Nichijou, directly translated to mean “Everyday” or “Ordinary”, is a far from normal gag manga of a group of high-school students, teachers, and related characters experiencing regular life incidents with surreal twists.
There are several, several plotlines and shorts, which either carry over to form a major arc or finish within three-four panels. The characters include a child-scientist and her robot companion, a group of students with their own friend groups and eccentric hobbies, zany teachers with unique agendas and conspiracies, as well as a large host of random, larger-than-life characters that enliven the town. Oh, and there's a talking cat too.
Since this is volume 7, most of the characters were well-established and I liked how there were arcs that drove the main plot forward. The shorts were hit-or-miss. I found some of them funny or wholesome but some were just okay. There’s so much happening and so many characters that there’s bound to be something that one will end up liking. All in all, this is a prime slice-of-life manga meant to entertain (and slightly baffle), which it manages to do excellently.