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日常 (Nichijou) #5
Nichijou, Vol. 5
uniquely quotidian
mio enlists her friends to help her meet a major manga deadline. mr. takasaki makes a deal with the devil to get closer to his crush. sakamoto's scarf is repurposed for a chatty crow. a sacred temple must fend off a new brand of fiend, and ms. nakamura is tripped up in her quest to capture nano by a deeply unscientific reaction to compliments.
tag along for more typically atypical days in tokisadame...
mio enlists her friends to help her meet a major manga deadline. mr. takasaki makes a deal with the devil to get closer to his crush. sakamoto's scarf is repurposed for a chatty crow. a sacred temple must fend off a new brand of fiend, and ms. nakamura is tripped up in her quest to capture nano by a deeply unscientific reaction to compliments.
tag along for more typically atypical days in tokisadame...
180 pages, Paperback
First published October 26, 2009
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About the author
Keiichi Arawi
51 books79 followersKeiichi 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.
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.
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July 14, 2019
Nichijou is a series of short comedic sketches and, like similarly-formatted TV shows, some of the sketches hit and some miss. There wasn’t any one great sketch that stood out and made me laugh, but there were some amusing bits.
The Professor and Nano were the best as ever. The Professor and her cat Mr Sakamoto get scared when they’re surrounded by cute dogs - what if they get bitten!? The talking crow and the new robot characters though were meh as was Ms Nakamura’s obsession with hunting down Nano.
I liked shy teacher Mr Takasaki’s continuing wannabe romance with fellow teacher Ms Sakurai. The nagashi somen (chilled noodles served via a mini water flume - which exists in real life!) bit was kinda funny and so was the poor monk whose temple keeps getting messed around with by the local kids.
Mio enlisting the help of Mai and Yukko in trying to put together a manga went on way too long, particularly as it was never that funny to begin with, and everything else was just forgettable.
If you like absurdist, overblown humour, Keiichi Arawi in general is a creator worth checking out. The fifth volume of Nichijou is just ok but the series as a whole remains fun, creative and appealingly light.
The Professor and Nano were the best as ever. The Professor and her cat Mr Sakamoto get scared when they’re surrounded by cute dogs - what if they get bitten!? The talking crow and the new robot characters though were meh as was Ms Nakamura’s obsession with hunting down Nano.
I liked shy teacher Mr Takasaki’s continuing wannabe romance with fellow teacher Ms Sakurai. The nagashi somen (chilled noodles served via a mini water flume - which exists in real life!) bit was kinda funny and so was the poor monk whose temple keeps getting messed around with by the local kids.
Mio enlisting the help of Mai and Yukko in trying to put together a manga went on way too long, particularly as it was never that funny to begin with, and everything else was just forgettable.
If you like absurdist, overblown humour, Keiichi Arawi in general is a creator worth checking out. The fifth volume of Nichijou is just ok but the series as a whole remains fun, creative and appealingly light.
November 8, 2016
Another brilliant volume.
Though I do have to say that some of the jokes fell flat for me. But then again that is what happens with Nichijou, some jokes are just not fun. Or at least not my kind of humour.
I also do have to say I was pretty pissed at Mai and Yukko and how they treated Mio's manga. Yukko just screwed it all up, Mai just drew crap on the backgrounds. Really, maybe it is meant as a joke, but sorry, I don't see what is so funny about screwing with your best friend when she asks you for help. :( I just wanted to hug Mio and tell her to just dump those "friends".
Poor Sakamoto who loses his scarf to a crow. :P He could have seen it coming though. He should know by now how the professor is. How she is so childish that she will just do anything even if it might hurt others.
Then we have the teacher who is in love with another teacher. I had a big laugh when he accepted that bribe just because for that one thing. :P He is a bit stalkerish though, maybe it would be better if he was just honest (then again, he does tend to clamp up when he gets near her).
And then we have the continued efforts of that one teacher to get Nano. And how she keeps falling for her own traps. :P
But all in all, I did laugh a lot during this volume. I still love how overly exaggerating everything is, how anything can happen no matter how silly, no matter how weird.
I can't wait for the next volume to come out.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
Though I do have to say that some of the jokes fell flat for me. But then again that is what happens with Nichijou, some jokes are just not fun. Or at least not my kind of humour.
I also do have to say I was pretty pissed at Mai and Yukko and how they treated Mio's manga. Yukko just screwed it all up, Mai just drew crap on the backgrounds. Really, maybe it is meant as a joke, but sorry, I don't see what is so funny about screwing with your best friend when she asks you for help. :( I just wanted to hug Mio and tell her to just dump those "friends".
Poor Sakamoto who loses his scarf to a crow. :P He could have seen it coming though. He should know by now how the professor is. How she is so childish that she will just do anything even if it might hurt others.
Then we have the teacher who is in love with another teacher. I had a big laugh when he accepted that bribe just because for that one thing. :P He is a bit stalkerish though, maybe it would be better if he was just honest (then again, he does tend to clamp up when he gets near her).
And then we have the continued efforts of that one teacher to get Nano. And how she keeps falling for her own traps. :P
But all in all, I did laugh a lot during this volume. I still love how overly exaggerating everything is, how anything can happen no matter how silly, no matter how weird.
I can't wait for the next volume to come out.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
November 25, 2024
Mio has apparently given up on keeping her BL manga creation a secret, because in this volume she enlists Yuuko and Mai's help in getting her pages done. Mr. Takasaki accidentally runs into Ms. Sakurai outside of work. We get our first glimpse of what's going on in the vice principal's head. Also, there is an incident involving several dogs.
I don't know how Mio got to the point of being okay with her friends spending hours looking at her art, but now that she's there, the series has other layers of comedy it can explore. Mai doesn't really care about what she's doing, and Yuuko, unsurprisingly, is terrible at helping out.
Mr. Takasaki is a disaster. I still have no idea what Go/Soccer is supposed to be, but it's mildly amusing to see Ms. Sakurai's younger brother blackmailing Mr. Takasaki into being the club's advisor.
As usual, this is more weird than funny, but reasonably entertaining.
Extras:
A few full-color pages, profiles for the various high school staff members, and profiles for the Record of Fey Kingdom soldiers. I still don't understand those episodes - I assume they're dreams of some sort?
(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)
I don't know how Mio got to the point of being okay with her friends spending hours looking at her art, but now that she's there, the series has other layers of comedy it can explore. Mai doesn't really care about what she's doing, and Yuuko, unsurprisingly, is terrible at helping out.
Mr. Takasaki is a disaster. I still have no idea what Go/Soccer is supposed to be, but it's mildly amusing to see Ms. Sakurai's younger brother blackmailing Mr. Takasaki into being the club's advisor.
As usual, this is more weird than funny, but reasonably entertaining.
Extras:
A few full-color pages, profiles for the various high school staff members, and profiles for the Record of Fey Kingdom soldiers. I still don't understand those episodes - I assume they're dreams of some sort?
(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)
February 6, 2017
Still very weird and entertaining, but not as good as volume 4. Some of the jokes are still going over my head, I think. The slapstick stuff is not as funny to me, I guess, and characters say "WHAAAAAAAAAAT" way too much.
December 22, 2020
I'm halfway through the series. It's easy reading, but not always easy to follow. There are a couple of story threads, but it's hard to see them ending in a satisfactory place. The adjective for this series is zany.
July 28, 2023
Rating: 4/5
Volume 5 of “Nichijou” is another solid entry in the series, though not my personal favorite (but in a series like this, personal taste is beyond subjective). Absurdity and embarrassment are everywhere with some minor continuing plots from both older volumes and new to this one. While the encounter with the dogs in the final third is easily the funniest joke, I got a kick out of the continuing struggles of Mr. Takasaki and how he shoots himself in the foot before he can even get going. But isn’t that what romance is? 99% delusional self inflicted panic and 1% actual progress. At least in “Nichijou” it is.
Volume 5 of “Nichijou” is another solid entry in the series, though not my personal favorite (but in a series like this, personal taste is beyond subjective). Absurdity and embarrassment are everywhere with some minor continuing plots from both older volumes and new to this one. While the encounter with the dogs in the final third is easily the funniest joke, I got a kick out of the continuing struggles of Mr. Takasaki and how he shoots himself in the foot before he can even get going. But isn’t that what romance is? 99% delusional self inflicted panic and 1% actual progress. At least in “Nichijou” it is.
January 15, 2025
This manga is super silly and random. This volume lives up to the past ones. We have a humanoid robot and a talking cat (achieved through a scarf created by a kid scientist, so it's sci-fi instead of fantasy), all in a slice-of-life setting.
All of the characters are at least a little silly and ridiculous. They have crushes and goals and are completely relatable. They do tend to get in their own way with their silliness, though. That's kind of relatable too. It's a good one to read if you want to use it to recover from a darker manga. That's kind of how I'm using it.
All of the characters are at least a little silly and ridiculous. They have crushes and goals and are completely relatable. They do tend to get in their own way with their silliness, though. That's kind of relatable too. It's a good one to read if you want to use it to recover from a darker manga. That's kind of how I'm using it.
December 2, 2024
Another entertaining slate of chapters. There were a few that just didn't hit me (I wasn't big on the chapters about Takasaki trying to get with Sakurai), but I really enjoyed everything else! Chapter 76 might be the chapter I've laughed the hardest at yet in this series. Arawi does such a great job at mixing relatable comedy with some seriously outlandish and exaggerated comedic beats.
January 10, 2018
Absurd as always. Great, dynamic images on a simple story.
March 5, 2018
A bizarre madcap comedy. I think the jokes in this volume work better animated, but it was still funny in comic form.
October 15, 2018
I'm not happy that the characters swear, light as it may be. I did find the homework one hilarious though.
August 3, 2020
Love!
April 11, 2021
I absolutely love this series is always cracks me up and it is so clever. I highly recommend for a good laugh.
November 5, 2021
so amazing funny and cute love it
August 22, 2023
While I still do not understand half the comedy of this series, I'll give this one 4 stars for making me laugh a few times.
May 10, 2025
The nagashi somen section might be the funniest yet.
December 3, 2016
If you're an anime Nichijou viewer, and you only want to consume new material, this volume may disappoint you as there's I believe not a single story unadapted to the small screen here.
This entry was I think a step up from the last volume. A lot more of the whacky sensibilities we've come to love, and not every story being about something negative happening.
While this doesn't reach the height of volume 3, it still has some classic moments. These include "flowing noodles", some Nakanoujo (mohawk dude) hilarity, and our resident school scientist being kawaii. As you can tell from the ones I've highlighted, side characters get a larger push in this volume. One of my all time favorite Nichijou moments is in here too, Hakase / Professor taking Sakamoto for a walk. Fun stuff.
Eh-Chan is now officially "Whaaaaaat"-Chan in this series, which I still find a bit disappointing.
This entry was I think a step up from the last volume. A lot more of the whacky sensibilities we've come to love, and not every story being about something negative happening.
While this doesn't reach the height of volume 3, it still has some classic moments. These include "flowing noodles", some Nakanoujo (mohawk dude) hilarity, and our resident school scientist being kawaii. As you can tell from the ones I've highlighted, side characters get a larger push in this volume. One of my all time favorite Nichijou moments is in here too, Hakase / Professor taking Sakamoto for a walk. Fun stuff.
Eh-Chan is now officially "Whaaaaaat"-Chan in this series, which I still find a bit disappointing.
September 16, 2015
Screw other people. Happiness is only real when reading Nichijou.
February 7, 2017
Very enjoyable. Wonderful characters that have lots of fun together.
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January 23, 2018I thought that it was funny and a really good Manga. The anime was good so I decided to read the manga because it is a little bit different. Nichijou means Everyday in Japanese. The anime/manga is a compilation of short comics that are really funny. The genre is Slice of Life / comedy.
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