I watched the first episode of Azumanga Daioh last night. I don't get it! I know it was originally a bunch of four-minute-long shorts, but the first episode didn't really pull me in. What's the draw? I hear so much about this series, I want to like it. ;)
Keep watching. Watch the first disc, then re-evaluate. It's really a show about nothing in particular, just these girls and how they interact with each other. There's really nothing to "get". :)
Yeah, what Ricky said. The first episode didn't pull me in, either, but it's all setup -- the show is purely character-driven, which I love, but it takes a little time to get them established enough to really work. Once it does, it manages that particular magic of making you laugh just with a background reaction shot or a few beats of silence. Or it did with me, at least. Keep going a bit longer. I went from "huh?" to grinning just at the first few notes of the theme song (especially as I began to see that every moment in that opening animation is eventually explained).
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