Awesome / Nichijou

...yeah.

• Right in the first episode, the sausage scene. The mundane act of trying to stop food from falling on the floor, played out like an episode of Dragon Ball Z.
  • One. Two. Three. Safe.
• Yuuko and Mio's hallway chase scene in second episode.
  Mio: I! Can't! Let! That! Happen! My life... IS ON FIRE!
• Yuuko and Mio arguing so hard in Episode 14 that it turns back into friendship. Doubles as a heartwarming moment.
• The Go-soccer Club was established as something nonsensical its president came up with and is essentially an excuse to goof off. However, we get hints that Go-Soccer is an actual in-universe sport with bizarre unexplained rules. The actual on-screen match in Episode 19 involves both participants apparently locked in a stalemate in strange poses, with a Combat Commentator giving unclear exposition and playing up its Serious Business. When they start moving and the tension plays up, said commentator has to intervene with bizarre moves of his own to interrupt the match. It Makes As Much Sense In Context as the onlookers are left completely stunned by the experience, but it's also Crazy Is Cool.
• The entire battle with the Principal and the Deer, ending with the principal suplexing the deer.
• Mio one-hit KO-ing everyone (including a policeman and Sasahara's goat) over her drawings, as seen in Episode 16.
• Mio singlehandedly trounces the Airship crew in Episode 21... until it's revealed that it's another of Yukko's Imagine Spots.
• Yuuko, gets one in Episode 16 when after confirming (with the Professor's help) that Nano is a robot, she tells her that "I know that you aren't a robot. Nano-chan is just Nano-chan." Not only does Yuuko make it clear that she doesn't mind that Nano is a robot and considers her a friend, but it also helps Nano to accept herself. A CMOH and a CMOA in a single strike: well done, Yuuko!
  • Then Sakamoto accidentally talks in front of Yuuko, telling her goodnight. "Meh, whatever."
    • If Yuuko did in fact figure out it was Sakamoto. Her "Meh, whatever" shrug is quite similar to what most people would do when they think they hear something but see no one when they turn around; ie, "Guess I imagined it. Meh, whatever."
    • He says that after she's passed him. She turns around to see who did it, but he's gone. then she figures out. Earlier, when the Professor tells her Sakamoto can talk, Yukko believes it's incredible. In the manga, she finds it amazing even after she should get used to it.
• Yuuko and Mio's other chase scene in Episode 25.
  • The Climax to it? Mio dives into a fast flowing river and saves a kid!
• Manga chapter 143: Mio's sister Yoshino meets Mai. Troll-on-Troll Combat ensues! It's a draw.
• Manga chapter 171: Yuuko resists one of the Professor's temper tantrums. How? By throwing an even bigger tantrum, then proceeding to distract the Professor with something nonsensical.
• Manga chapter 172: Nano tells Hakase that Yuuko is "coming back to Japan" which implies that Yuuko had spent a lot of time overseas. This could lead to various possibility:
  • She was busy travelling around the world, which means Yuuko had saved a lot of money for it.
  • She had earned scholarship for higher level education overseas, which is awesome on another level considering Yuuko was one of the lowest ranked students in her year.
• The hard climb the anime has had over 8 years (Bandai shutting down without having a chance to physically release it, then Funimation initially releasing it sub-only after its rescue) to finally getting an English dub (something fans almost thought impossible due to its frequent wordplay) is nothing short of amazing.

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