swim and that the compensatory computation thereof backfiring on Chiaki. The next arc is a snapshot of Kana's computations of the intermediate school social ambiance in terms of a outing to a public pool followed by the computation crash wrought upon Fujioka regarding appropriate male contact with females and the aftermath thereof. Touma demonstrates her perspective on the issue only to find that male-to-male contact is much more straightforward and has greater latitude.

S03 E06 · 2009-02-08 · 25 min

Letting it Flow

A euphoric beach outing having the dysphoric prologue of Kana being carsick is reflected upon warmly by Uchida and Yoshino who have taken the whole experience in stride. Yoshino remarks that Chiaki has become attached to Fujioka as an elder sibling in much the same way that Kana has with Uchida and her. Chiaki's exhortation for the whereabouts of her teddy bear disrupts the reminiscence; fortunately, Fujioka brings it back and Kana successfully obfuscates her role. Maki tempers her disdain for her summer homework by successfully wielding Fujioka's computations as her plaything until Kana and Chiaki extinguish her machinations. The next arc features Uchida having a near-complete computation crash as she struggles to complete her summer homework without Chiaki's counsel as the penance for abusing Chiaki's goodwill. Fortunately, Chiaki is not heartless; she eventually relents after seeing Uchida and Makoto's demonstration of interdependence being a two-way street. The final arc features Kana's attempts to forestall the approaching autumn backfiring upon her as Chiaki, galvanized by all the pranks Kana played on her, retaliates by eating Kana's dinner in addition to her own.

S03 E07 · 2009-02-15 · 25 min

If I Am Worthy

Frustrated and bored with the practice for the three-legged race, Chiaki decides to call it a day much to Makoto's dismay. Kana tells Makoto of Chiaki's dearth of sports proficiency and warns that helping Chiaki will jeopardize his transvestite mirage. It becomes obvious that Makoto and Chiaki have not learned to synchronize with each other and that Makoto's transvestite mirage is quite the Damocles sword for Kana to maintain as is demonstrated when a mishap with soda leads to Kana and Chiaki sparring with parables that teach a physical metamorphosis is not a prerequisite for a euphoric relationship. Chiaki accidentally breaking the Minami sisters' mugs sets the stage for a labyrinth of complex and unnecessary strategic game theory computations that conclude to Kana's detriment.

S03 E08 · 2009-02-22 · 25 min

It's Law

During the homebound commute, Uchida and Yoshino's stopover to buy some baked yams during the homebound commute gives way to Kana explaining to them her »Laws of Popularity«. Availing a bunch of soda cans, Kana directs Uchida and Yoshino through an exercise with soda cans to practice the Law of Weakness Appeal. Unfortunately, Chiaki (especially after the soda geyser) is not amused at the exhibition and Atsuko is put on the hot seat after Haruka takes Maki away. Touma imparting an emphatic »Watch where you are going!!!« punch to a contrite Makoto before walking away ultimately demonstrates that male-female interaction is as a kaleidoscope and that there are a myriad of variables in play. While Kana spends the next arc fishing for iconoclastic responses, Atsuko shares her »cool when silent« perspective of Hosaka before later comparing notes with Maki leads into a comical social sequence in which Hayami and the approaching Hosaka along with Maki and Atsuko seem to have completed these cerebral computations without verifying the results with the outside world.

S03 E09 · 2009-03-01 · 25 min

I See

During a lazy afternoon, Kana decides to help herself to some oranges while Touma and Chiaki read at the kotatsu before getting the idea to snack on an orange. It is not long before Makoto and Uchida learn the root cause: Kana delivering a preemptory »Hands off my oranges; go get your own!!!« karate chop to both Chiaki and Touma. Another arc has everybody galvanized by the Yuletime ambiance: Chiaki synthesizing a huge stocking and leaving it to chance what present she receives, Touma learning to appreciate »useless/annoying« family rituals, and Hosaka acquiring a part-time job as a cake salesman dressed in a Santa Claus suit even though he does not encounter Haruka by that avenue as per his daydream. Haruka hosts a Yuletime banquet at her house.

S03 E10 · 2009-03-08 · 25 min

Manners Are...

Caught up in a sudden rainstorm, Touma is forced to make an emergency stopover at Chiaki's house but finds that the hospitality comes with a price: Chiaki refusing to lend Touma any clothes due to her abrasive conduct. Though she initially misinterprets Natsuki's counsel on her conduct, Touma finally catches the lesson -- and a set of clean clothes. The next arc features Chiaki's lack of discretion and foresight with her affinity for trivia and facts. Fortunately, Fujioka helps Chiaki put her error in this area into perspective. The arc that follows thereafter details the prologue of the social dynamic Fujioka is involved in with both Chiaki and Touma: Chiaki mortifying Touma out of Fujioka's lap. The arc after that details that Natsuki has the same problem of abrasive conduct about which he earlier lectured Touma who enters the room and seats herself at the table. However, Natsuki's attempts to heed his brothers' counsel along with Touma's opinions of the Minami sisters sour the ambiance.

S03 E11 · 2009-03-15 · 25 min

Nice Image

Fujioka approaching Kana with a book for Chiaki and Riko computing the approach thereof gives way to another girl named Hiroko taking notes of the whole scenario from afar before conscripting Riko into an exercise to build up the courage necessary for a confession that flounders. The next arc details Kana conducting her volition of a study session at her home with Keiko and Fujioka that Riko decides to capitalize upon. The study session's academic success contrasts with the fact that Riko has not once confessed her feelings seeming content to enjoy the ambiance of proximity to Fujioka. Fujioka, Riko, and Keiko nearly have a computation crash when they go into the bathroom to find the bathtub covered in order to keep the water hot and decide to shower instead. The arc the follows thereafter details the epilogue of a recent test in which Riko, Fujioka, and Kana's test scores are close to Keiko's perfect score. The final arc begins with a conversation between Makoto and Touma over being given chocolates as a Valentine's Day joke prompting Kana deciding to play Othello after telling Chiaki that she needs to practice celebrating Valentine's Day to gain the experience.

S03 E12 · 2009-03-22 · 25 min

A Warm Place

Chiaki lashing out at Uchida, Kana, and Maki due to their boisterous laughter rousing her from a nap on a warm spring day gives way Kana first sending in Uchida and Maki to fight this battle for her before doing her own dirty work only to have it end in a stalemate. The next arc features Makoto and Uchida taking an afternoon nap with Kana when Maki pays the trio a visit with the request that Kana gaze upon her sleeping face while recalling a dysphoric middle school memory, especially after Kana reads Maki and Uchida sleeping as the perfect opportunity to draw on their faces as a prank. The arc thereafter features Haruka and Atsuko looking at pictures from their middle school days. The arc that ensues has Chiaki sewing on a wayward button while Kana detects Haruka's school uniform carelessly strewn about before remarking of the seasonal uniform transition. While modifying a shirt of Kana's, Chiaki accidentally slices Haruka's fuku skirt. Knowing that Haruka will be very angry with them when she detects the damage, Kana and Chiaki attempt some desperate and frenzied repairs to buy time for computing their next move. Unfortunately, things coming unraveled when Maki detects the telltale thread put both Kana and Chiaki in scalding hot water with Haruka. The final arc features Kana blowing up at Chiaki for insulting her once too often before deciding to resolve her fears of Chiaki becoming a delinquent by being a nice older sister. Unfortunately, all Kana accomplishes is to greatly unsettle Chiaki and frighten her into co-sleeping with Haruka.

S03 E13 · 2009-03-29 · 25 min

Because We're Together

While doing some homework, Chiaki observes Haruka in some kind of distress and anxiously runs to Kana for assistance. Even though she feels that the cause of Haruka's distress is something minor like what to prepare for dinner/breakfast, Kana observes Haruka with Chiaki for a while without gaining any more insight unaware that Haruka is observing their strange behavior and wondering its root cause. While Kana and Chiaki converse after school, Haruka is doing the same with Yoshino and Uchida. The misunderstanding is ultimately resolved by everybody making faces at each other. The next arc features the aftermath of a nightmare that has Chiaki clinging to Kana that Haruka euphorically takes in stride. While Haruka is out on the town with her friends, Chiaki gets over her nightmare while Kana has a similar nightmare that sends her clinging to Haruka who is late coming home. The final arc is set in motion when Kana writes her Tanabata wish to repudiate sweets that gets interpreted as a suicide note that scares both Haruka and Chiaki who think that they are to blame. Fortunately, the misunderstanding is quickly resolved and everybody has a wonderful time at the Tanabata party glad to be together.

2013-01-06 · The everyday lives of the Minami sisters continue. Chiaki, the youngest, continues to call people idiots while worshipping her eldest sister. Kana, the middle, still can't figure out that Fujioka's feelings for her are a crush, not a grudge. Haruka, the eldest, still unknowingly avoids Hosaka's advances to invite her to the volleyball team, and after a long day of excitement, the sisters enjoy sitting at the table at their home.

S04 E01 · 2013-01-06 · 25 min

Spring Is Here, and So Are the Minamis

Spring has come, which means it's time to put the kotatsu up. But before the Minami sisters do, there are still plenty of misadventures to be had. From failed study groups to eating tangerines, the table is an important part of their daily lives.

S04 E02 · 2013-01-13 · 25 min

Let's be Ourselves

Makoto desperately wants to drop his alter ego as the cute Mako, but if he does, he won't be able to hang out at the Minami residence any more. The conflict has him left feeling torn. Meanwhile, Toma wants to know what it means to be feminine.

S04 E03 · 2013-01-20 · 25 min

Simply Put, It's a Roundabout Confession

One day when Toma is visiting the Minami residence, she tells Haruka that Natsuki likes to take long baths. Haruka mentions this to Natsuki when she seems him at school, only to embarrass him. This sets off a series of misunderstandings.

S04 E04 · 2013-01-27 · 25 min

The Man Sweats Under the Blue Summer Sky

Hosaka has a crush on Haruka, so he'd do anything to win her over. When he hears that Haruka likes things “golden brown,” he goes on a quest to make the ultimate “golden” eggs AND get the perfect golden tan.

S04 E05 · 2013-02-03 · 25 min

Making Chilled Noodles

Kana declares that she's going out to eat some chilled Chinese noodles after school. Fujioka is willing to do whatever it takes to make her invite him, but will she pick up on his less than subtle hints?

S04 E06 · 2013-02-10 · 25 min

A Girl Cannot Hide Her Sunburn, Nor Her Heart

Kana invites Makoto to tag along when the girls hit the beach. The only catch is that Makoto has to go as his girl counterpart, Mako! Can he keep his true identity a secret all day long while in a girl's bikini?

S04 E07 · 2013-02-17 · 25 min

Coming for a Late Summer Visit

Summer is coming to an end, but the heat seems to be lingering around. During a slumber party at the Minami residence, the girls try to beat the heat by telling scary stories. Can anyone think up a spine-chilling tale?

S04 E08 · 2013-02-24 · 25 min

Vegetables with Your Merry Friends on Your Day Off

Kana and Haruka are trying to help Chiaki overcome her dislike of vegetables. When they hold a BBQ party, Haruka has Natsuki grill the vegetables first. Later, Kana has Chiaki watch a magical show that helps children develop a taste for vegetables.

S04 E09 · 2013-03-03 · 25 min

Love Begins Now

Takeru couldn't bring himself to give his girlfriend a ticket to a popular romance movie, so he gives both of his tickets to Haruka. Haruka then gives the tickets to Natsuki. This creates a series of romantic misunderstandings fit for a date flick.

S04 E10 · 2013-03-10 · 25 min

We Started Living Green

With the coming of winter, the Minami residence has brought out its kotatsu once more! Unfortunately, the girls leave the electric table on for so long that it creates a huge electric bill! Now they have to cut corners any way they can to save money.

S04 E11 · 2013-03-17 · 25 min

The Goddess Descends on the Holy Night

Christmas is coming and Hosaka's infatuation with Haruka is growing ever stronger. Hayami fears that if Hosaka greets Christmas in his current state, at least in his eyes, Haruka will transcend into godhood. Can she give him a reality check?

S04 E12 · 2013-03-24 · 25 min

Start Planning Your Year From New Year's Day

It's the end of the year, which means lots of goofing off and eating delicious sweets. Uchida enjoys her holiday snacks a little too much and now she's got the stomach to show for it. Can Kana and Chiaki help her flatten it back out?

S04 E13 · 2013-03-31 · 25 min

What's Said Here, Stays Here

The cherry blossoms are in bloom, which means it's time for a flower-viewing party. Kana's got the right spirit, but she's the only one. She tries everything to pique her friends' attention, but will any of her plans work out the way she wants?