Nichijou – 16
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「日常１６」 (Nichijou 16)
“My Ordinary Life 16″
You want to know why Nichijou is such an amazing show? It’s not because the jokes are funny or the characters are memorable. It’s the fact that even though it’s labeled as a comedy/slice of life, it manages to pull off serious, emotional, and near tear jerking moments in the span of seconds. But because you’re watching a comedy, these moments hit you so hard and so fast that you don’t even have the chance to scratch your itchy eyes.
This Daiku coffee must be getting pointers from Starbucks. While I can cut them some slack for their stupid sizing system, they need to hire some competent baristas. Not explaining their sizes and using fancy words like doppio for a double shot espresso with a normal person? It usually ends up being really annoying with someone ending up with a drink that’s completely not what they had in mind. I can clearly remember being in the same situation as Yukko — getting a drink at a coffee shop that was disgusting but was too embarrassed to do anything about it. The feeling sucks.
Besides crappy coffee experiences, the policeman from the first opening sequence has finally appeared! But his first appearance was completely overshadowed when Mio totally lost it. I still have no idea where Mio was heading with that six page Doujinshi, but I know that you should never try to take it from her. I’m curious what martial art style she studies since I’d love to learn how to knock people out with a single karate chop, tumble through the air, and flip goats! You know, I’d like to know how Mio’s sister can sleep at night. Actually, I’d really like to know how Mio’s sister is still alive since she loves pranking her so much.
When the last skit started, there was no indication that anything emotional of the sort was going to happen. There was a lot of Nano running around trying to hide the fact everything in her life is not normal with Hakase taking every opportunity to contradict correct her. I guess that’s the price you pay when the professor is still a little kid and likes to show off. Plus the synergy between Yukko and Hakase was so perfect that you could confuse them for sisters. But after discovering Nano’s secret and having a good time with Hakase, it caught me completely off guard when Yukko whole heartily accepted Nano for exactly who she was. I was bracing myself for something stupid to come out of her, but was hit straight in the chest with how loving her words were. Who’d have thought that Yukko would be the one to help Nano accept herself for who she is? I suppose it goes to show you just how life changing a comedic relief character can really be! (:
ED4 Sequence
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ED4: 「マイ バラード」 (Mai Baraado) by 佐咲紗花 (Sayaka Sasaki)
Watch the 4th ED!: Streaming ▼
July 17, 2011 at 8:49 pmP0NCH
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Lovely episode, as always (0_<)
July 17, 2011 at 8:52 pmscrumptious
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With what Yukko have to deal with at a regular basis you’ve got to have a heart of gold to not want to end the world, or be a worse version of Mai.
July 17, 2011 at 8:53 pmSkizzit
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This might have been my favorite episode thus far. Between the coffee skit, Mio’s rampage, Principal and his grandson, Mohawk guy’s dad, and of course the amazing team of Hakase and Yuuko, I loved every second. Even the little post ED bit with Yuuko and Sakamoto was great.
I need more Hakase + Yuuko in future episodes!!!
July 17, 2011 at 8:54 pmAlec
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do you want Solo or Doppio?
July 17, 2011 at 10:02 pmAoihoshikage
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Doppio all the way man. Coffee addicts need their double shots.
July 17, 2011 at 8:54 pmElmota64
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SO METAL!!!
http://randomc.net/image/Nichijou/Nichijou%20-%2016%20-%20Large%2030.jpg
July 18, 2011 at 12:03 amRyuuzaki21
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SO PUNKY! it runs through the FAMILY.
ohh. i get a rhyme!
July 17, 2011 at 8:59 pmx
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One of the best episode so far imo.
July 18, 2011 at 7:04 pmBaKaYaRou
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Nope it’s not one of the best…
It’s the best episode so far ^^
July 18, 2011 at 10:38 pmAlec
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No, it’s not just the best episode so far — It’s the best episode in the anime, hands down! xD
July 17, 2011 at 9:05 pmUipt
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Totally didn’t notice this.
Nice screen capture!
http://randomc.net/image/Nichijou/Nichijou%20-%2016%20-%20Large%2033.jpg
July 17, 2011 at 9:10 pmLurker
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DAT ROBUTT
July 18, 2011 at 12:02 amRyuuzaki21
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sexy ass?
July 19, 2011 at 1:21 pmithekro
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Can that count as fanservice? Probably not since it was so fast…and Nano changed clothes from when Yuuko arrived to where Nano was delivering tea.
July 17, 2011 at 9:13 pmLuxorcist
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So you say it’s series and emotional sometimes. Gosh, I really need to catch up.
July 17, 2011 at 9:26 pmkazukifafner
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That’s the beauty of Nichijou’s title. It is literally every day life, except they crank up those events as high as they can possibly go, and then they crank it up even higher.
Great moments throughout the entire episode, but I especially loved the coffee shop scene. Not only because I found it funny, but because that is exactly how I felt the first time I ever went to Starbucks. I looked at the names of the drinks and the sizes and almost gave up and left :3
July 17, 2011 at 9:30 pmrasone0104
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LoL the dad has the same mohawk…
July 17, 2011 at 9:37 pmKarmafan
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This was the best episode of the series. I LOLed hard when Mio took down the goat.
July 17, 2011 at 9:39 pmAoihoshikage
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MIO RAGE!!! Her path is filled with nothing but unconscious humans and goats :P
I think Kyoto Animation is challenging their staff to top each previous episode (i.e. make the next episode better than it already is) and I think it really shows in the increasing quality of the gags, skits, and character interactions. Nichijou has been the one show this past Spring season that has consistently put a smile on my face. The way they weave the humor and heartwarming interactions is just right.
Anyway, I dare say, Nichijou is contender for best slice-of-life comedy of all time. It already is in my book.
Btw Takaii, isn’t the ending song called マイバラード (Mai Baraado)? As in “My Ballad?” I mix up パand バ all the time.
July 17, 2011 at 9:46 pmTakaii
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That would make more sense. <3
July 17, 2011 at 9:39 pmLGrey
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Hakase + Yukko = Doppio Boke Combi Overload.
July 17, 2011 at 10:00 pmBabyChooChoo
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I can sort of relate to the coffee bit. I went with a friend I met in one of my classes and it was like stepping into a whole new world lol. She asked me what I wanted to drink and I told her to order me something sweet because literally nothing on the menu made any sense to me haha.
July 17, 2011 at 10:36 pmRicalloo
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Small
Medium
Large
There should be a law that these are the only three sized of coffee allowed.
July 17, 2011 at 11:07 pmx
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Nah, they should be forced to just use numbers. With all the appropriate localized and internationalized units. Measurement can be either density and/or volume.
July 17, 2011 at 10:45 pmZaku Fan
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Yuko was funny in the way she ran away when she wanted to buy a snack and got treated like she was stupid. Hoping to see more Nakamura sensei’s covert ops
July 17, 2011 at 11:10 pmMrMartini
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This episode was awesome. I know they exist in the same universe and everything, but the final part where Yuuko meets Hakase gave off the feeling of a crossover to me, it was so cool seeing them in the same room laughing it up and having a good time.
July 18, 2011 at 1:00 amyour avin a laugh?
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KyoAni’s playing too much SF4
July 18, 2011 at 1:11 amHD
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Thanks Yukko, I also didn’t know doppio. Mai is one of the best leg-twister-suplex wrestler of all time, Kurt Angel has a rival. And how on earth did Yukko & Hakase managed to pile that sumo paper on top of the other?
July 18, 2011 at 3:32 amdeafvader
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you meant mio right? not Mai.
Mai knows your secret!!
July 18, 2011 at 1:15 amgawrshness
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wow Yukko in a cool moment. I was caught off guard too. And somehow I felt really happy when Mio attacked Sasahara’s goat xD
July 18, 2011 at 3:24 amdeafvader
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Remebered the first time i ordered a starbucks double shot espresso from a petrol station. I was in primary school and a can of coffee to me costs a bomb. had to force that down my throat….
Coffee sizes are Short, Tall and Grande
July 18, 2011 at 3:30 amG@iR3i
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have u all realized that the yellow bird was shown alot in this episode its like the series mini mascot…nearly every skit had it…this by far was my fav episode but can anyone clarify the joke where yukko went into the store to buy the chicken thing on a stick and why she ran out crying…Thanks!
July 18, 2011 at 10:19 amdrcnch
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I think it is because the clerk laughed at her for reading the entire sign, which I assume Yuuko thought was the full name of the chicken stick thingy.
July 18, 2011 at 3:54 amNorwegium
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Not only is this show funny as hell. It’s just so damn cozy too.
July 18, 2011 at 4:01 amnekomi
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this episode probably was the funniest for me. but then again, that’s what i think every week ;).
“sigh. nya~”
July 18, 2011 at 5:36 amHenDarou
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Well that was a cute way to end the episode. :) Would’ve liked to see Yukko have a talk with Sakamoto, though!
July 18, 2011 at 5:59 amMrTerrorist
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I laugh so hard watching Mai laying the smackdown on everyone. lol
July 18, 2011 at 7:07 amMrRei
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Now that.. THAT was a fun episode! Was there an accident here? LOL
btw, this screen cap got my eyes magnetized on Nano’s behind! Couldn’t help it.. it was like the center of the screen cap..
July 18, 2011 at 10:55 amtanukichan
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Wait, did Yukko really know Nano was a robot at the end of this episode? My impression is that she just brushed it off as a joke, b/c she was too busy having fun with Hakase to notice anything.
July 18, 2011 at 11:16 amYuumei
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There’s no way she can’t notice Nano’s hand pop off for tea to to show off the gun… I was thinking the screw she left behind was an indication they kind of knew already. But Yuko meant that they accept Nano even if she’s a robot, so she shouldn’t worry about it so much.
July 18, 2011 at 11:19 amTakaii
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I had this feeling that Mai had left the screw there since she’s the one who noticed it.
July 18, 2011 at 11:18 amTakaii
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If this didn’t do it, then I’m sure this did. (;
July 18, 2011 at 3:01 pmKinny Riddle
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I was thinking the same thing as well.
Despite Yuuko’s constant curiosity of wanting to find out whether Nano is a robot, when the truth finally presents itself to her, she’ll probably dismiss it as some clever trick by Hakase.
It sounds contradictory, but Yuuko’s a bit like Suzumiya Haruhi, who constantly seeks for the supernatural. And when said supernatural beings come knocking at her door, she dismisses her fantasies in favour of the more mundane “reality” instead.
If anyone really wants to expose Nano’s secret, the silent trolling Mai would probably be in a better position to do so than Yuuko, due to her kindness as well as general dumbness.
July 19, 2011 at 1:28 pmithekro
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No, no. The response was “Nano is Nano”. Yuuko knows and knows that Nano want people to know go on about it. Being a robat doesn’t matter to Yuuko, just that she’s Nano and a friend.
July 18, 2011 at 11:03 ampimpolla
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one of the best episodes of ninchujou!
July 18, 2011 at 1:02 pmINTENSITY.
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DON’T YOU FUCK AROUND WITH ME. *BAM.*
July 18, 2011 at 1:06 pmAndré
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Yukko + Hakase = Unlimited fun.
July 18, 2011 at 2:53 pmKinny Riddle
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I think Yuuko easily accepting Nano has something more to do with her general dumbness as well as her good-natured kindness towards people. Notice how she didn’t make a fuss about Sakamoto supposedly saying goodbye to her as she left.
One just wonders whether Yuuko and Hakase are really sisters separated at birth, as they seem to be communicating on the same wavelength that it’s scary.
As for Mio, this episode demonstrates how we should NEVER underestimate the lengths a closet fujoshi (yaoi fangirl) goes to protect her secret, and this includes assaulting a policeman, WTF. LOL
July 18, 2011 at 3:10 pmKinny Riddle
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I had a similar experience when I went to Starbucks for the first time and I saw “Tall” and assumed that was the largest size.
I mean, why the f*** could they not use Small, Medium and Large? Why’d they have to sound so bloody different just so they can portray themselves as goddamn sophiscated??
Poor Yuuko, she really is the champion of daily miseries the everyday person has to put up with.
July 18, 2011 at 4:08 pm3242
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Now, I begin to question the origin of Hakase…
July 18, 2011 at 5:02 pmBass.EXE
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The cat actually talks back to Yuuko and she just disregards it?! I would want to be at the Laboratory every single day if all that happened to me
July 18, 2011 at 5:02 pmRick
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Did Yuuko (!!!!) just get a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming *and* a Crowning Moment of Awesome at the end of the episode??
July 18, 2011 at 10:11 pmrochichan
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Awww… This was one of my favorite episodes so far. <33
July 19, 2011 at 2:24 ammegalith
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The ep that almost killed me.
I can’t believe how hilarious this ep was althroughout. Not to mention how heartwarming the ending is including the amazing song. Sayaka Sakaki’s cover of it was just so godly. I just love how great her vocals are.
The coffee scene was just so awkwardly funny but at the same time something I can actually relate to. I mean I did have those times where I acted like a total idiot while ordering ending up with asking for a recommendation and getting flat out unsatisfied. Best thing to do is choose it yourself.
In any case…. Mio’s fujoshi rampage was undoubtedly the most hilarious segment of the ep. I lol’d how she flipped the goat and in the process the goat let out a “meeehh!” God I just lost it there. Not to mention the Sasahara’s comment while the goat’s legs were wobbling. That was a hilarious follow up.
Well anyway.. I hope they continue the like love skits. I just can’t get enough heartattacks during those sweet moments.
July 19, 2011 at 1:32 pmithekro
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I liked how the Professor cheers when Yuuko confirms she’s one of Nano’s friends. The camera is focused on Nano but you have a slightly out of focus view of the top of the Professor’s head and when she cheers her little hands pop into frame…all without Nano noticing at all.
July 19, 2011 at 2:13 pmOtaku_Brawler
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I’m glad to see the mohawk boy has recovered form being tased last week. Its sad but hilarious to see him being the victim of unforeseen circumstances each week since the new season started.
July 19, 2011 at 7:12 pminnerchihiro
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So damn good. Like DAMN I was laughing so hard. I love this show.
July 19, 2011 at 11:14 pmBROOKLYN otaku
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EPIC GOAT TOSS!…….I mean, does anymore need to be actually said???
July 22, 2011 at 3:36 pmZetribe
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Brilliant episode. I nearly wet myself laughing when Hakase let Yuuko in the house while Nano was frozen behind the door.