日常 (十二)

日常 (Nichijou) #12

by Keiichi Arawi

止まることを知らない日常ワールド全開!

夜の学校に忍び込んだり…絶対負けない(!?)じゃんけんをしたり…十二巻でもシュールなのかかわいいのか予断を許さない日常。

Genres: Manga, Comedy, Humor

164 pages, Paperback

First published October 25, 2024

About the author

Keiichi Arawi (あらゐ けいいち, Arawi Keiichi) is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator.
Arawi was born in the prefecture of Gunma in 1977. He started his comics career at age 19 and for about a decade he published short stories. His series Nichijou, a slice of life comedy manga, was first serialised between 2006 and 2015 in the magazine 'Shonen Ace', and collected in ten volumes. In 2011 Nichijou was adapted into a 26-episode anime directed by Tatsuya Ishihara, now considered a cult. From 2016 to 2021 Arawi worked on the comedy manga CITY. In 2022 he resumed the serialisation of Nichijou, as well as starting a new strip called Amemiya-san.

Reviews

[Fluffcake · Rating 5 out of 5]

what a gooby ass series, I hope it returns someday ❤️

[Dan P · Rating 4 out of 5]

Somehow, Nichijou returned! I'll read anything Keiichi Arawi writes. More Nichijou? Absolutely. More City? Gimme. Literally anything else? I'm there!

[Luke Larson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn’t find it as funny as some of the previous works, but I still found it funny in places.

[Stuart Iversen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Overall, I prefer City, but I still adore Arawi's weird, whimsical little world. I'm always happy to spend time in it.

[cyberwebbz]

Cute and funny volume of Nichijou! Im bad at talking about individual volumes of manga/comics or watever, bcoz theyre so split up and i find myself getting repetitive, but im going 2 ganbatte bcoz thats wat they would want from me, they being the fakey fake characters in the book i just read. I like the surreal tone this series has, like a joke doesnt have 2 make strict sense, or else its non-sense-making becomes the joke in itself, which i also think is pretty funny; this volume has a lot of those, like a strange nonsequitur punchline that doesnt really have a meaning. Nichijou is interested in the weirdness in daily life. The sheer amount of nonsense was a little grating 2 me sometimes, like i was slipping and sliding along the pages without anything 2 hold onto, but i thought there was enough funnies 2 be worth reading, i basically read these like an old guy reading the newspaper would read the comix section, like looking at Garfield and his antics. Im not a turn your brain off person and i cant really do that but this is as close as i can get. Its such a shame, though, coz i bought the box set of these and then they said they were going 2 start making more like a month later… My life is a lot like Nichijou, if u really think about it. The guy who makes these does a good job @ getting the newer strips 2 feel like Lost Comics from the original run if that makes sense, like they existed back then and r just only being released now, out of time and place. Should i read that City comic he does? Is it also funny? I feel like japanese comedy is regimented in a way thats not the case here, like a strict formula is being followed, interactions-wise… U know? Its kind of cute but it does take some getting used to, its like if everything was trying 2 be a conscious theatre performance. The green colour on this is very beautiful, i love a good green… Minty fresh and it makes me think of beautiful trees!!!

[Rowan of Waterdeep · Rating 5 out of 5]

I truly hopes this means there are more volumes to come!

Nichijou has always been, and probably will always be, my top favorite anime to watch and manga to read. Aside from the series CITY by the same author/creator, there's nothing else out there, to me, that so perfectly blends absurdism with mundanity. It's such a funny little slice of life story that I don't think I'll ever be ready to truly say goodbye to.