Hello! How are you? It's been a long since I published any blog posts. I've tried to get as much blogging watch as much anime and have as much fun playing games as I would like but my full-time job and a few hiccups on my blog editing activities have made it hard. Oh, by the way, have you read my latest post? I know it's back in August 2022, which is about 4 months ago, but I hoped that you go ahead and read it.

のんびりにしましょ！

AHEM! Anyway, I wanted to publish a post about the anime Non Non Biyori for a long time. The main reason that it took so long to be published is that this series has many sequels and side stories on this series to talk about. So, yeah, anyway, it's time for Non Non Biyori!!! Let's go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WARNING:-

SPOILER ALERT!!! If you haven't watched it and plan to watch it without anyone being the spoiler, please DON'T CONTINUE READING!!!

P.S. If you want to be spoiled, well, go ahead and read it. You HAD been warned. Don't blame me for being spoiled if you INSIST on continuing to read this post.

Introduction

Season 1. Cute.

Season 2! Watch, laugh, wait and repeat.

Season 3! NON STOP!!! DUN STOP!!!

The series, Non Non Biyori (のんのんびより) started as a Japanese manga series that is written and illustrated by Atto. It started serialised in Media Factory's Monthly Comic Alive magazine from September 2009 to February 2021. The story is based on the same setting as Atto's former work, Toko-toko & Yume no Yume.

The manga...the art is kinda...

A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Silver Link aired in Japan between October and December 2013 and has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks. A second anime season aired between July and September 2015. An anime film premiered in August 2018, and a third anime season aired between January and March 2021. I will talk a bit about the movie here. Don't worry. NEXT!

MOVIE!

Plot

Hotaru in a new place...

The story has a simple start and simple theme, life in a small town village. There is a girl who follows her family to the simple small-town village of Asahigaoka from the big city of Tokyo. Her name is Ichijo Hotaru, a fifth-grader. Well, of course, it's a small town village in the modern world so there won't have the conveniences that people from the city are accustomed to and there are very few people in the town village.

Nyan passu~!!!

You ask whether it's a cute girl doing cute things and slice-of-life anime? The answer is a firm YES. Why that face? Dun worry. The characters are pretty interesting to watch. The school that Hotaru goes to, which is conveniently named Asahigaoka Branch School, is a very interesting one because her class, no, her entire school consists of only five students. What's more each of them is in different grades of elementary or middle school. They are first-grader Miyauchi Renge who brings an unadulterated wit, curiosity, and her characteristic catchphrase, "Nyanpasu! and the Koshigaya siblings consisting of the quiet ninth grader and elder brother Suguru (I blame the creators for muting him. Where is his voice? Where is it?), diminutive eighth grader Komari, and the mischievous seventh grader Natsumi.

The girls hanging out...

So yeah, as our dear MC, Hotaru adjusts to countryside life with her new friends. Of course, like a typical slice of life and "cute girls doing cute things" anime, there will laughter and ridiculous shit that will come our way. As one reviewer from MyAnimeList would put it:

Non Non Biyori is probably the most underrated anime there is; so few know about it and those who tasted it will tell you wonders. Each episode is a masterclass of imagination with these lovable characters; the best example would be putting a pair of handcuffs on one of the girl's hands and even the impossible can happen.

Yep, I agree with that reviewer very much. It's quite a lot of fun to watch it. It's a good way to get yourself out of this busy and at many times, dull life. The not-so-normal daily lives of this group of friends are really fun to watch. The fun that they have is very interesting and is a good way to get out of this hasty life for a moment. Time for me to move...what?! The movie? OK, let's briefly discuss it before moving on.

Their time in Okinawa...

The movie is about the girls, together with the adults going on a trip to Okinawa using the ticket that Suguru won. Yeah, that's it. That's all I can say. The rest is for you to savour the fun of watching them having fun in Okinawa and chill out. Oh OK, time to move on. NEXT!

That epic reaction...

Anime Rating

Season 1

Story (Rating: 8/10)

The story is a very 4-panel manga-ish style, which is a mini-story after another. So, there is nothing much about the plot. As for the flow and the pacing of the story, they are pretty decent. The story is also easy to understand even though there's no continuity in the conventional scene.

Looking out for?

Art and Animation (Rating: 8/10)

Pretty decent. Frankly, nothing much to complain about as long it is not as broken as a certain anime.

Good weather!

Sound and Music (Rating: 6/10)

Nothing much I can say. The theme songs are overall good but they are mostly not my cup of tea. As for the background music and sound effect, they are a good fit for this anime.

Ah...cute girls...

Characters (Rating: 10/10)

The interactions between characters are funny and sometimes, cute. As for character development, there's nothing much to talk about as the anime's selling point is about the hilarious interaction between the different characters. Well, what sells, it sells. xD

Errr...what is going on here?

Enjoyment (Rating: 8/10)

Funny and cute...what more can I say? A good anime to chill out after a long day facing this corrupted world. Ah, whatever. It's just a good anime to chill with.

I want warm soup too!!!

Overall Rating: 8 (8)/10