This series knows exactly what it wants to be, and does a perfect job of being that. The series is incredibly funny, and it uses manga as a medium to create bits that can't be done in any other format. My favorite bit is probably when they take a shortcut over the gap between panels to get to work on time. Continuity is also a surprisingly important part of the series. Some bits are promptly discarded, but many others keep coming back and reward you for your attention to detail. The finale is a payoff of things that came before it in a wayI wish many modern shonen authors would seek to emulate.

Nick and Lever doesn't feel like a series that would be made by a master of something, but Miyata Kyougorou shows they know their shit through this series.