I’m a fan of the Nichijou anime and manga series, and was even before I discovered that, through a huge coincidence (or possibly trolling by Kyoto Animation), I was living in the city the series is set in. As an anime based on a 4-koma (4-panel) manga, the series is rather whimsical, with lots of random jokes and little plot, except for the ongoing tale of the robot girl Nano’s quest to become a proper human and get that screw removed from her back. In one humorous scene in episode 12, Mio and Yuko are having lunch at a restaurant. Yuko says, “Anyone who speaks English starting right now is the loser.” “OK,” replies Mio. “Ah, you just spoke English,” Yuko says. “But you hadn’t said ‘start’ yet, so I’m ‘safe,'” Mio replies, using the English words. This illustrates the fact that there are so many English words in use in Japanese it can be hard to make a sentence without at least one.
I’m enjoying the Nichijou anime.
