CITY

Midori Nagumo is broke, behind on her rent and running out of excuses. Her best friend has stopped lending her money, her landlady has stopped believing her promises, and getting a job would mean less time for fun. Every scheme she invents to get by spirals into something stranger, and drags half the neighbourhood along with it. The city around her is full of people with lives just as odd: students, shopkeepers, police officers and a small restaurant that is never quite under control. Their stories cross in unexpected ways, and a gag that starts in one chapter may only land several chapters later, when the whole town gets involved. Keiichi Arawi, the creator of Nichijou, builds CITY like a carefully timed machine of absurd comedy, drawn with clean lines and boundless energy. Warm, ridiculous and surprisingly touching, it was adapted into an anime by Kyoto Animation, and it is best read as a long walk through a town you will want to visit again.