The big race is over, and everything is back to “normal” in the CITY—as normal as it ever gets, anyway: Shia attempts to simultaneously take the advertising world by storm and annoy her way into Tatsuta Adatara’s heart, the City Three Crows continue their ongoing quest for the perfect summer vacation, and Tatewaku, Matsuri, and Ecchan tackle the impossible challenge of finding a band name that isn’t already taken.
Meanwhile, Nagumo’s endless quest for cash takes her through various games of skill and chance: a watermelon seed-spitting contest, bobbing for gold bars at the summer festival, even the 7th Annual CITY Quiz Championship. We’ve got spies, we’ve got love (or is it like?), we even have the perils of...THE BOUTIQUE?! We’ve got it all here in the CITY—where nothing is ever as normal as it seems.
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.
I remember this one made me laugh out loud more than any of the recent volumes but I genuinely can’t remember any of the chapters, and I finished it like 2 days ago. Not a very nutritious or memorable series but fun nonetheless. Meant to be pounded in one sitting at 2am, like a sleeve of Oreos, and instantly forgotten.
Perhaps one of my favorite scenes in the entire series so far has been Tatewaku's attempt to spruce himself up for a date. I was cracking up by the end of it!
As the series draws to a close for me, I can't help feeling a little sad. But, I have a snowy weekend ahead of me and the final four volumes to keep me company. It should be a good time.