The arc is allegedly the result of the Mangaka, Akira Amano, originally wanting to make Reborn! a gag comedy series, as opposed to a serious, battle focused Shounen series, before eventually deciding to shift to the latter because she realised that things weren’t working out.

Katekyo Hitman Reborn’s introductory story arc, known as the “Daily Life Arc” is pretty damn hard to get on board with, and it’s probably the worst way this series could have started off, especially if you’re aware of the more serious, and emotionally charged events that occur later on in the story and just kind of want to “get to it”.

Given that the series was supposedly going to be focusing on super powered mafia gangs, it was a bit of a letdown that the first episode consisted mostly of unfunny, repetitive gags and an irritating, whiney protagonist being the victim of said unfunny, repetitive gags. Even I myself, who now considers the show to be one of my all-time favourite Anime series, initially struggled to get on board with the shows premise, and found myself strongly disliking the series after the pilot episode. Katekyo Hitman Reborn! is often said to be a rather difficult show to “get into” by a large portion of its fanbase, and for good reason.

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