FMmatron said: Ippo has slice of life elements, but I still wouldn't recommend it someone specifically looking for a slice of life, the main appeal is clearly a different one. With slice of life being the broadest genre of them all, even broader than drama, it needs to be narrowed down to become useful. Drama is life with the dull bits cut out. (Alfred Hitchcock) Any piece of fiction deals with the life of it's protagonists. The two interesting features being changes in the world (story) and in their minds (character development). If there is no progression in either, there is no drama and thus it's usually not fictionalized because it's pure boredom. The degree to which fictionalization and dramatization takes place along with thematic and story elements (e.g. war, romance, supernatural etc.) determines the genre and narrative style. Which means: any piece of fiction has drama and slice of life elements, as any character has a life and a development.FMmatron said: Now, that's your private definition and as good as any other. You basically define SoL as the thrift shop ("Resterampe") of drama. It's certainly not, I strongly disagree. Anidb.net's tag definition is that SoL is "daily life" and has one sub-tag "work life". That definition adds "daily" to something all characters in all fiction already have, a life interesting enough to be fictionalized. In that light, many genres become sub-genres of slice of life, all fiction about people with a defining job for example. Police, athlete, medical doctor, lawyer, detective and so on are all "work life" drama for particular occupations a majority considers "not boring". Which is completely arbitrary, any routine life will do and which occupations are interesting is purely subjective. There is no reason to assume the occupation of a Prima in Aria is "more boring" than than that of an athlete as in Hajime no Ippo.Slice of life elements and slice of life narrative are two different things. A show can be tagged slice of life, but that doesn't say much. You can't compare Sakurasou which is a rom-com, with drama, themes about self growth or pursuing your goals with Non Non Biyori or Barakamon which embrace the plain daily life, or in other words, with a slice of life in it's purest form. Imo only those "pure" shows should be labeled specifically as slice of life. To flock the dead horse sports individually, sports is extremely close to slice of life in many ways. To the point the border often blurs. Training is a boring, routine occupation whether you do it professionally (->work life), or as part of your character development (->slice of life). The main difference is dramaturgy, i.e. the way sports anime are cut, dramatized, and camera work is used. One may argue that there are no peaks in "pure" SoL, which tourney arcs, duels and matches are for sports. Partly true, and one of the main differences. But what is a "peak" is subjective again. Tourneys are story peaks, where other SoL more goes for character development peaks. The latter are more subtle, but equal. Example: In Yuru Camp, a scene is reused with protagonists exchanged. Both Nadeshiko and Rin drive up the same forrest path alone. Rin does so in the beginning of the series, Nadeshiko in the end. It symbolizes change: Nadeshiko and Rin now understand each other's way of thinking and share an experience, despite being alone while doing so. That is basically the massive character development of Yuru Camp, well hidden in visual story telling. What I fail to see is how this is more boring and any less powerful and psychological than a fight in a boxing anime. |
inimSep 11, 2020 7:19 AM
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| Yes. But SoL in visual novels are not. |
| Depends on the anime and if it's main focus is teenage or younger girls. |
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| The pure form of SoL shows, such as Non Non Biyori or Aria are something I would not have sat through a few years back, so I can understand why some people find them boring as I once did. I liked shows with a SoL element such as Pet Girl of Sakurasou or Ah Megami-sama!, but I couldn't understand the appeal of pure SoL shows like Aria. I simply found that too little happened and they couldn't keep my attention. Over the last couple of years I've really gotten into SoL shows, partly as it overlaps so much with cgdct in shows like Hinako Note, Hitoribocchi & Magical Pokan. I no longer find SoL shows as boring and am happy to sit back and absorb all the beautiful animation without any action. @inim really interesting deconstruction of SoL, thanks (had to look up dramaturgy, always good to learn something new). |
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yeah i get sleepy when ever i am watching em |
| If you ask me 4-5 years ago I'd say no. But now the answer is yes, most often time I just very frustrated by the lacks of things going on, maybe because my preference has changed. Recently I've tried Flying Witch, after couple of episodes I'm not very interested to continue. Maybe just a case of watching wrong anime, but I stand corrected. |
| I'm too weird to live but much too rare to die. |
| highly depending on the character design, personalities, and number of main characters in my opinion SoL/CGDCT anime will never fit 2 cours, even 1 cour is a bit too long, 12 min episode works the best |
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| Yes I generally find SOL boring (for anime and Asian dramas) depending on the plot/characters Mushishi has a SOL tag but it was more like a fantasy/mystery for me and I actually liked Clannad since it became more of a melodrama later (but I've watched them many years ago) |
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| they're boring right, but they personally help me relieve part of my stress after watching some pretty heavy anime shows or after dealing with something as bad irl. i tend to be still picky with SOL in general because i dont like it when people are trying so hard to be funny or relatable. that aint it chief. id rather watch tanaka sleeping all day than some humorless comedy show |
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| and yeah, agreed. i think this is mostly just subjective/whatever you prefer as a viewer. people who pit this genre towards other genres that are obviously the opposite of it are ridiculous |
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| Yes and not only boring but it's also very rare to find a slice of life actually realistic |
| It's one of my favourite genre actually. |
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| If it includes many great comedy , big no . If it was too bland , yeah maybe |
| Хайде, хайде, хайде, това е първата зона, брато, първа зона, първа зона, добре, добре, добре, това става тук горе, отива тук горе, само спокойно, само спокойно... Ха, отдясно е, навсякъде отдясно отдясно къде е дясното ти о да добре добре добре тихо мълчаливо не успях да се съсредоточа върху това ЕХ ТЪПАК КОГАТО СИ БАВНО БАВНО ... ой е путката на моето момиче прасе куче, аз Чувствам се добре, о, мамо, *шамар*, какво е това госпожице татко- |
faleagum said: Nah as you get older you will start enjoying them more. Not for me 😂 I feel the opposite. I probably liked some SOL anime back then without realizing it but now I usually just find them meh/can't relate to high school characters anymore. I don't think it has to do with age but more with preferences. I would rather watch something that actually has an interesting plot/something about it that makes me want to click on the next episode than just watching characters hanging out here and there. Now if I were to talk about k-dramas I'd say I was bored with Hospital Playlist compared to The World of the Married |
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| No I love Slice of Life anime. One of my favorite anime of all time is Sakurasou wa Pet na Kanojo. Even though it is a SOL anime it still has a great story and characters. Also SOL anime serve as great palette cleansers after you watch a really high stakes anime. |
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| Slice of Life can be fun in a way that they can be relaxing. It's kind of a nice break from the whole action/drama in many Anime. I started to appreciate the relaxing and slow-down tone to them. "Houkago Teibou Nisshi" is currently on-going about 4 girls fishing can be simple in its premise but fascinating in its presentation. It's really fun seeing characters being themselves in such setting. This show also give out a nice knowledge about certain animals and how to fish them out. The visuals look beautiful and you can sense the smell of the fresh sea from how it looks. If you get of Anime burn-outs, they tend to help to get back and enjoying the stuff like Shounen or action/drama series. No, they are not boring... they are more welcomed when you just want to kick back and relax. |
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| Literally any genre has the possibility to be boring. Shounen and action series have obviously the lowest chance but the point still stands, it just depends on what kind of anime you are watching in my opinion, not the genre |
| SoL boring are the insubstantial anime about a moeblob that don't do anything interesting because Japanese authors have the belief that all girls are like that they adore a hollow and superficial life. That's why the best slice of life are with male protagonists like barakamon or rakugo. |
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| I'm fairly at a crossroads when it comes to the genre... On one side, it is meant to be a slice of life for the purpose of just that - looking into the daily life of someone else. It's a laid back genre, not necessarily meant for grand plots that drag on. Most of them are usually based off of light novels, from what I've noticed... On the other, it can get repetitive as the show drags on. The comic relief begins to get less comedic as jokes tend to repeat themselves, the characters begin to lose their depth, or any attempt at actually having something interesting happen falls short... From experience, most SOL anime start off well and interesting enough, and then it gets rather boring halfway through. It makes me want to hop off the train, but I ain't no bitch. lol |
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| It is wrong to generalize based on genre. Some slice-of-life are simple episodic stories with almost no plot or character development. I personally dislike these ones. Some SOLs have interesting stories, and flesh out characters much more, making them much more beautiful. Barakamon, is an example, a pure slice-of-life but has a great story (especially the manga portion that hasn't been adapted). |
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| It's all a matter of taste in the end. Personally, SoL is one of my favorite genres lol. 7 out of 8 of my 10's ARE Slice of life shows (maybe all 8 if you consider Isekai shokudou a SoL but it's not listed as one so 7 it is). Some people don't need action to enjoy a show, others enjoy shows more if it has that excitement action brings and SoL just can't give them that. It can go this way for every genre imo, they all have something that a certain group of people will enjoy that other types of shows may not be able to give them. |
| "The world is not beautiful, therefore it is." -Kino's Journey |
| Possibly, if you're still solely a fucking loser shounen fag, then maybe. |
| I've only watched koe no katachi so no. Slice of life is not boring. (If you're not a die hard shounen fan) |
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| I feel like theres so many genres that include SoL that it's hard to generalise. Like I love Barakamon, and Mushi-shi, but then I dislike K-on. I just think it's a very broad term. |
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| For the most part they are pretty boring, they're usually just loafing around and if I don't feel as if the story is progressing I get really annoyed. |
| I've never been interested in them, but I also haven't ever tried watching one, I don't think... |
| u mean Slice of Nothing Happens? lmao |
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| Depends on the show but I love slice of life shows that mix hints of philosophical intrigue, or really offers stuff subtly beyond just being there to look cute or pass time. Kino's Journey and Girls Last Tour are 2 shows that symbolize the kind of slice of life content I admire the most. Feels like I'm relaxing plus gaining interesting content by seeing the meaning of certain ideas mixed with nice interactions. |
| Depends on what you want as well as the other parts of the show. As a self-proclaimed SoL connoisseur, it just takes a good eye and a knack for truly recognizing what you want from such a series. |
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| After watching some no they arent always boring some are even really good but imo they can really drag on and become boring really fast. They have to keep the equilibrium of having enough going on to keep my attention. If its just mostly comedy itll lost my attention fast as I've never been a fan of anime comedy to begin with. |
| If I don't get attached to the characters, yes, it is to me. I mean, what's the point in watching random people I don't care about doing random stuff I don't care about ? But if I actually like the characters then it becomes relaxing, because it makes me happy to see them and it feels good not to always have action. |
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