Azumanga Daioh

: A 10-year-old child prodigy who skipped five grades to enter high school; she is the "heart" of the group. Ayumu "Osaka" Kasuga

That emotional whiplash—from a cat biting a girl's face to silent tears at a graduation ceremony—is why the show has endured. It teaches you to love the mundane because the mundane is all we really have. Azumanga Daioh

Once you select a day, you choose a "Lens" (Tombo, Kagura, Sakaki, etc.). You watch the same 2–3 minute scene from their specific point of view. : A 10-year-old child prodigy who skipped five

In a media landscape obsessed with high stakes, Azumanga Daioh offers a radical proposition: happiness is found in the margins. It is found in arguing over who gets the last piece of fish cake. It is found in trying to catch a stray cat that hates you. It is found in the silence shared between friends on a hot summer afternoon. Once you select a day, you choose a

No discussion of Azumanga is complete without the elephant in the room. Mr. Kimura is the male English teacher who openly, loudly, and creepily admits he loves high school girls. While this character is deeply uncomfortable by modern Western standards, in the context of the show he is treated as a grotesque joke—a monster held in check by the terrifying physical prowess of the gym teacher, Miss Yukari. Kimura is a parody of the "pervy sensei" trope, rendered so absurdly that he loops back around to being a pathetic, harmless ghost.

Some notable episodes include: