History Manga / Nichijou

** All the airship segments are filled with cameos of ultra-famous seiyuus doing extremely trivial roles. [[HilariousInHindsight Hilariously enough]], the voice actors of [[LightNovel/FateZero Kirei, Rider and Tokiomi]] all appear one after the other within the span of 5 minutes during the airship sequence in Episode 21, the first two of whom are killed within minutes of each other.

* CalvinBall: 'Go-Soccer', kind of. The guy who wanted to invent it (Daiku, the club president) was never actually able to come up with any rules. However, it later turns out that the sport is real, has existed for at least a decade (since Takasaki-sensei was an actual member of the club in his high school years), and there ''are'' some rules in the game, as Makoto Sakurai later demonstrates. Though what they actually ''are'' is still a mystery, as it involves a lot of complicated steps that somehow involve soccer balls, go stones, and wrestling moves. The Go-Soccer match that occurs between Makoto and Takasaki-sensei does nothing except leave even [[EmotionlessGirl Sekiguchi]] with her jaw hanging open.

* {{Cloudcuckooland}}: The series is set in a contemporary Japanese city, but with enough oddities of its own to count as this, such as traffic light symbols being birds instead of people and a sport combining go and soccer apparently being real and treated as SeriousBusiness. The premise of the show is basically mixing [[MundaneMadeAwesome very normal things turned awesome]] with [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight very weird things turned normal]], causing the characters to have a totally inverted perception of what's supposed to be made a big deal.

* CalvinBall: 'Go-Soccer', kind of. The guy who wanted to invent it (Daiku, the club president) was never actually able to come up with any rules. However, it later turns out that the sport is real, has existed for at least a decade (since Takasaki-sensei was an actual member of the club in his high school years), and there ''are'' some rules in the game, as Makoto Sakurai later demonstrates. Though what they actually ''are'' is still a mystery, as it involves a lot of complicated steps that somehow involve soccer balls, go stones, and wrestling moves. The Go-Soccer match that occurs between Makoto and Takasaki-sensei does nothing except leave [[OutOfCharacterMoment even]] [[EmotionlessGirl Sekiguchi]] with her jaw hanging open.

** [[Anime/PaniPoniDash The Professor looks like Becky and her robot Nano looks like Himeko]] [[Manga/DestinyOfTheShrineMaiden (no relation)]].

* OffModel: Yukko's 'cool guy', George Samidare.

The manga began serialization in the December 2006 issue of Kadokawa Shoten's manga magazine ''Shōnen Ace'' and ran until 2015, with 10 volumes to its name (plus a "''Volume X''" which collects miscellaneous magazine chapters and unused concepts and three ''Helvetica Standard'' book compiling illustrations, comic strips, and store bonuses). An [[AnimatedAdaptation anime adaptation]] by Creator/KyotoAnimation premiered on Japanese television in April 2011 and went for 26 episodes, preceded by an "Episode 0" OVA by sub-studio Animation Do released a month prior. It suffered from bad ratings from the start though, due to its rather [[WidgetSeries unusual content]] and unlucky premiere date choice[[note]]It aired on the heels of the 2011 Touhou Earthquake & Tsunami and faced stiff competition from ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''[[/note]]. Add to this the poor sales, caused partially by Kadokawa highly overpricing the DVD and BD sets, and one can see this turned into an unusually disappointing entry in [=KyoAni=]'s line-up.

The manga began serialization in the December 2006 issue of Kadokawa Shoten's manga magazine ''Shōnen Ace'' and ran until 2015, with 10 volumes to its name (plus a "''Volume X''" which collects miscellaneous magazine chapters and unused concepts). An [[AnimatedAdaptation anime adaptation]] by Creator/KyotoAnimation premiered on Japanese television in April 2011 and went for 26 episodes, preceded by an "Episode 0" OVA by sub-studio Animation Do released a month prior. It suffered from bad ratings from the start though, due to its rather [[WidgetSeries unusual content]] and unlucky premiere date choice[[note]]It aired on the heels of the 2011 Touhou Earthquake & Tsunami and faced stiff competition from ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''[[/note]]. Add to this the poor sales, caused partially by Kadokawa highly overpricing the DVD and BD sets, and one can see this turned into an unusually disappointing entry in [=KyoAni=]'s line-up.

* SkywardScream: Parodied: when Yuuko finally breaks after trying to stop herself from reacting to Mai's jokes, the camera zooms out into space to show how ''loud'' her scream is. Most of the town heard it, and even Mai looked surprised, not expecting to get that strong a reaction out of Yuuko.
* SlapstickKnowsNoGender:
** Yuuko ends up on the receiving end of most of the slapstick gags in this series, especially when she decides to get competitive.
** It knows no species either seeing all the times Sakamoto gets hurt.

* SurprisinglyGoodForeignLanguage: Surprisingly Good Malay or Indonesian: Yuuko and Mai were greeting each other in Malay/Indonesian in Episode 1. Not only what they are saying is correct (including Yuuko correcting Mai that she should have replied "''Selamat pagi''" (Good morning) just like what she said earlier, not "''Selamat malam''"(Good night)) but their pronunciation was good as well.
** "Selamat tinggal" also. Meaning "Farewell".
** There is speculation about more surprisingly good Malay/Indonesian. It's the Kuma (bear) joke. When Mio's sister takes the money from Mio, she says "Aru toki wa kuma, soshite aru toki mo ku-ma", which means "Sometimes I'm a bear, sometimes I'm a be-ar". In Malay/Indonesian, kuma (bear) is translated "beruang". It could be separated into ber-uang (ku-ma), which means "has money". If it's [[BilingualBonus intentional]], the author speaks surprisingly good Malay/Indonesian, to the point that he can make Malay/Indonesian puns that possibly no Japanese person will understand.
** There's also a few "Gamelan" posters here and there. A gamelan is a traditional Indonesian and Malaysian instrument

** Fe-chan is this in Misato's group, with unfortunate events happening to her and she being beaten by Misato and Weboshi because of her mouth and actions.

* MistakenForGay: In chapter 187, Yuuko, trying to take funny pictures of people, slips a fake love letter in Mio's shoe locker to try and capture her reaction. Annaka sees the letter sticking out of the shoe locker, and mistakenly believes it's ''genuine'', which isn't helped by Yuuko's over-the-top attempts to take a good picture of Mio.

** Chapter 180 has Annaka try to deliver a message to Mio addressed to Nakanojou, but when Nakanojou sees that it's addressed to him, Annaka runs away, giving him the impression that ''she'' was giving him a love letter.

''Nichijou'' (or ''[[BlatantLies My Ordinary Life]]'') is a Japanese comedy {{manga}} by Keiichi Arawi. It is a SketchComedy series about a group of ordinary High School students and their teachers. Except for the robot girl with a wind-up key in her back. Or the girl who keeps bringing guns to school that she [[{{Hammerspace}} procures from nowhere]]. Or the Principal who has a penchant for wrestling deer. Or the science teacher who occasionally poisons her students (and herself)...

The manga began serialization in the December 2006 issue of Kadokawa Shoten's manga magazine ''Shōnen Ace'' and ran until 2015, with 10 volumes to its name (plus a "''Volume X''" which collects miscellaneous magazine chapters and unused concepts). An [[AnimatedAdaptation anime adaptation]] by Creator/KyotoAnimation premiered on Japanese television in [[Spring2011Anime April 2011]] and went for 26 episodes, preceded by an "Episode 0" OVA by sub-studio Animation Do released a month prior. It suffered from bad ratings from the start though, due to its rather [[WidgetSeries unusual content]] and unlucky premiere date choice[[note]]It aired on the heels of the 2011 Touhou Earthquake & Tsunami and faced stiff competition from ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''[[/note]]. Add to this the poor sales, caused partially by Kadokawa highly overpricing the DVD and BD sets, and one can see this turned into an unusually disappointing entry in [=KyoAni=]'s line-up.

* CloudCuckooLand: The series is set in a contemporary Japanese city, but with enough oddities of its own to count as this, such as traffic light symbols being birds instead of people and a sport combining go and soccer apparently being real and treated as SeriousBusiness. The premise of the show is basically mixing [[MundaneMadeAwesome very normal things turned awesome]] with [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight very weird things turned normal]], causing the characters to have a totally inverted perception of what's supposed to be made a big deal.

* InformedAbility: We never actually ''see'' the Professor do any research. She seems to spend most of her day with typical activities for an eight-year-old, like reading picture books.
** The books are sometimes vaguely science related, but it still doesn't explain much.

** The first and last official volumes feature Mio, Yuuko, and Mai in a classroom scene. The positions of all students in the picture are exactly the same, with minor differences applied.

* AnachronicOrder: The manga likes to skip around its timeline repeatedly. Some chapters only tale place a couple weeks/months before others, but other chapters flash back to the main girls' middle school years, or skip forward to their young adult selves.

* CalvinBall: 'Go-Soccer', kind of. The guy who wanted to invent it (Daiku, the club president) was never actually able to come up with any rules. However, the sport is real, has existed for at least a decade (since Takasaki-sensei was an actual member of the club in his high school years), and there ''are'' some rules in the game, as Makoto Sakurai later demonstrates. Though what they actually ''are'' is still a mystery. The Go-Soccer match that occurs between Makoto and Takasaki-sensei does nothing except leave [[OutOfCharacterMoment even]] [[EmotionlessGirl Sekiguchi]] with her jaw hanging open.

* UpperClassTwit: Sasahara certainly acts like one, with his style of dress, insistence on riding everywhere, and general naivety. His ''actual'' background is that of a farmer. Some speculate this is a parody of the inflated self work some farmers in Japan have.

* UpperClassTwit: Sasahara, though given his actual background it may be more Upper Class Twit Wannabe.

** Chapter 9/Episode 17 has Yuuko and Mio's efforts to build a house of cards and dealing with constant threats that might knock it over. In the end, [[spoiler:the light fixture randomly detaches itself from the ceiling and flattens the house at two cards short of completion]].

** Chapter 9/Episode 17 has Yuuko and Mio's efforts to build a house of cards and dealing with contant threats that might knock it over. In the end, [[spoiler:the light fixture randomly detaches itself from the ceiling and flattens the house at two cards short of completion]].