Ah well, it had to happen: an unfortunately crappy book from Keiichi Arawi, my favourite new creator. The fourth volume of Nichijou doesn’t have nearly the amount of fun sketches that I’ve gotten used to reading in this series.
I laughed at the teacher in love with the other teacher and the repeating gag. The poor hapless principal is still funny - this time not only did his toupee fall off but also his false teeth!
The best characters, the Professor, Nano and Mr Sakamoto, didn’t really have any great scenes but the Professor is just so cute. And it’s interesting to see Nano has a nemesis now: the school’s science teacher, who wants to study her!
Otherwise, a lot of the stuff here just fell flat. The word chain drawing, the fantasy realm (still the worst part of this series), the baffling Go/Soccer club, and the blossoming romance between one of the girl’s and Sasahara - all so meh.
Nichijou, Volume 4 is a very weak addition to the series but hopefully this is just a blip and the quality will pick back up again soon.
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