The comedy doesn't announce itself or build to a punchline. It just happens in the margins, the way four girls actually talk when nobody's watching them. Every scene cuts off before you expect it to, before it can explain the joke, which means you're laughing at the shape of the conversation instead of the setup. This is a show that trusts you to keep up, refuses to slow down for applause, and somehow makes a manga club feel like the only place on Earth where anything real is happening.

Ai, Mai, and Mii are eccentric members of their high school's manga research club, and all three dream of becoming brilliant artists. Joined by their upperclassman Ponoka, they want to sharpen their drawing skills, but absurd situations keep pulling them off course. When they are not drawing manga, the girls might be fighting space invaders threatening Earth, taking on rivals in tournaments, or getting caught up in intricate jokes, animals and supernatural encounters. Adapted from a four-panel manga, this short-format comedy fills its slice-of-life days with hijinks and never lets a moment go dull.