Should you watch Azumanga Daioh?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Azumanga Daioh
Anime · 2002
Ten year old child prodigy, Chiyo Mihama, is finding it tough fitting in at high school with the girls five years her elder: Osaka (dimwitted with a weird take on the world), Tomo (a powder keg that goes off at a moment’s notice), Kagura (the competitive athlete of the bunch), Yomi (the hothead), and Sakaki (timid and obsessed with a love of animals that isn’t reciprocated). Together with their teacher, they navigate the rough waters and fun times of high school.
The sides of Azumanga Daioh
- A ten-year-old prodigy in high school
- Osaka and her strange thoughts
- Three years of school with a group of friends
Azumanga Daioh is good for you if…
- you like Osaka's absurd trains of thought.
- you want gentle school days where nothing bad happens.
- you like a group of girls growing close over three years.
Azumanga Daioh is bad for you if…
- you don't watch anime.
- you need a story that moves forward, not school-year sketches.
About: friendship · school · growing up
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