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| Currently, there are 1,729 Slice of Life anime on MAL, but on March 25th, 2022, there were 2,094 Slice of Life anime, according to the Wayback Machine I believe the driving factor for this is the current definition of Slice of Life on MAL, which states: Slice of Life stories are focused on a seemingly random and mundane period of the main characters' lives. The absence of a central plot to carry the story towards a charted destination means Slice of Life stories frequently lack overarching conflict and resolution. While life is not without conflict and Slice of Life neither, here conflict appears and dissipates seemingly at will, without a specific narrative to enforce it. Slow story pacing or episodic storytelling does not equal Slice of Life. Drama/Romance stories can be slow and soft while maintaining a central plot of human/relationship struggle. Comedy stories may lack progress and have mundane settings, but they have narratives focused on eliciting laughter rather than amusing moments happening naturally. Thus, Slice of Life is incompatible with Comedy, Drama, and Romance by definition. So that you can see what change, here are the anime that were in MAL's 100 most popular Slice of Life anime on March 25th, 2022 but aren't tagged as Slice of Life anymore (sequels are excluded): So, what do you think of these changes? Are they justified or not? Do any anime stand out? I haven't seen much discussion about this despite the number of changes being made. I personally disagree with the definition. A lot of the changes seem justified, but if we follow what the definition says, a much larger purge is in order. For that reason, I can't feel comfortable with making a lot of changes. I think a better definition is needed. |
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| Imagine nichijou as non slice of life anime, we live in a society indeed. |
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| Wait, this is confusing. K-On! isn't slice of life, why? Nothing makes sense here. Ok, so anything that has comedy, romance or drama isn't slice of life. Seems accurate lol. |
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| It's dumb but it doesn't really matter to me. I know an SOL when I see one whether or not the idiots who run MAL agree. |
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| I definitely disagree with it and the core rationale behind it in its entirety; vehemently so, in fact. I aired my thoughts and spoke out against some related changes at the time, but didn't expect such to actually change anything unfortunately, either in the short or long-term. All I'll say is that I've made a conscious decision to actively ignore and disregard them and I'm glad I took steps to facilitate this process in an easier and smoother manner at some point before the implementation of those changes, which is that I manually typed out all the individual genres (including those which are now non-existent or repurposed under the header of themes and demographics) alongside the anime in the infobox provided for manual submissions like notes. I also copied this in its entirety onto a Notepad file offsite on the off-chance that the website experiences a technical error and glitch or admins decide for whatever godforsaken reason to intentionally scrub that feature in an attempt to sanitize the website or strongarm the userbase or something. Thus, for the vast majority of anime in my user database (Watching, Completed, Plan to Watch, On Hold, and Dropped), I have all the original genres listed and maintained as they originally were prior to the apocalypse of reason and very much intend to keep it that way. The only ones to which it is not applicable are those which I added after the changes, such as new anime or those I didn't learn about or decide to log until later. And even those can probably be inferred with some guesswork, or for older anime, sourced offsite in third party places that used MAL's older tags. Slice of Life is probably my second favorite genre after Thriller, so yeah, as an avowed SoL fan I find it particularly egregious and disruptive and I'm extra committed to ignore and circumvent it for my own purposes. |
| lmao nichijou no longer considered SoL? how mal struggles to tag series' is an incredible feat in and of itself |
 'On-Hold' is another way for a completionist to say 'Dropped' |
| Many of the entries that were scanned initially during the new genre/themes overhaul may have been mislabeled with the SoL tag beforehand. I believe new guidelines were added in place to give a more refined outline on what defines a SoL anime, meaning that the shows you've listed do not fall underneath that criteria, hence they were modified. Once Parts 2&3 of the genre/theme overhaul comes out, there will be a big surge in numbers for all the genres and themes. |
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| Nichijou is mostly comedy K-On! is mostly music Generally I have a question to that genre generally. Slice of life, every anime is slice of someone's life. Naruto is about life of Naruto. Jigoku Shoujou is about life of Enma Ai If you stretch the definition too far then pretty much every anime is a form of SoL, so some more clear boundaries are needed. So what is SoL in your opinion? As well as what is not SoL in contrast? |
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| Slice of life being a standalone genre doesn't make sense to me. Even if it has other things, like drama, romance, comedy, etc. it doesn't stop being a slice of life. Slice of life is a tone and it is compatible with any other genre if done in the right way. |
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ThorLL said: I kinda agree with this. SoL always sounded a little too broad for me. I know what it generally refers to, but take away that context and it sounds like it could apply to pretty much anything. Generally I have a question to that genre generally. Slice of life, every anime is slice of someone's life. Naruto is about life of Naruto. Jigoku Shoujou is about life of Enma Ai If you stretch the definition too far then pretty much every anime is a form of SoL, so some more clear boundaries are needed. |
zombie_pegasus said: Slice of life being a standalone genre doesn't make sense to me. Even if it has other things, like drama, romance, comedy, etc. it doesn't stop being a slice of life. Slice of life is a tone and it is compatible with any other genre if done in the right way. Do you try to say it is light in tone show where everyone is nice to each other, compare to darker shows such as Jigoku Shoujou. @FanofAction +1 |
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| Some of these are just baffling and mind boggling. Like some of them are practically the definition of slice of life? Makes no sense why they'd be removed as SoL. Is it because some have elements of romance or other genre's and aren't pure SoL? Lucky Star isn't slice of life? WTH? It's literally the epitome of slice of life. Cute characters, no plot, just mundane random daily life moments. The only non-SOL moments are the Lucky Channel segments. Himouto Umaru Chan too? That's a slice of life, it's just the random daily life of an otaku girl and her disapproving older brother. Yuru Yuri? How is that not SoL? How is Uzaki not SoL? Komi can't communicate? Nagatoro? |
| My waifu is the most wonderful waifu. Mai Valentine. We're freaking out that we're running out of time, but to do what? Should i stop and think of that? Is there something i could do to slow it down? Live in a day for once, instead of watch it sprinting by |
| It’s a really weird definition, considering that series like Yuru yuri and K-on are not counted anymore. |
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| I like that definition. I don't agree with all the listed purges (like Nichijou, really?), but many of them I do agree with. I see "Slice of Life" as episodic, with most episodes being more-or-less standalone and not reliant on chronology (making small references to previous events is ok, but any significant buildup deviates imo), and this doesn't accurately describe many of the shows purged. |
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| Because the people running MAL have no idea what slice of life is. One of my favorite series that I consider to also be a slice of life is Gakkougurashi. And if you check the MAL page it is still tagged slice of life yet it has more plot than 90% of the shows you just listed that got the tag removed. MAL is just confused souls trying to run a platform. It is no wonder my anime.plus profile had slice of life drop off. It used to be way higher than it was. Thanks MAL for making genres even more wrong yet again. |
Calal-ChanJan 19, 2023 8:31 PM
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ThorLL said: Personally, what makes SoL stand out for me is the lack of stakes. Most stories have high stakes. Many things can be at risk. It could be a life, a relationship, or the whole world.Nichijou is mostly comedy K-On! is mostly music Generally I have a question to that genre generally. Slice of life, every anime is slice of someone's life. Naruto is about life of Naruto. Jigoku Shoujou is about life of Enma Ai If you stretch the definition too far then pretty much every anime is a form of SoL, so some more clear boundaries are needed. So what is SoL in your opinion? As well as what is not SoL in contrast? Slice of life, in my opinion, either lacks stakes or has very low stakes. Admittedly, this definition is a bit fuzzy since what makes low or high stakes is subjective, and many shows can downplay or overplay the stakes. Edit: Also, I think there shouldn't be much of an overarching story. |
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ThorLL said: Nichijou is mostly comedy K-On! is mostly music Generally I have a question to that genre generally. Slice of life, every anime is slice of someone's life. Naruto is about life of Naruto. Jigoku Shoujou is about life of Enma Ai If you stretch the definition too far then pretty much every anime is a form of SoL, so some more clear boundaries are needed. So what is SoL in your opinion? As well as what is not SoL in contrast? To me, an SOL is something that lacks an overarching plot or action and just focuses on more of a sitcom style of episode where characters just live life and go about their daily lives. Something like Naruto doesn't count because there is a big plot going on, even if some episodes are pretty low key. Something like Lucky Star, nothing much happens but the girls going to school and hanging out. There's nothing that's not SOL about it. Some of the other series like Nagatoro are technically romance so they're building to that as a plot so i get it not being included. But Himouto Umaru Chan and Lucky Star are just about girls hanging out with their friends and family and nothing significant happens. |
| My waifu is the most wonderful waifu. Mai Valentine. We're freaking out that we're running out of time, but to do what? Should i stop and think of that? Is there something i could do to slow it down? Live in a day for once, instead of watch it sprinting by |
| @TheBlockenator then we need something like <episodic> tag so people know it is episodic. @fluffycow <low stakes> tag, <relaxed> |
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| Most of the anime people consider "slice of life" are not actually slice of life. A true slice of life should lack any sort of traditional arch-narrative of a beginning or end of a main conflict. There should not even be "arcs", because arcs spell an organization of a story that mark a beginning and an end. With that said, these genre tags were never meant to be the last word on anime genre, and mainly exist to help people find what they're looking for, so maybe the definition should be broadened so that anime that don't neatly fix into the box, but are perhaps adjacent to it could be included. But just going through the list in OP quickly, most of these are definitely NOT slice of life. For example, the following are NOT slice of life, in any sense of the word. The ones I deleted, most are because I don't know anything about them, but maybe 1-2 could fit into the definition. For example, Danshi Kakousei, or maybe Nichijou might fit. P.S. Shows like March Comes Like a Lion are also not slice of life, but MAL still considers it one. There are clearly arcs in this show that align with the protagonist getting over certain insecurities, ideas or feelings, and becoming a more fulfilled person. One could clearly see a progression in the protagonist's character growth. It's not just him living out his life. There's a unifying theme or motif behind the scenes that it shows us. |
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ThorLL said: @TheBlockenator then we need something like <episodic> tag so people know it is episodic. @fluffycow <low stakes> tag, <relaxed> Nah, relaxed is more of a tone an anime chooses. There are shows like Nichijou that have low stakes but are certainly not relaxed. |
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fluffycow17 said: ThorLL said: @TheBlockenator then we need something like <episodic> tag so people know it is episodic. @fluffycow <low stakes> tag, <relaxed> Nah, relaxed is more of a tone an anime chooses. There are shows like Nichijou that have low stakes but are certainly not relaxed. That is why two separate tags, more tags are needed for other stuff. Generally I think we need tags system like in Gelgooru |
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katsucats said: Slice of Life can actually have progression depending on which definition you use. Slice of Life is about showcasing the mundane and March Comes in Like a Lion showcases the mundane a lot. Some definitions even say fantasy elements are perfectly fine. Like I know it is the Wiki but if you go read that it actually has some helpful information on it.Most of the anime people consider "slice of life" are not actually slice of life. A true slice of life should lack any sort of traditional arch-narrative of a beginning or end of a main conflict. There should not even be "arcs", because arcs spell an organization of a story that mark a beginning and an end. With that said, these genre tags were never meant to be the last word on anime genre, and mainly exist to help people find what they're looking for, so maybe the definition should be broadened so that anime that don't neatly fix into the box, but are perhaps adjacent to it could be included. But just going through the list in OP quickly, most of these are definitely NOT slice of life. For example, the following are NOT slice of life, in any sense of the word. The ones I deleted, most are because I don't know anything about them, but maybe 1-2 could fit into the definition. For example, Danshi Kakousei, or maybe Nichijou might fit. P.S. Shows like March Comes Like a Lion are also not slice of life, but MAL still considers it one. There are clearly arcs in this show that align with the protagonist getting over certain insecurities, ideas or feelings, and becoming a more fulfilled person. One could clearly see a progression in the protagonist's character growth. It's not just him living out his life. There's a unifying theme or motif behind the scenes that it shows us. In all honestly what is slice of life usually comes down to the atmosphere/feeling of the show. If it depcits mundane elements it probably has slice of life elements but just how much. So shows like March have enough slice of life elements that I think it should be tagged that way, but while Made in Abyss actually has some elements of that such when they just cook and do nothing that adds to the plot wouldn't be a slice of life since those moments are too few. If that makes sense anyway. Too lazy to check my grammar sorry. |
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| so stories about fleeting romance in the everyday life or its struggles are no longer part of SOL? Is slice of life, quite literally a piece of one's life, not also naturally come with hardship, misfortune, amusement, and content? at this point, the definition just describes iyashikei, which is a subgenre and already exists as a Theme on this site Plus, idk why MAL would mention Drama and Slice of Life being incompatible, when after scrolling for 2 seconds I see an anime entry with both tags. |
ThorLL said: fluffycow17 said: Nah, relaxed is more of a tone an anime chooses. There are shows like Nichijou that have low stakes but are certainly not relaxed. That is why two separate tags, more tags are needed for other stuff. Generally I think we need tags system like in Gelgooru I have no idea how Gelgooru works, but with how MAL is current designed, more tags would mean that the mods have to do more work categorizing everything, and considering how many SoL anime still don't follow MAL's definition after so long, I don't think they will work that quickly. |
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Boazanian said: They literally have Gakkougurashi still listed which is Rated R and has Horror, Mystery, Slice of Life, Suspense as the genres and for the themes Psychological, School, Survival. While I consider it a slice of life the people in charge of genres just have no idea what they are doing. The tags are colored like that since I copy pasted them. so stories about fleeting romance in the everyday life or its struggles are no longer part of SOL? Is slice of life, quite literally a piece of one's life, not also naturally come with hardship, misfortune, amusement, and content? at this point, the definition just describes iyashikei, which is a subgenre and already exists as a Theme on this site Plus, idk why MAL would mention Drama and Slice of Life being incompatible, when after scrolling for 2 seconds I see an anime entry with both tags. |
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| I got the reason why I wasn't able find some shows under SoL tag. I more or less agree with the second part except the last line. SoLs are not typically supposed to be Romance or Comedy. The recent rush of such shows gives a bad impression as a whole on this genre. I've seen people asking for SoL recommendations but they don't want more insightful shows like Natsume Yuujinchou, Kino's Journey or Mushishi. We quite generalized the idea of everyday lifestyle too much that that we dragged down it's defination. I've mixed opinion on the first part. SoLs do often lacks a central plot but it generally do not lacks "conflict and resolution" unless you are only looking at sitcoms. Everyday life of the MCs are the theme of the story not the genre but SoL uses the theme for its own benifit to create the required simple settings. And an SoL must not need to explicitly say "this is life" to catagories itself on the genre. They are more of having philosophical aspects than practical utilisations. If we only care about stories having more insights and thoughtfulness on life not just random comedic or dramatic events then *some* of the exclusions can be justified not all. |
ChrononJan 19, 2023 9:18 PM
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Chronon said: The problem is if we went and did what MAL considers slice of life Natsume Yuujinchou, Kino's Journey and Mushishi would also not be considered slice of lifes. There definition basically means only cute girls doing cute things or cute boys doing cute things with nothing actually happening and no development. It simplifies slice of life so much that basically makes it a terrible genre only for slice of nothing shows. Basically they are doing what you don't want.I got the reason why I wasn't able find some shows under SoL tag. I agree with the second part. SoLs are not typically supposed to be Romance or Comedy. The recent rush of such shows gives a bad impression as a whole on this genre. I've seen people asking for SoL recommendations but they don't want more insightful shows like Natsume Yuujinchou, Kino's Journey or Mushishi. We quite generalized the idea of everyday lifestyle too much that that we dragged down it's defination. I've mixed opinion on the first part. SoLs do often lacks a central plot but it generally do not lacks "conflict and resolution" unless you are only looking at sitcoms. Everyday life of the MCs are the theme of the story not the genre but SoL uses the theme for its own benifit to create the required simple settings. And an SoL must not need to explicitly say "this is life" to catagories itself on the genre. They are more of having philosophical aspects than practical utilisations. If we only care about stories having more insights and thoughtfulness on life not just random comedic or dramatic events then *some* of the exclusions can be justified not all. |
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Calal-Chan said: Chronon said: The problem is if we went and did what MAL considers slice of life Natsume Yuujinchou, Kino's Journey and Mushishi would also not be considered slice of lifes. There definition basically means only cute girls doing cute things or cute boys doing cute things with nothing actually happening and no development. It simplifies slice of life so much that basically makes it a terrible genre only for slice of nothing shows. Basically they are doing what you don't want.I got the reason why I wasn't able find some shows under SoL tag. I agree with the second part. SoLs are not typically supposed to be Romance or Comedy. The recent rush of such shows gives a bad impression as a whole on this genre. I've seen people asking for SoL recommendations but they don't want more insightful shows like Natsume Yuujinchou, Kino's Journey or Mushishi. We quite generalized the idea of everyday lifestyle too much that that we dragged down it's defination. I've mixed opinion on the first part. SoLs do often lacks a central plot but it generally do not lacks "conflict and resolution" unless you are only looking at sitcoms. Everyday life of the MCs are the theme of the story not the genre but SoL uses the theme for its own benifit to create the required simple settings. And an SoL must not need to explicitly say "this is life" to catagories itself on the genre. They are more of having philosophical aspects than practical utilisations. If we only care about stories having more insights and thoughtfulness on life not just random comedic or dramatic events then *some* of the exclusions can be justified not all. That's the first part of the definition I disagree. Basically the definition they wrote is self conflicting. The first paragraph absolutely reject shows having "conflict and resolution"(I'm really bothered by this part) and second part rejects Comedy and Romances. And if we follow the phrase "Slice of Life" then idk what else shows are left suitable for this tag, may be h*ntais? |
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Chronon said: For sure I was agreeing with you. There definition really makes almost no shows slice of life, but even if we just use comedy drama and romance it cuts out so many series. Yeah ALL HENTAIS BABY.Calal-Chan said: The problem is if we went and did what MAL considers slice of life Natsume Yuujinchou, Kino's Journey and Mushishi would also not be considered slice of lifes. There definition basically means only cute girls doing cute things or cute boys doing cute things with nothing actually happening and no development. It simplifies slice of life so much that basically makes it a terrible genre only for slice of nothing shows. Basically they are doing what you don't want. That's the first part of the definition I disagree. Basically the definition they wrote is self conflicting. The first paragraph absolutely reject shows having "conflict and resolution"(I'm really bothered by this part) and second part rejects Comedy and Romances. And if we follow the phrase "Slice of Life" then idk what else shows are left suitable for this tag, may be h*ntais? |
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| thats bullshit ig but it doesn't really matter, your choice if you see it as a SOL anime |
| Footage of the MAL Tag Allocation Committee at work has just been leaked to the Dark Web. I'll risk my own life and post it here. |
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| Alright MAL so by your defintion all of these shows in the spoiler should have slice of life removed. I am gonna bullet point your list of requirements. 1. No Romance 2. No Comedy 3. No Drama 4. Shows with very little plot (but sometimes can have some) Which is basically what your post says. Here we go I just went through the first 100 anime with most members right now that are tagged slice of life. These should all be removed you are welcome. Some of these don't actually have certain genres because MAL has excluded them but it is pretty clear that these should have said genre. Let us count shall we? So that is 62 series and I haven't even counted the sequels that would also fit. So that means around 60 to 70 percent of the 100 most popular shows right now tagged slice of life should get the tag removed. Now I know no one will read this but damn that is a lot. If we take those stats most likely you should only have 900 slice of life anime tagged here and that is only 50 percent of the number above. That seems quite weird MAL. PS Mal just removed 58 anime so that is quite close to my 62 so that actually means it should be more like 60 percent of there 1700 instead of the 50 ish percent I was saying. This is some nonsense. |
Calal-ChanJan 19, 2023 10:03 PM
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| At first I thought this thread will be one of these overreacting threads searching for problems where there are no problems at all or they are abysmal, but ouch - it's true. Unfortunately it's true. I haven't heard about such purge, but seeing shows like Clannad, K-On!, ReLIFE or Komi-san or many other shows not having slice of life tag is really weird. I'm not a fan of this genre, but I'm all for tagging animes properly. That being said, getting rid of slice of life tag for shows that are known from being examples of slice of life animes is hard for me to understand. I'd like to know then what kind of anime can be called as slice of life show and why i.e. Clannad can't be, lol. Because at this point I have no idea, to be frank. Definition exists, but the way it's worded like can leave too much freedom in tagging certain show, leaving it up to person responsible for tags whether stretch out the definition to include more shows, or to go with strict meaning of it and limit shows tagged as "slice of life" to minimum. |
AdnashJan 19, 2023 10:05 PM
I've seen most of those you mentioned and I agree that they're not SOL. But the inclusion of Umaru Chan confuses me. How do you figure? |
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Adnash said: MAL has no excuse. If you look at my post above yours it is insane how many shows by their definition are labeled wrong now. MAL is nice to use for customization stuff but the staff has no idea what they are doing honestly.At first I thought this thread will be one of these overreacting threads searching for problems where there are no problems at all or they are abysmal, but ouch - it's true. Unfortunately it's true. I haven't heard about such purge, but seeing shows like Clannad, K-On!, ReLIFE or Komi-san or many other shows not having slice of life tag is really weird. I'm not a fan of this genre, but I'm all for tagging animes properly. That being said, getting rid of slice of life tag for shows that are known from being examples of slice of life animes is hard for me to understand. I'd like to know then what kind of anime can be called as slice of life show and why i.e. Clannad can't be, lol. Because at this point I have no idea, to be frank. Definition exists, but the way it's worded like can leave too much freedom in tagging certain show, leaving it up to person responsible for tags whether stretch out the definition to include more shows, or to go with strict meaning of it and limit shows tagged as "slice of life" to minimum. |
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| I disagree with the vast majority of these changes and the definition, especially the last part: Slice of Life is incompatible with Comedy, Drama, and Romance Don't these usually go hand in hand? SOL is bound to have all 3 of these at one point or another. Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge for example has comedy, some drama and romance yet it's still tagged as SOL, meanwhile Lucky Star of all things gets the SOL tag removed despite not really having any of these aside from Comedy-- almost the same can be said about Nichijou, Umaru-chan, K-On! and a handful of other shows on the list you provided.I think this is kinda dumb. |
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| Honestly, while I do disagree on some individual choices the genre had become pretty much a catch-all. Nearly every title that was set in reality got that genre slapped onto it which made it practically useless for searches. Though I kind of question why they are reworking it now. I thought with the introduction of themes tags they already circumvented the problem by introducing new categories like "iyashikei" and "CGDCT" - which honestly calls into question why the genre tag of "slice of life" still needs to exist anyway. |
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| Regardless of a genre's definition, MAL should allow any combination of tags. A title can easily be slice of life in one episode and romance or tragedy in another. Comedy is quite different from drama too, yet the rules acknowledge that a title can be both. MAL doesn't even follow its own rules since I still see comedies and dramas tagged "slice of life." Utawarerumono 2 is an example of a show I'd say is inappropriately tagged. The page lists "action" and "drama" despite nothing happening for 80% of the show. Many who watched it weekly complained of boredom. The relaxed nature of the average episode surely merits an additional genre. Why isn't it tagged as such? The only other genre listed is "fantasy." But I don't even think there's any need for a "slice of life" tag to exist. It doesn't provide much information that isn't better conveyed with other tags. I mean have any of you ever seen a library or store with a "slice of life" section? |
LucifrostJan 19, 2023 11:16 PM
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| Pretty fucking weird k-on is not tsgged as sol, really? It’s the quintessential cgdct sol and is the best. |
| The most of the changes make sense, but I disagree with the definition. |
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| MAL's definition might be a bit too extreme, but I agree with keeping slice of life with some little jokes and full fledged comedies separated, instead of handing both tags to everything. For example, Bocchi the Rock! is often considered a slice of life, but I agree with MAL in this case: every scene revolves around either delivering a joke or music, and thus the tone is quite different from slice of life that don't rely on comedy so much. |
| it's simple, mal basically included slice of life and iyashikei in the same category, as in slice of life now they only consider iyashikei as slice of life pay no mind, mal was never a good tagging site |
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| Since 3-gatsu is still tagged SoL there's definitly more purging needed. There also needs to be a comedy purge. |
| It's dumb but it's not even the worst part of the genre system. Toradora is currently not even listed as comedy and I could name dozen other examples. The MAL database is an absolute joke but nobody seems to care about it, the mods are in denial and just power tripping. I even tried to help them fix it but only got negative feedback. Honestly fuck yourself MAL, I've moved to other websites to get my anime information now because your database sucks ass. https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2067749 |
ateks said: It's dumb but it's not even the worst part of the genre system. Toradora is currently not even listed as comedy and I could name dozen other examples. The MAL database is an absolute joke but nobody seems to care about it, the mods are in denial and just power tripping. I even tried to help them fix it but only got negative feedback. Honestly fuck yourself MAL, I've moved to other websites to get my anime information now because your database sucks ass. https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2067749 lol forget that. The DB page of Death Note—the second most popular anime on this website has straight up wrong information. The second opening plays from episode 20 to episode 37, but it says "30-37." I even informed these clowns, but they still haven't fixed it.  |
| "What do you think of the Slice of Life purge on MAL?" Anyway "slice of life" is misleading, the correct term is "daily life". On a side note the tags on MAL are one big mess to begin with, I never use them. For more precise searches I go to AniDB. WatchTillTandava said: I also copied this in its entirety onto a Notepad file offsite on the off-chance that the website experiences a technical error and glitch or admins decide for whatever godforsaken reason to intentionally scrub that feature in an attempt to sanitize the website or strongarm the userbase or something. If you export your list, your personal tags would be in the column "my_tags" and your personal notes would be in the column "my_comments". Copying the whole thing in Notepad was bit unnecessary. Even if one day they change the database, keeping archives of old exports would save your old info. (Semi regular exports saved me in 2018, when my original MAL account Megaload got locked due to some technical error and I couldn't activate it via e-mail.) Point is - regular exports of your anime and manga lists are one good idea. |
alshuJan 20, 2023 1:08 AM
| I am not trying to say that it's right as it is, but it's a re-do of thousands of entries and even just a first part out of three for now. So it's still ''work in progress''. And despite all this complaining I have yet to see you guys post in the genre/theme request thread. :I |
| From the ones on the list that I have seen I agree that most of them aren't deserving of the SoL genre tag, but there are a few that need it, with K-On being the obvious one sticking out. Also maybe Yuru Yuri (especially S3) and Dumbbell, though I only got 5 episodes through that. I once wrote before that I thought Slice of Life as a genre doesn't go with something that is primarily a Drama or Romance, but that I make an exception for Comedy. Many shows I think are both a SoL and a comedy. K-On being more on the Slice of life side, Yuru Yuri (first 2 seasons) being more of a comedy primarily - but both genres apply to both shows. Love Live Nijigasaki is another show that I always think of when considering what Slice of Life means. I see it still has the SoL tag (maybe not for long). It very closely resembles a Slice of Life and most people on Reddit call it that, but I consider it a drama. Every scene I can think of is done in service of the interpersonal drama between the characters. Edit with a further thought that I forgot to include, Niji is more arguably a sports anime because nearly every moment and piece of interaction/drama directly leads back to the organized competition/performance aspect. I can totally understand if someone disagrees with this one, though. |
ClMarshmallowJan 22, 2023 10:36 PM
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