Nichijou Discussion Thread

[Suwako Moriya]

There is only one way to make our Daily Life better! That's by watching Nichijou. Yeah, I just saw episode 0 and thus why this discussion thread is being started. Only a few weeks or so until the season begins proper. So then...

ANN Entry OVA (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=11831)

ANN Entry TV (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=12142)

Official Site 1 (http://anime.webnt.jp/news/view/1958)

Official Site 2 (http://www.shinonome-lab.com/)


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[Suwako Moriya]

No opening or ending in this version. Ok, there are credits (on black screen) and they do play the song from the trailer.

I already liked Mio from the manga, but hearing her voice and seeing the blue hair constantly makes her even better.

Our first segment involves Mio and Yuuko. Seems that the latter did poorly on a test.

Multiple cut-away scenes to Mio fishing. Must be some metaphor.

Yuuko is fun, but I've decided to marry Mio.

The next segment is fun with Nano, the doctor, and the cat. The third one even has dialog.

Nano's voice is working well for me based on my experiences with the manga. Another positive sign.

Mai, Mio, and Yuuko shall sleep on a train. One in the luggage area, one on the seats, and one on the floor.

Over all, this was definitely right for me. Might have more to say after a re-watch.

One more thing to say. Having a girl walk around with a windup key in her back is an amusing visual.

[angelx03]

So how's the visual style?

[Suwako Moriya]

So how's the visual style?

It's pleasant and relaxing to look at. You can get idea what it's like by finding some youtube trailers which have been linked to in the past.

[Thomas Alan]

I didn't expect Episode 0 to be almost full-length.

So far there's not too much to say. Visually, the colors are nice and soft. The director apparently likes full body shots from high angles.

I don't know the girls well enough to have them click with me yet (certainly too early for body fluids :(). I like how the talking cat's easily distracted. It'll be interesting to go back and watch this episode again once I get to know the girls.

The scenes themselves went on too long for my taste. I expect that to be fixed during the series though.

[EmperorBrandon]

The first mini-episode with Yuuko's test score seemed to drag on a little bit for me, but the second and third were really enjoyable. The Hakase's group particularly seems to have potential for a lot of interesting interaction, and I found Sakamoto-san pretty amusing.

[Suwako Moriya]

The first mini-episode with Yuuko's test score seemed to drag on a little bit for me, but the second and third were really enjoyable. The Hakase's group particularly seems to have potential for a lot of interesting interaction, and I found Sakamoto-san pretty amusing.

I liked the general idea of the first segment, but even I have to admit that in some ways it was starting to run a little long. I wonder if more variety in how the segment was going might have helped.

[angelx03]

I wonder if every episode is going to be split into in 3 parts. First part: Hmmm, I get the gag of trying to overcome one's failure on a test, but it felt pretty dragged on which made the punchline in the end kind of weak.

Second part: I see comedic potential with the child professor, a robot girl who takes care of that child professor, and a talking cat who thinks he's all that in this one. I grinned in this one.

Third part: I like this one; it was short and straight to the point with each girl laying down from top to bottom inside the train with the glasses girl laying on the overhead compartment with the luggage....wait, what?

[strangefour]

-1 is the loneliest number.
-Man the color choices in this show make it look like it's from the mid 90s.
-It must be hard to compliment a friend who is a dumb as carp.

-Mad science loli is sick. Robot girl will make her all better.
-Kuroneko-sama (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DQUZ8F7cc4)?

I may not like Nichijou. That was alot like the first episode of Lucky Star. Boring. The lack of anything like Lucky Channel is serious. Well I guess the science loli and wind up girl have promise. But it was too much like talk about which end of a pastry is the head for my taste.

Suwako will be so mad at me.

[Suwako Moriya]

I may not like Nichijou. That was alot like the first episode of Lucky Star. Boring. The lack of anything like Lucky Channel is serious.


Meh, I still like the first episode of Lucky Star. Actually if anything, I think that series started to lose a few points when it became more reliant on direct references.

Although it balanced it out by gaining points by increasing the cast size and having awesome characters. Speaking of which, that's what Nichijou needs to do.

Make use of the other cast members. Doing so would add variety and make things more interesting. And hopefully unlike Lucky Star, they'd do it earlier as opposed to later.

As for Lucky Channel, I hate to use the word "overrated", but sometimes I find the praise for it questionable. Don't get me wrong, it has its amusing moments.

However for the most part, it actually got repetitive in some ways. Plus, it felt like it kept taking time away from the main show. Well, to be fair Akira at the very least was part of the manga.

Suwako will be so mad at me.

Relax (Dangerous Suplex Combo!), I (Crimson Flare) am (Life Sprinkler), a (Stone) reasonable (Ultima) person (Reaper).

[strangefour]

I may not like Nichijou. That was alot like the first episode of Lucky Star. Boring. The lack of anything like Lucky Channel is serious.


Meh, I still like the first episode of Lucky Star. Actually if anything, I think that series started to lose a few points when it became more reliant on direct references.

Although it balanced it out by gaining points by increasing the cast size and having awesome characters. Speaking of which, that's what Nichijou needs to do.

Make use of the other cast members. Doing so would add variety and make things more interesting. And hopefully unlike Lucky Star, they'd do it earlier as opposed to later.

As for Lucky Channel, I hate to use the word "overrated", but sometimes I find the praise for it questionable. Don't get me wrong, it has its amusing moments.

However for the most part, it actually got repetitive in some ways. Plus, it felt like it kept taking time away from the main show. Well, to be fair Akira at the very least was part of the manga.


To me Akira was THE BEST part of Lucky Star. She is my favorite character in the show bar none. Her bi-polarness is just so adorably sexy. They never made a Figma of her did they...

But yeah Lucky Star got better when more characters showed up. The dynamic of just the main four girls wasn't enough for me. At the time I liked the references to other anime. But they'd probably not be as funny now. Plus I hate Haruhi. But I will never get tired of the Legendary Girl A segments. It's just the rest of the show that upon some CR rewatch hasn't held my attention.

So yeah Nichijou needs to mix in more characters quick or it will lose my interest.

[Thomas Alan]

I'm still scratching my head at the whole Lucky Channel concept. But whatever. Three years ago already.

If they plan to do 3 segments per episode, then yeah, we've got a major problem here. You can't do inane for 8-9 minutes straight. It just collapses under its own weight like it did in the first and second segments. And when it just doesn't work...it starts to get painful (see first segment).*

But I doubt that's going to happen. The shotgun approach of shorter segments is a proven winner for this type of (either loosely established or non-existent plot) show that depends on the appeal of its characters.

Someone will have to tell me how this episode was distributed, but it felt like something more for fans than for newcomers.

*Comparably, the best segment, the 3rd, was only 2.5 minutes long and breezed through with 2 distinct pieces of business and two settings. I expect (and hope) this will be more in line with the main show's style and timing.

[EmperorBrandon]

Someone will have to tell me how this episode was distributed, but it felt like something more for fans than for newcomers.

It was released with volume 6 of the manga.

[tadakichi]

I may not like Nichijou. That was alot like the first episode of Lucky Star. Boring. The lack of anything like Lucky Channel is serious. Well I guess the science loli and wind up girl have promise. But it was too much like talk about which end of a pastry is the head for my taste.

The first segment was definitely reminiscent of the Lucky Star food conversation, but I was able to enjoy it because it's about something interesting, rather than ways to eat different food, which makes an absolute bottom-of-the-barrel conversation topic even in real life. Also, it was a much better introduction for Mio and Yuuko in terms of character development than the food conversation was for Konata, Tsukasa, and Miyuki.

[something]

Episode 00:

- Oh god I love the visual style so much already.
- "Thirty twelve!"
- Hahaha a 1. GJ Yuuko.
- I'm a touch under 3 minutes in and I'm pretty sure Aizawa Mai has spoken more lines as Mio than in the entire run of Lucky star as Ayano. Plus, Honda Mariko was Kurimu in Icdhizon! I love that there's a whole lot of brand new or fairly new seiyuu this time. May they enjoy as much smashing success as the K-ON! girls.
- Hahaha, oh god, Mio is totally torn between doing her best to cheer Yuuko up, and having a very hard time taking her seriously. :sd:
- Mio writes manga?
- Hah. I think Mio has broken Yuuko. She's sure going all out with this. :sd:
- The fish is almost caught! So close!
- :sd:

- Hakase! Oh god her lab coat is down to the floor. Bit more exeperienced a seiyuu here in Konno Hiromi, and lots of KyoAni roles (Potato, Akira, Suzume, FMP).
- Back to really new seiyuu with Furuya Shizuka for Nano.
- As for the cat, well, you knew Shiraishi would be in here somewhere... I've gotten bored of Shiraishi as Shiraishi so I'm glad he's playing a character this time.
- Gaaaah, Hakase is waaaaaaaay too cute.
- Medicine fail!
- Sakamoto is a very easily distracted cat.
- A plan is hatched! Nano shines!
- I love how Hakase is just completely ruthless about blaming everything on Sakamoto-san. =D

- Oh man I so thought Mio was going to try the cartwheel and bump into an angry salaryman or something.
- Mai speaks! Togashi Misuzu.
- Mai sleeps in the luggage rack. o_O
- Yuuko... I don't care if Japanese trains are cleaner or not, lying down on the floor of one seems like a horrible idea.

I'm 95% sure Mio is going to be my favorite character. She's amazing.

And I'm 100% sure I love this show. WANT MOOOOOOORE! Why can't I preorder the BDs yet? ;_;

[TheGreenMan]

I don't what to think about this...it seems to take place before the manga.
The first part is cute, but sorta...boring. It went on way too long. Mio is definitely awesome.
The second is great. NANO! Cat with a bandana = awesome.
The third part is...short. I really don't understand the whole sleeping while on a train thing...wouldn't people miss their stops?

[Sly05]

To agree with what seems to be the general consensus, I felt the first segment suffered from dragging on too long as well. There wasn't enough content to stretch it out for anymore than a few minutes and the fact that the direction it was going with the joke was obvious from the beginning made it a struggle to maintain my attention. I guess it did a good job of setting up the characters though as it revealed a lot about their personalities.

The second segment worked a lot better, mainly because it had a cute snotty loli. Her interactions with the random robot girl and talking cat were adorable.

The final segment benefited from being the shortest. Fun interactions between the three girls goofing off.

Pretty low key so far, but I enjoyed the character interactions. The wonderful A Channel is still the school girl slice of life series I'm looking forward to the most this spring though Nichijou has the KyoAni advantage so I'm looking forward to seeing if they can work their magic once again.

[angelx03]

Did KyoAni out-SHAFTed SHAFT in the OP sequence?!! :knowitall::knowitall:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfF7HqZm_vA

[MelancholicMariya]

Did KyoAni out-SHAFTed SHAFT in the OP sequence?!! :knowitall::knowitall:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfF7HqZm_vA

Oh man that's pretty amazing.

Also if you think it out-SHAFTed SHAFT then you should watch Zan Sayoanra Zetsubou Sensei Bangachi OVA 2's opening.

[angelx03]

It just occured to me. The OP is sung by Hyadain. IS THIS THE SAME HYADAIN AS THIS GUY?!!

http://www.youtube.com/user/hyadain2525

[Westlo]

Did KyoAni out-SHAFTed SHAFT in the OP sequence?!! :knowitall::knowitall:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfF7HqZm_vA

Nah man, too much animation.

[angelx03]

.....what the hell did I just watch?!! :knowitall:

This is definitely going to be one of KyoAni more bizarre series. At least the animation is up to their standards, and the music is pretty godly (Yuuji Nomi is doing the music!!!).

It has such a relaxing atmosphere with a bunch of strangeness going on at the same time. Comedy will vary among each segment.

[Fencedude]

Well, that certainly was...something. I'm not sure what, precisely, but it certainly was

Nano's totally my favorite character.

But the best gag was Mio and the skeet shooting.

[Mitsuki]

This was hilarious. I laughed out loud several times, which is somewhat rare for me with anime comedies. It was very bizarre, which is something I have a low tolerance for sometimes, but I thought it was great.

[einhorn303]

A light-hearted absurdist moe comedy. The characters are quite cute...so far Mai Minakami and the teacher stand out to me.

- Apparently "Selamat pagi" is Indonesian for "good morning." And "selamat malam" means "good evening."
- The skeet shooting gag is good, but...I might prefer the Epic Wiener Scene.
- I'm sure there's plenty of Japanese wordplay (or reference to old poetic forms?) I'm missing with the principle.
- People can get shot with handguns and stand up perfectly fine...makes sense.
- Sasahari-sempai considers the goat a member of the family?
- It seems like Yuuko & friends + Nano & Professor are the two primary groups of main characters. I wonder if they'll meet in future episodes.
- The walk cycle animations in the ED are totally cute. Although the whole episode is full of wonderfully cute animation.


This is definitely going to be one of KyoAni more bizarre series. At least the animation is up to their standards, and the music is pretty godly (Yuuji Nomi is doing the music!!!).


The music automatically stood out to me. I love shows which hearken back to the Tex Avery days, when every cartoon had real orchestral backing as a music score.

[einhorn303]

I can't believe that a show like this has a male singer in the OP.

[EmperorBrandon]

Oh wow, to be honest I wasn't quite excited from just the OVA (though I liked it), but this episode was pretty hilarious to me throughout. This certainly seems it's going to be quite the interesting and amusing series. I'm liking the characters a lot too, particularly Mai, Yukko, and Nano.

[strangefour]

-Woodgrain.
-AFRO.
-Bloom!
-Mmm fish. I think I'll have fish for dinner.
-Today's lesson: Never power your clockwork robot girls with plutonium.
-Why is Katsuragi Keima riding a goat?
-Akebeko bobblehead cow?
-Upsidedown bunny...

-Skeet shooting? This show is getting weirder.
-They sure do ike downward looking 3/4 RPG camera angles.
-That was the most delicious weiner ever. EVER.

-There's that photorealistic street corner again.
-Keima really loves his goat.

-Helvetica Standard. *cough*
-USB rocket toes...
-How does Nano put on shirts?

Well that was better than the preview episode. There were jokes this time! And some amusing weirdness.

[sickVisionz]

By the end of the episode I was satisfied and wanted to see more, but the first 2/3 didn't really do anything for me. The jokes and gags made me smile, but that had more to do with the moe character design than them really being funny or anything. Really, I felt that a lot of the what I was watching was trying to skate by solely on moe and nice animation here and there. I was pretty down on the series as a whole until the last 1/3 came up. The last 1/3 made me lol on a regular basis, especially the Helvetica Standard segment and the goat kid, and made up for the kinda sorta a little funny but not really first 2/3 of the episode.

I think the art style, music, and animation quality will be enough to get me through the down parts of each episode but I'm hoping it won't always be a case where 2/3 of the episode is kinda meh and 1/3 is super great.

[TheGreenMan]

Well, that was a lot better than the OVA. A LOT BETTER.
Wow...this show is AzuDai/Lucky Star on pot.
A girl with a gun shoots her classmate...uhhhhhh...what? Really? And he's just okay?
ED >>> OP.

[Randall Flagg]

Amusing enough intro ep. Mio so knew how to play Yukko. Nano is absolutely adorable and loved Mai in the luggage space.

[Ashyukun]

I expected that I'd love this show from what I could tell beforehand, and the first episode made it quite clear that my intuition about it was spot on. I love jokes that are set up ahead of time and take a bit to come to fruition, like the 'objects identified in the explosion' that, in sequence, fall on Yukko's head. Nano and the Professor are also adorable, and I get the impression I'm going to love Mai (her character type is easily one of my favorites). I'm also curious about what Nonohara Himeko and Katsuragi Keima are doing out of their own shows and in this one, but I'll just have to roll with it for now...

[Sly05]

I enjoyed this episode more than episode 0. A lot of the humour is probably beyond my comprehension of Japanese culture and word play, but it was bizarre enough to keep me interested. I think I enjoyed the segments with the robot girl the most.

[HitokiriShadow]

Oh, right, I still have to watch episode 0.

Bwahahaha, Mio is awesome and hilarious. The episode basically spends seven minutes on her manipulating her friend out of a depression over grades, and its awesome. Especially Mio getting ticked at one point and nearly undoing all of her previous efforts. The flashes to Mio fishing as a metaphor were cute.

.... Then it gets weird. But very, very cute. We have an ~8 year old scientist-looking girl called Hakase/Professor, an apparent robot girl with a big windup key sticking out of her back.... and Shamisen a talking cat.

And then.... sleeping on a train. It was cute. Oh, and we meet another friend who is... very odd. I'm looking forward to more of her.

Well, that was very cute and highly amusing. The first segment was definitely my favorite. Mio is so awesome and cute and adorable and awesome. Mio's ability to praise her idiot friend and convince her that she was actually brilliant was amazing.

Edit: Um, yeah, I was very much in the "the food conversation nearly put me to sleep" camp on Lucky Star, but I'm on the opposite side here. I loooooooved the first part, it was hilarious and I didn't think it dragged on too long at all.

[HitokiriShadow]

..... That was far, far stranger than I would have expected based on episode 0.

It was pretty funny though. Epic weiner grab is epic.

So the gun/bazooka girl is Misato. Her first appearance in the show is.... her shooting someone in the head with a pistol. Mio's currently my favorite, but there's a good chance she'll be my second after her.... though she'll probably have to compete with Mai for that position.

[Nork22]

Ah yes... let us use Indonesian/Malaysian for some random conversation/jokes. I like it already. Should have gone Apa Khabar too!

And curse you Mio who sound like Noto but isn't!

[EmperorBrandon]

And curse you Mio who sound like Noto but isn't!

Do you mean Mai? I was thinking she sounded a good bit like Noto. Togashi Misuzu's voice is pretty nice regardless (haven't seen Seitokai no Ichizon in a while, but seem different from what I remember of her role there).

[Nork22]

And curse you Mio who sound like Noto but isn't!

Do you mean Mai? I was thinking she sounded a good bit like Noto. Togashi Misuzu's voice is pretty nice regardless (haven't seen Seitokai no Ichizon in a while, but seem different from what I remember of her role there).
Yes, Mai. So many faces, I'll eventually learn all their names though.

[TnAdct1]

Wow...this show is AzuDai/Lucky Star on pot. I thought the people who made Azumanga were high when they made that show. :bigsmile:

Watched the first episode tonight, and that show had me going WTF in a good way (a sign that this will probably be a show that I'll watch regularly this season). After all, what other anime has the show's next episode preview done by a robot's detachable little toe?

[Suwako Moriya]

Yes, Mai. So many faces, I'll eventually learn all their names though.

Sad part is that even having read some of the manga, I still only know the names of a few of them. Which makes me suspect some get introduced or named later.

Hopefully, they won't take too long to name people. Since after all I kind of like to have those names to make things easier on me. They need to put up character bio pages. Which if they exist, I can't find...

[Suwako Moriya]

Poor Nano, she just needs a hug.

Mai with the glove was the part that stood out most about that segment.

Mio would make a lovely bride. Yes, my thoughts go in that direction.

[EmperorBrandon]

Poor Nano, she just needs a hug.

Yeah, I feel bad for her. It really feels Hakase is being so cruel to her with all those unnecessary modifications... So cute, though. :sweat:

I wonder how Sasahara can be worried about Misato killing him at all. He clearly seems to be immortal.

[Suwako Moriya]

Poor Nano, she just needs a hug.

Yeah, I feel bad for her. It really feels Hakase is being so cruel to her with all those unnecessary modifications... So cute, though. :sweat:

I theorize that this show is trying to teach us that letting a child be in charge of designing a robot can have its downside.


I wonder how Sasahara can be worried about Misato killing him at all. He clearly seems to be immortal.

Clearly you need to play more RPGs and refresh yourself on the "event scene" curse. The one where suddenly you go from being able to survive an atom bomb blowing next to you to dying instantly from a slap on the back.

Seriously, maybe he's afraid of that!

[Kenneth_Lee]

Hi All,

Quick question for all the Nichijou experts :) -

Is there any connection to staff involved with Azumanga Daioh?

Nichijou has an art style and some gags / weirdness that reminds me of Azumanga. Just curious.

Thanks!

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Episode 1:

- Pre-motivation!
- Nano is so adorable.
- o_O The scale of that explosion caught me off guard. :sd:
- !!! God damn. KyoAni just doesn't know how to many OP/ED sequences that aren't amazing, do they? This was fantastic. I doubt I'll import the song because it's not the style of music I listen to, but it fits the OP sequence well. God damn that's awesome.

- Yukko is special! Very special! It's not just anyone who can get bopped in the head with these things. But oh man, salmon on the head is gonna be icky...
- "At least I wasn't hit by raw fish" XD

- Keima is riding a goat.
- Selamat pagi. The greeting that gets no reaction.
- Wait, a reaction! Mai is Yukko's hero!
- Adorable nervous teacher.

- Nano is on a roof! She's worried about jumping off when she already survived being flung hundreds of feet.
- Chopstick! Sandal! Hand! Nano is having the worst say ever!
- Yes Nano, we wouldn't want anyone to find out you're a robot...

There is a bunny walking on its ears.

- Go fetch the frisbee boy, go fetch the f--O_o
- HOLY SHIT EPIC WIENER ANIMATION! ...Err... But seriously, that was glorious. This show just leaves me in a constant state of WTF-ing awe. WANT BDS NOW.
- Sanbyou ruuuruuuuuuu!
- She ate it.

Well, I suppose scissors would beat bouquet. >_>
Oh god that looked like it hurt.

- Holy shit! The Hidamari principal got a transfer! And plastic surgery! And... okay it's just Chou again.
- Tentacles >_>
- "I'll permit goats!" XD
- o_O Let's not make Misato angry...
- Mio-chan, we've got to do something about your taste in men.

- Oh god, Mio is utterly petrified when the alarm actually goes off. XD

- I can't decide who is cuter, Mio or Nano. I love them both.
- She made the key because she thought it was cute. :sd:

Very cute ED. <3 <3 Nano.

And Spring is officially off to an amazing start. This episode sure should put to rest all the concerns people raised in episode 0 about the jokes being too slow. The pacing of the actual series proper is clearly faster.

[something]

Episode 2:

- Mai is a cheater >_>

- Run sleepyhead Mio, run!
- Delayed reaction. Very delayed reaction.
- Hahahahahaha, Mio just belts her sister. SPIRAL PUNCH! And oh my god her sister is going to be amazingly fun. <3 If she has enough scenes she could end up my favorite.

- Hakase's shark obession is so odd.
- Rollcake in your arm. Wait what. o_O
- Hahah oh god, poor poor Nano.

Even if rollcake wins, Hakase will eat it anyway. ;_;
Oh god, the jumprope scenes just get more painful. I felt that one.

- Mio... don't draw homoerotic pornography in your homework notebook. :sd:
- O_O. The animation in this show is just absurdly good. All the little visual novelties and such are great, and when we get into EPIC ACTION time like this and the weiner, it's just amazing.
- And you knew it wouldn't end for her when she got the book back. :sd:

That... that was such a polite rejection, Hakase.
Pyon!

- Oooh, Mai sees Hakase and Nano. Will they all cross over soon?

- Misato's firepower is increasing...
- Sasahara has a pretty impressive butler.
- SO TSUNDERE!

No normal ED this time, they used it for the Misato/Sasahara scene instead.

[something]

Is there any connection to staff involved with Azumanga Daioh?
None, actually. Just one guy who was on sound for both. Different studios (JC Staff vs KyoAni) and staff and all that.

[strangefour]

-Strange things have been happening. Mascot head is chasing um dang I haven't learned anyone's name yet.
-LUCHA!
-DRILL PREASSURE PAAAAAUNCH!

-Hakase is the 4th best anime mad scientist I can think off off the top of my head. So cute.

-A doodle of something that God only knows about!
-HOLY SHIT! Nichijou just became the best show of the season.

I do hope they continue with the random moment of epic animation each episode. The sheer passion and energy in the chaser scene and last episode's weiner scene make up for the parts that are just strange for the sake of being strange. The strange scenes that don't involve Nano & Kakase that is. Those two are so adorable. The eclecticness of this show really helps gloss over the not so funny bits though.

[Nork22]

Mum's gone out to play Sepak Takraw? LOL!!! Ah the Malaysian/Indonesian anime fans would love this.

Man Kyoto must spent a good amount on production. The music is awesomely epic.

[something]

Man Kyoto must spent a good amount on production. The music is awesomely epic.
Music and animation, certainly. That's what I love so much about this, and so many things KyoAni does... they put so, so much love and effort into their animation even when it's a show like this, where they won't get full credit because there's no epic mecha battles or super-detailed character designs or sweeping vistas over beautiful fantasy landscapes.

Sure, they have a well-deserved reputation for good animation and people expect it from them, but there's absolutely no "need" to animate this show so damn well for it to be effective. And yet scene after scene these simplistic, soft, colorful character designs are manipulated in awesome ways, and I don't just mean epic wiener or epic running. It takes a special kind of dedication to try so hard while knowing that some people will totally write off the art as "simple" because the character designs don't look super-detailed like Haruhi or Hanasaku. See K-ON!, which is one of the best animated things in ages. You just need to be paying attention to notice. Lucky Star was pretty amazing on this count in its own way, but Nichijou really takes it up a few notches with the quality of the visual gags.

I do wonder, however, how invested I'll end up getting with these characters. My investment in the K-ON! girls is almost unmatched, and I came to really love the Lucky Star girls too, albeit not on quite as intensely emotional a level since it focused much more heavily on gags. Will the surreal/absurd nature of Nichijou - which, don't get me wrong, is totally its strength so far - make it harder to inject emotional moments here and there?

I think Nano is our best bet on this point. Adorable robot-y angst! I don't mean that I want Nichijou to turn into a serious drama, but I wouldn't mind if it made me cry once or twice.

[William K]

Mum's gone out to play Sepak Takraw? LOL!!! Ah the Malaysian/Indonesian anime fans would love this.

Hehe, yup. I expect them to have a roti canai or teh tarik soon...

[HitokiriShadow]

I love Mio's rewind memory. Mio's cute and small, but don't piss her off. That corkscrew punch looked painful. And her drawing... wow. I... I think she drew Sasahara receiving fellatio. Her freaking out over it is hilarious. And holy crap, that chase scene was just fantastic.

It was very nice to see Misato get a whole segment at the end. She's probably my second favorite girl after Mio, though its a close competition with Mio.

Hakase continues to be criminally adorable. And poor Nono continues to learn about new unfortunate functions being installed on her without her knowledge or consent.

And it looks like the kendo girl from the OP is Mio's older sister. I didn't realize it was her until Mio started seeing her life before her eyes later in the episode.

[Fencedude]

Nano~~

Yeah, <3 Nano.

The chase scene was certainly...something else.

[ZenErik]

This series is something else. I love it! :)

[einhorn303]

This episode is more laidback and subdued, but somehow that makes the humor even stronger. The pacing is perfect, and I love how the show intersperses it's absurd comedy with those quiet everyday scenes. Also, Mai is totally my favorite character now.

[HitokiriShadow]

Now Sakamoto joins Hakase and Nano. I guess the downside to watching the OAD first is that I already knew exactly what his voice would be, and it would have been a bit funnier if I didn't. But I loved their "ji~~" faces after he first spoke.

And Yuuko really needs to learn when to throw in the towel. Well, for her sake. For my amusement, its better that she doesn't. It was pretty amusing to watch Mai kick her ass over and over.

[bear]

This episode is more laidback and subdued, but somehow that makes the humor even stronger. The pacing is perfect, and I love how the show intersperses it's absurd comedy with those quiet everyday scenes. Also, Mai is totally my favorite character now.

I liked this one a lot better. The talking cat bit was good. It's about what I expected that a cat would be thinking. Nano is just ahead of Mai as my favorite character.

What was the bit with the principal/vice-prinicpal and the straw doll? Voo-doo?

[EmperorBrandon]

What was the bit with the principal/vice-prinicpal and the straw doll? Voo-doo?

Yeah, I was wondering what was up with that. I didn't quite get it.

I really liked the gag with Yukko hoping the teacher wouldn't call on her. It was also interesting seeing her interactions with Mai (since before now, it seems it's been more with Mio)

[einhorn303]

Now Sakamoto joins Hakase and Nano. I guess the downside to watching the OAD first is that I already knew exactly what his voice would be, and it would have been a bit funnier if I didn't. But I loved their "ji~~" faces after he first spoke...

I never watched the OAD, but read in this thread that the cat talked. Without ever hearing it, I automatically imagined him talking in a deep-set male voice. As this episode started, I thought, "Wait, I've imagined that for so long, but... what if his voice is actually different?" But nah, it was exactly as I imagined.

I think he'll be a great addition to the Professor and Nano corner.

[strangefour]

-What kind of animal cage has no bottom? This show is unrealistic! *OP with talking cat, loli robotics engineer and clockwork girl starts*
-Buddha takes alot of punishment lately.
-The afro power (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHJK9hF8QaE) is strong with this one.
-But what happened to Masao!?

-AHAHAHA! Cheating at rock paper scissors with a remote controlled robot punch.
-Fluffiness must be carefully measured.
-She just made a scarf that makes cats talk in under a minute. Okay.
-What the hell is with the principal and the voodoo doll?
-Masao...

The voodoo doll filled with nato (?) and New Orleans made no sense at all. Sakamoto's origin was adorable however. Yukko continues to be strange. She wanders between funny and annoyingly stubborn.

[something]

Episode 3:

- Oh, so we're meeting the cat now?
- I love this OP. <3 <3

- Mai, master of delayed greetings.
- ...The walking catbox is hilarious to me for some reason.
- Hahah, Yuuko, it looks like you're proposing with a broccoli bouquet.
- Yuuko can't decide which of the many things she did wrong could cause this. :sd:

- There's the box again. The blurred, far-off camera angle that occasionally shakes makes it so much better.
- Did you eat the entire lunch, Yuuko? :sd:
- HAHAHA, the bit about the statue was total gold. Yuuko's increasingly desperate thought process was hilarious. And then Mai's revelation at the end... =D

I love love love love flustered-sensei.

- Hahaha, Mai's silent torment of Yuuko is fantastic. And I'm loving Yuuko's seiyuu.
- Go catbox, go! Run like the wind, catbox!
- Cramps betray Yuuko.

Janken and jump rope segments are gold and I hope they continue in every single episode. Of course Mai gets through fine.

- Nano squeeing over the cat made me so happy. <3
- Holy crap, Nano and Hakase are going crazy.
- "I invented a scarf that can let it speak!" o_O Just like that.
- "How old are you?" "Eight." "One." :sd:
- Sakamoto-san to you youngins!
- Hahhaah, Nano is about to ditch it. XD

I totally don't get the Helvetica Standard segments, and I'm not sure if I'm supposed to. Amusing, though.

- Poor principal...
- BWhahahaha, I guess the arm wrestling bit is out epic action for the week. DEATH DEATH DEATH. The look on Mio's face at the end stole that scene.
- 23 juices. XD

There's so much to like in this show that it's hard to know where to start. Every bit of it is don't so damn well... amazing music, glorious animation, fun characters, great artistic sense... if it weren't for Denpa Onna this would be far and away my winner for the season. And it still may be since it's twice as long as Denpa.

[EmperorBrandon]

And it still may be since it's twice as long as Denpa.

Has Nichijou been confirmed to be two cour?

[something]

And it still may be since it's twice as long as Denpa.Has Nichijou been confirmed to be two cour?
If you're looking for confirmation via a 9 BD solicit or something like that, no not yet, but it's already shown up on some schedules and such as two cour. Same way we found out about Hanasaku before it was solicited.

[EmperorBrandon]

If you're looking for confirmation via a 9 BD solicit or something like that, no not yet, but it's already shown up on some schedules and such as two cour. Same way we found out about Hanasaku before it was solicited.

Ah, OK. Not to say it surprises me. Two cour has been pretty common for TV anime for KyoAni ever since Kanon, with only K-ON! (first series) and SoraAge being exceptions.

[TnAdct1]

Like Tiger and Bunny, Nichijou also fell victim to the "third episode slump" this week IMO. In the case of this show, the slump was due to 4/5 of the episode consisting of "Yuuko the Butt Monkey" (as it takes away from the variety and bizarreness that was common in the two previous episodes).

[Garasharp K7]

I thought it was a bit of a so-so episode this week. The last two eps left me in tears, but this one left me with the same reaction Yuuko did after reading Mai's comic. Still fairly enjoyable though.
At least we now know Afro bloke's name. But what about the mohawk fella?

[MelancholicMariya]

Sorry if this isn't the right place but I just found this:

http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-1607.html

13 BD's means two-cours too.

[Suwako Moriya]

Sorry if this isn't the right place but I just found this:

http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-1607.html

13 BD's means two-cours too.

It's correct in the sense that there's a value to mentioning how many BDs the series will be and give an idea as to how many cour.

In general, the idea seems to be to create a thread in the BD forum along the lines of [JP]Nichijou for the BD release.

And perhaps a thread for the DVD release would go in the R2J forum. Although it seems people rarely make such threads if a BD version exists.

[MelancholicMariya]

Sorry if this isn't the right place but I just found this:

http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-1607.html

13 BD's means two-cours too.

It's correct in the sense that there's a value to mentioning how many BDs the series will be and give an idea as to how many cour.

In general, the idea seems to be to create a thread in the BD forum along the lines of [JP]Nichijou for the BD release.

And perhaps a thread for the DVD release would go in the R2J forum. Although it seems people rarely make such threads if a BD version exists.

Oh I know that a thread should be created for the BD news and stuff as I've done it plenty of times, but I have nothing else to go off of.

Usually I just post what Muhootsaver posts but I don't have any other information or links other than that blog post so I just guessed here is good for now until further information is available.

As of that post Muhootsaver hasn't posted anything yet and I'm sure someone else will see that before me. Either way, as you said it's a decent confirmation for two-cours.

[Suwako Moriya]

Oh I know that a thread should be created for the BD news and stuff as I've done it plenty of times, but I have nothing else to go off of.

Ah, I see then. Err I wonder if this means that I jumped the gun making the thread for it in the BD forum then. I guess I must have gotten too excited.

Not that I should get that excited. Seeing how the series is too expensive for me and the chances of getting even a DVD only R1 release are low.

I suppose I should be happy that we at least have legit streaming for now.

[MelancholicMariya]

Oh I know that a thread should be created for the BD news and stuff as I've done it plenty of times, but I have nothing else to go off of.

Ah, I see then. Err I wonder if this means that I jumped the gun making the thread for it in the BD forum then. I guess I must have gotten too excited.

Not that I should get that excited. Seeing how the series is too expensive for me and the chances of getting even a DVD only R1 release are low.

I suppose I should be happy that we at least have legit streaming for now.

I wouldn't say you jumped the gun. That blog is often very informative and from what I know, fairly accurate. I'm pretty sure it's a legit solicitation.

Hell, if it's not I'm pretty sure this'll get a BD release anyway, pretend it's premade with that in mind!

[Fencedude]

Just a bit too much Yuuko this week. She's funny, but her segments ran just a tad too long.

I never did watch the OAD, so the cat talking was a surprise. I don't know why, since its been clearly documented that Nono is in fact a robot, so a scarf that makes a cat talk isn't that much more bizarre.

Mai was pretty hilarious this episode though, her trolling of Yuuko is masterful.

[something]

Ah, I see then. Err I wonder if this means that I jumped the gun making the thread for it in the BD forum then. I guess I must have gotten too excited.
Knowing the number of volumes is a very significant piece of information about a release and posting the thread accordingly is definitely not jumping the gun. If you hadn't, I would have anyway since I just saw the info on Yaraon.

[einhorn303]

- Izumi Sakurai is incredibly cute. Well, I've always had a thing for cute teacher characters.
- That 98 yen snowman is absurd for so many reasons.
- Most hillarious scene this episode for me is definitely the one where Yuuko and Mai are taking the English test. When the camera panned up to another hand drawn on the chalkboard, I lost it.
- The blonde girl who reads Helvetica Standard seems interesting. I hope we get more scenes with her soon.
- Time to take out those yuri goggles. With this scene, I can't help but wonder if there's some Japanese language pun in "on the book."

[HitokiriShadow]

Mai really enjoyed fucking with Yuuko's head this time. Yuuko's brain damn near broke. Both in the classroom and on the hillside.

[EmperorBrandon]

- Izumi Sakurai is incredibly cute. Well, I've always had a thing for cute teacher characters.

Indeed. I think I feel sorry for her, though, even more than I do for Nano. She's got so many absolutely weird students to deal with...

[bctaris]

I almost never get into these discussion threads, but the delightful off-kilter and slightly experimental nature of this show has me more interested. Especially with surprisingly weird notes like a muted version of the Paul Desmond / Dave Brubeck Quartet classic Take Five (http://youtu.be/BwNrmYRiX_o) playing over the last bit of Mai's Yuuko-tormenting comic strip. That was cool, and very, very odd. But perfectly executed. I like this show.

And I quite enjoy Yuuko, of the main three girls, so everything clicked this episode. I haven't seen the OAD, so I didn't know about the cat's voice. Seems an appropriate element of maturity to help balance that strange household.

[strangefour]

-Worrying teacher is worried.
-Keima enjoys steak as much as is humanly possible.
-Misato is a one girl SDF.
-Mohawk kid has a name!
-Hakase is so cute riding on the shopping cart.
-S... Snowman...
-Mai is the greatest experimental comedy exhibitionist. I guess it makes sense now as to why Yuuko is crazy.
-Yeah she's crazy. Maybe she'll get used to her body someday.
-Sakamoto's torment never ends.
-Mai loves (teasing) Yuuko.

That sequence of Mai pranking the hell out of Yuuko during the test was great. It makes up for Yuuko being annoying last episode.

[TheGreenMan]

Mai is the best character (next to Mio). She just loves screwing with Yuuko. Expecially in the hillside scene. I was hoping for yuri...but I knew it was all a joke. Too bad for Yuuko that Mai is so stoic she sounds serious all the time.
"On the book?" What the hell does that mean?
So mohawk boy's hair grows like that.
The teacher is really adorable.

[TnAdct1]

This week's episode was definitely a lot better than last week's slump. However, with this episode, the main flaw of this series is coming forward: unless it's something bizarre like the English test bit, the "Mai trolling Yuuko" bits get old rather quickly.

[Suwako Moriya]

(Wait, I never did comment on this one did?)

I love the way Mai says "50-50"

Mio with her hair down. Punching Mio. Epic Mio. So much Mio.

So Mio has a crush on Sasahara. Misato is tsundere toward him. If this were a love triangle anime...

Nano the ultimate toy for Hakase.

Annaka's ribbon is fine by me, Izumi.

Is it possible that Misato is the most powerful gun character, ever?:P

[Suwako Moriya]

Just how much did Yukko take out of that lunch? Did she leave anything? I like asking stupid questions.

Mai is just weird. Weirder than I would have expected from her design. I would have guessed her as a straight man.

So is this episode the suffering of Yukko?

Nano with built in watch. Oh, and she finds a cat.

Hakase giving a cat the ability to talk. That would explain the scarf and other things.

Sakamoto learns an important lesson in life.

Yukko, Mai is all powerful, accept the truth.

This almost feels like two separate series. One focused on Nano and one focused on the trio Yukko, Mio, and Mai.

[Draneor]

Well, other than the cat and the math homework/manga, this episode fell flat for me. Should I be ashamed that I continue to think the OST is the best part?

[TheGreenMan]

This almost feels like two separate series. One focused on Nano and one focused on the trio Yukko, Mio, and Mai.

Huh...I wonder if they'll ever meet. The ED is mostly Yuuko and Nano.

[Draneor]

That episode was pretty funny. Sakamoto continues to be an incredibly interesting cat. Sorry, Sakamoto-san. I felt sorry for the snowman though.

And Mai. Damn. With friends like that... who needs... Well, I' guess Yuuko is an easy target.

[Fencedude]

Mai's ability to troll Yuuko is amazing.

Also, YURI GOGGLES ON AT FULL POWER

[something]

Episode 4:

- Poor teacher... This is not the right school to be a counselor at.
- Hahah I love these surreal little moments. There's a snowman in the grocery sture. MUST BUY IT. ONLY ¥98!
- "Nano suki!' SO CUTE.

Janken again! It's a tie... or not.

- HAHAHA, oh god this segment was gold. Loved every part of it - poor Yuuko was losing her mind, and it's all Mai's fault. Glorious Mai.
- A wig on a wig!
- I adore Sakura-sensei, and the little nervous sweatdrops flicking off of herI think she's #3 or #4 for me in terms of characters. Nano/Mio, Hakase, Sakurai-sensei. Then probably Mai.
- Bwhahaa, oh god Yuuko amuses me so. Or her reactions to disturbing things amuse me at the very least, though she's pretty fun herself. But I like her better when she's on the receiving end of craziness like this, more than when she's being the silly one.

- HEH. Hakase is trolling Sakamoto...-san.... so hard.
- Sakamoto-san may be the oldest one but he can't repress his feline instincts.

Sakurai-sensei jump rope. Uh oh I'm moeing so hard.

- o_O Wow, chill out mom.

- WOOOOOOAH!! Mai is totally screwing with Yuuko's head. And heart!
- Blushing Mai! Holy shit! I know she's just trolling Yuuko but this is EPIC!
- Mai: Troll of the Season. Oh god that whole segment was amazing.

It's over already?! ;_; Fuck, this show is way way to good.

[Fencedude]

- WOOOOOOAH!! Mai is totally screwing with Yuuko's head. And heart!
- Blushing Mai! Holy shit! I know she's just trolling Yuuko but this is EPIC!
- Mai: Troll of the Season. Oh god that whole segment was amazing.

It's over already?! ;_; Fuck, this show is way way to good.

I don't like this show as much as you do (though its still great), but that segment was epic.

That, along with the earlier classroom segment, secured Mai as a contender for second best troll of the year (first place is, of course, taken by a certain white rodent).

Also it nearly burned my goggles out. I need to prepare for things like that!

[strangefour]

-Hakase de nya~ Moe~
-Magnets. How do they work? SCIENCE!
-Oda Nobunaga likes WacDonalds fries.
-Perfect daruma hit.
-Buddha must have payed quite a hefty sum for product placement.
-GOD IS DEAD! Fatality.

-Helvetica Standard is weird enough to make the rest of the show look normal. Almost.
-Artistic warfare has broken out.
-"Taste the magic of Darjeeling!" hehe
-A nude Keima with sunflowers and wine is cool?
-It just got worse!


I still don't get how Yuuko is apparently the central character. Oh well as long as they keep giving me adorable Nano segments, I can deal with Yuuko's madness.

[HitokiriShadow]

Hakase-nyan!

And poor Mio, stuck with a friend and teacher who have absolutely no artistic sense at all. I think that was my favorite part, but the Mai/Yuuko antics were hilarious (as usual) as well. It's a close call.

[Suwako Moriya]

Mai's powers of trolling are far greater than one can ever imagine.

This episode makes it clear that Yuuko essentially just wants some "loving attention" from others. The girl clearly needs a hug. Ok, I read too much into things.

[Fencedude]

This show is just...I don't even know. I like it but I can't say why. Really needs more Nano though.

I half expected to see (Portal 2 spoiler!) Wheatley floating in space during that scene.

[Ashyukun]

I half expected to see (Portal 2 spoiler!) Wheatley floating in space during that scene.
I would have laughed my ass off at that- but I imagine they probably finished animating the episode before anyone would have finished the game to know to do that...

Space Court! Judge Space presiding! Ggguilty! Of..... not being in space.

[something]

Episode 5:

- Nekomimi Hakase! God damned adorable. Also, even robots can feel moe!
- I love this OP sequence so much.

- Uhh, that was a strange segment with mohawk boy.

- HAHA, holy shit. That was impressive, Mio.
- I think I really, really like Yuuko's seiyuu sometimes. Like just now, when she's complaining to Mai about not doing it right.
- Remind me never to play janken with Mai. >_> And oh god she looks so happy with her little statue. <3 Or, Yuuko-bonker.
- I think Yuuko's interactions with Mai - and all the trauma Mai so quietly inflicts upon her - is becoming my favorite part of this show.
- But I feel so bad for Yuuko. :sd:

- I really love the mostly still shots with a bit of blur and slightly jittery camerawork.
- <3 <3 Hakase. She's clearly a scientist, not an artist...
- Hakase is pregnant. >_>
- Hakase is in trouble. >_>

Helvetica Standard. I... I don't even... Death by toast.

- The Yuuko abuse continues. Mio lets her explains the whole damn thing, and then ditches her at the end. So cruel. :sd:

Mohawks are inconvenient.

- Hahah, the "draw a cool guy" segment was fantastic. I absolutely love Mio and felt like she wasn't getting enough focus lately. So I loved seeing her rage at bad art.
- Mai should get together with Fuuko and have start a wooden sculpture club!
- Sakurai-sensei is so impressed by everything. I want one. She's adorable. Always letting out her flustered/nervous/excited/confused sweatdrops.
- HAHAHAH Mio artist-raged so hard she left slip her little secret.
- Oh god she's going to use it on the test isn't she...

Of course. XD

Noooo it's over already? ;_;

I really, really am starting to like this ED. I think that while I'm not importing the OP, I will grab the ED.

[EmperorBrandon]

- Hahah, the "draw a cool guy" segment was fantastic. I absolutely love Mio and felt like she wasn't getting enough focus lately. So I loved seeing her rage at bad art.

Yeah, some of the Yukko-Mai stuff was nice, but I was happy to see another segment with some Mio focus, and it was the most hilarious part of this episode too.

[TheGreenMan]

Art contest?
Holy shit...they animated the deer vs principal part. Hell yes. Poor poor Yuuko...she can't find the words to tell anyone what's going on.
Nichijou...in 3D! And no stupid CG models.
Rock, paper, scissors...SHARK! Shark wins everytime.
Cockroach!
WHAT. COLOR. IS. YOUR. BLOOD!!!
Mio does a leg twisting body slam on Yuuko! Then a flying body slam.
Those stomach growls scare the shit out of me.

[HitokiriShadow]

The principal just.... suplexed a dear? o_0

And there were a lot of people freaking out in this episode. Especially Yuuko, but Mio did a good amount of surprised shouting/gasping as well.

And I think this is the first episode that didn't have a Helvatica Standard segment.

[Fencedude]

Ah...

I have no idea. Just none at all. Yuuko's reactions while watching the Principal is how I felt the entire episode.

Well, except for finding Nano to be unbelievably moe during the cockroach segment.

[Fencedude]

Holy shit. They spent seven minutes setting up that gag with Mio's hairpieces. Unbelievable. Just, what the hell?

Nano's now starting to interact with the main cast, she had a very...interesting encounter with Mio's sister, and then Mio sees her in a field. Nano was looking wistfully at our trio as well.

[bear]

Holy shit. They spent seven minutes setting up that gag with Mio's hairpieces. Unbelievable. Just, what the hell?

The preview implies more with the cubes in the next episode.

Nano's now starting to interact with the main cast, she had a very...interesting encounter with Mio's sister, and then Mio sees her in a field. Nano was looking wistfully at our trio as well.
I always feel sad for Nano. Not only does the Professor mess with her, now she had complete strangers doing it.

[Sly05]

Holy shit. They spent seven minutes setting up that gag with Mio's hairpieces. Unbelievable. Just, what the hell?
The means by which the coup ended was ridiculously funny, especially the means by which the random minions tried to gloss over their involvement.


Nano's now starting to interact with the main cast, she had a very...interesting encounter with Mio's sister, and then Mio sees her in a field. Nano was looking wistfully at our trio as well.
I'm really hoping Nano will get to interact more with the other characters. Her scenes tend to be the most consistently funny for me.

[strangefour]

-Horrible art battle, round two.
-TENGO!?
-Yuuko has to be the dumbest girl in school. I refuse to believe this school could have anyone more infuriatingly idiotic.

-Ultimate deer wrestling? LUCHA!

-Shark ~<3

-Death or Die! More like moed to death.

-Suicide tree bomber?

-Yuuko camping? This can only end badly.
-Mio possesses Dark Hadou.
-Mai is always prepared.

Man that was... wow. Deer fight. Cute Nano scared of a bug. A camping trip that went as well as can be expected from the main trio. This is a strange show.

[strangefour]

-Good morning~

-AHAHAHA! They're playing catch now.

-Nano's arm...
-Toreta~~

The storylines crossover? That's impossible. That would never happen. Nano & Hakase exist in their own little adorable world free of the madness that is Yuuko.

[William K]

Oh man, absolutely looove the acapella version of the ending...

[HitokiriShadow]

o_0

^That was my reaction pretty much the entire episode (except for the Nano segments), though especially for the first third with that airship storyline.

Though I certainly wouldn't mind more Starla-hime.

[FUNiOP]

Many things about this show make me laugh, which is much better than I ever expected from it, but I have to say the previews are always the best part to me. I'm not surprised that they didn't top last week's Wakamoto one, but this one was still good.

[Ashyukun]

Oh man, absolutely looove the acapella version of the ending...

That was quite nice- I've almost always loved acapella versions of OP/EDs, and this was no exception.

And a big O_O at Norio Wakamoto (who the could just have not bothered putting his name on screen, EVERYONE had to know it was him...) doing the preview. I don't think it necessarily implied more of them will be coming- just that those are some SERIOUSLY badass wooden cubes...

[strangefour]

-I wonder if Nano sleeps.
-TURBO SMASHING ROCKETO PAAAUUUNCH!

-Nano sighted! Goodbye Nano. Good luck with the hand.
-I don't like puns. Japanese puns are even more confusing. This adds to my not caring about Yuuko.
-Mio & Mai are absent because Yuuko is a moron.

-Was Misato raised by Mythbusters or maybe the JSDF?
-ROCKETO IMPACT (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPI6tBQz93k)!
-I guess she won't get the hand back. Hakase probably has a drawer full of spares.

-Elevator experimental film making (http://img2.moonbuggy.org/imgstore/orson-welles-clapping.gif).

-His own tail is a cat's second best toy.

-This Yoke of mine is burning up! It's loud sizzle tells me I am breakfast! Erupting burning omelet!

Yuuko can get on my nerves. But this show can also be fantastically fun.

[HitokiriShadow]

Weboshi and Fecchan! I've been looking forward to these two getting introduced. They seem pretty fun from the OP. I'm also pleased to see that they're part of the Misato group. And Misato's blushing was adorable.

Though not nearly as adorable as Hakase lying and trying to change the subject. And as a result, she manages to get Nano to *want* to be able to get cavities.

I got a kick out of Nano's hand flying all over the place during the first half of the episode. Though I'm disappointed we didn't actually see its impact.

And I loved the elevator scene. They've been stranded for god knows how long, they're minds slowly fading to oblivion, and then they all just snap. Well, Mio and Yuuko snap, while Mio suffers from a sort of sleep paralysis.

[bear]

Most of the show doesn't do it for me, but I still love the scenes with Nano. Her crying because she can't get cavities was so cute, especially when she made Hakase promise to add that feature.

[something]

Episode 6:

- Mio can't say anything with Yuuko being that excited...

- Lovely nervous teacher!
- Wow. I did not expect Yuuko to deduce that Mio was going for shiritoti. Though she's going to pick the wrong syllable. :sd:
- Hahahahah, Mio snaps. I love when Mio snaps.
- And class continues on. :sd:
- Everything comes back to shirtless boys for Mio.
- Heh. I knew she was going to pluralize to get around it. ANd Mio just says fuck it and end the game. XD

- Hey, it's the deer.
- ...A horribly violent deer. o_O It's going to kill the principal!
- Hahaha and Yuuko is doing what she does best: freaking the fuck out and being profoundly flabbergasted.
- And she totally gives up on explaining. Well, that was amazing.

- Bad CG!
- But epic Yuuko abuse.

BEST JANKEN EVER! Shark = I Love You! <3 <3 <3 <3 Oh god, cutest thing ever <3

- Oh crap, Nano is in quite a predicament.
- DEATH OR DIE DESU
- Hahah holy shit. Those quiet blurry scenes just became a war scene...
- Relying on Hakase. Good luck with that...
- Oh god oh god so so cute as she's crying then jumping on Nano.

- Gasp, fanservice! Sort of.
- Haha, it's obvious Hakase is smart but she doesn't overtly show it much. And then right here she gets all MATH on us.

Sekiguchi is blushing! ...She probably just needs to pee.

- Camping!
- Haha oh shit. That... that sucks. Oh Yuuko.
- HAHAHAHAHAH, oh god I need more EPIC ANGRY MIO.
- And then she screws up just as badly. :sd:
- Mai has a burger. :sd:
- Janken gun?
- Oh god this is one of my favorite segments since Mai's yuri trolling. Wrestling time!
- XD Oh man the sound of Yuuko being pummeled...
- ...Best and worst camping trip ever!

Ooh, no ED. This was easily one of my favorite episodes thus far. Higher than usual number of epic action scenes too.

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Episode 7:

- You have entered a new show! A show... about Mio's wooden hair tie cube thing!
- Awwww, the little girl is so cute.
- Her hair ties control a secret weapon. o_O
- ::blinks:: He died from tripping over his own feet.
- And they all switch sides quickly.
- Hahaha, of course, it was all Yuuko's delusion. Or is it?

- Awww, Mio bought Yuuko a present. But what are the odds of winning with a lottery ticket from the year before? :sd:
- Mio, you're not good at presents.

- Asking Sakurai-sensei to be strict. We've seen how well that ends.
- I think Takasaki might be even more of a scatterbrain than Sakurai. :sd:

Aww, be nice to Death. Stealing his scythe is not cool.
HAHAH, oh god I would buy this show for the janken segments alone. Nano finally wins! But it feels like such a hollow victory.
The jumprope guys have given up.

- "Haha You're the only one who made it!" ...Wait a second.
- Ooooooh! Hey! Isn't this Mio's sister? Crossover time? Please? Fuck yes.
- Hahahah, I want to say "Stop being mean to Nano" but it's SO CUTE.
- "Which hand?" "It's in the bag!" XD
- I fucking looooove Mio's sister. She's almost a Mai-tier troll.
- What! No! Nano without wind-up key is unacceptable!
- Heh, she put sit back. :sd:
- Yes, tell Mio all about Nano! Do it!

- Shinonome baseball is the best baseball!
- ...Hakase, this doesn't seem safe.

- #*(&*(@&*(@! YES! NANO SEES THE GIRLS!
- Oooh, they didn't talk yet but Mio noticed Nano.

FFFFFFFFF-- this version of the ED better be on the single! Holy shit, I love it.

Hahah, Wakamoto cube.

First half of the episode had its moments but really needed more of the girls. Second half, though? FUCK YEAH.

Edit: Yes! A capella version of Zzz is on the single! I was already importing it but now I'm, uh, importing it even harder!

[TheGreenMan]

Yuuko can get on my nerves. But this show can also be fantastically fun.

These kind of shows have to have a crazy character. The shows don't work without them. Mio is the straight man to Yuuko's nuttiness...at least until Mio loses it.

[Sly05]

Most of the show doesn't do it for me, but I still love the scenes with Nano. Her crying because she can't get cavities was so cute, especially when she made Hakase promise to add that feature.

Pretty much the same for me as well. There wasn't much of Nano this episode which made it weaker overall, but what we did get of her was great.

[Fencedude]

Nooooo...Hakase don't say such cruel things to Nano ;_;

...I really have nothing else to say.

[Suwako Moriya]

You have entered a new show! A show... about Mio's wooden hair tie cube thing!

Note that the real purpose of that segment is to confirm for the audience that Mio is the goddess that we should be worshiping.

[FUNiOP]

This episode's preview narrator: Aya Hirano! I think they'll end up using every seiyuu I can immediately recognize. There are probably only about a dozen, so it works out, and so far I'm pretty sure all the ones they've used have been in that list.

And wow, that first scene with the test being over may have made me laugh more than anything in this series so far. I don't even know why.

[strangefour]

-Mio without he super weapon blocks feels wrong.
-MEN! *Bamboo Blade flashback*
-Sweet one~ DOH!
-Hehehe. Mio's sister is possibly the best prankster in ths show.

-Impatience is not a virtue Yuuko.
-Yuuko is a battered child. Understandably so.

-Hehehe Hakase devoured a months worth of snacks. That is something to be proud of.
-Hakase made Nano to be just barely suckered in by her deceptions.

-Daifuku-kun...

That seemed like a balance of weird and funny. Could always use more Nano & Hakase. But Yuuko was not annoying me.

[TheGreenMan]

OMG! A whole episode full of Yuuko, Mio, Mai, Nano, and Hakase. Awesome.
Although...I don't get the lunch one. Was the waitress laughing or crying? Why?
I guessed the narrator at the end right away.

[Suwako Moriya]

This episode has taught me to never ever anger Mio. Not that I haven't learned that before in previous episodes.

[Suwako Moriya]

At last, evidence that Mio is our one true goddess! Yuuko dreams it, so it must be true. Oh, and I wouldn't mind having Starla Hime as our Princess. Yes, this is what I had to focus on.

[Suwako Moriya]

That scene in the elevator was actually depressing for the most part.

I question the idea of wanting a cavity feature, Nano. Wait, if she's the creation, then why does she have so much authority over the creator?

I wonder if Misato's tsundere levels are the source of her magical girl powers. Actually, I'm surprised that she and Mio have never really clashed given their interest in the same person.

A club that combines Go and Soccer that doesn't do anything. We can probably guess why Yuria stays.

Yuria the girl we always see reading that Helvetica Standard Book. I have no idea what to make of those segments sometimes other than I like the Angel Girl

[Ashyukun]

OK, with the narrator at the end I'm firmly convinced that they just have WAY too much money to blow on this show. It does make for some very interesting scenes though, like Yuuko vs. The Mosquitos.

I think I laughed the hardest at Nano and the mosquito- both why she'd be worrying about them in the first place, and knowing she'd likely react badly at actually getting one- and then falling backwards onto her key and then over onto her side. That was funnier than I expected it to be.

I also got quite a kick out of Mio & her sister, primarily for the fact that I'm in the Kendo club here myself- the Men I could understand hurting as her sister had taken her Men armor off- but the Do shouldn't have even been felt through the Do armor. I'm going to imagine that last hit was a Tsuki- and I knew there'd be one last hit. :)

Why DOES Nano believe Hakase when she says it was Sakamoto's fault? I was hoping she would actually remove the key so Nano would be more willing to interact with the rest of the cast...

[FUNiOP]

OK, with the narrator at the end I'm firmly convinced that they just have WAY too much money to blow on this show. It does make for some very interesting scenes though, like Yuuko vs. The Mosquitos.

Yeah, I love how KyoAni uses their high budget in this series. Those scenes are gorgeous in the weirdest ways

[Fencedude]

The opening scene was the funniest part. Most of the rest was just a bit too much of "people being dicks, for comedy!"

Or maybe I was just in the wrong mood.

Meh.

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Episode 8:

- Hah. A peaceful morning scene... turning into a rocket punch. For no reason! I love this show.

- Yes, Yuuko. The issue is clearly that your jokes are just too intelligent for them. >_>
- Hahaha, Nano chasing after her hand. XD
- Ignoring Yuuko never stops being funny. Poor Yuuko.
- ...And they never make it to school.

- Hakase does not get along well with popcorn.

- Oooh, it's the orange and green-haired girls from the OP. I've been wondering when they'd do something.
- Rocket hands even inspire poetry.
- Misato is the most dangerous tsundere ever. I love her.
- And her friends are all charred too. XD
- Well that was an amazing little segment. I would love to see more Websy and Fecchan too. And... what happened to Misato? :sd:

- And now the girls are locked in an elevator.
- Wow, I love the constricted black boxes approach. And the box expanding as Mio drooled. :sd:
- Holy shit. They just broke.
- ...And it ends just like that. o_O

- So... that's how the Soccer Go club formed.
- Hakase is a bad liar.
- You said the thing you shouldn't, Hakase. Nano isn't a robot!
- She wants cavaties. :sd:

Oooh, acapella ED again.

Edit: Oh, there's more.

Post-ED:
- So the hand hit her after all. :sd:
- The eggs are Seki Tomokazu. o_O

[Draneor]

The opening scene was the funniest part. Most of the rest was just a bit too much of "people being dicks, for comedy!

That was actually kind of my impression. Mio's sister's pranks were kind of minor (if annoying), but I think Yuuko's comments in the restaurant kind of crossed the line. And won't someone remove Nano's key? ;_;

Plus, I didn't really find it very funny. Especially the Nano part is more likely to move me to pity than laughter.

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Episode 9:

- Happiest students ever. The two students announcing marriage really put it over the top. Heh.

- Mio's sister, Yoshino! Yaaay! She's always awesome.
- Heh, she doesn't know that Mio is already an expert at ignoring weirdos thanks to Yuuko.
- ...Well, only so much I guess. Don't mess with her mont blanc.
- Hahah, I thought Mio was going to be the one looking bad for missing a birthday... but no. :sd: <3 Yoshino.

- Even Sakurai-sensei's hand sweatdrops.

- I think Yuuko spends half her life being disappointed in the lack of reaction she gets.
- Even restaurants love to troll Yuuko.
- ...Woooooooow. That... wow. Yuuko finally snaps, and makes the poor waitress cry, and then just feels like an ass. :sd: That so did not go as planned. Even worse that she then has to eat alone with Mio and Mai staring at her. Heh.

- Wow, epic mosquito action. Loved the blood splatter. And the frame by frame action shot at the end.

- Mizuhashi Kaori is such an adorable little angel.

- Nano is so adorable it hurts. Hakase is damn near as cute. Together they are an unstoppable force of cuteness.
- (The turtles are fleeing!)
- Nano in shorts! That seems pretty rare. I like it.
- HAHAHA! That was so cruel, Hakase. "Turn around." ::grabs another juice from the fridge:: Brilliant. One of my favorite Shinonome segments.

- Daifuku Mio. o_O
- This is hilarious. I fucking love Mio's seiyuu when she gets pissed and starts yelling. It's so hard to believe she played the Lucky Star girl with by far the least lines...
- Oh god it just dawned on me, this is what the jumprope guys were.
- Police. o_O

I love this ED so much. Second favorite ED of the season after AnoHana's.

Post-ED:
- Oh wow, I love the attention to detail where Nano hits the key on the ground first then falls to the side.
- Woah, Hirano Aya, did not expect to hear her in this. I guess a 10 second preview doesn't count as a new role...

This episode didn't do anything to advance the crossover of storylines but I really, really loved it. Great segments pretty much all the way through.

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Although...I don't get the lunch one. Was the waitress laughing or crying? Why?
Definitely crying. Why? Because 1) it was the most unexpected thing for her to do after seeming so nonchalant, and 2) it made Yuuko feel bad, and the entire goal of that half of the show is to make Yuuko feel bad. :sd:

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-Hehehe. Mio's sister is possibly the best prankster in ths show.
Pair her up with Mai and I think Mio and Yuuko will commit double suicide.

[HitokiriShadow]

Mio discovers the wonderful world of shitty part time jobs.

And we see the epic battle of Yuuko vs. Mosquitos. Mom wins.

[strangefour]

-Mai has the patience of Buddha and the cunning of the Devil. Never play red light green light with her.
-I take back what I said last week. Mai is the Goddess of pranks and no one is better.
-AHAHAHAHAHA! I enjoy Yuuko's torment.

-Soap. >_<

-Yuuko as Baltan Seijin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eyxd1iKuXEk&t=5s). That's perfect casting.

-Nagashi somen... :sd:

-What? I think I missed a punchline.

-Hakase is Mature.
-With great maturity comes no snacks.

-Giant butt shaped peach?

-Homework gives Yuuko an existential crisis.
-Yuuko's mom punishes her accordingly.

Once again weirdly wonderful. Yuuko was being messed with more than she was messing around. Getting egg out of cat hair can't have been fun though.

[nakimushi]

-Giant butt shaped peach?


Pretty sure it was a reference to the legend of Momotaro (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momotar%C5%8D), who was found inside a giant peach that was floating down a river. :)

[TheGreenMan]

Mai is tEH MASTER. Holy shit...she's the meganekko devil!
Hey Yuuko...open the door, but stand out of the way of the eraser.
Mai runs on bubbles!
Hakase loves to toot her own horn.
The Nagashi somen thing reminds of a drink game my brother in law has.
Random shuttle shit that makes no sense.
Hakase is an adult! Good thing Sakamoto knows how to deal with her shit.
Boot? Meet kettle.
Yuuko gets her ass kicked by her mom...again.
The ED song changed slightly again. WTF?

[FUNiOP]

Hey Yuuko...open the door, but stand out of the way of the eraser.

Right? Why does this not occur to her? Oh well, I suppose it wouldn't be as funny if it did. Like how Hakase can't operate a washing machine even though she's a genius who can build robots that are perfect replicas of humans... smarter than her. So yeah, along with... just about everything else, I'm not sure why I'm still having logical thoughts when watching this show. But damn it's funny. I'm not sure if I should find Yuuko's mom kicking her ass as funny as I do, but... oh well. And I love the awesome animation they go into for scenes like that.

Oh, and of course, Nozawa this time around for the narrator. Yeah, I definitely recognized her after about a millisecond of her talking.

[TheGreenMan]

Hey Yuuko...open the door, but stand out of the way of the eraser.

Right? Why does this not occur to her? Oh well, I suppose it wouldn't be as funny if it did. Like how Hakase can't operate a washing machine even though she's a genius who can build robots that are perfect replicas of humans... smarter than her. So yeah, along with... just about everything else, I'm not sure why I'm still having logical thoughts when watching this show. But damn it's funny. I'm not sure if I should find Yukko's mom kicking her ass as funny as I do, but... oh well. And I love the awesome animation they go into for scenes like that.

Oh, and of course, Nozawa this time around for the narrator. Yeah, I definitely recognized her after about a millisecond of her talking.

Well...logic was getting in the way...until I realized it was Yuuko.

[Fencedude]

First two skits were gold, as was the Nogashi Soumen one (whats ribbon-girl's name anyway?), and the fishing one was worth it for the Momotaro punchline.

The Nano and Hakase skit wore out its welcome, as did the Yuuko studying one.

[Suwako Moriya]

(whats ribbon-girl's name anyway?),

Her name was given as Annaka back in episode 2 by Izumi. Not sure if that's the family name or the given name though.

[Ashyukun]

(whats ribbon-girl's name anyway?),

Her name was given as Annaka back in episode 2 by Izumi. Not sure if that's the family name or the given name though.
I'm not too concerned with what her actual name is- I'm just going to continue to call her Nonohara Himeko (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=158)...

[HitokiriShadow]

Eeee!!! Eeee. Eeeehh!!?? Eeeh. Eeeeeeh? Ehhhhh. Eeeeeehhh!?!?!?

Blonde-chan's adorable "eeeeee"-ing was definitely the best part of the episode, though Yuuko getting epic trolled by Mai once again (which she could have avoided entirely if she understood the concept of gravity; the eraser trap is completely avoidable if you know its there and are more intelligent than the average chipmunk), was a close second.

[Ashyukun]

Eeee!!! Eeee. Eeeehh!!?? Eeeh. Eeeeeeh? Ehhhhh. Eeeeeehhh!?!?!?

Blonde-chan's adorable "eeeeee"-ing was definitely the best part of the episode, though Yuuko getting epic trolled by Mai once again (which she could have avoided entirely if she understood the concept of gravity; the eraser trap is completely avoidable if you know its there and are more intelligent than the average chipmunk), was a close second.
I found your problem....

But, yeah- especially with the 'lower door'- she could literally have just pulled out the eraser and gone in that way. Still- Mai setting up all those traps on an empty classroom was hilarious. There's a reason she's one of my favorite characters. :sdsmiley:

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Episode 10:

- ...I love Mai. World-class troll. Sitting down and relaxing just took it to another level.
- I've adored the OP animation from the first time I saw it, and thought the song was good too. Now the song itself is really really growing on me too. Might end up importing it after all.

- Double eraser trap! The dramatic music score works perfectly.
- Locked doors. Lower-door eraser trap. STAINED GLAS WINDOWS. Yuuko, just go home. :sd:
- And the perfect ending. Heh.

- Wtf, Mai? o_O

- As soon as I heard the bat hit the ball... XD Beautiful comedic timing.

- Blushing Nano! ADORABLE! This episode is one of the best yet so far.

- Oooh, an Annaka segment.
- Wooooooooow. Or should I say? "Ehhhhhh!?" Worst nagashi soumen ever. But one of the best gags of the whole show. Annaka's constant noises of bewilderment were fucking awesome.

- ...Space shuttle what indeed.

- PONTAIL HAKASE! Cute!
- Hakase-oneesan!
- Oh wow, she's totally going for it. Nano, you need to take advantage of this! Though it could be dangerous too...
- She turned on the wrong one. XD
- Speaking of dangerous, poor Sakamoto-san. Heh.
- Hakase-oneesan is adorable but man that would be infuriating to deal with. :sd:
- YES. That's the only way it could have ended. Perfect.

- Yuuko is contemplating her future. I'm sorry Yuuko, you have no future. But your failure will be amusing to watch!
- Yuuko was going to be a lizard.
- You knew she wasn't going to get away with pounding the floor like that. :sd:

Oh hey, a third version of the ED. It's cute, although I'm not usually into this musical style.

Post-ED:
- Right back where she started. Heh.

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Episode 11:

- Helvetica Standard right at the start?
- Ka-ka-ka-kataomoiiiiii~

- Super Ultra Great Delicious Wonderful Yabai!
- So Yuuko has been sick lately, and realizes at 9PM that exams are tomorrow. Oops.
- It's not helping that every time she tries to concentrate she starts writing poetry instead. :sd: She may have a talent! But it won't help her on tests.
- ...With studying determined to be hopeless, her next brilliant plan is... to make herself sick again!
- Ice bath. Shaved ice. Air conditioner. Sleeping on top of the covers.
- It worked! She caught a 88.8°C fever! ...>_>
- Just the cat caught a cold. :sd:

- I love the shots of the intersection near school with the traffic lights. Really nice.

- Soccer-Go Club president Daiku is filthy rich.

- Old voodoo doll making guy has a pretty pathetic life.
- And I love how nonchalant his grandson is about him collapsing. :sd:

- Shinonome time! hakase has created, uh, a tube of super-glue approximately as big as she is.
- At least it's water soluble.
- Hahhaa, Hakase is awful. I love her. Snack time!
- Ahahaha and of course she gets stuck too. Meanwhile I think Sakamoto is suffocating.
- Nano arrives! Save them, Nano!
- ...Nano you're useless. Cute, but useless. :sd:
- HAH, oh god, what a clusterfuck. So... how did they get out? I guess Nano has a hose somewhere in her body. :sd:

- Aww, Mio sees a rainbow.

- Nano is just astoundingly cute in a plain t-shirt and shorts.
- The glue was still there. :sd:

- Snowman under a kotatsu. o_O

- Back to Yuuko, and her test! ...I can't really blame her for being confused this time, though. The hell is that thing?
- Woooooow. Yuuko is having a complete breakdown. Even by her standards. And of course Mai is there to troll her. Heh.
- And a great punchline, heh.

Post-ED:
- Rolls.

[dsmith]

I'm finding the series more and more boring with every episode. Only thing I found vaguely amusing in this ep was the mixer & orchard joke. Just gonna drop it to save my time, though I'll still have fond memories of Mai's trolling.

[nakimushi]

Episode 11:

- Helvetica Standard right at the start?


Yep, but unfortunately the punchline was lost in the CR translation.

When the bird (presumably a sparrow) hands over the 5 yen coin (when they actually owe 60,000 yen), the subs say "It's not much, but..." which is basically the meaning of what he said with a tear in his eye.

However the punchline is that the expression that he used for "It's not much" was 雀の涙 (suzume no namida) which is an idiom meaning an insignificant amount (like "a drop in the bucket") but literally means "a sparrow's tear". :)

I'm not sure if a note would have helped or not. Explanatory notes and punchlines usually don't mix very well as this post probably demonstrates. :sweat:

[strangefour]

-Yuuko absent for three days. Finals tomorrow. This is her best chance for a good grade. Her brain is the least cluttered.
-Yuuko is going to die? Super ultra great delicious wonderful bad!
-Yuuko daydreams of a naked cowboy.

-Well I'm sure not hungry now.

-Awww Sakamoto's gone. hehehehe

This episode wasn't funny. Then Hakase showed up and nano. Yay! But they went away. Boo! There was far too much Yuuko. Mai was not trolling her hard enough. Mai fell asleep.

[Fencedude]

I like Yuuko, but there is way, way too much of her spazzing out. There were two segments of that this episode, and they were the longest segments in the episode.

That being said, the second did end with an unambiguous act of kindness from Mai (well, by her standards at least), so if nothing else I got more Yuuko/Mai fuel out of it.

The Hakase stuff was funny, though the best was the callback at the end of the second segment. And Nano rocks those hotpants. More of that!

The rest was ok, but nothing spectacular.

[FUNiOP]

Mirai, huh? Would never have guessed. I guess they don't necessarily have to be that much of a celebrity among seiyuu to be the preview narrator anymore.

I liked the studying and test bits a little, since I can relate and it's always fun to see the extremes these themes are pushed to, but there was a little too much of that. I think the best parts are usually the really short segments with punchlines that really catch you off guard. They manage to fit in a few of those anyway, so it wasn't too bad.

[FUNiOP]

Another narrator I didn't recognize. My first thought was one of the delusion Eucliwoods, and in fact she was, but I could never have guessed exactly who based on that. She was Ushio too. Nice.

Well more of the same, but I'm alright with that. I really love when Kyoto Animation goes all out with the really great animation.

[HitokiriShadow]

..... That was an incredibly dull episode. The only part that was even moderately entertaining was Yukko freaking out during the test.

But her segment in the beginning was really predictable and not very funny, while the rest of the first half was just downright boring. The second half was better only because Yukko's short part was actually funny and at least the Professor is always cute even if it wasn't very amusing.

[strangefour]

-I love the stained glass windows. They remind me of happier times.

-Spin spin Hakase!

-Bullet stopping goodness.

-AHAHAHAHA! I am enjoying the new emotionally broken (and broke) Yuuko waaaay too much.

-Oh my god... Sakurai has met her soul mate!

-Hakase, you are so cute.
-Hakase, you are so cruel.

I wish this was two different shows. The adventures of Hakase & friends I can watch and enjoy. So I can skip the eternal torment of and by Yuuko.

[HitokiriShadow]

Much better than the previous episode. Annaka's segment wasn't as good as her "Eeeeeh!?!" scene a few episodes ago, but it was still pretty amusing and even her mild freakouts are cute. Mio at least had one segment in which she played a decent role, as opposed to being almost completely absent in the previous 2-3 episodes. And Yuuko's scenes here were overall better than last episode (her freak out over the test was better than her freak out over the homework, but the rest of her stuff was drastically better than her spending five minutes trying to get out of doing her test.

Also, Nano must have some extremely strong urges to just smack Hakase at times. The crap she pulled in this episode would be infuriating to put up with in real life.

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Episode 12:

- That afro looks uncomfortable. Or prone to sudden combustion.
- Yuuko did her homework!? This can't be. Either the teacher will be out, or she did the wrong homework, or she left it at home, or...
- The answer is C)!
- "I hope aliens invade." Hahaha, poor Yukko.
- Betrayed by daifuku. ;_;
- God Mio is so cute, but so underused!

- It must be really hot in that lab coat, Hakase.
- oh she agrees. Shade!
- SPINNING HAKASE!

- Yuuko is being consolged by a dog. You know, there's something dangerous about being named Yuuko in a high school slice of life comedy this season isn't there?

- Hahah, Sakamoto-san is troubled.

- Oooh, more Misato and Sasahara.
- The Most Dangerous Tsundere. You know, I hope Mio never makes a move on Sasahara because she wouldn't live long... Besides, it's adorable watching Misato fret. Mio's limited time on screen is better spent on other things.

- ANNAKA!!! Yaaay! Please please please let there be more "Ehhhhhhhhhhh?"
- God damn Japanese carnies. Always ripping customers off!
- Worst prize ever. How did that not get an "Ehhhhhhhh?" out of her? ;_; Still, I love her. Totally my favorite minor character, followed by Sakurai-sensei.

- Yay more Mio! Yuuko's backpack reminded me of Hachikuji mayoi's for a second from the far shot.
- Losing someone else's wallet. Awkward.
- Oh nice. Take the money out of the wallet before turning it in to the lost and found? Mean.
- Worst amusement park visit ever.

- Ooh it's the woman from the OP in the coffee house. But with adorable Sakurai-sensei instead of Yuuko.
- Wow she's adorable. And totally Sakurai-sensei's long lost sister.

- Heh, the theme of this episode is "Yuuko does something competently for a change but it backfires anyway."

- Hakase with the key! And that ponytail! Awwww.
- Haha didn't last long.
- Nano has an idea! She can get the key off!
- ...Hakase is too smart for that though.
- Nano is soooooo cute when she's mad.

- ...Blushing Mio steals my heart.
- And yes, they remembered the stained glass! Awesome.

<3

[Shiroi Hane]

Back to Yuuko, and her test! ...I can't really blame her for being confused this time, though. The hell is that thing?
I've just re-watched the episode where those things came up before - it's a fly.

[FUNiOP]

Nano is going to school! This episode had a surprisingly large amount of lead-up to that, and I kind of wish they used that time for shorter and funnier segments like usual. Especially since most of the other scenes (the ones at school) were about Yukko getting an 80 on a test (plus one of each of the other regular segments). That did have a decent payoff, although somewhat predictable, and I found it amusing that their conversations would keep leading to new "acts" with different, unique titles for no reason.

Also, back to more notable seiyuu, at least to me, for the preview narration.

[Fencedude]

Annaka has the worst luck with people.

Yuuko's segments are still hit or miss, and tend to go on too long, though it wasn't as bad as last time.

I'm actually getting kinda tired of Hakase, it'd really be nice to see Nano, who is hands down the best character in the show, get to interact with someone other than the brat.

[Suwako Moriya]

Nano is going to school!

I've been waiting to hear those words for like several episodes. Well, maybe not those exact words, but you get the idea. Now hopefully they'll take proper advantage of this.

[Fencedude]

FINALLY

Gah. Some movement on the closest thing this show has to a plotline.

Some good Nano/Hakase interaction, making up (mostly) for Hakase's recent brattiness.

The joke about Yuuko's test really got ran into the ground though.

oh wow, Ogata Megumi.

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Episode 13:

- Hahaha... that's a twist on that joke that I wasn't expecting. :sd: Poor Sakamoto.
- !!!!!! Nano sees schoolgirls again. DO IT! GO TO SCHOOL!
- Danmit Hakase, don't misinterpret Sakamoto. Well, it was kind of cute.

- Woah, Yuuko looks about to die any second.
- Stained glass is still there. <3
- Haha, poor Yuuko. All her tricks are firing prematurely. Mio doesn't have the heart to tell her.
- Mio is crying for Yuuko's sake. :sd:

- God Hakase is so adorable... her attempts to trick Nano are so transparent.
- Nano just can't win against temper tantrums though. :sd:

- Woah. Yuuko got an 80.

- More Hakase and Nano! Lots of them this ep.
- Awww... Hakase is scared of the wind. And heh, the key thwarts her.
- This is just the height of cuteness... now Nano is up and they're both terrified together.
- Oooh man they are so pushing this school thing. Mid-series twist! Do it do it!
- Hakase doesn't need to go to the bathroom anymore...

- Haha, ouch. Yuuko's only success, ever. And she's 12 points below the average. She can only bury her face in her hands and cry. :sd:

YES! SHE'S GOING TO SCHOOL! How did Hakase manage to get that all arranged? :sd:

But fuck yeah, awesome. I've been assuming for a while now that this would happen at the midpoint of the series. Too late to save the show's sales, but since I've been loving it all along I have no complaints.

This can't be anything but a positive development though. Need more!

[strangefour]

-Bad Sakamoto. Eating today's lunch.
-Nano is envious of school girls.

-This may be the funniest Yuuo skit yet. Not that there's much competition.
-GAH! Why would you touch that Mio. It was in Yuko's mouth!

-Your heart is made of steel Nano. Do not give in to Hakase.

Chi's Sweet Home in the print tray?

-Aww bunny pillow.
-1) Nano can sleep. 2) Nano can have dreams. 3) Nano talks in her sleep.
-4) Nano is afraid of thunder. ROBOTS!
-Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

-GO TO HELL (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qEqdGJsvp8) YUKO!

-HAKASE ROCKETO HEADBUTT!
-Nano is sparkling!
-Hakase daisuki!

The Nano & Hakase scenes were so amazingly adorable. More so than those two usually are. Hakase letting Nano go to school is so sweet and yet still very Hakase self motivated. I want Nano to go to school and have fun! I hoped it would happen since the first episode! But she'll be going to school with Yuko. :( This is no wonderful reward for Nano. This will be torture.

[Shiroi Hane]

YES! SHE'S GOING TO SCHOOL! How did Hakase manage to get that all arranged? :sd:
Getting your robot into school being such a difficulty to someone who can make a cat translating bandana in 30 seconds flat ^^;

[something]

Getting your robot into school being such a difficulty to someone who can make a cat translating bandana in 30 seconds flat ^^;
I dunno, the talking cat bandanna sounds more likely to me than a school letting a six[?] year old enroll a robot in their school. I'm just trying to imagine the phone call between Hakase and the school administration...

[Shiroi Hane]

Maybe she just hacked a registration? Or given Nano an SEP field?

[HitokiriShadow]

Nano gets to go to school! .... Next time. But its gonna be awesome.

And Yuuko gets her just reward for trying to rub her success in Mio's face. If the class average is 92, an 80 still means you're probably dead last in the class.

The best part was Yuuko hauling herself into class nearly dead and Mio freaking out over it.

[nakimushi]

Yay! Nano getting excited about and then finally actually getting to go to school was great!

While I didn't love the first OP song - I did like it, I don't really care for the second OP song much at all.

For the ED song we get a cover of Akai Tori/The Red Birds' (http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=MHCL-1571) classic, Tsubasa wo Kudasai (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7in5rpYU584) (from their 1971 album - Takeda no Komuriuta). That song has been covered quite a bit. It really is a very pretty song, and this cover works well IMO.

[EnigmaticWarrior]

Random Snickers product placement ftw!!!!! :bigsmile:

Mio and Yuuko's epic argument was the highlight of this episode for me. :bigsmile:

[FUNiOP]

This episode definitely had the most of one plotline, with Nano getting ready to go to school, actually going there, and experiencing her first day. It worked out really well, and all it still had all the insane humor it has in all the episodes. Nano finally got to interact with the other main characters, and while for the most part she just got to watch them have an epic battle of words, I'm sure there will be a lot more great interaction.

The new OP is very much a continuation of the previous one, so I'm really happy about that. I can't listen to that ED without seeing the climactic scene of Evangelion 2.0. I wonder if it will be different every episode.

Chiba as the narrator is awesome.

[strangefour]

-Nano is shining!
-Nano gets a new OP!
-I was about to say this OP is no where near as good, then it started getting crazy. Crazy awesome.
-Aww we couldn't see nano getting dressed? How will we ever find out how she gets shirts over that key!?
-Sakamoto is afraid that Nano is turning into Golem in Return of the King.
-Have a Snickers!~
-Five o`clock? Hakase has changed her mind. School is poopie.
-Hehehehe. Literacy.
-Aww poor adorable embarassed Nano. She's screwed.

-Sakurai sensei has a son?
-Sakurai vs Nano. Awkward contest ready go!

-Yukko has no shoes and is absent. This is the best day ever.
-Damn Yukko's here. Just ignore her Nano. Yukko's an idiot.
-"My stupidity has nothing to do with your lunch." Bullshit Yukko.
-WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!
-Kneel before Mio!
-Thank you for your trolling Mai.

-Uh Nano that's not really what freinds are like. Not sane friends anyway.
-It's a very 3/4 perspective world.

Hakase. Hakase. Hakase. Hakase. Hakase. Hakase. Nano. Nano. Nano. Nano. Nano. Nano. Hakase. Hakase. Hakase. Hakase. Hakase. Hakase. Nano. Nano. Nano. Nano. Nano. Nano.

[TheGreenMan]

Wow...the OP is made of WIN, EPIC, and ISAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEE. It's got new characters, Mai playing with Mio's hair (WTF?), Nano and Yuuko holding hands, Nano and Hakase dancing, and a completely fucked up composition of different song styles. The song changed every couple seconds. And did I hear yodeling? The OP fits the show perfectly.

[StudioZEL]

I LOVE THE NEW ENDING ANIMATION! I can't stop watching it. ^_^

[TheGreenMan]

Nano is happy!
I can't watching the new OP! Help me.
I noticed somethings about the OP...when the music changes to some robot techno stuff, Yuuko is floating around with a big Mai in the background. What's also there...a snake. Symbolism? Also, Nano in cat ears and tail with...a...donut on the tail? Also, teacher has a son? WTF? Also...there's proof that Mai is evil...she has a crow or raven on her outstretched arm in the OP. Evil I tell you! Evil!
Compliment Nano, Sakamoto!
Shocked students are shocked.
Nano and sensei have a contest to see who is the most timid.
CONTACT! Mio makes the first move!
EPIC FIGHT! EPIC FIGHT! EPIC FIGHT!
Mai trolls Yuuko, even during the fight.
Look, it's the Nichijou expansion for the Sims!
Awwww...really cute at the end of the ED where we see Nano walking home with Mai, Mio, and Yuuko.

[bear]

Yay! Nano getting excited about and then finally actually getting to go to school was great!

Not a big fan of the show but Nano getting to go to school makes me happy. She's the reason I watch.

[Fencedude]

Huh, I actually like the new OP quite a bit, surprisingly. Not really feeling the Tsubasa wa Kudosai cover as the new ED, but I've never been a huge fan of the song.

Really funny episode all around though. Mio and Yuuko's argument was hilarious, and Nano was just incredibly adorable.

[superdry]

Found this out over at vocaloidotaku. This is probably only of interest to some of us here, but supposedly Sweet Ann (one of the English vocaloids) was used in the episode to sing "Helvetica Standard" at the 18:04 mark.

Interesting cameo nonetheless.

[HitokiriShadow]

Oh man, Mio and Yukko blowing up and screaming at each other for five minutes was awesome. And I loved how it ended with them angrily complimenting each other and finally shaking hands is making up.

And they've only known each other for six months. I was under the impression they had known each other for a lot longer than that.

Oh, and Nano goes to school! And its really cute naturally. I loved everyone's reaction to the screw in her back, and the teacher trying to ask her about it while she was freaking out over it as much as Nano was.

[TheGreenMan]

And they've only known each other for six months. I was under the impression they had known each other for a lot longer than that.

.

Yeah...that caught me off guard. Six months? I though they knew each other for a long time.

[something]

Episode 14:

- Yaaaaaay! This must be the happiest Nano has ever been in her short life. She's so protective of that uniform. :sd:
- Holy shit OP. I like the first song better, but the visuals in this are godly. Yet another amazing KyoAni OP sequence.

- My brain is overloading. NANO! NANOOOOO!! The self-roleplaying was beyond adorable.
- Heh, I figured Hakase would second-guess herself eventually. She misses Nano. ;_;
- But off to school!
- Of course she forgets about the key. :sd:
- Hahaha, utter disaster of a self-introduction.

- Predicting the weather with your shoes is very dangerous in gag anime!
- Yuria, don't be so shy~
- Hahahahhaha! "I was in the Go Soccer club back in middle school." XD

- YES! Nano and Sakurai-sensei both freaking out at the same time! I want to see them interacting a LOT.
- Awww Nano is depressed. Don't worry, you're still the most normal person in the school.
- Yay! Mio talks to her! Mai too! And Yuuko! So, so many amazing things can come out of this.
- I like how Yuuko is the one who is correct this time but is still considered crazy. Heh.
- And Nano is still pertified even though the next scene.
- The scene in which Mio totally snaps on Yuuko and Yuuko snaps back. Just like a married couple having an argument.
- Oh shit, Yuuko brought up Mio's fanart.

- ...Poor Nano. She must be second-guessing her desire to go to school. :sd:
- And then the insults turn into, uh, angry compliments!
- Mai knew it would happen all along.

- And Hakase still won't remove the key.

Fuck yes Nano in school. And I really liked the ED, especially Nano walking home with Mio, Yuuko an Mai at the end.

[something]

And they've only known each other for six months. I was under the impression they had known each other for a lot longer than that.Yeah...that caught me off guard. Six months? I though they knew each other for a long time.
Is unusual, isn't it? So they just met when school started. In every single way they act like they've been friends since birth.

[TheGreenMan]

Dueling Eeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhs!!!!!!!
Coin, Coin, JUMP! Oh god...the whole Nano shooting Hakase numerous times, and her EPIC "reactions" scene had me rolling on floor. Best scene/sketch of the show?

[strangefour]

-Silly Yuko. You still think nano is a robot. But she isn't any good at math.
-Fast ball! Curve Ball! Monkey wrenchy!
-Screw! Robot! Hide the evidence!
-Mai you magnificent bastard!

-Robot fetish lesbian coffee aficionado.
-Hehe Wrong cup. You are a failure as a mad scientist.

-How did Hakase get up in that chair by herself?
-:p
-Robots are cute!
-Wait what? That hideous looking thing... this chikuwa is cute?

-Short Circuit-kun is just a tazer?
-Hehehe Run and hide!

-China dress Sakurai sensei. Huh.

-Awww. Nano & Hakase need to dance more often.

-Coin, coin, coin, jump! Hehehehehehehehe- *cough* *choke* *sputter*
-Ahaha Hakase can't breath either. Your an adorably cruel mad scientist Hakase.
-Nano can fly.

I love Nano & Hakase. The bean machine gun was great. The over reaction modification seemed over played. But it gave us "Coin, coin, coin, jump." A gif that should stand the test of time.

[Fencedude]

Oh god this was hilarious.

I loved the scene with Annaka. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHH!?

I think the machine gun attachment is cute!

[FUNiOP]

Coin, Coin, JUMP! Best scene ever.

I am getting a little tired of Hakase continuing to get Nano's hopes up and only disappointing her. It was nice to see Nano shoot her a bunch though. And she gets props for the new reaction function. However, after she acknowledged it, they seemed to play it up a little too much to the point where I was finding each reaction less funny than the last.

I guess I was right about the ED being different each time, but I wasn't expecting a completely different song. I kind of missed Tsubasa wa Kudasai, but it will be interesting to hear what the song will be each week.

Another seiyuu I don't know.

[HitokiriShadow]

I wasn't liking the scene with the teacher misunderstanding something so obvious, but then it suddenly became an "Eeeeeeeh!?"-chan scene and it was awesome.

[FUNiOP]

Another ED song and seiyuu I don't know.

Mio destroying cops, friends, innocent old men, and goats in an instant for accidentally catching a peek at her... art... was the most epic scene in anything in a while. Especially when it goes all super high-budget for no reason but to increase epic levels. Even Yukko's reactions in the earlier scene had some of this. The last part, with Yukko entering the lab, offered some nice interactions between the two stupidest characters in this... well, in most anime, really. Nano's reactions definitely helped. Poor Sakamoto has to try so hard to be a "normal" cat. And Mai trolls. A little. Not enough.

[strangefour]

-Yuko orders coffee from Sakurai-sensei's waifu. But ends up going mad in this local Starbucks.
-Mio is a counterfeitter? Oh something even worse. Fujoshi!
-LUCHA LEAP!
-Yuko is dead!

-Ja-la-la~

-This is an invasion of privacy Yuko.
-Hungry hungry nekos. Hehe.
-Why are you so afraid of this intrusion Nano? No one would ever believe -Yuko. She's too stupid.
-Seifuku Hakase! I am defeated by cute.
-Mai left a little calling card to let Nano know she's screwed.

Yuko in Nano's house is about the only time she hasn't annoyed me. Proof that Hakase makes all things better.

[Sly05]

Mio punching out the cop is probably the funniest segment in the series so far. Even goats will be sacrificed to keep her secret safe.

Yuko and the professor make a good pair. Now Mio's the only one who hasn't figured out Nano actually is a robot. I hope we get more of Nano's school friends visiting her house. Now that the Yuko and Nano related characters are interacting more, I've been finding the series to be much more enjoyable.

[HitokiriShadow]

Oh, the lengths Mio will go to in order to keep her drawings secret. She tries to bribe a police officer and then assaults him. And Yuuko. And a random old man. And her crush's goat.

Yukko meeting Hakase was pretty fun too. And her whole reason for going there was really sweet.

[TheGreenMan]

Alright...the Yuuko/barista scene from the 1st OP.
Yuuko freaks out over the littlest stuff.
Wait...she drinks expresso? That would explain a whole lot.
Mio is a cop killer...and a best friend killer...and a old man who wears top hats killer...and goat killer. That was an EPIC scene. Her flying up in the air and catching all the paper...then calmly walking over to Yuuko and taking her down is a thing of beauty.
Yuuko visits Nano.
Yuuko and Hakase...a match made in heaven. Please let us see more of these two together.
"I know that you're not a robot. Nano-chan is Nano-chan." Awwwwwwwwwwwww. That's what Nano needed to hear all along.
Mai is WATCHING YOU NANO. BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[something]

Episode 15:

- Yuuko, even when you're right people think you're crazy.
- Every time I see those stained glass windows I smile.
- God, this OP is like a 90 second explosion. Love it.

- Hahaha, god, poor Nano. When Mai trolls Yuuko it feels so right, when she tries it with Nano it just feels kind of mean. But still hilarious.
- Screw! Hide it! ...but there is no hiding from Mai. Mai never misses blackmail opportunities. ;_;

- Uh, wow, Nakamura-sensei is incredibly androgynous. I would have assumed male straight up if not for the earrings.
- And she wants to research Nano... RUN NANO, RUN!
- Thankfully she's not too smart.

- I'm torn. I want Hakase to remove the key for Nano's sake, but think of all the jokes that would be lost! We know which is gonna win out there.
- Machine gun! Hakase dies!
- Nano is a mess. o_O
- Hahaahahah, you knew Nakamura was going to electrocute someone else, but I assumed it wuold be Yuuko. Poor mohawk.

- Oh wow, this guy is the worst teacher ever. ...Well maybe not worse than the one who rendered the student unconscious in the first place..
- Also, I <3 Annaka.
- Ahaha I love how quickly he switches gears when he finds out that's Sakurai's brother. But the best part is how he runs the wrong way. :sd:

- Nano-pyon! Hakase-pyon! I still miss janken though.
- Hakae is going to take the key off! ...And Nano will presumably stop working immediately.
- ...Oh you're so cruel, Hakase.
- Hah okay, I was thinking Nano's reactions to things were a little too much, but this explains it. :sd:
- Totally expected her to explode at the end.

Hmm new song for each ED maybe?

[TheGreenMan]

Episode 15:

- Uh, wow, Nakamura-sensei is incredibly androgynous. I would have assumed male straight up if not for the earrings.




Earrings? I didn't even notice that.

[bear]

Episode 15:

- Uh, wow, Nakamura-sensei is incredibly androgynous. I would have assumed male straight up if not for the earrings.




Earrings? I didn't even notice that.

Can't even use earrings anymore for identifying gender. Too many males wear them.

[something]

Earrings? I didn't even notice that.
Can't even use earrings anymore for identifying gender. Too many males wear them.
Seemed intended as a distinguishing trait here though. Besides, later on you can tell she's wearing a skirt under the lab coat.

[something]

Episode 16:

- Hah, Yuuko encounters the confusing world of coffee!
- And the girl behind the counter is about to pass out. :sd:
- Come on Yuuko, you can do it! Hang in there!
- Failure. :sd:
- Laughing her out of the store? ...Yuuko has no luck in these places.

- Oh right, goat boy. Thought they'd forgotten about him.
- Well, obviously Mio has, like, BL in that bag. But they think it's counterfeit money. =D
- Ahahaha, Mio is bribing the cops!
- OH GOD she took out a cop! Then epic paper grabbing!
- ...She took down the goat. o_O Bodies everywhere! Do NOT fuck with Mio.
- Well that was absoluetly one of the most epic segments yet.

- Okay I can totally get into these "watch Hakase and Nano dance cutely" bits.

- Heh, really liked the eraser bit.
- And they see Nano afterward! Man, it's weird how cohesive episodes feel now with Nano being in school. I loved the first half of the show, yes, but I can only imagine that if Nano started going to school in, like... episode 4, this would have sold much more than 4k. Ah well. I like it just the way it is.

- Daifuku guy is mohawk boy's father... and he has a mohawk of his own >_>
- HAH, perfect timing on Nano slamming the door in Yuuko's face. And oh god, NANO CRISIS!
- Oh god, this is going to be hellish for Nano. There's no way she can stop Hakase for outing her.
- Hahahah, well that didn't take long.
- Hakase and Yuuko. Nano's hell.
- ...awwwwww! How nice of Yuuko. And Mai returned the screw!

Really nice ED this time, and I like the scene after it too.

[Fencedude]

Other than not liking coffee, that perfectly encapsulates the problem of going to Starbucks.

Hakase and Yuuko are...disturbingly on the same wavelength. Nano's panic was adorable, though one wonders why she took the time to change.

And Mio...just...Mio...

[strangefour]

Hakase and Yuuko are...disturbingly on the same wavelength. Nano's panic was adorable, though one wonders why she took the time to change.


Remember Hakase during the thunderstorm? Yuko getting into her home is Nano's thunderstorm.

Or the animators just screwed up and changed character models between cuts.

[Suwako Moriya]

I loved the first half of the show, yes, but I can only imagine that if Nano started going to school in, like... episode 4, this would have sold much more than 4k. Ah well. I like it just the way it is.

Heh, the funny thing about that? I can say this now since Nano going to school has been confirmed in the anime. In the manga, Nano was a student much earlier. Forget episode 4, if the anime was following the manga in regards to Nano as student, she'd already be one as of the first episode....

This one change to the structure of the story has had an effect on some of the previous scenes of the series. Although in some cases, the only real change is her not wearing her school uniform. In fact, even with her now a student there are still going to be some changes because of it.

Another change includes adapting the chapters in a different order from the manga. Although I'm not sure if the anime is time hopping like Hidamari Sketch and Soredemo or if they were just creating a new order of events. I'd assume the latter especially with the uniform change.

One has to wonder how people familiar with the manga reacted to the change concerning Nano. I have mixed feelings on it. Having Nano become a student later has more impact. However I have to admit there were times I was thinking "But, she's supposed to already be...." and stuff like that.

Actually you could beg that question in general when it comes to making changes to the story structure and adding original material. I mean take that series Yumekui Merry. Sure, some may have enjoyed the original material. However others might have seen it as just delaying source material.

That being said, I can never be too sure of the thought process of Japanese consumers. For all I know some series including Nichijou might have their fate decided before the first episode even airs.

[Vinch]

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[Magewolf]

And Mio...just...Mio...

Mio is a seething ball of rage that is just barely contained.It makes you wonder what her sister is made of since her favorite pass time seems to be trolling Mio.

[Sly05]

- Uh, wow, Nakamura-sensei is incredibly androgynous. I would have assumed male straight up if not for the earrings.
I admit I had thought she was male just going by her appearance in the OP. I was surprised when she was first introduced in the episode and turned out to be a woman.

[Shiroi Hane]

Heh, really liked the eraser bit.
I remember having similar rubbers and, yes, the do just smudge.
Daifuku guy is mohawk boy's father... and he has a mohawk of his own
We found out they had the same name a few episodes back so.

[Ashyukun]

Heh, really liked the eraser bit.
I remember having similar rubbers and, yes, the do just smudge.
*spit take*
Ah, the subtle nuance of differences between American and British slang... :sweat:

[MelancholicMariya]

The second opening's PV is up on Hyadain's official channel. It's about as insane as you'd expect it to be.

Here it is. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xxnp0Q1GYQ&feature=feedu)

[FUNiOP]

The second opening's PV is up on Hyadain's official channel. It's about as insane as you'd expect it to be.

Here it is. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xxnp0Q1GYQ&feature=feedu)

In some ways, I feel like the OP is better than the PV, which is of course partly due to being familiar with the music because of this great anime, but this was definitely exactly the kind of PV this song deserves.

[FUNiOP]

No OP? But it's so good! Oh well, hopefully that won't happen again, and the upside is obviously more content.

Sakamoto loses his scarf to a crow, who happens to be very polite and agreeable, and gets along with the others much better than Sakamoto. Which angers Sakamoto greatly. I guess it would be a bit much to kill him, but it would certainly be normal behavior for a cat to kill a bird, especially if angered by it. It flew off with the scarf, but somehow Sakamoto had it at the end of the episode.

There are a few connected segments that end up playing out almost identically to some other connected segments from a previous episode. This time, the mohawk gets shaven! I'm guessing that will stay that way, but that's quite the change. Maybe they'll find a way around keeping it like that.

Mai's trolling is in full force here, especially after Yukko tries to avoid it. It finally gets so epic that she can't resist, and realizes that her role of straight man to Mai's epic trolling is the greatest role she could possibly serve.

And the card scene. Best dialogue-free scene... ever? Yeah, probably... Well, the three of spades talks, but not until after the actual scene (which is really long by this show's standards, but it only gets better and better because of it). I could definitely tell who the seiyuu was this time.

[Randall Flagg]

.....what the hell did I just watch?!! :knowitall:


That was almost my exact thought (although mine was a said out loud "what the fuck was that?"). Some really funny stuff, though. Nano is my favorite with Mai right behind her. I love me some Nano so far. For some reason, Sasahara riding that goat just killed me.

[Fencedude]

Oh god, the crow is Ono Daisuke. Absolutely hilarious.

Is it me, or is Yuuko's hair longer? Anyway, the scene with her trying not to tsukkomi Mai was hilarious, and got my goggles going full speed.

[strangefour]

-Asymmetry!
-Birdseed... a bird! Mai's trollness exceeds comprehension.
-Sakamoto-sensei's sweet home.
-A polite crow stole Sakamoto's scarf.

-Today's intermissions image, the Yggdrasil tree.
-Biscuit #1...!
-Stupid crow. Get back to your wall in the north!

-Strange office.
-69 *cough*
-Card stacking is an all day activity.
-Kitty must not walk away!
-Mai you magnificent bastard.
-Nice silent movie showing off everyone's talents.

-Why does she keep an electric razor in her labcoat?
-Takasaki-sensei is violently tsundere.
-Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeh~~~ <3
-Mai has the talking crow...
-More holes?

-Double megane!
-Mai is trolling small today but in great volume.
-She memorized it! it~ it~ it~ Man in the sewers. heh
-But she was holding the Ace of Hearts in the card segment!

Yuuko has man hands. And pointing out punchlines to a joke makes Yuuko orgasm... That actually explains a lot about her personality.

[EmperorBrandon]

Oh god, the crow is Ono Daisuke. Absolutely hilarious.

I couldn't help but smile every time I heard Ono Daisuke's voice come out of that weird-shaped crow... :)

[something]

Episode 17:

- Great opening scene. Yuuko can only bury her face in her hands at such geta madness.
- Awww, no OP, I miss it...

- Sakamoto with his scarf. Making normal cat noises. THAT'S WEIRD.
- HAHAH YES! The crow is Ono D. XD
- And he's being so Ono D that the Ono Dness is suffocating. I love it.
- Ooh nice shot of the tree at night.
- And he leaves with the scarf. :sd:

- Nano with the girls! Where are they? Yuuko's house? Hard to tell.
- The most serious house of cards ever.
- Hhaaha, Mai you are the worst. Right through the house. I love you.
- Mai without her glasses!
- ...Disaster.

- ...She...she shaved the mohawk. What a monster!

- Hah, Sakurai-sensei's brother is blackmailing whatshisname so hard.
- Annaka comes at the worst times for him. :sd:
- EHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!? <3 <3 <3 <3

- Mai and the crows!
- Hahah, Nakamura-sensei is going to get the whole school killed. Also, SAVE ANNAKA!! ;_;

- No more tsukkomi from Yuuko? Good luck with that...
- ...it just hit me, but Yuuko's hair seems a little longer than usual. Actually, her cuteness in general is way up this episode for some reason. I usually find her a lot of fun but not necessarily especially cute, but there's some tweak to her design in some scenes this week that really does it.
- And god, this was a brilliant sketch. Yuuko finally giving in to her tsukkomi urges at the end and experiencing pure bliss had me cracking up. The bit about contacts at the end was gold.

That episode was a hell of a lot of fun. As usual!

[something]

Is it me, or is Yuuko's hair longer?
Ah, so I wasn't the only one who thought so. I think it really looks good on her, and hope it's a permanent change.

-But she was holding the Ace of Hearts in the card segment!
When the house was up, but after the light crushed it, she picks up the three of spades at the end to "finish" it.

[MelancholicMariya]

Did anybody notice a few oddities with the art and animation this episode? Nichijou so far has had some incredible production values but this time something seemed a little off. The art looks weirdly flat and everyone's hands seems to have this strangely thick border, and the animation isn't as.. smooth?

The episode itself is fantastic, hilarious, and had a lot of really great music, especially during the card scene, but something just.. looked off. Did anyone else notice anything weird or am I just imagining things?

[something]

Did anybody notice a few oddities with the art and animation this episode? Nichijou so far has had some incredible production values but this time something seemed a little off. The art looks weirdly flat and everyone's hands seems to have this strangely thick boarder
Seemed pretty obviously deliberate to me. Nichijou has utilized a bajillion different art styles, even within the same episode. The only difference I saw was that Yuuko looked subtly but significantly cuter in her scenes - when she wasn't being intentionally drawn in a silly style, like the flat art/rigid hands bit you mentioned.

[Fencedude]

Did anybody notice a few oddities with the art and animation this episode? Nichijou so far has had some incredible production values but this time something seemed a little off. The art looks weirdly flat and everyone's hands seems to have this strangely thick boarder
Seemed pretty obviously deliberate to me. Nichijou has utilized a bajillion different art styles, even within the same episode. The only difference I saw was that Yuuko looked subtly but significantly cuter in her scenes - when she wasn't being intentionally drawn in a silly style, like the flat art/rigid hands bit you mentioned.

Speaking of Yuuko, I realized what was bugging me about her slightly longer hair. I kept getting twinges of recognition.

In hindsight, it was really rather obvious (http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/962070/). (Danbooru link)

[MelancholicMariya]

Did anybody notice a few oddities with the art and animation this episode? Nichijou so far has had some incredible production values but this time something seemed a little off. The art looks weirdly flat and everyone's hands seems to have this strangely thick boarder
Seemed pretty obviously deliberate to me. Nichijou has utilized a bajillion different art styles, even within the same episode. The only difference I saw was that Yuuko looked subtly but significantly cuter in her scenes - when she wasn't being intentionally drawn in a silly style, like the flat art/rigid hands bit you mentioned.

I'm certainly aware of Nichijou's various different artstyles through out different situations, but this one wasn't like a one off artstyle to fit the gag, like say.. the running-through-the-corridors-to-get-the-notebook-back scene. This artstyle was consistent throughout the episode unlike most of the other styles.

Though thinking about it now, yeah it does seem deliberate. It was just so jarring to me as once a gag is done it goes back to it's normal style, where as with this it just rolled with it.

[Vegard Aune]

...Okay, that was probably the best episode this series has had so far. And yeah, the artstyle did look a little different from usual, though I was unable to pinpoint exactly what it was that was different. Ah well...

Anyway, crow. Wait, didn't we already see a crow voiced by Daisuke Ono in another KyoAni-series once upon a time? Are crows voiced by that guy such a common occurence that they can appear in two otherwise completely unrelated series by the same company? Or okay, I guess it is possible that they gave him the role because he's done the same thing before... Well whatever the case, that crow was epic.

Also, silent-movie card house segment. Pure awesome.

Also, gender-ambiguous-teacher-whose-name-I-forgot setting traps for Nano and everything related to that segment. Brilliant.

Also, hello Roronoa Zoro voicing a card. How funny to see you here.

[FUNiOP]

Another seiyuu I've never heard of. Apparently she's known for tongue-twisters, so that makes sense. That scene that was from where Yukko makes Mio order from that Starbucks-like place after it crushed her so horribly before only to see that Mio is an expert on their ridiculous lingo, further crushing her, was the perfect way to start the episode.

[strangefour]

-Mio is an adult.
-Mad science teacher is a moron.
-Magnets, this is how they work.
-Hooray~ Sensei's stupidity saves Hano emotional distress.

-Dalek moe~

-The universe hates Yuuko. I am happy.
-AHAHAHAHHAHAHA! I love you Mai-chan.

-Always maintain eye contact with crows. Always. Or they will drop barrels on your head and kill your mammoth.

-Gundere's little sister is Kendodere? Tsundo?
-Live ammunition must no be allowed in Gundere's house.

-Man when was the last HHelvetica Standard? Seems like forever.
-The quest for the greatest book of all time.
-Hehehehe what?
-NI!
-Oh a real Helvetica Standard.

-Biscuit #2 speaks from his mouse.
-Biscuit #2 you will be missed. The biscuits were delicious.

-The zeppelin is back. What wonders will the sky elf bring us this time.
-Next.
-Next.
-Next.
-Comedian Thirteeeen! Next.
-AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!

Yuuko was tortured. From a coffee shop to a train ride to Mai's trick or treating to the final fantastic gag. Just wonderful exquisite hilarious torture. The jokes in this show can be hit or miss, but when it hits it hits hard. Right in the belly laugh zone.

[TheGreenMan]

Mio knows her shit. Yuuko should take lessons.
Wait...why are they letting kids drink this stuff?
Mai trolls Yuuko...again.
This coffee isn't coffee coffee!
Holy shit...they did it AGAIN!

[Suwako Moriya]

The universe hates Yuuko. I am happy.

I'm sorry, but I can't figure out what Yuuko did to deserve such level of hatred. I know she's a flawed character. Which is the entire point. However it's not like she's done anything truly evil.

Although I suppose for me the fact she's treated so badly by the universe makes it harder for me to hate her. That being said, some seem to find such characters easier to hate for some reason. As if they're joining the flow of being mean.

Short Version: Stop being cruel to Yuuko or else we'll "Care Bear Stare" your free will away!

[strangefour]

The universe hates Yuuko. I am happy.

I'm sorry, but I can't figure out what Yuuko did to deserve such level of hatred. I know she's a flawed character. Which is the entire point. However it's not like she's done anything truly evil.

Although I suppose for me the fact she's treated so badly by the universe makes it harder for me to hate her. That being said, some seem to find such characters easier to hate for some reason. As if they're joining the flow of being mean.

Short Version: Stop being cruel to Yuuko or else we'll "Care Bear Stare" your free will away!

It's just that so many of the scenes she was in in the first cour were about how monumentally stupid she was. The emotional torture Mio would go through trying to cheer her up. The over the top reactions that would go on for too long. So I grew to enjoy the moments when Mai would pull pranks on Yuuko. Yuuko did have some wonderful funny moments like the deer suplex bit, but that easily could have been done by "Eeeeeeeh!" girl to better effect. Thus my "hatred" of Yuuko built up over time. She was adding nothing to the comedy of the show for me.

Until what I feared most. Her interacting with nano. That could have robbed me of my favorite part of the show. Hakase & nano just being cute. Some how through some arcane magic Yuuko and Nano actually work together fantastically. It's honestly almost as if someone new is writing Yuuko. She's less of a painfully stupid character. Yet it's hard to get past the 15 or so episode of me really not liking her. Thus I enjoy when not just Mai but the very cosmos seems to be trolling her.

[Fencedude]

Oh man, I love Gundere's sister. She's awesome.

The universe still hates Yuuko.

And oh god the final gag. I saw it coming as soon as I noticed the blue pom-poms, but I still laughed my ass of.

[Suwako Moriya]

At long last, the card scene! And they added an extra element to it.

Is it just me or did Mai actually look sad about the fact that Yuuko wasn't "reacting" as easily this time around?

If I didn't know any better, I'd say the show was trying to pair Yuuko and Mai up.

On a side note, we need a heavily focused Yuria episode.

[HitokiriShadow]

Yukko, if you try to resist Mai's trolling, that's just going to make her troll you harder.

The crow scene was hilarious. Definitely one of the better Shinonome Laboratory segments.

[HitokiriShadow]

Yay, the cute pink twintails girl finally appears! And she's even cuter than I was expecting. Not surprised that she's the little sister of Misato though. But we still don't have a name for her.

And Elf-hime returns! .... And apparently has become quite evil.

[nakimushi]

And Elf-hime returns! .... And apparently has become quite evil.

Well, didn't the crew actually participate in the failed coup attempt in her last appearance? Although, the talent contest penalty was (humorously) overkill by her, she really wouldn't have much reason to like or trust them either. That is if makes any sense at all to try and make sense of it. :)

[HitokiriShadow]

And Elf-hime returns! .... And apparently has become quite evil.

Well, didn't the crew actually participate in the failed coup attempt in her last appearance? Although, the talent contest penalty was (humorously) overkill by her, she really wouldn't have much reason to like or trust them either. That is if makes any sense at all to try and make sense of it. :)

They did, and I kept waiting for some sort of reference to indicate that it was the reason for her doing this, but it never came. I'd like to think that's the reason for it, but all they ever mentioned was that she wanted to be entertained.

[nakimushi]

And Elf-hime returns! .... And apparently has become quite evil.

Well, didn't the crew actually participate in the failed coup attempt in her last appearance? Although, the talent contest penalty was (humorously) overkill by her, she really wouldn't have much reason to like or trust them either. That is if makes any sense at all to try and make sense of it. :)

They did, and I kept waiting for some sort of reference to indicate that it was the reason for her doing this, but it never came. I'd like to think that's the reason for it, but all they ever mentioned was that she wanted to be entertained.

Well, not to try and make too much sense of it, but we only heard what the crew seemed to know (and perhaps that's what she told them - all is forgiven, let's go fishing on the lake together Fredo ;) ), and they were rather stupidly excited about it, especially considering their demonstrated level of talent. :sweat: I had figured that part of the joke was them not realizing the real reason for what was happening.

[EmperorBrandon]

Her name was given as Annaka back in episode 2 by Izumi. Not sure if that's the family name or the given name though.

It's her family name (which I assumed from the start). Apparently the recently released PSP game has confirmed that her full name is Annaka Haruna.

[everydaygamer]

And Elf-hime returns! .... And apparently has become quite evil.

Well, didn't the crew actually participate in the failed coup attempt in her last appearance? Although, the talent contest penalty was (humorously) overkill by her, she really wouldn't have much reason to like or trust them either. That is if makes any sense at all to try and make sense of it. :)

They did, and I kept waiting for some sort of reference to indicate that it was the reason for her doing this, but it never came. I'd like to think that's the reason for it, but all they ever mentioned was that she wanted to be entertained.

Well, not to try and make too much sense of it, but we only heard what the crew seemed to know (and perhaps that's what she told them - all is forgiven, let's go fishing on the lake together Fredo ;) ), and they were rather stupidly excited about it, especially considering their demonstrated level of talent. :sweat: I had figured that part of the joke was them not realizing the real reason for what was happening.

well honestly this kind of explains the coup i think lol.

[FUNiOP]

I didn't recognize this seiyuu's voice or name, but I guess I have heard some of his work. I tend to find the scenes with the objects that narrate the previews are usually the best of the episode. I think that was true this time. I guess that's what happens when Yukko does her homework and Mio and Mai don't. A catastrophe. No reactions necessary. No reactions would be enough. That said, both Mio's montage and the igo soccer game were absolutely epic. Especially the latter. I want to see an anime just about igo soccer. It would probably become my favorite sports anime. Sakamoto and Hakase fighting was also amusing.

[strangefour]

-MEGAAAAAAAAAANEEEEEEEEEE~!

-I-Q . . . No.
-Nice training montage. needs a better song though.
-Do it for Yuuko. Do it for yourself. Do it like a fish! . . .

-Mai always remembers to bring tiger bait.

-Aww Frog mode Hakase is adorable.
-Sacrifice Sakamoto to the rain gods!
-I've always wondered how they get such a smooth all yellow omelette to wrap around rice. My omelettes never look that nice.

-Rain. That face.
-For luck. Close enough.
-AHAHA! Even Mai isn't immune to the cruelty of the rain gods.

Sports training, zoo visit, sad girls in the rain. I think I might be starting to like Yuuko. My faith is being tested. I must pray to the rain gods.

[Vegard Aune]

Yukko tutoring Mio about something? What's this I don't even...
I liked how she managed to fail so monumentally as to jump in the COMPLETELY WRONG DIRECTION... I really have to question how that's even possible.

Professor attempts to take in the laundry. Drops it. Sakamoto's fault. Sacrifice Sakamoto. Sacrifice herself. She gets no dinner. Then she gets dinner anyway. Well, uh, okay...

Yukko did her homework. Mio did not do her homework. Mai also did not do her homework. The heavens themselves are shocked beyond all comprehension. And that shrine... seriously? How in the name of three-headed cheese-monsters did all that happen. And the offering booth... exploded? I AM CONFUSED.

Igo soccer... I need not say any more.

Definitely one of the more random episodes of the show...

[TheGreenMan]

That shrine scene was hilarious. I guess the universe hates Mai as well.

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Episode 18:

- Heh. I knew what Yuuko was up to, and I knew how it would end, and it was still hilarious.

- Good job, Nakamura-sensei.

- Hah, Nano is magnetic. <3
- That was such a cute Sasahara/Misato scene.
- Haha, okay, not how I expected a crane game segment ot end. :sd:

- Worst train ride ever. But yaaay, pink twintails girl!
- And she's totally pissing Yuuko off. XD We need more of her.
- Hahaha, she's adorable. <3 <3
- Oh wait, is that Misato? She's Misato's little sister! Starting with swords before graduating to high explosives?
- ...Hello, Mai.
- XD Okay, Barely Contained Laughter-tan is damn near as good as Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhh!?!?-tan. Loooove her.

- Aww, the test bit after Helvetica Standard was adorable as hell.
- Er, the first Helvetica Standard I mean. Nobody loves you, Biscuit #2.

- Oh hey. Sky elf princess bit.
- HAHAHAH, oh wow Princess Starla has becomes jaded.
- That was a slightly disturbing scream.
- "I don't know." "Correct answer!" ::trapdoor:: Bwhwhhahaah
- Fucking hell this is brilliant. The second guy with the swan... XD
- Hahaha, her assistant too XD
- Oh god! The ending!

Holy shit I love this show.

[Fencedude]

Oh god, the Mio training montage. That song was fantastic BTW.

And Igo Soccer is the GREATEST SPORT EVER

[something]

Episode 19:

- Oh we're starting with Helvetica St--WHAT THE FUCK.
- God I love this OP so much... Nichijou OPs have some of my favorite op animation ever.

- "I want to do something that's never been done before." ::walks into the rain:: "Domestic Violence!" ...o_O Yay for more Fecchan!
- ...Poor Fecchan.

- Yuuko teaching Mio something? My brain can't process...
- Heh. Loved this bit. Especially the way she finally made it over. :sd: And man, Mio was really cute here. Well, like usual.

- Rain is gonna be over by the time you're ready, Hakase.
- Or it could end up even worse. I had to laugh out loud, twice, when they cut to the catastrophe in the back yard. XD
- "Sacrifice Sakamoto!" :sd:
- And Hakase winds up admitting fault. But Nano is a terrible disciplinarian, so... heh. Man, I want some omelet rice. Have never had one but it looks fucking delicious.

...Uhhh and I just got distracted for about 15 minutes talking about omurice with strangefour and linking how-to videos on youtube, even though I've never cooked in my life and never will. Back to the episode. :sd: What a weird diversion.

- First Yuuko teaching Mio something, now Yuuko being the only one to do an assignment? WHAT!?
- HAHAHAH, okay, Yuuko's coin missing the donation box was waaaaaay funnier than it should have been. God damn. This show.
- HAHHA WHAT THE FUCK XD And then it gets a million times better. WHY IS THIS SHOW SO GOOD!?
- Yuuko's head!
- The whole shrine is falling apart. o_O
- Fuck that was an incredible skit.

- Oh, it was a vending machine. Man I really enjoy these blurry static camera bits.

- Igo soccer? For real?
- Haha, great, referee a game you don't understand. Despite being the club president of it.
- Well okay there was no understanding that anyway. :sd:

This show is unquestionably worth every one of the approximately $1,005 USD I'm spending on it. Love it. I just can't believe we're already 19 episodes in!

[Suwako Moriya]

It's almost as if Misato is trying to have the worst excuses possible. Photon Belt? I mean really. In any case, her younger sister is as cute as be expected.

Mihoshi being amused by Yuuko was one of the definite highlights of the episode.

The structure of Helvetica Standards gets stranger every episode. It's like anything can happen in that universe. Students discussing coffee? Angels teaching people how to speak properly. All of it is apparently possible in this world.

Although it would be nice if we had more names.

Yuuko's dreams about Mio are great for us because we get to see Starla. Although I wish they'd focus more on Starla. As in more camera time for her. Her design is quite nice.

Still having her go from being in distress to being err evil(?) is quite interesting. Either this is an alternate story or she's still bitter about past events.

I think on occasion we get stuff like Starla, Helvetica Standard, and some random scenes of regular folks to remind us about the title. Or maybe I'm thinking too hard. Also, I've probably been up too long.

[HitokiriShadow]

.... So Mio has a compulsive need to break rules and do things wrong when it comes to athletics?

That Igo Soccer segment must have been the single most bizarre scene in the series yet. And Nichijou has already set that bar fairly high.

[strangefour]

-Heno heno! This will haunt my dreams too Sakamoto.
-Mio is conscripting her friends into furthering her fujoshi art future.
-Mio's outfit with ink absorbing sleaves is cute.
-This is how Nano finds out about sex for the first time. Hakase is going to have to have a long talk with her after this to explain everything.
-In eternally tormenting her, the universe has inadvertently granted Yuuko some Gunbuster levels of power.
-Mai is your backgrounds, trolling like your man love.
-Yuuko. Doing what you expect. Screwing up.
-Mai. You have taken trolling to a zen art form.
-Nano's been gone a loooong time.

-Sakamoto is a nobody.

-That actually does suit Yuuko for some strange reason.

-Hakase has tricked out the house like the mansion from Clue.
-Aww Hakase needs a hug.

-A pet will take after its master.

-They're still arguing about the spilled in. Hasn't a day passed at this point?
-"NO THANK YOU DAIYO!"
-Mio and Yuuko are the weirdest couple. Always arguing about the strangest little things.

The manga making section was the majority of the episode, and sadly rather predictable. Not that it wasn't funny. I was just hoping for some new twist on the old getting your friends to help you finish a manga in one day trope. Well I guess Mai's trolling took things beyond the usual. Bless her evil little broken mind.

[Vegard Aune]

...You know Mai, there is a certain difference between messing around and just plain bullying people. At least Yukko was trying to help, even if she was miserably failing at it...

And since that took up almost the entire episode, I really don't have much else to say, beyond...

That segment with Mai and the dog totally reminded me of how my mother's cat used to behave when she first got it. Totally insistant on getting in the way of absolutely everything you try to do :sweat:

[something]

Already episode 20! ;_;

Episode 20:

- Hahaha, oh god poor Sakamoto, that would be completely terrifying.
- Best OP <3 Definitely grown on me enough to import this OP too.

- Mio wears such weird outfits sometimes... I think she's wearing a patchwork quilt. But she always looks so damn cute! Oh and I like the ink on her fingers. Just a nice touch.
- But man, she's really going all out mangaka now! ...Is she reall ready to let everyone see the BL though?
- Oh, and they explain just that. She's doing well and has decided to be more open about it.
- Hahahaha, Nano can't handle it. XD
- ...O_O I swear, sometimes this show plays a gag very deadpan, which is funny. Sometimes... it destroys the solar system. Which is also damn funny. :sd:
- Mio, you should really, really know better than to ask Mai for help.
- Or Yuuko for that matter. Poor, Poor Mio.
- "Because this manga isn't very interesting." Haha soooo cruel.

- Helvetica Standard! ...>_> I think that counts as cheating.

- "Go read a book." XD
- And god I can't wait until Yuuko hands that page to Mio...
- ...Assuming she lives long enough.
- HAH, she just gives up and inks it over again.
- Come back in, Nano... they need you.

- Yes! Mio's sister!! With Misato?
- Oh right, kendou.
- Mihoshi too! <3

- Expiration: 201-. Heh.

- Sakamoto-san just shabba dabba doo'd. o_O
- Hakase's "pupupu" laugh is the best.
- Hah, she has a hidden room. That's cheating!
- Awww she thought they wouldn't find her.

- Mai is being trolled by her dog. How does it feel!?

And at the end... holy shit, Mio. XD Oh my god I would give anything to watch Aizawa Mai acting out that scene. Daaaaaamn. I wonder if that was all part of one take? :sd:

[TheGreenMan]

Why the hell does Mio trust Yuuko and Mai with helping her? Is her memory last several minutes?
Yuuko, destroyer of worlds.
Yabba dabba do!
Holy shit. Mio yelled at Yuuko for five minutes over the paper that Yuuko HAD IN HER HANDS. Come to think about it, Yuuko did something right?

[StudioZEL]

Mai is the world's biggest troll/bully. Mai, if you don't like Mio's manga, just don't bother helping. And Nano's reaction was precious! XD

I did a double take at Sakamoto's Shabba dabba doo! Craziness! XD

[FUNiOP]

Almost the entire episode was just one segment, and it wasn't like the ones where Nano first went to school and stuff actually happened. It was just one gag. And it was glorious. Everyone is at their best. Why Mio thought that letting these friends help her with her manga would result in anything other than the most epic meltdown ever is perhaps the most difficult to understand concept in this show's entire 20 episodes of whatthefuckery thus far. BL breaks Nano's systems. Yukko destroys the solar system. Mai surpasses trolling to reach full-on bullying. And then Mio's meltdown. Most anime couldn't pull off making a gag last for nearly the entire episode, much less making the punchline last about a quarter of the episode. I don't think it's terribly surprising at this point that this one can pull it off, but it was still amazing. I guess with the whole episode being one gag, it allows for many other gags and punchlines within it, and even those have deeper levels of smaller ones in them. But overall, that long one at the end was definitely the best payoff. And there was lots of of KyoAni busting out the epic animation style to further illustrate just how epic a high school girl writing BL doujinshi can be.

Also, Mai's dog is already such a god-tier troll, it can troll her without her being able to best it.

[HitokiriShadow]

Whut. Mio is actively getting her friends to see her manga? What madness is this? And she makes the completely insane decision to ask for their help.

It went on about twice as long as it should have though. Mai's gag god old after the second time and seeing Yuuko's attempts to fix the mess she made weren't really funny to begin with (seeing her fret over it right after it had was plenty, the rest was excess... except getting Mai to help, that part was okay. Seeing Yuuko try to draw it herself 2-3 times was kinda dull). Mio's rage-filled rant at the end was awesome though.

I didn't know you could cheat at Hide-and-Seek (for the hiding part anyway, I can imagine some ways to cheat for finding people thanks to the proliferation of cell phones), but Hakase found a way.

Heh, and Sakamoto reeeeeeally wanted to play the Seeking part. Shabba dabba doo!!

And apparently Misato knows Mio's older sister. We haven't gotten nearly enough of Misato's little sister though.

[Fencedude]

The Sirens of Titan, seriously? Thats some goddamn random referencing.

I really can't fault Mio for her rant there at the end, Yuuko was pretty much being a massive dick.

And never ask Mai to do anything. It will never work and you won't get the satisfaction of screaming at her about it later.

[FUNiOP]

Wood cube returns! No Wakamoto involved, but about as epic as it could be without him. This fantasy Mio is the ultimate badass. I think I could probably watch an entire episode of that. Considering almost the entire previous episode was Mio's manga failures, it wouldn't surprise me. I suppose KyoAni doesn't necessarily have such a huge budget that they can have an entire episode of that awesome animation.

[strangefour]

-Happi~ Happi~ Happi~ Happi~ Happi~ Happi~ *repeat*
-Ouch. Pocky eyes.
-AC/DC! |m|
-Weboshi & Fe are such weird names.
-Poor normal Fe.

-Twin tail Sakurai sensei! She is to brilliant to stare directly into.
-Sakurai is really tiny. Eat more onions.
-Yuuko is ruining this "date"?
-GOOD ENOUGH! hehehehe

-Nano is afraid of kissing. Well who can blame her after Mio's manga ruined her.

-Sakurai and Mai alone in a room. *snuggles in for trolling* :D
-Mai will become the Buddha.

-Oh shit. Zepplin elf part 3. I didn't expect her to be back until the last episode.
-Mio! *gasp* What could this mean?
-Huh the numbers have developed individual faces and titles. Just in time for them to DIE!
-Menma is magic!
-Someday KyoAni will make a fighting anime. And it will be awesome.
-Oh so that's how you top blocks and pompoms falling.

-No scientist can out cute Hakase. Don't even bother trying.

I don't want this show to end. It's weekly does of zany cuteness is necessary. I just started to like Yuuko and now they will take her away.

[something]

Episode 21:

- Luck is not on your side, Yuuko. It never is. And never will be.
- There were about 30 angles more than necessary on that book smacking scene.
- OP <3 <3

- MIHOSHI! Yes! More of her!
- Weboshi and Fe-chan! YAAAAAAY!
- Hahaha, pocky in the eyes.
- Weboshi likes mohawk. She thinks he's a bad boy... she couldn't be more wrong.
- Misato is the most transparent tsundere ever. She can't stand other guys getting praised more than her Sasahara. :sd:

- 6 yen shop?
- !! Sakurai-sensei in casual clothes and little twintails? ADORABLE!
- Seriously can't get over how cute she is. Almost can't blame Takasaki-sensei for losing his cool. ...almost.
- Hahah, and they run into Yuuko.
- Hoooooly shit he is freaking the fuck out. Yuuko is speechless. XD

- Blushing Nanoooooo!

- So much talk about the Gap in this episode.
- She left short circuit-kun behind...

- Oh no. OH NO. Sakurai-sensei, Run! Don't be alone with Mai! You can't handle this!
- Okay she got off easy. By just giving up. :sd:

- Clouds? Does that mean...
- Yes it does!
- o_O Oh shit. MIO. And she does not look happy.
- Mio can make things explode >_>
- Haha oh god, this is the most dangerous workplace ever.
- Good morning, Yuuko.

- And goodnight, Shinonome family.

[Fencedude]

Sakurai-sensei induces a natural HHHNNNGGG reaction in everyone she meets.

And goddamn Mio was epic. Yuuko's imagination is so strange.