Nichijou

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Introducing the manga that seems ordinary, but it never is. You are brought to a world of a typical calm atmosphere of a high school, with children walking to school getting ready to start class. However, you will be joining a robot, extremely young scientist, talking cat, group of three girls, an irresponsible teacher, and more along the way.

Nichijo is great for the way the atmosphere starts in every scene. By the author giving a scene of normalcy, the reader perceives it as a normal day at a normal school. However, that is when the joke comes in. Usually it is something unexpected, and throws ... the reader off so much, they just can't help but laugh at the silly situations being portrayed in front of them. That is one of the reasons why Nichijo is so good.

The characters presented in the story each have their own unique personality, and are not cookie cutter(meaning they are not a generic personality that could easily be taken from another source). You have a quiet girl, that usually never seems to want to express using her voice. However, she uses the objects around her and movements to portray jokes and make the reader laugh, and sometimes the other characters as well. Another character is a cat who can talk with a simple generic scarf "crafted" for him so he can communicate to his caregivers. However, he rather portrays an adult mainly, and tries to teach the caregivers the right responsible way of doing things. However, he falls short when he sees a cat toy, and reverts back to "playful kitty mode".

The artwork is nice, however, it is nothing special. It does help though that it is not great, because this series demands a simplistic art style at times. This is not a comedy that shows a sort of 'raunchy' comedy or a 'satire'. Rather, it is comedy that can be enjoyed by many, and has a great amount of variety. Having a really detailed art style might confuse the reader with certain aspects, such as keeping a 'normalcy' atmosphere with the series.

As stated before, the variety of comedy is incredible. you have slap-stick, word bender, romantic, spontaneous, role switch, generic tsun, etc. There is definitely more that I haven't mentioned, I just can't remember every type, and rather I can't also NAME every type that is available.

If you haven't checked this out, I definitely recommend it. If you have any trouble understanding the comedy, try watching the anime adaptation, and then coming back to the series, it really helps a lot.

Nichijou is the BEST GODDAMN THING I HAVE EVER READ let me tell you WHY it takes place is a TOWN in JAPAN and someone laced the town water supply with COCAINE and now everybody is FUCKING INSANE and going off the walls with RANDOMNESS and OVEREXAGGERATION in a slice of life MANGA i prefer the MANGA over the ANIME because it is LONGER and there are more JOKES in it because it is LONGER the characters are all FUN and FUNNY because they have good JOKES and its really FUNNY. at one point a character RAPS and its AWESOME and i LAUGHED OUT LOUD ... at a STILL IMAGE because its FUNNY because she RAPPED and it was AWESOME and nichijou is the best thing i ever read

I chose this manga at Barnes and Noble by looks alone and I'm glad I did! This manga never fails to make me smile and the characters are very likable! Also, this is my very first review.

Story line: 7
There isn't much of a story line because it is just bits and pieces from the main characters daily lives but, it is always enjoyable to read them.

Characters: 9
The characters are very likable and there is a favorite character for everyone! I do wish we could get to see more character development though, of what I have read.

Art: 10
I have always loved this chibi-style art for manga ... and anime alike and with the story that they're doing, it matches out perfectly!

Enjoyment: 8
I found the story very pleasing to read and whenever I would a get a copy of the next volume, I would read the whole thing in about 15 minutes.
My favorite character is Sakamoto!