| I have watched some amount of Slice of Life anime and have found quite a few problems that made me dislike a quite bigger number of series of that genre. But at the same time it is the genre that I'm most interested in watching. My problems with this genre are: - The Lack of Parents: Almost all Slice of Life animes don't have parents on them. They don't have to be an important part of the story but helps to create a certain realism to the anime. I see characters doing what they like and what they want with no consequence or some control of the parents or just relaxing at home with never a parent in sight. And I think it's quite funny that there are some characters, normally the protagonists, have a sister/brother who has some importance to the story but never a parent. Why? - My "Love" Problem: the number one rule in the general Slice of Life anime is the protagonist couple will obviously love each other, and we can see it, but they never start something. Why? The story never explains but at the same time likes to tease us and create situations when they seem to start something but never do. I know there are some anime that the protagonist start to date but there are a few and, in my opinion, are not very interesting to watch. - Some Characters: Normally they are girl characters who have something that I really dislike: high pitch voice and appear to be just cute and no brain. And when the story happens to be at a school more astonishing I stay about them studying there. How can it be possible, I don’t know. They just seem to be eye candy but with no substance and I really don’t mind that if it’s justifyable by the story, but normally it isn’t. In conclusion the definition of Slice of Live that I found is: “This type of anime tends to be naturalistic and mainly focuses around the main characters and their everyday lives.” And I don’t see that in most of the anime of that genre. You can say that the typical Slice of Life mixes with other genres but normally the Slice of Life aspect is very poor represented. The only anime that I watched and enjoyed very much and it’s for me a real Slice of Life anime is Usagi Drop. I hope to start a real discussion with valuable arguments independent of my opinion. I can back up all my points with examples that I found in many anime. By the way English is not my first language :D |
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It's a slice of life show, (probably) not romance. Slice of life just happens to be the genre with no actual plot development whatsoever. You shouldn't watch it hoping to see some solid romance. Those characters are specifically there to attract as many viewers as possible. They aren't there to fight crime or save the world, they're just living their everyday lives. All things considered, it seems to me like you're not watching the right genre in the first place. Who goes into slice of life expecting proper romance and interesting, unique and incredibly smart characters? Slice of life is there to lift your spirits up for when you don't feel like looking into the story and characters all that much. |
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| I don't know if I can think of a SoL anime that fits all three of those tropes. I have seen anime that contain one or two of those, those. Missing parents are common in action anime too. In Fullmetal Alchemist they explained exactly why that is. In K-On! they don't have parents because they're always away. The younger sister essentially acts as the woman of the house because Yui is incompetent. The "main couple" was between Yui and Mio, but as far as I can remember that was removed in the anime or at least in the dub. |
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seipasn said: Yama no Susume and Shirobako are both slice of life. There was definitely some plot development in those anime. Toradora, Sakurasou, Clannad, and pretty much any other major romance anime are all slice of life.It's a slice of life show, (probably) not romance. Slice of life just happens to be the genre with no actual plot development whatsoever. You shouldn't watch it hoping to see some solid romance. |
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 unfortunately I had the time to read all of what you said maybe youre on the wrong medium bro I think light novels would suit you more |
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zombie_pegasus said: seipasn said: Yama no Susume and Shirobako are both slice of life. There was definitely some plot development in those anime. Toradora, Sakurasou, Clannad, and pretty much any other major romance anime are all slice of life.It's a slice of life show, (probably) not romance. Slice of life just happens to be the genre with no actual plot development whatsoever. You shouldn't watch it hoping to see some solid romance. I'll have to agree with you on Shirobako, I haven't watched Yama no Susume yet. However, Toradora, Sakurasou and Clannad all had Romance as their main genre, hence solid romance in all of them. |
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| Hmm, strange? I never noticed those things you are stating xD. Every SoL feels a bit different for me. For example, Love live is focusing around girls and Barakamon on the other hand has a adult guy as MC. ''Love'' problem? The most SoL explains it rather well, I guess? And the parents thing is not really a big problem, imo, since anime is allready unrealistic, come on, does a child like Renge really exist? Does people have green or pink hair IRL ^__^? |
_Esper_ said: You should add example of the anime that you are talking about. Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo - The horrible voice of Mashiro Shiina and her inability to live a normal life doesn't make sense that her parents, who are absent all the anime, let her move to Japan even if she's a genius. Also the protagonist couple don't start a formal relationship. Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu - Mikuru Asahina high pitch voice; the absent of parents of the both human protagonist and Kyon having feeling with Mikuru and the same the other way and nothing happens and the strange romantic thing that Kyon shares with Suzumiya. Toradora! - The absent of the parents of Taiga is stupid and wouldn't never happened in real life and they don't end together. Hyouka - The absence of parents and the protagonist really love each other and don't start a relationship. The Slice of Life anime I think represents my view of a real Slice of Life are: Usagi Drop, Genshiken and Shirobako. |
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| If you want to have realism shouldn't you look for Josei and Seinen then? |
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seipasn said: It's a slice of life show, (probably) not romance. Slice of life just happens to be the genre with no actual plot development whatsoever. You shouldn't watch it hoping to see some solid romance. I know its a Slice of Life but if you gonna put romance on a SoL you better make it happen and if it's not going to happen explain why. Don't create something and don't finish cus it's not your genre. And about the plot it has actual plot development but in a more subtle way. See all the examples I gave on the other post about SoL anime I think represents the genre very well and all of them have plot, character development and in Genshiken a real relationship starts in the anime. |
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| And so it became known that everything and anything is a slice of life because all conceivable things are existing in some form, and by existing they are therefore 'alive' via the experience, perception, and reminiscence of us, the living, which when taken together with the fact that humans are but a part of the greater universe, we can come to the conclusion that all existences are but a slice of the whole, therefore everything is but a sliced projection of the living and as such it must therefore be surmised that all slices of life are of the slice of life genre, and as a result of this all anime are slice of life anime. |
Ckan said: And so it became known that everything and anything is a slice of life because all conceivable things are existing in some form, and by existing they are therefore 'alive' via the experience, perception, and reminiscence of us, the living, which when taken together with the fact that humans are but a part of the greater universe, we can come to the conclusion that all existences are but a slice of the whole, therefore everything is but a sliced projection of the living and as such it must therefore be surmised that all slices of life are of the slice of life genre, and as a result of this all anime are slice of life anime. Not all. Here's a list: Neon Genesis Evangelion; Monster; Mushishi; Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica; Hunter x Hunter; Cowboy Bebop; Serial Experiments Lain; Mononoke; Baccano!; ... and the list goes on and on. |
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SoulMoon said: For the voice part, I think only few people having problem with it.._Esper_ said: You should add example of the anime that you are talking about. Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo - The horrible voice of Mashiro Shiina and her inability to live a normal life doesn't make sense that her parents, who are absent all the anime, let her move to Japan even if she's a genius. Also the protagonist couple don't start a formal relationship. Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu - Mikuru Asahina high pitch voice; the absent of parents of the both human protagonist and Kyon having feeling with Mikuru and the same the other way and nothing happens and the strange romantic thing that Kyon shares with Suzumiya. Toradora! - The absent of the parents of Taiga is stupid and wouldn't never happened in real life and they don't end together. Hyouka - The absence of parents and the protagonist really love each other and don't start a relationship. The Slice of Life anime I think represents my view of a real Slice of Life are: Usagi Drop, Genshiken and Shirobako. And.. All the anime that you have listed are not really focus on slice of life. |
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Wensbane said: Watch Non Non Biyori, the savior of Anime. Problem solved. FTFY. How dare you undermine the greatness that is NNB |
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_Esper_ said: SoulMoon said: For the voice part, I think only few people having problem with it..Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo - The horrible voice of Mashiro Shiina and her inability to live a normal life doesn't make sense that her parents, who are absent all the anime, let her move to Japan even if she's a genius. Also the protagonist couple don't start a formal relationship. Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu - Mikuru Asahina high pitch voice; the absent of parents of the both human protagonist and Kyon having feeling with Mikuru and the same the other way and nothing happens and the strange romantic thing that Kyon shares with Suzumiya. Toradora! - The absent of the parents of Taiga is stupid and wouldn't never happened in real life and they don't end together. Hyouka - The absence of parents and the protagonist really love each other and don't start a relationship. The Slice of Life anime I think represents my view of a real Slice of Life are: Usagi Drop, Genshiken and Shirobako. And.. All the anime that you have listed is not really focus on slice of life. But are advertise as one. And has all the requirements of one. If you see the genre on MAL it has SoL and my problem is that I feel that the SoL are bad represented or the anime is bad categorize. |
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SoulMoon said: They do have slice of life "tag", but it doesn't mean it have "realistic" story. In my opinion... Slice of Life = the anime touch on subjects that we can relate with events that occur in our life. It doesn't mean the anime 100% relatable..But are advertise as one. And has all the requirements of one. If you see the genre on MAL it has SoL and my problem is that I feel that the SoL are bad represented or the anime is bad categorize. |
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_Esper_ said: SoulMoon said: They do have slice of life "tag", but it doesn't mean it have "realistic" story. In my opinion... Slice of Life = the anime touch on subjects that we can relate with events that occur in our life. It doesn't mean the anime 100% relatable..But are advertise as one. And has all the requirements of one. If you see the genre on MAL it has SoL and my problem is that I feel that the SoL are bad represented or the anime is bad categorize. I know I'm asking for the impossible when I ask for a realistic SoL anime but if some anime can do that, why others can't? And i'm saying realistic not relatable |
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SoulMoon said: Some of them is mix with other element to make it more enjoyably and to stress on certain element.. Besides there are bunch of "kinda realistic" slice of life out there.._Esper_ said: They do have slice of life "tag", but it doesn't mean it have "realistic" story. In my opinion... Slice of Life = the anime touch on subjects that we can relate with events that occur in our life. It doesn't mean the anime 100% relatable.. I know I'm asking for the impossible when I ask for a realistic SoL anime but if some anime can do that, why others can't? Let me list some: -Byousoku 5 Centimeter -Gotou ni Naritai. -Omoide Poroporo -Hanasaku Iroha -Maison Ikkoku -Papa no Iukoto wo Kikinasai! -Barakamon -Danna ga Nani wo Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken -Gin no Saji |
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hoopla123 said: Wensbane said: Watch Non Non Biyori, the savior of Anime. Problem solved. FTFY. How dare you undermine the greatness that is NNB QFT Well on number two the 'pure' SOLs that the Japanese SOL fandom follow(GochiUsa, NNB, KinMoza, KMB, Yuyushiki etc) mostly don't follow that trope since they don't feature boys but it doesn't look like you want those kinds of shows from your other 'problems' Number one is a bit minor but well I can understand, number three is more your taste than a problem with the anime MAL categorizes Shirobako, Iroha or Clannad etc as SOLs but I'd say they are primarily of another genre. MAL needs primary and secondary genres for this reason among others |
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_Esper_ said: SoulMoon said: Some of them is mix with other element to make it more enjoyably and to stress on certain element.. Besides there are bunch of "kinda realistic" slice of life out there..I know I'm asking for the impossible when I ask for a realistic SoL anime but if some anime can do that, why others can't? Let me list some: -Byousoku 5 Centimeter -Gotou ni Naritai. -Omoide Poroporo -Hanasaku Iroha -Maison Ikkoku -Papa no Iukoto wo Kikinasai! -Barakamon -Danna ga Nani wo Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken -Gin no Saji Thanks! I have watch some but i will make sure to watch the others :D |
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| I think the same. I'd like the female characters were more elaborated, but they're usually stupid. It's a pity because I really like slice of life genre. I can recommend you Barakamon. |
Kikuchi_love said: I think the same. I'd like the female characters were more elaborated, but they're usually stupid. It's a pity because I really like slice of life genre. I can recommend you Barakamon. Thanks for understanding my pain :P |
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Wensbane said: Watch Non Non Biyori, the savior of SoL. Problem solved. Exactly this . Normal SoL is like bland noodles .NNB however ,is an exquisite flavour . |
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Aetonix said: If you want to have realism shouldn't you look for Josei and Seinen then? Slice of life anime is typically seinen, you know. Even if they don't fit the requirements exactly, and don't get the tag on MAL. SoulMoon said: But are advertise as one. And has all the requirements of one. If you see the genre on MAL it has SoL and my problem is that I feel that the SoL are bad represented or the anime is bad categorize. MAL seems to have problems with categories all the time. You might want to use anidb's weighted tags instead. SoulMoon said: _Esper_ said: They do have slice of life "tag", but it doesn't mean it have "realistic" story. In my opinion... Slice of Life = the anime touch on subjects that we can relate with events that occur in our life. It doesn't mean the anime 100% relatable.. I know I'm asking for the impossible when I ask for a realistic SoL anime but if some anime can do that, why others can't? And i'm saying realistic not relatable 1) Not all SoL are set in a realistic setting in the first place. Atelier and Shiawase no Pan are set in fantasy worlds, Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou in a cozy post-apocalypse. 2) Not all SoL focus on realism. Some just try to be as moe as possible, like GochiUsa. Or are meant to be more about jokes, like Sketchbook or Azumanga. |
| WataMote -Not romance teasing (basically the character never gets the chance) -No high-pitched, cute voice. Tomoko's is actually quite harsh and kind of unpleasant to hear. -The parents have presence and are very active in the series. Anyway you have to take into account that school anime does not focus on parents because these characters don't add anything of significance. In Azumanga the mother of one character appears, and she's described as a completely ordinary woman. If a character like this had more room in a comedy that focuses on weird and quirky people, it would be counterproductive. We can assume the same for other characters, so we come to the conclusion that the parents are not shown because if they did they'd have no comedic value. |
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| I think slice of life is way too elastic a concept among many posters here. There are certainly slice of life shows with parents like Showa Monogatari and Usagi Drop. I don't consider shows with a strong romantic component like Nodame Cantabile as slice of life either but rather as romantic comedies. Slice of life means the show focuses primarily on daily life with little underlying drama. Too many people here seem to confuse that category with the enormous array of high-school romances. I'd put workplace shows like Hataraki Man and Shirobako into the SOL category; Ristorante Paradiso is on the edge between SOL and romance. Bartender has some commonalities with workplace shows, and it certainly falls into the SOL category. Shows like Hibike! Euphonium, Azumanga Daioh, Hidamari Sketch and Lucky*Star are pretty good examples of SOL shows in a high-school setting. Most of these "cute-girls-doing-cute-things" type of show fit the definition. Hidamari Sketch is a good example because the episodes don't take place in chronological order. Each one is simply about a day or two in the lives of the four girls. I'd probably also categorize Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun as SOL. Not much happens over the course of each episode or over the series itself. |
SeijiSensei said: I think slice of life is way too elastic a concept among many posters here. There are certainly slice of life shows with parents like Showa Monogatari and Usagi Drop. I don't consider shows with a strong romantic component like Nodame Cantabile as slice of life either but rather as romantic comedies. Slice of life means the show focuses primarily on daily life with little underlying drama. Too many people here seem to confuse that category with the enormous array of high-school romances. I'd put workplace shows like Hataraki Man and Shirobako into the SOL category; Ristorante Paradiso is on the edge between SOL and romance. Bartender has some commonalities with workplace shows, and it certainly falls into the SOL category. Shows like Hibike! Euphonium, Azumanga Daioh, Hidamari Sketch and Lucky*Star are pretty good examples of SOL shows in a high-school setting. Most of these "cute-girls-doing-cute-things" type of show fit the definition. Hidamari Sketch is a good example because the episodes don't take place in chronological order. Each one is simply about a day or two in the lives of the four girls. I'd probably also categorize Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun as SOL. Not much happens over the course of each episode or over the series itself. SeijiSensei said: I think slice of life is way too elastic a concept among many posters here. There are certainly slice of life shows with parents like Showa Monogatari and Usagi Drop. I don't consider shows with a strong romantic component like Nodame Cantabile as slice of life either but rather as romantic comedies. Slice of life means the show focuses primarily on daily life with little underlying drama. Too many people here seem to confuse that category with the enormous array of high-school romances. I'd put workplace shows like Hataraki Man and Shirobako into the SOL category; Ristorante Paradiso is on the edge between SOL and romance. Bartender has some commonalities with workplace shows, and it certainly falls into the SOL category. Shows like Hibike! Euphonium, Azumanga Daioh, Hidamari Sketch and Lucky*Star are pretty good examples of SOL shows in a high-school setting. Most of these "cute-girls-doing-cute-things" type of show fit the definition. Hidamari Sketch is a good example because the episodes don't take place in chronological order. Each one is simply about a day or two in the lives of the four girls. I'd probably also categorize Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun as SOL. Not much happens over the course of each episode or over the series itself. Thanks for your great post and recommendations! :P |
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| I guess this is yet another "Slice of Life means anything taking place in the normal modern world, that I don't think is sufficiently exciting" thread. |
| The fact that slice of life is often mixed with other genres is quite understandable to be honest. There's not much of an audience for shows that actually emphasize the slice of life aspect above all else. That means scrapping the drama, comedy, action, and romance in favor of the mundane. You say that Usagi Drop is the most "real" slice of life anime you've seen, but even it has its fair share of comedy and is presented in a way that makes it entertaining to watch. If Usagi Drop were less heartfelt and far more frank and uneventful in its depiction of raising a child, then it would not be as enjoyable. For a show that truly depicts the lives of its characters as it is, check out Akage no Anne. I think you'll find out very quickly what you want in your slice of life. There's a reason why so many slice of life shows mix in other genres, particularly comedy. Even the highly regarded Aria series relies on comedy and a cast of cute girls with catchphrases and chibi faces to reign viewers in. |
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| SOL encompasses so much more than what you describe. Galaxy Angel and Mushishi don't have these cliches, so boom goes your criticism. |
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TheBrainintheJar said: SOL encompasses so much more than what you describe. Galaxy Angel and Mushishi don't have these cliches, so boom goes your criticism. Mushishi isn't slice of life. And i say some anime. Learn to read the title well |
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SoulMoon said: TheBrainintheJar said: SOL encompasses so much more than what you describe. Galaxy Angel and Mushishi don't have these cliches, so boom goes your criticism. Mushishi isn't slice of life. And i say some anime. Learn to read the title well How is Mushishi not SOL? It's consists of small stories, slice of lives of various people. |
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TheBrainintheJar said: How is Mushishi not SOL? It's consists of small stories, slice of lives of various people. Slice of Lives doesn't mean literally parts of life of different persons an a episodic anime. SoL represents the daily life of a character/characters in a more realistic way and focuses on a day to day life problems. And mushishi isn't that. |
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| @SoulMoon I'll take those points in your original post as a recommendation, so make yourself a favor and watch Kare Kano: ✔ Parents of her are really great characters, with a beautiful backstory and relevance. ✔ The main love relationship is explored and developed, and they actually do things. ✔ All characters have a significance. ✘ You can consider the story to be between eps. 1-18 (which works as a conclusion). The rest of episodes go in an unfinished direction. – Experimental animation. You can tell if you dislike it by ep. 1 anyway. |
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Lordwen said: @SoulMoon I'll take those points in your original post as a recommendation, so make yourself a favor and watch Kare Kano: ✔ Parents of her are really great characters, with a beautiful backstory and relevance. ✔ The main love relationship is explored and developed, and they actually do things. ✔ All characters have a significance. ✘ You can consider the story to be between eps. 1-18 (which works as a conclusion). The rest of episodes go in an unfinished direction. – Experimental animation. You can tell if you dislike it by ep. 1 anyway. Thanks for the recommendation!! :D |
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| OP I think you're just not watching good slice of life shows. Here are some shows with parents and romance: Working! Servant x Service Cross Game, Touch and everything else from Mitsuru Adachi Clannad Non non biyori doesn't have romance but certainly has parents Hanamaru Youchien this one has romance in a way lol GochiUsa has parents but no romance. Gin no Saji has both parents and romance. Parents are funny too. Parasyte has realistic parents as well. Problem is Parasyte is a slice of life more in a literal sense. Space Brothers this slice of life is long as shit thought so you might lose interest. Now go watch more anime before making silly blanket claims. |
| @SoulMoon The lack of parents is something you can or cannot live with. Some anime have parents involved. Others don't. The real question is do you really need to show them? Sometimes it's just not significant to show them, for instance if they don't play an active role or the series are mostly not at home. There's also no love problem. Slice of life anime are for relaxing mostly if you have a problem with love it's because you're probably watching a Romance(/SoL) series. In that case the problem lies in the romance department not SoL since it's not specifically a SoL element. It's likely you're not going to like all characters. I have lots of series in which I don't like all characters. When you don't dislike any characters it's easiest to enjoy. Also I'd like to clarify, Mushishi is a SoL because, the MC does that in his daily life. He roams and deals with mushi everywhere he encounters them. Kino no Tabi isn't a sol because Kino travels and finds things every once in a while. Kino doesn't encounter adventures everywhere you just see the adventures Kino does encounter. Also I've never seen anyone declaring Madoka as a SoL. My SoLs rated an 8 or 9. Also you don't seem to have many SoLs on your list so I'm not sure if you're just ranting over Sakurasou and Oregairu. But at the same time you rated Hyouka quite high, which is in fact one of those SoLs where there are no parents and the female MC has no redeeming qualities. Also there are hints of romance there, but nothing ever happens. |
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| I don't really focus on things like the parents. I assume they are there but not really important to the story as we are following the daily life of the particular character, at least the points of their life that are meant to represent them. Now, I do realize that there are a few shows that take this a step further and make it known that there are no parents in the picture but it has not been my experience to make this the norm. Maybe I have just not seen enough, idk. |
| If you want realistic SoL with an actual romance go watch Golden Time. Other SoL dramas and/or anything else could include Higurashi (EDIT I NOW MEAN Gakkou Gurashi), Spice and Wolf (another realistic romance), Working!!, My Teen Romantic Comedy S2 (saw that you watched the first one already), Hibike! Euphonium and Yamada and the Seven Witches. As to what your problems are, those tend to be common in a lot of anime. I can understand why you might find them annoying. jaesuk97 said: I'm confused as to why you would recommend Parasyte as SoL show. That's kinda like recommending Madoka Magica for SoL cause it has cute magical girls.OP I think you're just not watching good slice of life shows. Here are some shows with parents and romance: Working! Servant x Service Cross Game, Touch and everything else from Mitsuru Adachi Clannad Non non biyori doesn't have romance but certainly has parents Hanamaru Youchien this one has romance in a way lol GochiUsa has parents but no romance. Gin no Saji has both parents and romance. Parents are funny too. Parasyte has realistic parents as well. Problem is Parasyte is a slice of life more in a literal sense. Space Brothers this slice of life is long as shit thought so you might lose interest. Now go watch more anime before making silly blanket claims. |
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| @doom19876 For me is important the presence of parents because if the anime centers around the daily life of a teenage (for example) the parents are an important part of that life. I don't mind not showing parents if it's justified by the story or they exist but are only mention and have some kind of passive role. But i find very strange seeing characters leaving the house in the middle of the night, not sneaking, and the parents don't say anything or punishment. And if they have time to show a sibling why don't they have time for a parent. About the love thing SoL is a very elastic term. It can apply to almost all of the anime genres. I think that it's very difficult to find an anime who is purely Slice of Alive. My problem with SoL Romance anime is that if they create a romance between 2 characters why don't develop to a real relationship with no drama, just a normal and natural one, like a SoL anime should be. I normally like all the characters my problem is this genre is very static. And the characters almost all the time fall into the same archetypes and it's kinda boring. I don't mind that at all but at the same time if others genres have some "innovation" in their animes why that doesn't occur in SoL? I bet it's a very overlook genre in the anime industry. I getting what you said about Mushishi but, in my opinion, the SoL isn't the main genre. I think that the Supernatural and Philosophical are far more important and are more showcase that the SoL. About madoka i don't know what you mean by that comment. I rant because, even I didn't watch a great amount of SoL anime, I feel that my problems will persist in the generality of the genre. I rate Hyouka quite high because of the mysteries, the art style and quality, most of the characters and my enjoyment watching this anime. |
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amk_2397 said: If you want realistic SoL with an actual romance go watch Golden Time. Other SoL dramas and/or anything else could include Higurashi, Spice and Wolf (another realistic romance), Working!!, My Teen Romantic Comedy S2 (saw that you watched the first one already), Hibike! Euphonium and Yamada and the Seven Witches. As to what your problems are, those tend to be common in a lot of anime. I can understand why you might find them annoying. I'm confused as to why you would recommend Parasyte as SoL show. That's kinda like recommending Madoka Magica for SoL cause it has cute magical girls. Yet you go on to recommend Higurashi (a horror) as a SoL anime. |
flannan said: amk_2397 said: If you want realistic SoL with an actual romance go watch Golden Time. Other SoL dramas and/or anything else could include Higurashi, Spice and Wolf (another realistic romance), Working!!, My Teen Romantic Comedy S2 (saw that you watched the first one already), Hibike! Euphonium and Yamada and the Seven Witches. As to what your problems are, those tend to be common in a lot of anime. I can understand why you might find them annoying. I'm confused as to why you would recommend Parasyte as SoL show. That's kinda like recommending Madoka Magica for SoL cause it has cute magical girls. Yet you go on to recommend Higurashi (a horror) as a SoL anime. flannan said: I said SoL and/or anything else so technically I'm fine with my recommendation. Plus Higurashi has way more slice of life moments than Parasyte. But touche, so I'll switch my recommendation of Higurashi with Gakkou Gurashi a show similar to Higurashi but way more heavy in the SoL department. I was more or less confused about your recommendation of Parasyte mainly cause you're comment about the parents. Yeah they do influence the MC and do a few things but other than that they're pretty inactive for most of the show. Idk I haven't watched the show in a year so I'm a bit fuzzy with some of the details. I was gonna recommend Toradora as parent thing due to Ryuuji's relationship with his mom but OP already watched it and has a few gripes with Taiga's relationship with her dad.amk_2397 said: If you want realistic SoL with an actual romance go watch Golden Time. Other SoL dramas and/or anything else could include Higurashi, Spice and Wolf (another realistic romance), Working!!, My Teen Romantic Comedy S2 (saw that you watched the first one already), Hibike! Euphonium and Yamada and the Seven Witches. As to what your problems are, those tend to be common in a lot of anime. I can understand why you might find them annoying. I'm confused as to why you would recommend Parasyte as SoL show. That's kinda like recommending Madoka Magica for SoL cause it has cute magical girls. Yet you go on to recommend Higurashi (a horror) as a SoL anime. |
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