Nichijou - My Ordinary Life
日常
Nichijou primarily focuses on the daily antics of a trio of childhood friends—high school girls Mio Naganohara, Yuuko Aioi and Mai Minakami—whose stories soon intertwine with the young genius Hakase Shinonome, her robot caretaker Nano, and their talking cat Sakamoto. With every passing day, the lives of these six, as well as of the many people around them, experience both the calms of normal life and the insanity of the absurd. Walking to school, being bitten by a talking crow, spending time with friends, and watching the principal suplex a deer: they are all in a day's work in the extraordinary everyday lives of those in Nichijou. (Source: MAL Rewrite)
Nichijou - My Ordinary Life is a tv with 26 episodes, from Spring 2011, produced by Kyoto Animation, rated 8.3/10 on AniList.
Synopsis
Nichijou primarily focuses on the daily antics of a trio of childhood friends—high school girls Mio Naganohara, Yuuko Aioi and Mai Minakami—whose stories soon intertwine with the young genius Hakase Shinonome, her robot caretaker Nano, and their talking cat Sakamoto. With every passing day, the lives of these six, as well as of the many people around them, experience both the calms of normal life and the insanity of the absurd. Walking to school, being bitten by a talking crow, spending time with friends, and watching the principal suplex a deer: they are all in a day's work in the extraordinary everyday lives of those in Nichijou. (Source: MAL Rewrite)
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- Surreal Comedy — Prominently features comedic moments that defy casual reasoning, resulting in illogical events.
- Episodic — Features story arcs that are loosely tied or lack an overarching plot.
- Slapstick — Prominently features comedy based on deliberately clumsy actions or embarrassing events.
- School — Partly or completely set in a primary or secondary educational institution.
- Female Protagonist — Main character is female.
- Ensemble Cast — Features a large cast of characters with (almost) equal screen time and importance to the plot.
- Primarily Teen Cast — Main cast is mostly composed of teen characters.
- Primarily Female Cast — Main cast is mostly composed of female characters.
- Parody — Features deliberate exaggeration of popular tropes or a particular genre to comedic effect.
- Cute Girls Doing Cute Things — Centers around female characters doing cute activities, usually with little to no emphasis on drama and conflict.
- Achronological Order — Chapters or episodes do not occur in chronological order.
- Robots — Prominently features humanoid machines.