What to read, watch, and listen to if you lovedNichijou: My Ordinary Life
Series · 2011
If you loved Nichijou: My Ordinary Life, start with It's Such a Beautiful Day (Don Hertzfeldt, 2012) — a film on the same thread. Below: 4 books, 4 films and 2 podcasts, each matched to Nichijou: My Ordinary Life across media.
What hooked you in Nichijou: My Ordinary Life was the way mundane, awkward reality constantly spirals into delightful, unpredictable, and surreal chaos.
Books on the same thread
涼宮ハルヒシリーズ (Haruhi Suzumiya Series)
Nagaru Tanigawa · Book · 2003
Explores: Existentialism, Reality Bending, God Complex.
If you enjoyed the reality-bending antics of Nichijou: My Ordinary Life, you will appreciate how this series infuses a standard school setting with escalating, bizarre, and existential complications.
My Hero Academia
Kohei Horikoshi · Book · 2015
Explores: Underdog Story, Heroism, Legacy.
If Nichijou: My Ordinary Life hit, My Hero Academia shares the thread.
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
Allie Brosh · Book · 2013
Explores: Mental Health, Depression, Anxiety.
Like Nichijou: My Ordinary Life, this work mines the absurd nature of everyday mishaps and internal anxieties to create a uniquely funny perspective on the awkwardness of being human.
A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara · Book · 2016
Explores: childhood trauma, enduring friendship, emotional endurance.
If Nichijou: My Ordinary Life hit, A Little Life shares the thread.
Films on the same thread
My Neighbor Totoro
Hayao Miyazaki · Film · 1988
Explores: Childhood wonder, Nature spirituality, Family resilience.
If Nichijou: My Ordinary Life hit, My Neighbor Totoro shares the thread.
It's Such a Beautiful Day
Don Hertzfeldt · Film · 2012
Explores: Existential Crisis, Mental Breakdown, Memory and Identity.
While darker in tone, this film shares the surreal, experimental DNA of Nichijou: My Ordinary Life, utilizing a distinct visual language to explore the breakdown of a person's ordinary reality.
Kiki's Delivery Service
Hayao Miyazaki · Film · 1989
Explores: Finding your place, Self-discovery, Female empowerment.
If Nichijou: My Ordinary Life hit, Kiki's Delivery Service shares the thread.
Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures
Leonid Gaidai · Film · 1965
Explores: Student Life, Bureaucracy, Mischief.
Fans of the slapstick timing in Nichijou: My Ordinary Life will recognize the same spirit of a naive protagonist whose simple attempts at life result in increasingly ludicrous, complex situations.
Podcasts on the same thread
What Did You Do Yesterday? with Max Rushden & David O' Doherty
Podcast
Shares a thread with Nichijou: My Ordinary Life: everyday life.
This podcast captures the same charm found in Nichijou: My Ordinary Life by focusing entirely on the humor that can be extracted from the most mundane, repetitive daily activities.
Burdie Stories
Podcast
Explores: life experiences, anecdotes, self-reflection.
Much like the vignette-based structure of Nichijou: My Ordinary Life, these short stories find humor and meaning in the simple, relatable, and personal anecdotes that define our daily existence.
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Common questions
Is Nichijou: My Ordinary Life a show about a robot?
Yes, Nichijou: My Ordinary Life features a robot who wants to be normal. She lives down the street from a pocket-sized professor who makes her life difficult throughout the series while the main trio of girls experiences awkward moments in their daily lives.
What is the premise of Nichijou: My Ordinary Life?
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life follows three girls who make awkward situations worse while interacting with classmates. Simultaneously, the plot covers the life of a robot and a professor in a town where unexpected events like salmon falling from the sky occur regularly.
How many girls are the focus of Nichijou: My Ordinary Life?
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life focuses on three ordinary girls who learn lessons the hard way. They are joined by a colorful group of classmates and a secondary storyline involving a robot and a professor who create chaos in their town.
Is Nichijou: My Ordinary Life set in a normal town?
While the title suggests ordinary life, Nichijou: My Ordinary Life is set in a town where normal is not expected. The series features strange occurrences, such as salmon falling from the sky, alongside the daily struggles of a robot and three high school girls.