The beloved comedy manga 'Nichijou' first ended in 2015 with 10 volumes. But in October 2021, manga creator Keiichi Arawi revived the series after nonchalantly announcing on Twitter that he wanted to draw it again.
Nichijou manga author reveals why he returned to the series after 6 years
Last Monday, the manga news website Manga Passion published an interview with Arawi that provides further insight into his motivations for returning. He stated that he initially stopped writing manga due to burnout and that his plan was to transition to the less strenuous work of illustrating novels. However, after a break, he discovered he still had a hunger for manga.
Fan mail also played a significant role. Arawi revealed that he was touched by how he continued to receive letters from around the world, even years after the manga ended.
As for his plans for the future of the series, Arawi gave a rambling and amusing answer:
Travel the world, meet people who love Nichijō, enjoy alcohol and delicacies from different regions, open your heart to others, comfort people and let them comfort you, get drunk and hangover the next day, watch a local soccer team play, say goodbye to familiar faces, meet new people somewhere else, paint landscape paintings there, sell them and start a new life, meet a nice person, fall in love, start a romance, have children somewhere between fighting and reconciliation, and then draw a manga about raising children.
So somewhere within this very elaborate plan, he also said that he intends to continue working in Nichijō.
Synopsis
While the title suggests a simple story about school life (nichijou means diary/daily life), the content is quite the opposite. The story takes place in a strange school where you'll see the main characters fighting and doing strange things. However, there are still normal stories, like building a house of cards or taking a test. Follow the unusual and super fun daily lives of these high school students. Everything is quite unusual!
Source: Manga Passion
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