This Anime Is Batsh*t Insane

[@BrandonRTalks]

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[@ariph86]

in short, america have south park, japan jave nichijou.

[@notrickgrimes5227]

this review is goodshit.. Would you review asobi asobase too? It goes line in line with nichijou's style of humor I think.

[@equalesper]

noice the zoro.to

[@neko7981]

So brandon, u gonna send troops to ukrain or what? (Russia has that thing iran wanned to keep for themselves)

[@cryptogenik]

The short scenes that show the outdoors are transition scenes to indicate "Later that day" that are less on the nose than, for example sponebob's "A while later" cards The multithreaded storylines were popularized by Alfred Hitchock using a writing style he called "Meanwhile back at the ranch" It was so influencal to writing that many writers use it today without knowing how it came to be. Shakespear used various indicators to showcase the transition of time, but not so much on having multithreaded stories running at the same time. As a writer the major benefit of this is to reset tension, so you can build it up again and keep hitting the feel good buttons in people's brains.

[@nino4242]

“It’s more like a slice of weed” is a great way to describe this series

[@drillbitz2816]

man these edibles ain't shi- *creates Nichijou*

[@TechnoSpectre3]

WEED EATER

[@No_OneO_N]

I’ve recently dabbled in “substances” and now I wanna try watching this, or the Luffy Vs Kaido Fight while on some strong ass weed since regular weed just makes my vision blurry from too much light(which isn’t much different from my normal vision)

[@gamemasternintendoo]

More like an animated acid trip.😊

[@No_OneO_N]

@@gamemasternintendoo that’d be a pretty bad trip

[@TheARMichJFrog]

The teacher counting down really slow so the girl could finish her test was the sweetest thing I've ever seen

[@chiefbawor_thegr8966]

That's why the segment is called Like Love

[@50srefugee]

@@chiefbawor_thegr8966 And every episode of Like Love is just as moving. But yeah, the teacher stretching the rules for a struggling student is beautiful.

[@captainLoknar]

the producer and writers of the show have the perfect formula. There are different segments and different styles for each purpose with aim to provide ultimate entertainment. It's bettr than Gintama - like gintama is checkers and they're playing 3d chess. And you don't need to have read 30 manga to understand all the jokes! this needs 25 seasons! NOW!

[@StruggleWithGame]

Mai being 100% troll just makes the show even funnier.

[@FIgsHw]

@@M4ngoMutiny im sorry *What?*

[@Blahblahblah242]

@@FIgsHw im so confused by that comment

[@ganema9]

Mai is definitely my favourite character in this show! The troll level is unreachable

[@kaizokujimbei143]

@@M4ngoMutiny Are you sure you are not projecting? O_o

[@kaizokujimbei143]

@@M4ngoMutiny -__________-

[@draizor]

15:42 fun fact, that scene was the most expensive in nichijou, not because of the full 3d render of the whole classroom but because they had to buy the rights to the song that plays in it, i think its a song from a sports game but i can't remember wich one

[@rajakozen5678]

Bro, So They Buy The Right for Fifa Anthem?!

[@cal7447]

I agree that the craziest part is when you realise at the very end there's actually been a coherent thematic and narrative thread that run through the entire series, seemingly hidden in plain sight

[@nixel1324]

Not just in plain sight, _literally in the title._

[@espressodepresso4653]

The fact that Mai is very intelligent and could actually go to a better school but chose to stick around because Yukko was there is such a sweet thing. Adds a whole new layer to her being a troll to everyone haha

[@jasonkeith2832]

It is even sweeter when you read the manga and learn that the reason Mai is how she is directly relates to Yuuko befriending her on her first day of middle school as a transfer student.

[@notdeadyet3680]

@@jasonkeith2832also her always trolling yuuko originates from yuuko asking “What part of Japan is Alaska in?” Mai immediately knew the two of them would be best friends

[@jasonkeith2832]

@@notdeadyet3680 Didn't that come about mostly because Yuuko mistakenly thought Alaska was some Hokkaido-esque prefecture?

[@ThomatoSauce]

So from what I know, Misato's weaponry is filled with blanks and/or flour bullets, which explains not only how Sasahara is alive after being shot, but also why he's completely colorless in some of the scenes after Misato shoots him.

[@BrandonRTalks]

That explains a lot 😂

[@WukongTheMonkeyKing]

I thought they were airsoft, because airsoft was super popular in Japan, but the gun laws are strict

[@joshuabang1437]

Its strange, because iirc flour is flammable so there should be large fiery explosions regardless

[@WukongTheMonkeyKing]

@@joshuabang1437 i just figured the explosions were because everything seems to be made of ice cream and nuclear fission in that world.

[@bensoncheung2801]

Aren’t blanks still dangerous?

[@VersusThem]

The argentinian peso skit is actually even funnier for argentinians since inflation/currency devaluation is the only thing that unites us all, and at this point in time, this skit would work the *exact same way* here in Argentina because by itself it's literally useless too and doesn't buy anything. You can always read us in the comments with things like "the more the country sinks due to inflation, the funnier this skit gets" or "An argentinian peso is worth less here in Argentina than in Japan, at least there they can be used to make jokes"

[@estebangrafeuille9111]

if you look at the video of that scene on youtube you'll see argentinians commenting year by year how the peso devaluates. that is truly what unites us all as argentinians, inflation

[@Larkian]

You comeback every some days to the video to see people updating the value of the Peso to rest of the world in a Nichijou clip lmao

[@estebangrafeuille9111]

@@Larkian yes, its a coping mechanism to deal with the stress of the ever increasing rising of prices and the incompetence of our political system

[@danielcox7629]

I heard a country started using mostly Bitcoin because their currency was trash.

[@nikfighter262]

Amen!

[@TheSkullFrost]

The thing that, in my opinion, makes the show brilliant, is the way it more accurately shows everyday life by massively exaggerating things. When looking at the small annoyances and tiny joys we experience everyday from an outside or hindsight perspective, yes, they appear insignificant and maybe even silly. But when we're living them, they don't feel insignificant. The amount of times where a tiny thing going wrong stuck with me for over a day or when a simple compliment made my week is more than I've had days in my life. By exaggerating the reactions of the characters to these events, the show more accurately portrays how they feel in the moment and the amount of meaning they have to us right then and there, even if that fades over time. That's why the show is called Nichijou, because it's about the importance of those small things in our everyday lives that mean so much.

[@Zadamanim]

One of my favorite hard-to-understand jokes is with the Daruma doll (the weird red thing with one eye). It's historically based on a blind monk, but you draw the eyes in. You draw in the first eye when you make a wish, and you draw in the other eye when the wish comes true. In Nichijou, they drew sunglasses on him. It's a funny way to deface it, because now it looks like the monk decided to stay blind, and no wishes will ever come true. It's also part of an ongoing gag with Buddhist iconography, such as the Daruma Otoshi (stack of wooden blocks that killed Yuuko) and Mai's wooden statues of the Maitreya Buddha.

[@slightlyembittered]

"If only there was a way I could celebrate my love of Anime without loosing my dignity." "But you can." "I can?" "By growing a backbone." This made me laugh, so hard. Still makes me laugh.

[@dignityworks_animates5775]

*i’m still here. i haven’t been lost.*

[@TheEmolano]

I lost this joke during the translation

[@Vetrial_3038]

Came back to this comment because my classmate actually wore a H jacket and instead of someone saying wearing the jacket is disrespectful or bad we just commended her and had grown respect and also the person who wore that was a GIRL

[@ThePCguy17]

I still prefer my double-H shirt (if you know, then godbless you, you remember the golden days before they were tragically shut down, gone the way of animehaven before them) which is probably the ultimate, "if you recognize this shirt, shame on you. If you don't...well let's just say you're in good company. My church, my bosses at work, (save for one who just took a picture and said, "that is priceless, I love it" and walked away without explaining himself, leaving me mildly panicked that he'd show the higher ups even though he never did) my parents, my teachers at school...absolultely no one recognizes that shirt. And I bought it from a porn website and it is literally just a large depiction of their logo. If only that image saying, "Recognize this? Beer's on me." had been sold on a shirt, I'd have gotten that one. But honestly, I prefer the one that doesn't get people thinking. If I had that one, it's possible that more than three people would have recognized it. Though I have to admit it was amusing to explain to my teacher exactly where it was from and hear her say, "wait, what's that?" I decided she was better off not knowing, and I think she caught enough of the implications to agree not to ask, given the demographic of the other guy who recognized it.

[@SwordGuy17]

*losing Believe it or not.

[@YouW00t]

One funny detail about Hakase: Her name translates to 'Professor', as in specialist on a certain scientific field. The problem is for all we know that could be her actual name or just a title, but the show either can't be bothered explaining it or doesn't care.

[@nit0134]

I think that's the joke, because the way it's written in Kanji in the show, it doesn't treat "Hakase (Professor)" as a title, it treats it as her actual name. That's why the Funimation sub doesn't translate it and treats her name as Hakase, because the kanji implies it as her name. And fan made subs do translate it and call her "Professor".

[@gabeux]

@@nit0134 Weird enough, in PT-BR the sub seems to really try to call her Hakase when she's referred to by name, and "Doctor" when e.g. Nano is calling her by the title. PT-BR subbers are truly heroes who don't wear capes, the subs are usually awesome (and fansubs may go the extra length to explain Japanese-focused jokes)

[@aguytryingtohaveaquietlife2184]

This anime operates in the 4th dimension

[@midnight-blade9413]

probably

[@Dr_Arcturus_Hokulia]

No it doesn't, I haven't seen it here. Maybe the fifth

[@midnight-blade9413]

@@Dr_Arcturus_Hokulia my friend from the fifth said the anime wasnt there so maybe at six

[@The_Soldier-of_Godrick]

@@midnight-blade9413 my friend from the sixth just told me that there wasn’t any there. Maybe it’s in the 7th

[@mini_viswanath]

@@The_Soldier-of_Godrick my friend from the seventh dimension said it's not here . Probably the 9th one

[@Raisendoodles001]

9:02 my humor is broken why is that picture so funny.

[@killergames9256]

12:19 thats what school feels like 24/7

[@blara2401]

I know it's a common meme and joke, but this anime got me out of depression. I was actually depressed for months and in my environment, I had no way to get access to therapy. And when I started to get out of it, this anime gave me a new outlook on life. After watching it, I was never again the same.

[@tylerb3060]

I'm glad you recovere! Depression is hard and can feel hopeless.

[@blara2401]

@@tylerb3060 Thank you so much ❤️ I had other onsets later on but I've gotten out and I'll continue fighting.

[@HelloWorld-cq1sq]

Happy you recovered, good job.

[@blara2401]

@@HelloWorld-cq1sq Thank you, thank you so much ❤

[@SomeCatFromFrance]

Wow, congratulations bro! It's hard to get out of depression and you were able to do it, you can already consider youself a winner in life! Keep going :)

[@dreep_0]

It's totally safe to say that Nichijou humor was both funny at its release and also ahead of it's time. Like it's sometimes so random and sometimes 5mind jokes. Definitely a fever dream of an anime.

[@Vyz3r]

Nah, I wouldn't call it ahead of its time when we have others like Bobobo and Cromartie High School.

[@dahashbrown]

It's even moreso if you actually have a fever to go along with it lol. I watched it all the way through when I had the flu last year, and it was honestly just a really fun time

[@SloMoMonday]

The skit you were asking about at 7:44 is one of my favorites. It's basically about a girl who was deeply affected by a book as a child. She wanted to read it again but after years of searching she could only track down one copy to a small library in a remote village. So she makes the long trek out and finally finds the book that changed her life and brought her so much joy. But years earlier someone else decided that the very same book was unimportant enough to hollow out to hide their emergency weapon (John Wick 3). It's the type of surreal tragic comedy I love but is really difficult to see done well.

[@AdrienMelody]

I found that scene so jarring that I got literal chills and had to pause the episode to take in what I’d just seen 😱 😂 I never realized that was what it meant, I was just horrified by the implication of a gun being there and the abrupt ending

[@adam_hakim]

@@AdrienMelody SAME BRO LIKE WHAT... THE SUBTITLE I WAS READING WAS SAYING LIKE *The book I read a long time ago made my dull gray childhood look colourful* so i was like huh cool and then BANG A GUN IN THE BOOK I WAS LIKE WAIT WHAT DID THAT MADE YOUR CHILDHOOD COLOOURFUL???!?!? I mean it was a helvetica standard series and there were no robotic noises saying that so I was like huh. is this really helvetica standard? and boom really was helvetica innit??!??! So I got stuck there just thinking... Wait what no way she just started playing the *all the other kids with the pumped kicks* and at least that comment made it a little understandable heheheh!??! *nervous laughter*

[@JULIUSSTONE]

I know! It has been 10 years since I watch Nichihou and I can't forget about that skit, it got so obscure in so little time. I have tried to search for more context but no avail so it seems that it is the only piece we have

[@JULIUSSTONE]

It is quite open to interpretation

[@MyHabbits]

I remember laughing 5 minutes straight at the skit. I've never seen a skit with a bigger contrast between the buildup and the punchline. I love how the punchline just flows in with no fanfare like it's just part of the buildup, but it's the absolute most jarring thing you could have in a normal library.

[@TexasCat99]

"Sometimes we laugh at something without understanding the joke." In 1988, watching Project A-ko as one of the first anime many people in the US watched, 80% of the jokes goes over your head. The Star Destroyer/Spacballs and Yamato/Harlock jokes were easy to understand as those were in the USA years before. So it took dozens of other Anime shows to understand the jokes. No internet back then. Today, I think if a typical anime fan only watched Project A-ko, maybe half the jokes would be missed because it's 35+ year old anime.

[@catharticignorance]

15:43 it looks just like the meme that zooms into Saul Goodman's face💀

[@zanwrightmfwr756]

No matter how unrealistic the anime is, it capsulates the most realistic scenarios in everyday lives. Small insecurities, nuances, joy, struggle, happiness, just small tidbits of relatable moments in our lives.

[@bkaneshiro14]

The thing that I love about Nichijou that I feel like a lot of others haven't yet is how it balances the surreal and the mundane. The skits involving the main trio, who are all ordinairy japanese schoolgirls, are the most over-the-top, balls-to-the-wall insane depictions of the most mundane of situations. Meanwhile, the Shinonome household, consisting of a ridiculously humanoid robot, her 6-year-old genius creator, and a talking cat, despite having a premise that reads like a spin off of Doraemon, is calm, peaceful, and portrayed in a way that I can only describe as "relaxing."

[@duckmine5809]

I absolutely love this show's final episode. There's not really a plot to resolve, due to how the show is structured. Instead, what the show does, is finish every single little character arc, or give everyone one last good day. It's Nano's birthday so the trio want to have a surprise party for her. (They don't actually know it's her birthday but they want to do it anyways.) Hakase promises to remove Nano's key and replace it with "the little one." The Vice-Principal tries to play a prank on the Principal like usual, but the prank goes wrong, and the Vice-Principal is the one left freaking out in the end. At the Igo Soccer Club, Sekiguchi tries to confess her feelings to Daiku, but is still too shy. She plays it off by saying she was practicing Igo Soccer, and for the first time, she joins in on the game with Daiku. It's implied he realised she has feeling for him. Mio reminds Yuuko to ask Nano about going to her house in the afternoon, since she forgot. Yuuko sets off. Through Yuuko's clumsiness, she makes Misato buy drinks for Sasahara and herself. Yuuko sneezes, creating a rainbow in the hallway that Sakurai-sensei looks at. She trips over and accidentally recovers Ogi's missing comb, also scaring a dove on the window, which fixes the Principal's toupee. Nano comes over to help Yuuko up, but her hand falls off when Yuuko pulls too hard. She freaks out trying to hide the fact that she's a robot, but Yuuko's first thought is to ask if Nano is alright and if she isn't in pain. She says she's fine, and goes back to trying to explain it away, but Yuuko interrupts again, finally asking her if everyone can go to her house later. It cuts to one of the Rock, Paper, Scissors skits from the first half of the show, and Nano finally wins against Hakase. Later on it's revealed that Sakamoto is actually Nakamura-sensei's missing cat. He's running from her in the street when Nano shows up and starts talking to her. They talk about their cats, (who are actually the same cat) while Sakamoto thinks to himself about how horrible his life was living with Nakamura, but then realises his life is just about as bad with the Shinonome girls. Nano arrives home, and Hakase finally removes her key. She's ecstatic. The doorbell rings, and she goes to answer, but she starts thinking to herself about her key. She thinks back to earlier that day, when Yuuko saw her hand came off. Nano realises everyone loves her just the way she is. Whether she's a robot or not, everyone is just happy to be her friend. The screen fades out, and when it comes back, the main trio jumps out and surprises Nano with a birthday cake. Nano is shown in the living room, with her key back in. She's surprised by the cake, but Hakase gets too exited and accidentally makes Yuuko drop it. Nano heads off to the kitchen to get the cake she had prepared already. Hakase walks in, and says she can put "the little one" in now. Nano tries to explain that she's happy to have the key now, but Hakase ignores her. She runs behind her back, pulls out the key, puts a little screw inside, and then puts the key back in. She tells Nano that the key will now spin when she's happy. Nano tells Hakase to take the cake to the living room, while she will take the tea. Hakase runs off with the cake, and can be heard tripping over in the distance. Nano rushes over to see Yuuko with cake all over her chest. Hakase cries while Mio tries to sort the situation out. Yuuko tells Nano to help her clean up the cake. Everyone starts arguing with each other before Yuuko suddenly bursts out laughing. Everything's in chaos, and Nano gets flustered by everything, but we see the key in her back. It's spinning. Everything's going wrong but Nano's just happy to be with her family and friends. Sorry for leaving such a massive comment, but I just love this show so much. This ending really made me cry. Thank you for reading.

[@spaghettiking653]

Goodness, thanks for reminding me of all the things that happened. I watched Nichijou over a year ago now, I think, so I forgot almost everything. I never noticed how wholesome and beautiful that ending was!

[@idle-hands]

The manga's story goes on past the anime. If you enjoyed the anime you would probably will enjoy the manga. Haven't read it entirely myself.

[@HassanAhmed-rf9xr]

@@idle-hands i keep forgetting animes have manga

[@MajorGlory79]

Gosh you didn’t have to type the most lengthy comment in the world

[@spaghettiking653]

@@MajorGlory79 What's wrong with a long comment?

[@michaelbouschet5634]

Nichijou has always been and always will be one of my favorite anime of all time. It's so masterfully made, both in content and animation, and I love that someone finally made a video on it instead of just including little moments in a meme compilation. Thank you so much for giving this show the publicity it rightfully deserves

[@wesst.422]

7:53 I'm pretty sure those are just silly eye-catchers that play before and after ad-breaks rather than fully thought out skits. They really do fill the show with as much comedy as they can fit in it XD

[@TomMotTom]

I think the deer scene made perfect sense. The whole idea was that so many absurd things happened that Yuuko didn’t know how to explain any of it and just gave up in the end

[@arlay3513]

Yes! Nichijou deserves more exposure and recognition, even if it is niche. Not only you did it in a great way, you also highlighted my personal most favorite moment (skit 69, with the card tower), which, for some reason, I just couldn't find on KZbin as if it wasn't good enough for a clip. At least now I know I'm not alone in liking that moment.

[@yasmineh.1333]

Isn't it super popular though? I've heard about it all the time ever since getting interested in animanga. Sure it's getting old, but still a classic among slice of life shows.

[@arlay3513]

@@yasmineh.1333 At the very least i can say with certainty that in my home country it's very unpopular. Nichijou clips are very popular, possibly even viral, yes, but overall not as many people bother with watching the series. In case of other countries... Well, MAL rating is my only option to look at. And there the popularity of the show could be better too, probably. For one of the greater comedy animes of all time, that is.

[@yasmineh.1333]

@@arlay3513 Fair enough!

[@sboinkthelegday3892]

Hilarious that so many people need this, benchmark of failed Bluray sales due to cost of animation and from an absolute rising star studio KyoAni, to get them notice that comedy is funny. And has been in a hundred other shows, although the ANIMATION is what elevates this one. And drops it dead when the animation is NOT there. This is why shows like Hare+Guu or Cromartie high School don't get their essential anniversary re-releases.

[@up-set1451]

niche-ijou

[@Mikkyrain]

11:19 HEEEEEEH? *gasp* *HEEEEEEEEEH?*

[@JosephVeselko]

Is no one going to talk about how Mio just BODY SLAM'S Yuuko at 3:19?

[@cherryr.]

you definitely captured the humor in this anime because i couldn't stop laughing at 14:11

[@pennyblush98]

the garbled way he says michael jackson is the kicker for me x3

[@THE_BANANA01]

Fr

[@majoras_swag2]

😂😂😂

[@zenaa6577]

“This show shouldn’t even be called nichijou my ordinary life it should be called bullying Yukko” I almost died today of laughter

[@jamesbernadette6216]

"Trying to rationalize Gen Z humor" Can we just for a moment appreciate the creativity that goes into the chapter tags.

[@Furry-XD_891]

[10:58] WHY THE HELL DID THIS CLIP MAKE ME LAUGH SO DAMN HARD!? 😭

[@recdrg]

at 16:37 i got an add for geotmetrey dash when he said "the music sounds like this"

[@fennecfoxuni04]

Same but mine was an alarm clock in a ZZZ ad 😓😓😓

[@dantissst]

The amount of love invested in this anime is incredible. A lot of people don't know this, but they made songs to represent each character. You can find them on youtube, like Sakomoto songs or Mai singing the opening at karaoke and trolling the original singer in the process.

[@saffrox7650]

I feel like there should be a Nichijou rep in some anime fighter, just look at the stuff they do in the show, they'd be busted and nobody would (hopefully) complain

[@MrPointness]

I nominate Mio and Nano

[@tatsuyasuou3368]

Mai would be such a good gag fighter.

[@franciscoacorda1160]

The 'mildly interesting' thing about the rainbow at 13:35 is that it matches with the color of the outfit of the people standing right beneath it, waiting on the other side of the crossing.

[@Random_Member5]

me: “does the end game ability to show off” that one friend: 9:14

[@gibble7863]

I think the best thing about it is that its a massive middle finger to the expectations set out by our society. It hits you with stuff that doesn't make sense and confuses you and then just when you've come to expect the unexpected BAM it hits you with something totally relatable and your questioning whether you really understood, only for it to flip to something completely unrelated and confusing. Like you said its so hard to explain in any way. It just is what it is and it's awesome.

[@Christian-en6lk]

I’ve been recommending this show to people for years. I think it has gained some popularity from KZbin clips overtime, but sadly it still remains as an underrated masterpiece. I don’t think there will ever be another show that captures my style of humor the way Nichijou has.

[@christopherzajonskowski7123]

Underrated? I don't think that really applies here at all. The show is recognized as the holy grail of comedy anime pretty much since its conception. It's not the only good comedy show of course, but pretty much the one doing everything right in each category you could possibly rate - and even with other shows sometimes doing better in some categories, there are rarely ever ones reacing the overall 'artistic quality' of Nichijou. So it's not so much 'underrated' as it is 'not widely known' - or - 'not mainstream' - what is obvious because those things never are. For each person knowing/watching some of the best pieces of art there are always thousands consuming mainstream art & entertainment instead - that's just how it is. An Adam Sandler movie just reaches more peoples type of humor than some fringe french comedy will - but on an artistic and craftmanship level, it's usually clear what has the upper hand. I usually dislike the "I'm special because I'm not mainstream"-mentality myself - but there is no argument around the fact that there simply is truth to it. Sometimes somethings lack of public perception just underlines the fact that this is at least correlated to it being 'special' and not meant for everyone to be enjoyed. Nichijou might be one of the best animes I personally every watched - but it's hardly in my top-10 of animes to recommend to others. Even people who are into anime - not even talking about 'outsiders'. For the same reasons I wouldn't recommend Joshiraku (or most of Shaft shows) to someone not interested or versed in japanese (pop-)culture or the Monogatari-series to someone who just takes what they see happening on screen on face-value instead of applying some level of literary interpretation to the scenes... For what its worth; Nichijou is in the top 200s both for score & popularity on MAL - so I don't think 'underrated' is the right term here. ;)

[@Christian-en6lk]

@@christopherzajonskowski7123 I am not very involved anime list rankings, or anything like that, so I can only make claims based on what I’ve heard within the anime community. I’m glad to hear that the people who have watched Nichijou rate it very highly. But it is still frustrating to me that Nichijou is still fairly unknown, and is hardly ever recommended to other people. And even when Nichijou is brought up in conversations, it’s just regarded as “that funny anime where the principle fights the deer”. I agree that most casual viewers are very inept when it comes to finding artistic value in media. Anime fans in particular have a terrible tendency to disregard every category involved producing an anime, and have even come up with a three letter word to summarize their opinion, “MID”. Like I said, I almost never look at anime ratings so the only basis for my original claim was Nichijou’s popularity among anime fans, and general opinions that I have heard over the years. “Underrated” may not have been the best term to use, but it is one people are familiar with, and it is often associated with things that are unpopular. I think the term also does a good job at conveying that, even if a show isn’t popular, it is still worth watching.

[@miauBLEACH]

I'd recommend the disastrous life of saiki k. It is a comedy anime that makes fun of stereotypes by making the characters stereotypical but really funny.

[@sboinkthelegday3892]

@@miauBLEACH for that purpose Sakamoto Desu Ga and Cromartie high School are really good, and for the opposite, situational stereotypes are being broken down in asobi Asobase and Daily Lives of high School boys.

[@neighborhood_demon]

If you are looking for something like nichijou, I recommend asobi asobase, azumanga daioh, gekkan shoujo nozaki-kun, sakamoto desu ga? , danshi koukousei no nichijou, tonari no seki-kun, ani ni tsukeru kusuri wa nai! , boku no tonari ni ankoku hakaishin ga imasu. lucky star, pop-team epic, dr. slump, senyuu. , ixion saga dt, osomatsu-san and tenchi souzou design-bu :) ( if you are looking for something in that kind of comedy and randomness with a few sprinkles of some kind of story line :D )

[@mylittledarkworldjohn4289]

This show to me was basically How short can we make a joke without context, while still keeping it somewhat funny

[@1983Corolla]

The Manga it's based off of is a 4Koma/Normal Comic Hybrid after all where you are supposed to be using only 4 Vertical Comic Panels to tell a joke or get something across. It's why the show feels like it's a bunch of short gags/jokes put together.

[@zanzibart3]

For me it was growing to know and understand the characters and then the things that happened to them and their reactions became hilarious. I think the characters are the context. Kinda like Seinfeld.

[@mrsputum4082]

That Micheal Jackson quote gave me anxiety. Its like he’s announcing his next target. The only thing that could’ve made Madoka Magica even more traumatic.

[@kiv3745]

wait what quote? "heehee"?

[@Narlip_]

​@@kiv374514:11

[@acesandjacks7241]

11:36 Well I somewhat guessed the voodoo thing but had no idea about the straw wrap. I found it funny regardless

[@JazzyWaffles]

This has been on my Favorite Anime Nobody Watched list for about a decade now. Always happy to see more and more people retroactively finding and appreciating it.

[@giygasness7646]

Nichijou is a masterpiece, with so many wholesome and ridiculous moments, like yuuko teaching mio how to jump over a pole instead of diving at it

[@Walnut-1]

Its so relatable its painful to watch and reminds me of my everyday life (I have no social skills)

[@conarteest2939]

Seeing someone talk about this gem of an anime once again is such a treat. I remember first finding this anime on KZbin, where someone had uploaded the full series unedited. It was removed eventually for obvious reasons, and I strictly remember spending years trying to find it again. I’ve found it now, and I occasionally watch it from time to time. Thanks for bringing this anime back into the light.

[@Firellius]

Another aspect about the fight between Yuuko and Mio is Mai's response to it. They've been friends for a long time and as much of a troll as Mai is, she has full confidence that the argument will blow over, as it always does, which in a way shows her affection to Yuuko and Mio too.

[@sigmata]

For me this still truly is one of the best Anime and a true piece of art. I similarly always referred to it as: "What happens when the best talent with near limitless supplies gets to do whatever they want" ... and it´s beautiful.

[@clearmelody6252]

"Just be grateful it wasn't 'New Orleens'" But, that is a legitimate pronunciation of that city, here in the States.

[@coolskelleton95]

_“It’s crazy, it’s calm. It’s funny, it’s serious. It’s violent, it’s peaceful. It’s relatable, it’s incomprehensible. It’s romantic, it’s platonic. It’s real, it’s surreal. It’s flat and static. It’s flowing and moving. It’s ugly, it’s beautiful. It’s ordinary life. It’s Nichijou.”_

[@warnacokelat]

This show is way ahead of its time. In the age of zoomer humor where people photoshop literal 🅱in pictures and deepfried memes with no context, this show would be an instant hit.

[@N________--_o_olol]

Nichijou is like bocchi the rock but actually funny

[@blockeontheleafeon]

@@N________--_o_olol Reminder that humor is subjective.

[@leom.a.7014]

Nichijou is one of the first, and also one of the wildest fever dreams i have ever seen. love your videos Brandon, keep it up, you are going big! (love from México)

[@Happy_566]

0:55 happened to me and now i have a tattoo

[@WarKeineAbsicht]

I wheeze laughed at the doll/snack thing even before you explained the context, because his reaction is just so funny. Generally the top tier animation with excellent pacing makes the show so hilarious. Like the principal vs the deer isn't just funny because it's random. The extreme reactions everyone has make this so incredible

[@johnisuncomfortable4279]

12:27 “nobody questions how she just casually has access to military weaponry and brings it to school because unlike America that’s not normal” I’m sooo proud to be an American!! 🇵🇷🇵🇷

[@block4u]

So American you used the wrong flag. Commitment truly

[@Bananabanana347]

🇱🇷🇵🇷 practically the same🤪 🇺🇸

[@sergantawesom]

@@block4ui think that is the joke

[@Epic0201]

Not gonna lie, i didn't flinched at that one until i tough about what he just said...

[@etherealgalaxies6]

And I dont know whether that is funny or sad!

[@ahyeslol6154]

This anime is something you could call a "good anime meme"

[@FizzieWebb]

13:11 So... what I'm taking from this part of the description, is Nichijou is "Intrusive thoughts: the anime"

[@YamiVT]

3:25 I just have to add that Mio is made so fricking good is Mai Aizawa's amazingly unhinged voice acting

[@KaNoMikoProductions]

10:39 I mean, it's funny for two reasons. One is the escalation of the absurdist humor, from the principal having a "simple" stand-off with a random deer to him using wrestling moves on it. The other is Yuuko's understandable "wtf is happening" reaction and her being sort of like a deer in the headlights, unable to do anything. Even as she looks around, so as to find someone else to share this absurdity with, we can relate to what it must be like, as a concept, to be placed in a situation where one sees something so outrageous that they just have to get someone else to be their fellow witness, but is unable to do so. This is then compounded by the absurdity that what she's witnessing is HER PRINCIPAL SUPLEXING A FUCKING DEER. I think arguing that it's just "lol, funny 'cause random" is unfair to the cleverness of the humor, at least in that particular scene.

[@hypernovaD]

I accidentally came across this anime on my data drive downloads folder.. my little brother downloaded it but hadn't move it to his rig yet.. I watched it out of curiosity and couldn't stop.. the fight with the deer and the principal had me in stitches.. as well as the mowhawk dude with the monk at the temple.. there are many other scenes that just got me.. this anime was just different from anything i had watched before..

[@MajorSmurf]

I think my favourite scenes from Nichijou have to be the Yukko chasing Mio scene where Mio does all these amazing things while Yukko is just trying to stay alive while screaming her name, The scene where the professor takes the cat for a walk and than obviously the temple scene. Nichijou is just iconic for having some of the best comedy moments that you can just re-watch on repeat and still laugh.

[@knuxuki1013]

2:35 I stood for a good minute In a store Full of other people Asking a mannequin for directions I then walked out as 'normally' as I could

[@MadelynRusco]

i just saw this, a year after it was published, and i have to say, wow. you did an amazing job suming up what is one of the best anime out there. i also have to say i was shocked by your reference of vegitales and how well that scene has aged. man, they really had their predictions spot on for some things for sure. now im going to have to rewatch some of those to see if they are as accurate as Homer Simpson.

[@commentingchannel9776]

21:36 Hey, it's me, I'm that one person and I ended up enjoying it way more than I expected to.

[@TainoMoya]

14:16 the fact this made me laugh. Perfectly captured the essence of nichijou. Now make a live action adaptation

[@spegynmerbles3993]

This show is a perfect mix of “cute anime girls doing cute things” and absurdist comedy

[@demson7436]

"Nichijou is like a tier 10 meme" Best explanation ever

[@vince970]

Is no one gonna talk about how the song “my ordinary life” played when he mentioned it at 3:57

[@triggswastaken]

lol, definitely gonna watch this, plus the patreon "da- megumin over darkness" was absolutely hilarious even tho it was such a small part!

[@motasticcc]

bet you didn't think your comment from a year ago would get a like today

[@triggswastaken]

@@motasticcc OMG thank you actually

[@reeeyou]

My favourite relatable one is still the coffee shop episode. Reminded me of my first time to Starbucks as a kid, ordering for my own. Nichijou has a nice split between nuanced, localized (if you arent japanese, or well versed in japanese culture you wont get it), and relatable universal dumb experiences. That combined with randomness of jokes makes even people who arent japanese think it’s a random joke for the nuanced ones themselves. And animation quality is top notch. A similar slice of life comedy anime is Asobi Asobase. You should check it out hahahaha.

[@sboinkthelegday3892]

This "gen z humor" has existed locally for a long time from Cyanide and Happiness to Perry Bible Fellowship and Farside. And deeply within anime sensibilities since Pani poni dash and Strawberry Marshmallow. The defining factor of gen z seems to be the end of the brief stint where Hollywood just dictated that everyone follow bland humor that nobody actually likes, and boomers to millennials genuinley believing they need everything "localized" for thier locale, ever since the invention of TV.

[@reeeyou]

@@sboinkthelegday3892 technically speaking the “gen z” humour started most probably from millennials or one generation earlier. We had funnyjunk and newgrounds. And it evolves over the generations to come, and i like where its heading. The writers of all of those u mentioned are from Gen X.

[@NagaTales]

It's the Japanese version Monty Python's Flying Circus sketches. Just as non sequitur, just as random, just as nonsensical... only without the cruder humor and with a massive VFX budget. Which is fine, because the essence of the absurdist humor is there, and I love every minute of it!

[@suicunesolsan]

Perfect anime that'll never lose its rewatchability. My Japanese friend recommended it years ago when it was still airing. Some of the humor might be lost when it comes to Japanese puns, etc. but it is still mainly "random" humor.

[@avery-c5n]

"the music sounds like this" *add plays*

[@jmtb5422]

9:08 I know you put that Saiki K music in there as background music on purpose

[@WhiteT95]

I absolutely love this anime. "Never underestimate the power of an ancient weapon" might be my favorite clip.

[@vizdrom]

>Saw this video in my feed when it uploaded >Saw the intro of the video >Stopped the video and downloaded the entire 26+1 episodes and saw it whenever I could >Then I came and saw this video I generally avoid watching video essays as it spoils a lot of stuff indirectly, and I did wait until I saw the series to see this video, so thank you for introducing me to this amazing series. Thier epic argument in episode 14 was so good, I hadn't laughed so hard in... As long as I can remember, at least the past 5 years (which says a lot about how depressing my life has been). I have extremely enjoyed this show and saw almost all of it with a huge smile on my face. I teared up in the last episode, mostly because how sweet it was but also because I couldn't believe it was over. Thank you once again for making this video, which introduced me to this show and has made me extremely happy for the past few weeks.

[@thatanimationfan9649]

"If someone asked me what's so funny about Yuko standing in the halls and accidentally seeing her principal go out and suplexing his pet deer" I'm pretty sure you could've turned this entire video into just this sentence cause I've watched through all of it and it still doesn't make sense to me

[@becauseicareawholelot2122]

Look forward to checking this out, been getting back into watching series, this looks like something perfect for late night toking.

[@KrawmKruach]

top shelf big brother energy, the look of visible disgust on your younger brothers faces was just perfect. also, the video wasnt bad.

[@memorycurse1342]

This was a loving intro/review of my favorite anime, you highlighted everything good about it with the best explanation i could ever hear on this show. i audibly guffawed at 14:13

[@mystrallsnowlight]

"This is supposed to be slice of life, but it's more like a slice of weed," ~Brandon Talk (0:58) the best line i ever hear

[@adriansoria9620]

Should be a Word Time skit

[@ArchOfWinter]

Nano's quest to be a normal girl is really cute! Kyoani moving Nano's entrance to the school to much much later than the manga is a great decision! It makes her more endearing and makes how the other girls became friends with her much more heart warming.

[@daniel-p8s1u]

The average Nichijo skit : "Squatting is good for the bones" - MICHAEL JACKSON

[@thamrew676]

I remember recommending this to a friend of mine 10 years ago and all he said was, "Yeah my brother watched it and said it was for kids". Guess what he's watching now.

[@noregretti]

12:35 *It's not like i like you or anything * *start loading a machine gun*

[@helpmeimahostage7331]

It is actually insane how well written this video was, good going king

[@NightRaid777]

4:05 love the use of a song that’s literally called my ordinary life.

[@socondeeznutz3417]

The song is actually from this anime and was sampled by the living tombstone

[@NightRaid777]

@@socondeeznutz3417 Wait actually

[@takebacktheholyland9306]

​@@NightRaid777 Yeah the living tombstone basically borrowed from the nichijou ost and made his rendition of it. Hence why the song title is literally the anime title too

[@NightRaid777]

@ huh, I never knew that. Thx

[@guythatdosethingssometimes2651]

I have been studying jappanese for a while and honestly it's like every time I watch this show I catch a new pun or gag/cultural reference that I had entirely missed last time. I absolutely love this anime it just never misses.

[@elkingoh4543]

They are also little talk Malay/Indonesian too

[@ultranovva]

"squatting is good for the bones." -MiChEaL JaCkSoN

[@Mysch1ef]

OH MY GOD!!! DUDE, I WAS NOT EXPECTING THE APPEARANCE OF GREAT PRETENDER!! YOOOO... New sub fr fr

[@luckyowl10]

2 minutes into the video and I already want to see the series. Nichijou is my next anime to watch.

[@notationmusical]

The openings are so iconic people created other anime versions of this.

[@motoritz.]

Brandon talking about my favourite show of all time for over 20 minutes? OH YES PLEASE

[@kynoVNs]

Nichijou is worth every second spent watching it. And every rewatch only solidifies that more. I am very happy to live in a world where this show got a whopping 26 episodes. Of which every single one of those 26 episodes is pure chaos and joy

[@catharticignorance]

14:07 thats just peak humor😭💀

[@maattthhhh]

"It was supposed to be a slice of life, but it's more like a slice of weed." Accurate 😂😂😂

[@ayonixanimations]

12:58 is a specific skit I can think about that is like "this, this is Nichijou" it's a plot that has nothing to do with the main characters, they drop the important shit out of the blimp by accident and it randomly replaces Mio's hair things and NO ONE NOTICES BUT YUUKO AND I DON'T THINK IT'S EVER BROUGHT UP AGAIN- I love it. Nichijou was my first (and only, for quite awhile) 10 star anime.

[@nathanwest2304]

Nichijou is one of the best anime ever created in my oppinion It's that type of anime that should be preserved for future generations to enjoy

[@tinyz7575]

I was introduced to this show by a college friend put an episode of this show on in the background on a random hangout day. I had little experience to anime prior besides the big three and so when I binged my way through the series I felt that sad feeling you get when something you enjoyed so much ends. I decided that it would be the first manga I would get into and I still enjoy all of Keiichi Arawi's work to this day.