I really like this episode. Wako is always a treasure. Had a feeling the jokes of the shougi match went over my head. Of course the Mambo no. 5 section was funny. Mio drew really gay stuff again (one of the dudes from her manga is voiced by the seiyuu of Takasugi from Gintama?).

But my favorite part is the tennenkinenbutsu part. Which really made me think of Pani Poni Dash! when they also called the great salamander “tennenkinenbutsu”. I also thought they were drawn in very funny and charming way. Gakusha is my favorite one, the salamander was also one of my favorites in pani poni.

Still cute even when angry!

I don’t know specifically about animation humor but some general language based things will not easily translate from English to Japanese.

• As far as I can tell, Japanese people swear a lot less and their assortment of swearing is quite limited compared to English. I think creative swearing, which is quite common in media, is very hard to translate to Japanese.
• Japanese poetry is very different and it doesn’t really rhyme in the way we are used to. Translating something that rhymes into Japanese is probably a challenge.

I’m not fluent at all so don’t take my word for it.

Ah they did my guilty pleasure: temporary tomboy feminization. When the tomboy gets dressed in girly things for a moment. It was really funny when Oni came to get his soba. I also like the parts with the old men they have a real good vibe together.

When he sings those songs it is quite language heavy and might not translate well to people who are not fluent in Japanese. Same thing with western fans calling Nichijou surreal at places where there is actually a joke but it is language based so it seems absurd.

While not widespread, I hope this will not stop you. If you want this kind of peace in your life, I strongly suggest disregarding contemporary conventions and just doing it. There is a norm of always having your phone and always being available, but you may depart from this norm. Everyone is used to me being “off the grid”. In a sense, this is an act of setting boundaries.

You can still do that :) I regularly go out without my phone.

Interesting, does this make you think of the 70s? The manga and anime are from the 90s and 2000s.

Pinafore dress is just any dress you wear over a shirt or blouse basically. So you can have many different designs. Square cuts or V cuts, open back or closed back, open sides or closed sides, buttons or zippers or pullovers, thin straps or wide straps, straps that open and those that are attached (when the detach it’s an overall skirt). So it can be hard to find the one you want. Good luck!

What do you mean with the fake ones?

I don’t think it was explicit yet but Wako called Riko “imouto”. They have different hair colours so that’s kinda rare but makes sense that best girls are sisters. Also Riko can do hacking crashes the crazy vehicle. This is why you don’t add internet capabilities to shit that doesn’t need it (like a scooter or a fridge).

I think you are supposed to be able to buy them but it might be hard outside Japan…

Akari so helpful and angelic 🥰

Many like Riko. Understandable. Tanabe has one-eyed daruma like Nano. And the text on the police officer’s hat is definitely a reference the the dudes in green jackets from Nichijou, right?

I think it means something like “nothing you could tell me (changes my mind)” or “whatever you say to me…” but I’m not sure exactly.

I have been meaning to post there myself, but I haven’t got around to it yet.

General slice of life art with no relation to an anime is best placed at !imaginarysliceoflife@lemmy.dbzer0.com

She sure is! Kaede-chan as well.

Right? 🥰

A long time ago I watched shounen only, I didn’t know any better. I randomly started watching Gintama and I realised that I liked the non-action parts a lot. It made me interested in things that weren’t mostly action and was the first step of me getting into slice of life anime. And SOL made me more interested in daily life and existing. That sounds ridiculous but hey.