When I watched this for the first time, Azumanga Daioh was my benchmark for any slice of life theme anime. And as expected this show took inspiration from the original, but they still managed to expand the plot and characters nicely. Adding male characters helped balance it out, especially since Azumanga only centered on female characters. Adding both yaoi and yuri characters were also a good choice. At some point the show tried to cram too many best-of-the-best jokes that we've seen from other anime show. But it's not so bad. This is the kind of anime I don't mind leave to play on thebackground. When I re-watched it recently I'm surprised that I still remember some of the catch phrase, especially the fireworks scene. This was the show that first introduced me to the Kaguya-Tamaya tradition. And many other Japanese culture references I also first heard it from here. I won't mind showing this to 5 years old, since most of the adult jokes are subtle yet still hilarious for the younguns to learn Japanese for the first time.