Nichijou (My Ordinary Life)

                What is your definition of an ordinary life? Is it living day by day the same way with nothing unusual happening, or is it living day by day expecting for unusual things to come about? If you’re not sure on the answer, then this anime will give you the answer. Nichijou, or My Ordinary Life, is about the citizens of a small town living what they call an ordinary life. A  Life that may consists of robots, talking cats, and the high school principal wrestling with a deer.

                The series mostly follows two groups of three. The first group consists of three high school girls, Yuko, Mio, and Mai. The first girl, Yuko, is a highly energetic and care free girl how plays around a lot. She’s also a lazy when it comes to her school work and is constantly copying her friend’s homework. She also tends to make a big deal out of little things, like how to order a cup of coffee. The next girl, Mio, is the complete opposite of Yuko. She’s very responsible and keeps herself on track and focus; but because of Yuko’s playful and care free mentality, Mio is constantly stressing over Yuko’s actions. She’s also a talented inspiring manga artist, but her drawings consist of yaoi illustrations of her upper classman crush which can get her into trouble if they get into the hands of others. The last girl, Mai, is a very quiet girl. She also doesn’t show her emotion much, so it’s very hard to tell how she’s feeling. Even though she’s a plain girl, her plain personality is what makes stand out and can make her a funny character at times.

                The next group of characters includes of Hakase, Nano, and Sakamoto. Hakase (Japanese for Professor) is an intelligent eight year old girl, but still tends to act like her age despite her brightness. The other character, Nano, is a robot created by Hakase and is always begging her to make her like a human girl; but the more she asks, the more Hakase puts robot traits into Nano. For example, whenever Hakase wants a cake roll, then with a command a cake roll will pop out of Nano’s arm and it always Nano whining. The last character is Sakamoto. The interesting thing about Sakamoto is that he’s a cat that able to talk thanks to a scarf that Hakase invented that gives any animal the ability to speak. He also demands that the girls treat him respect and address him as Sakamoto-san because he’s an adult in cat years and the girls are still children. Despite those demands, Hakase and Nano still treats Sakamoto as a cat.

                This series also includes side stories from other characters like a girl whose to tsundere to admit her love for a fellow classmate to anyone, a teacher whose too nervous to do her job properly, and another teacher whose to nervous to confess his love to the previous teacher. This series is packed with funny randomness segment after segment. You can watch all episodes on Crunchyroll.com under its English name, My Ordinary Life. This series proves that no matter what you might think, there is no such thing as an ordinary life.

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