Non Non Biyori

Non Non Biyori (のんのんびより) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by. The series was serialized in Media Factory's Monthly Comic Alive magazine from September 2009 to February 2021 and is licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. The story is based on the same setting as Atto's former work, Toko-toko & Yume no Yume. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Silver Link aired in Japan between October and December 2013 and has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks. A second anime season aired between July and September 2015. An anime film premiered in August 2018, and a third anime season aired between January and March 2021.

Plot

The story takes place in the small fictional countryside village of Asahigaoka, a place lacking many of the conveniences that people from the city are accustomed to. The nearest stores are a few miles away and one of the local schools consists of only five students, each of whom is in a different grade of elementary or middle school. Hotaru Ichijo, a fifth grader from Tokyo, transfers into Asahigaoka Branch School and adjusts to countryside life with her new friends.

Characters

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Supporting characters

Suguru Koshigaya (越谷卓)

Suguru is a third-year middle school student and Natsumi and Komari's older brother. He doesn't speak and has very little presence besides occasional static visual comedy.

Kazuho Miyauchi (宮内一穂)

Kazuho is Renge's older sister and the only teacher in the local school. She is also a 24-year-old graduate of Asahigaoka Branch School. She is fond of sleeping. Since all the students essentially study on their own in the classroom due to their different grades, she often spends class time napping.

Kaede Kagayama (加賀山楓)

Kaede is a 20-year-old graduate of Asahigaoka Branch School who runs the local candy store. As a result the other characters, and Renge in particular, call her "Dagashi-ya" (駄菓子屋). Her store also runs a ski rental business and mail order service.

Hikage Miyauchi (宮内ひかげ)

Hikage is Renge's older sister who is a first-year high school student studying in Tokyo. She is also a graduate of Asahigaoka Branch School. She also appears in the author's other work Koakuma Meringue (こあくまメレンゲ). When she returns to the village she tries to impress her siblings and friends with her trendy and "city-girl" ways only to be upstaged by Hotaru's genuine modern knowledge.

Yukiko Koshigaya (越谷雪子)

Yukiko is Natsumi, Komari, and Suguru's mother. She is often strict, particularly towards Natsumi, who slacks off a lot. She is also a graduate of Asahigaoka Branch School. When she was a student, she took care of Kazuho as Kaede did with Renge when she was younger (according to the author in the afterword).

Konomi Fujimiya (富士宮このみ)

Konomi is a graduate of Asahigaoka Branch School who lives next door to the Koshigayas. She is a third-year student at a nearby high school.

Honoka Ishikawa (石川ほのか)

Honoka is a first grade student who comes to visit her grandmother during summer vacation and becomes friends with Renge. She also appears in the author's other work Toko-toko (とことこ).

Aoi Nizato (新里あおい)

Aoi is a first-year middle schooler who lives in Okinawa and works at her family's inn. A member of her school's badminton club, she quickly befriends Natsumi over their shared age and interest in the sport.

Shiori (しおり)

Shiori is the daughter of a police box officer, one year younger than Renge.

Akane Shinoda (篠田あかね)

Akane is a first-year high school student, a junior of Konomi, and in charge of flute in the brass band club.

type	tv series
title	Non Non Biyori (2013) Non Non Biyori Repeat (2015) Non Non Biyori Nonstop (2021)
director	Shinya Kawatsura
producer	Yoshikazu Beniya Oshi Yoshinuma Masatoshi Ishizuka Mika Shimizu Youhei Kisara Fumiyuki Gou Rina Takahashi Youichi Nakamura
writer	Reiko Yoshida
music	Hiromi Mizutani
studio	Silver Link
network	TV Tokyo, AT-X, TV Aichi, TV Osaka
first	October 8, 2013
last	March 29, 2021
episodes	36 + 3 OVAs
episode list	List of Non Non Biyori episodes

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