Nichijou is a series of short comedic sketches and, like similarly-formatted TV shows, some of the sketches hit and some miss. There wasn’t any one great sketch that stood out and made me laugh, but there were some amusing bits.
The Professor and Nano were the best as ever. The Professor and her cat Mr Sakamoto get scared when they’re surrounded by cute dogs - what if they get bitten!? The talking crow and the new robot characters though were meh as was Ms Nakamura’s obsession with hunting down Nano.
I liked shy teacher Mr Takasaki’s continuing wannabe romance with fellow teacher Ms Sakurai. The nagashi somen (chilled noodles served via a mini water flume - which exists in real life!) bit was kinda funny and so was the poor monk whose temple keeps getting messed around with by the local kids.
Mio enlisting the help of Mai and Yukko in trying to put together a manga went on way too long, particularly as it was never that funny to begin with, and everything else was just forgettable.
If you like absurdist, overblown humour, Keiichi Arawi in general is a creator worth checking out. The fifth volume of Nichijou is just ok but the series as a whole remains fun, creative and appealingly light.
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