Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
Nichijou primarily focuses on the daily antics of a trio of childhood friends-high school girls Mio Naganohara, Yuuko Aioi and Mai Minakami-whose stories soon intertwine with the young genius Hakase Shinonome, her robot caretaker Nano, and their talking cat Sakamoto. With every passing day, the lives of these six, as well as of the many people around them, experience both the calms of normal life and the insanity of the absurd. Walking to school, being bitten by a talking crow, spending time with friends, and watching the principal suplex a deer: they are all in a day's work in the extraordinary everyday lives of those in Nichijou.
- 2011-2011
- 1 season
- Bandai Entertainment
- Animation, Comedy, Science Fiction
- TV-14
Nichijou primarily focuses on the daily antics of a trio of childhood friends-high school girls Mio Naganohara, Yuuko Aioi and Mai Minakami-whose stories soon intertwine with the young genius Hakase Shinonome, her robot caretaker Nano, and their talking cat Sakamoto. With every passing day, the lives of these six, as well as of the many people around them, experience both the calms of normal life and the insanity of the absurd. Walking to school, being bitten by a talking crow, spending time with friends, and watching the principal suplex a deer: they are all in a day's work in the extraordinary everyday lives of those in Nichijou.
Season 1 Episode Guide
27 Episodes 2011
Episode 0
Nichijou: Nichijou no 0 Wa
24 mins
While the title suggests a story of simple, everyday school life, the contents are more the opposite. The setting is a strange school where you may see the principal wrestle a deer or a robot's arm hide a rollcake. However there are still normal stories, like making a card castle or taking a test you didn't study for.
Episode 1
Episode #1.1
24 mins
Nano blows up. Yuko goes to drastic measures to preserve her lunch, and does a trick with a fire alarm. Kojiro makes a scene about his pet goat.
Episode 2
Episode #1.2
24 mins
Mio is chased by a strange girl. Later she gives her notebook to Yuko only to remember she drew a dirty picture of Kojiro in it, and tries to get it back.
Episode 3
Episode #1.3
24 mins
Nano and the Professor bring home a cat, whom they name Sakamoto and give it speech. Yuko gets into an arm-wrestling match with Mai.
Episode 4
Episode #1.4
24 mins
Guidance counselor Izumi Sakurai tries to enforce rules on the students, in vain.
Episode 5
Episode #1.5
24 mins
Yuko helps Ms Izumi to draw for the English test, to Mio's astonishment as she feels she is a better artist. With effort, Mio gets her drawing in the paper - of a half-naked Kojiro.
Episode 6
Episode #1.6
24 mins
Yuko plays a spelling game with Mio, watches her principal wrestle a deer, and later goes on a camping trip.
Episode 7
Episode #1.7
24 mins
Yuko daydreams about Mio's hair-bands. Nano, Sakamoto and the Professor play baseball without any idea of the rules.
Episode 8
Episode #1.8
24 mins
Yuko tells jokes to Mio and Mai, but she is unable to make them laugh. Misato tries to hide her feelings for Kojiro, in vain.
Episode 9
Episode #1.9
24 mins
Mio is baking cakes, but they are repeatedly ruined by Yoshino's pranks. One prank in particular results in her getting employed as a daifuku mascot.
Episode 10
Episode #1.10
24 mins
Yuko ends up late, and is subject to pranks by Mai; she later thinks about her future. The Professor acts like an adult, to the dismay of Nano and Sakamoto.
Episode 11
Episode #1.11
24 mins
After having a cold for three days, Yuko learns of a test and struggles to prepare for it. The Professor makes super glue that she, Nano and Sakamoto get stuck in.
Episode 12
Episode #1.12
24 mins
Yuko forgets her homework, and later at a theme park enters a stupor when she realizes she has no money.
Episode 13
Episode #1.13
24 mins
The Professor learns of Nano's wish to go to school, and prepares a school uniform for her.
Episode 14
Episode #1.14
24 mins
Nano starts school. Makoto Sakurai joins the soccer club.
Episode 15
Episode #1.15
24 mins
Nano wishes to remove her distinct robotic features, but the Professor instead installs a function that causes her to go haywire.
Episode 16
Episode #1.16
24 mins
Mio's bag, which contains a dirty picture of Koshiro, gets confiscated and she knocks out anyone and everyone in her path to get it back. Yuko pays Nano a visit.
Episode 17
Episode #1.17
24 mins
The Professor makes a crow talk, to Sakamoto's jealousy. Mio and Yuko build a house of cards, an arduous task complicated by Nano and Mai.
Episode 18
Episode #1.18
24 mins
Yuko gets into a hassle at one restaurant with a complicated menu, and another restaurant where a girl laughs at her. She later wants to dress up in a fancy costume.
Episode 19
Episode #1.19
24 mins
Yuko tries to help Mio perform a high jump, and succeeds through an accidental head-butt. The Professor gets the laundry dirty and blames Sakamoto for it, prompting Nano to give her no dinner.
Episode 20
Episode #1.20
24 mins
Mio tries to make a comic with the help of her friends, a task they make worse. The Professor plays hide-and-seek with Nano and Sakamoto.
Episode 21
Episode #1.21
24 mins
Mr. Takasaki tries to get close to Izumi. Yuko dreams about Mio's hairbands again.
Episode 22
Episode #1.22
24 mins
The Professor and Nano force Sakamoto out for a walk, and encounter Mai and her dogs.
Episode 23
Episode #1.23
24 mins
Mio is made to taste fish jam. Izumi and Makoto fight about a dirty magazine in Makoto's room.
Episode 24
Episode #1.24
24 mins
Yuko shocks Mio by telling her she saw Kojiro kissing Nano; both Mio and Misato dream of Kojiro that night. Nano takes care of an ill Sakamoto, so the Professor fakes being sick too.
Episode 25
Episode #1.25
24 mins
Mio discovers Kojiro with Misato and goes on a rampage across town.
Episode 26
Episode #1.26
24 mins
Everyone throws a surprise party for Nano.
