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Sep 27, 2024 8:33 PM
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I tried watching this anime but I found it very very unfunny. Ppl compared to nichijou as well, but nichijou is far better than whatever this is. Then again, comedy is subjective and maybe my taste is just bad. But I feel like nokotan’s humour is more Japanese pun oriented, which wouldn’t translate well into English. It’s comedy is a also just “random shit happens-🤣🤣🤣”, which is not what I’m looking for.
Sep 27, 2024 8:47 PM
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someguy said:
I tried watching this anime but I found it very very unfunny. Ppl compared to nichijou as well, but nichijou is far better than whatever this is. Then again, comedy is subjective and maybe my taste is just bad. But I feel like nokotan’s humour is more Japanese pun oriented, which wouldn’t translate well into English. It’s comedy is a also just “random shit happens-🤣🤣🤣”, which is not what I’m looking for.

since both Nokotan's rating and the general perception of it dropped significantly after the first few episodes, no youre not the only one
personally i still loved the show a lot but i feel like its a victim of its own marketing
Sep 27, 2024 9:29 PM
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I found it kind of boring not funny and I couldn't figure out what the hell was going on
Sep 27, 2024 9:43 PM
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Well, not just you, since Japanese viewers also have the same sentiment like you, where they perceive the show as mid at best, which can be seen from its ratings on various Japanese stream service, like Amazon Prime (rated at 2.6/5), or Hulu (always placed outside of top 10), to name a few, and even Anikore's (a.k.a Japan's MAL) score is at 3/5.

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Sep 27, 2024 9:44 PM
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Me too, for me this show was bored and not funny.
Sep 27, 2024 10:04 PM
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For me it's the best show of the season. Make me laugh on the same level of konosuba and joshikousei no muduzukai.
Sep 27, 2024 10:58 PM
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I still found it good and humourous enough all the way through. Even understanding the Japanese puns, I still don't think it was anything crazy or a Nichijou-level funny.

Definitely died down in hype after like episode 4. But like I said it was funny enough to me and the characters were interesting in their owns ways that kind of made me keep watching; adding more to the rusted humor.
Sep 27, 2024 11:35 PM
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Well, while the comedy died down a bit after like 5 episodes, I still enjoyed it found it funny even a bit during the craziest times. The characters were entertaining and I loved how wild and dumb the show was.❤️
Sep 27, 2024 11:42 PM
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The marketing -being as godtier as it was- set it up for a road of disappointment. It was promoted as some hub of endless insanity that could've matched The Greats such as Nichijou, Arakawa, Excel Saga, Asobi Asobase, Grand Blue, Sakamoto, et al. But instead, we got a LOLrandom overexplained pacing mess that could barely land the jokes. I think its greatest flaw was trying to cover 20+ minutes each episode with a single gag. For those whole 20 minutes I just sat there waiting patiently for the funnies to happen.

There was one episode down the middle which was segmented into several ~3 minutes short gags that actually got some genuine laughs out of me, which solidified the idea that this show would have benefitted from sticking to that formula: small isolated mini gags that reveled in the random nature of the humor.

You're not alone, we were oversold. I REALLY, REALLY tried to like it.
Sep 28, 2024 12:41 AM
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you are DEFINITELY not the only one like the comedy and everything was absolutely mid and the only thing that saved the anime was the op and the characters.
Sep 28, 2024 12:44 AM
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idk everyone has their own tastes like to me Cyberpunk edge runners seems more funny that traumatic.
Sep 28, 2024 12:46 AM

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It's honestly remarkable how "cilantro-esque" the comedy here is. You're either someone who loves the zing it delivers, or you feel like you're chugging a bottle of Dawn Ultra. Needless to say, I still think slamming a bottle of Dawn Ultra is more pleasant than sitting through this direly bland slop.

Fuck you, the deer is an abomination
Sep 28, 2024 2:41 AM
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someguy said:
I tried watching this anime but I found it very very unfunny. Ppl compared to nichijou as well, but nichijou is far better than whatever this is. Then again, comedy is subjective and maybe my taste is just bad. But I feel like nokotan’s humour is more Japanese pun oriented, which wouldn’t translate well into English. It’s comedy is a also just “random shit happens-🤣🤣🤣”, which is not what I’m looking for.

every episode of nokotann is just "nokotann does something dumb and koshi reacts to with by explaining the joke
shikanoko: look i made a pipebomb
koshi: wtf i can't believe you made a pipebomb thats not something a schoolgirl should do
the side characters are so bad and I hate them
Sep 28, 2024 11:36 AM
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tru actuall funny series with a deer are: nichijou.
Sep 28, 2024 12:33 PM
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To me it was entertaining, but not funny
Sep 28, 2024 1:25 PM
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I second that, it not great but couldn’t stop watching it, but did not find it hilarious. I also did not find nichijou funny except for the deer ones, maybe it the deer which are funny!
Sep 28, 2024 6:39 PM
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You’re not the only one with incompatible humour to the creators of this show. I find it hilarious, but nothing is universal.
Sep 28, 2024 9:37 PM
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funny at first episode. the rest is nah. its comedy is too shallow and not as funny as nichijou. its really shame that i was looking forward for this
Sep 29, 2024 10:07 AM

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I can compare it with my doppio espresso.
At least I can watch it with my bowl of cereal in the morning.
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Oct 1, 2024 11:48 AM
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I feel like half the episodes were bad and the rest were ok. I initially only watched it because of the intro anyways, and I think there are others as well.
Oct 1, 2024 11:55 AM

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this was corny as hell.. hardest watch of this season

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Oct 11, 2024 9:19 AM
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I fucking love the show even though I think it sucks ass. All my friends who I’ve recommended it to except for one have hated it. Love it or hate it, she is a deer
Oct 11, 2024 10:10 AM

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Inte_macks said:
I fucking love the show even though I think it sucks ass. All my friends who I’ve recommended it to except for one have hated it. Love it or hate it, she is a deer

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Oct 17, 2024 3:22 AM
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I generally have a pretty low bar for comedy.....and this failed to reach it.

The "randomness=funny" niche that it doesn't strike a chord with me 9 out of 10 times.

Gintama does make me laugh.
Romantic Killer just annoys me.





Also, the deer cracker gimmick/gag wasn't funny the first time.....and the anime wants to hit you over the head in repeated tries.
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Not a very funny show indeed, but this still had its moments.
Oct 24, 2024 9:09 AM
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I like it as a CGDCT show. Doesn't really need to be funny for me to enjoy it. And its way better than shit like Joshiraku.
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Oct 27, 2024 6:55 PM

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You're not supposed to take it too seriously like many of the ultra gag anime hahah, it's like she's a trickster deer goddess and is just playing around with Koshi for fun. The narration feels unnecessary however, and too many fourth wall breaks in one episode is kinda meh. But if you just get drunk or something and watch a bit, it's some silly stupid funny stuff sometimes xD
Nov 14, 2024 1:06 PM

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No , you aren't the only who finds this boring anime not funny.
What you see is what you get , Sorry my English is not the best .
Nov 25, 2024 3:04 PM

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I jumped on the hype train, looking towards a good comedy but wtf was this? My fault is never to drop a series I start watching, but this was one of the worst series I've seen. First episode was okay, but the randomness of the rest was just pure nonsense.

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Nov 26, 2024 12:02 PM

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I just began episode 1 with great hopes of a somewhat entertaining anime, but I just couldn't diggest even half episode; I don't even remember the last anime, tv show or even movie where I dropped before finishing episode 1.
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Dec 15, 2024 4:45 PM
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it's really not that special. similar gag comedy shows r a dime a dozen

on the other hand, Nichijou is timeless
Mar 13, 9:44 PM

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I've went ahead and just finished this in one go, surprisingly.

And yeah ... really boring. I'm not usually the type to drop shows, and since I could finish it in one go I've decided to waste the day finishing the series. But unfortunatly my mind wasn't changed, it was really that boring.
Apr 8, 11:40 AM

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You weren't alone. I dumped it after 3 eps and not quite sure why it wasn't sooner
Apr 11, 3:30 PM
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Nah you're not alone, this dogshit show has nothing to do against Nichijou and i don't even understand the comparison, Nichijou's comedy is well-spread among its entire cast while Nokotan's butt of the jokes is always the poor Torako -_-
Apr 13, 10:34 PM

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Reply to Mr_Sai
someguy said:
I tried watching this anime but I found it very very unfunny. Ppl compared to nichijou as well, but nichijou is far better than whatever this is. Then again, comedy is subjective and maybe my taste is just bad. But I feel like nokotan’s humour is more Japanese pun oriented, which wouldn’t translate well into English. It’s comedy is a also just “random shit happens-🤣🤣🤣”, which is not what I’m looking for.

every episode of nokotann is just "nokotann does something dumb and koshi reacts to with by explaining the joke
shikanoko: look i made a pipebomb
koshi: wtf i can't believe you made a pipebomb thats not something a schoolgirl should do
the side characters are so bad and I hate them
@Mr_Sai

It's honestly worse than that


shikanoko: look i made a pipebomb
koshi: wtf i can't believe you made a pipebomb thats not something a schoolgirl should do

Everyone Else: It's fine, you're the crazy one Koshi

It's the CONSTANT gaslighting from pretty much everyone that makes this show beyond obnoxious
Koshi is the straight man in a world in which everyone is programmed to think Noko is normal

I would call this an intelligent descent into madness of a gaslit world, but no... its just a stupid brain rot show
1/10
Apr 27, 7:27 PM
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You weren't alone. I dumped it after 3 eps and not quite sure why it wasn't sooner
@joemaamah To be fair those 3 episodes were the only decent episodes to the series. The rest is just boring deer jokes and Koshitan being the only sane person in the series.
Jul 13, 2:12 AM
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Shikanoko joke :
- lock region joke
- hit and miss slapstick comedy


Nichijou :
-Nichijou release 2011, the joke still funny until 2012 / 2013.
- if you rewatch Nichijou after 2011 - 2013. Nichijou joke is dead after all, not really funny.
- if you new to watch Nichijou, Nichijou joke is dead because year passing by
Jul 13, 2:28 AM

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The comedy is kinda underwhelming, but the characters are entertaining anyway.

The opening seems like the best thing about this show.
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