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Ok, the first thing I should say, is that dogakobo's Yuru Yuri is a parody of the slice of life genre and the yuri in general.

All the characters must be taken as ridicule to the stereotypes that exist in the characters of the series of this genre, especially Akari.

The situations in this anime series are so surrealistic and ridicolous, nobody in the series take seriously the situations.

The most better developed characters, or better written, are Kyoko and Chinatsu.
Kyoko is a silly girl, her interestings are manga, anime, rum raisin, and a lot of fun, although it can be described as a selfish character, since she ... does whatever it takes to get her friends to do what she wants.

Next, we've Akari, the non-presence character. Her personality it's very beautiful, she is kind, considerate, innocent, a dreamer, and a good friend, but she is always overshadowed by the constant teasing of her friends, especially Kyoko.

Yui is the character without personality, has no development as such being a totally boring character, and that may be the reason why she always accedes to the whims of Kyoko, because without Kyoko, Yui is a character without identity or purpose.

Chinatsu is a very interesting character, because she looks like an innocent girl, but she isn't. She feels a pretty big attraction towards Yui, an insane attraction, since she practically wants Yui with her basest instincts. Her personality it's so variated, and this is the most interesting quality of her. It's so maniac.

The other characters are so charismatic, specially Chitose... Gosh, I love that girl.

With a lot of jokes and references to another series, this and the second season are the best in animation, because it's more a parody than a series of the genre.

Ufff, what can I say about this anime?
Ok, let's start.

Non Non Biyori is an humanistic history.
Isn't the traditional Slice of Life series, this is so much than other series with same genre.
The story that tells us is so simple and does not get complicated at any time: girls living her life, day by day.
But, what is the difference between this anime and another Slice of Slife series?
I said it at the beginning! It's an humanistic story.

All the main characters are children under the "adolescence age", with minimalist problems, like the height (Komari), the fun (Natsumi) or discover the world (Renge), problems that we have when ... we are less than 15 years old.

Life in a rural community makes girls ignorant of the problems that exist in an urban society, which makes them happy for the small moments they live together, problems like love, money, popularity, all of these, doesnt' exist here, only the humility of each.

Non Non Biyori is humanistic because each character behaves according to her age. Komari wants to be taller than Natsumi because she is the older sister and she wants to be more feminine. Natsumi only wants fun, and she's always making mistakes, but then she accepts that she failed, and Renge is discovering new emotions, adventures, wants to discover the world.

Finally, Hotaru, she is the point and apart of the story.
She comes from the city, she comes from a different life, and she contrasts with the other characters, since she has a different vision of life.

Something that I love from Hotaru, is her personality. unlike the others, she behaves differently with her friends and in her home. being this behavior, something normal of a city person.
As a functional person in society, you often have to maintain a different profile with your friends, family and co-workers, and this is what Hotaru's character transmits.
This is different with the other girls, who behave the same both at home and in groups, there is no social pressure that leads them to change their personality in different scenarios.


To finish, the anime will not introduce unnecessary ecchi or fanservice scenes, since it respects you as an observer, only you, the characters, and the context: the field.

That's the magic of Non Non Biyori.