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New Manga Read - Otaku Elf, Volume 11

Volume 11 of this series continues to be low stakes and chill. This volume, Elda and her Miko visit Osaka for a festival ran by her fellow elf Yorde. It's a fire based festival and it rains, so they work together to make due.

Again, it's low stakes, slice of life of an elf being treated like a goddess who is a massive introvert. It's fun, silly, and a quick read.

Also, Elda saying she people'd too much cause she's such an introvert? I get it.

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#MangaMonday 68 "CITY" by Keiichi Arawi

A Keiichi Arawi #manga with an ensemble cast. Naturally, it has a lot in common with "Nichijou" (see last week) but there are also differences. The cast skews older—unsurprisingly—and it is somewhat more grounded (compared to #Nichijou, admittedly.) It also has more in the way of plot points.

An underlying theme is the interconnectedness of everyone. This becomes clearer in later volumes when we get things like the big race and the election. However, a great example happens in volume four, when various people we've seen previously turn up at a garden party. Arawi gives us a sprawling spread illustration of everyone interacting, which is impressive in itself but he then repeats it three more times with each spread acting as a panel, or a collage of panels.

Ongoing with 13 of 14 volumes in English (Vertical/Kodansha.) An #anime just started airing, but looks promising (I can't wait to see how they handle the four-spread sequence.)

#MangaMonday 67 “Nichijou” and “Helvetica Standard” by Keiichi Arawi

If Monty Python made a slice-of-life #manga, it probably would look like “Nichijou” (Everyday Life.) It follows an ensemble cast of high school students, teachers, robots, etc. as they deal with (mostly) everyday problems that take an absurd direction. Despite the bizarre setting, you’ll find the characters very relatable. Ongoing (at a reduced pace lately) with 11 volumes in English (Kodansha.)

“Helvetica Standard” is both a manga in the #Nichijou world, and a collection of Arawi’s shorter works and illustrations, some of which feature Nichijou characters. It appears to be complete, with the two volumes subtitled “Bold” and “Italic” in English. It seems to only have a print edition (Kodansha.)

An excellent #anime titled “Nichijou,” but drawing from both works, was released in 2011. It arranged things to give a through-line centered around the robot girl, Nano.