Hayden’s Reviews > Nichijou, Vol. 5 > Status Update

The goal that the characters in nichijou are constantly fighting for is the ability to have a ordinary life. There has been little progress towards achieving this goal with fate being ruthless. The whole book stays the same amount of action throughout the whole book.

1. I know that chaters are influenced by previous scenerios and ther emotions are not "reset".

2. Important how mai seems to be getting less mean.

3. More outside characters

4. More 'effort' put into mad scientist side story.

5. Closer bond with main characters.

Nichijou is a Manga, so you read the book backwards and such, however, it could also be called a series of short stories or journal entries. The whole book is about the characters trying to lead normal lives. The events that make their lives not normal are not constantly occurring, so there is a significant amount of time in between each time we see the characters in the book.

Throughout the whole book, I rarely if ever tell the characters what to do in my head. If i was in the same universe as Nichijou (I assume i'm in Fukushima, Japan) I think I would just be an onlooker to the chaos that the main characters cause. My house would also most likely be damaged at least once by the massive explosions cause by many scenes in the book.

Hakasae is a trickster. I talk about the main 3 charecters a lot (Mai, Mio and Yukko) so i thought i would talk about Hakasae. She is always pulling pranks on Nano and wants snacks afterwards and cries when she does not get them. She provides a lot of comic relief and that is why i believe she is a trickster

I really have no idea what Mai is really motivated by, but i have sone there's. As you know Mai rarely ever talks, every chapter she maybe only says a sentece or two. I think she might be motivated by desire or jealousy. She could possibly be driven by desire, maybe she just wants to make fun of Yukko and Mio for her own enjoyment. Maybe, Mai is really jealous of Yukko and Mio. Then she acts upon jealousy.