Nichijou involves the everyday lives of three high school girls, and the interactions they hold in their high school and outside of class, as well as an intertwining story of a small girl, who has built a human-robot to take care of her, along with a talking pet cat for company. While, on paper, it could seem very bland, that's where the magic happens. While, yes, there's no long overarching plot like in your everyday shounen anime, each and every small section of comedy and relatable experiences gets their point across, and makes you want more and more.
The comedy in this is amazing. Nichijou places in so many relatable, and hilarious scenes that make us all laugh so hard because we've all been through them, or something similar to them, and the dramatic reactions show how it feels to the mind makes it better. Scenes such as: Dropping your camping dinner, and trying to hide the fact you majorly screwed up. Dropping your favorite food on the dirty school floor, and your entire world goes in slow motion. Accidentally pushing the wrong end on a mechanical pencil, and absolutely screaming. Losing your wallet at the fair, and having to pretend you're still having fun. Having your friend find out you draw yaoi-
It's these small moments when it's very refreshing to watch an anime just for a good laugh, and you realize that there are no big plot points, no reason to turn your mind on and remember anything - because we've subconsciously remembered all these feelings from our pasts, so we can just turn our brains off, react, relate, and laugh.
In terms of characters, the three main girls of the story are fantastic, relatable, and funny. There's something very refreshing in an anime where the characters are so vibrant that they themselves can carry the show to extraordinary levels without the help of anything else. Besides the humor in relation to the situations, you watch this show for the vast display of characters.
All in all, Nichijou shows you don't absolutely need to have something including a beautiful visual style and an amazing soundtrack to have an almost perfect anime. Especially in comedy. If you haven't seen Nichijou, you need to try it.
