I like Slice of Life anime because they make me feel that sense of relaxation in which I could just feel like laughing at anything silly. Like for example, I watched a Chibi Maruko-chan episode from the 800-899 episode mark about Maruko laughing while in her dreams, and her mother and grandpa were asking her about it, however, she doesn't remember. But then the next time she slept, she had the same funny dream again, and this time, her mother and grandpa managed to half-wake her up, and Maruko explains for a bit that she was gonna win the sleep competition. XD. Oh, in case you didn't get it, Maruko is dreaming about sleeping, in her sleep... XD. Which is ironic in of itself. :) . Oh, spoilers? I couldn't care less. There are a ton of fun Chibi Maruko-chan episodes to watch and I'm just giving you a reason to watch it. In fact, I'll talk about another Chibi Maruko-chan segment. So there was this one episode that was also from the 800-899 episode mark about Sakiko, who's Maruko's big sister, who is planning to take a commemorative photo with her friends, and Maruko tells her to take a new hairstyle for it because a commemorative photo would last forever, and so, Sakiko and Maruko browsed a magazine together to find a hairstyle for Sakiko to have, and they managed to pick one. And so, Sakiko wore that hairstyle for her commemorative photo, but then, it turns out that there was wind, and her hairstyle managed to make a mustache-like appearance for Sakiko in the commemorative picture, and Sakiko cried about it. And so, Maruko and her grandpa decided to cheer her up by Maruko taking a sharpie and making a mustache on her face, and saying that she will look like that for her class picture, and grandpa took the sharpie next and drew a bit of hair on his bald head and says that he will look like that when he goes take the senior citizens' club photo. After those 2 made those silly remarks, Sakiko found them to be funny and laughed, and she cheered up. Then later she found out that the commemorative photo will be taken again because most of her friends blinked in the picture. And so, shs decides to take her normal hairstyle for the commemorative photo this time, and all is well... except this 2nd take of her commemorative photo had her silly laughing face... XD. As for why? Well, it was also windy that day, and the camera man had a hairstyle such that his hair has been blown by the wind, which made a mustache-like appearance on his face, and Sakiko, being reminded of her experience of the same thing, couldn't help but laugh. XD. :) . Yeah, Chibi Maruko-chan will always be a favorite anime of mine. Never would I have thought that this simple (children's) anime that I just found a few days ago, would make me, a teen who's almost gonna be an adult age-wise, make me have so much fun. :) .
Oh, for those who want to watch Chibi Maruko-chan, there's an official youtube channel for it, and you can find a lot of english dubbed episodes there. Oh, I recommend to start with an episode that's related to Sakiko, (who's Maruko's big sister in case you forgot). Like seeing Maruko and Sakiko argue with each other just makes me feel warm inside. Oh, I haven't watched episodes from 100-799, 900-1000 nor some episodes from 800-899, so I can't really have much of an opinion for the series as a whole. Though the fact that it's a huge sensation in japan and some parts of asia, (which is what I've heard from Yui-senpai's video about the Eng Dub's history of Chibi Maruko-chan), I find it very easy to believe that I will definitely love the series.
Anyways, it's not just Chibi Maruko-chan, shows like Yuru Yuri, Yuru Camp, Gochiusa, New Game!, Non Non Biyori, Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, and even Monster Musume, gives me fun moments like these. Oh, that's not to say that all Slice of Life anime have is their funny moments, they also have their moments of things like taking in the scenery, or experience. Like for example, seeing a sunrise, or relaxing in an onsen, or even chilling inside a classmate's room. XD. Slice of Life anime could just make me feel like even the small things, can give you the warmest of feelings. Like how Yui from Yuru Yuri keeps Rum Raisin in her fridge for Kyouko to take, which should say a lot about their friendship. Or how.. I forgot her name. ;( . The tallest loli from Non Non Biyori, shows to her friends her house, and her friends comment on how the tallest girl's family locks their doors, even though everyone knows each other in that area. Or how Gawoware constantly has its main character and heroines have fun and silly interactions with each other. Same way with how Show by Rock! has its own bands interact with each other as well. XD. :) . Slice of Life is great.
Hm. I didn't really explain much, so that pretty much means that non-Slice of Life fans may not understand what I'm saying, but at least there will be some Slice of Life fans who can resonate with how I feel to some extent. :) .
Anyways, I hope you all have a great day. I'm gonna go watch a few episodes of Chibi Maruko-chan and then create a new topic in the lacking forums of Chibi Maruko-chan. (1995 to be specific). Hopefully, it will one day be filled with so much fans, (western fans to be specific), having a lot of fun talking about Chibi Maruko-chan. Well... perhaps there's already a dedicated forum to Chibi Maruko-chan. I'm just too lazy to search for it. (knock on my head). Te-he.
Ah, one more thing, I also hope other other shows, like Chibi Maruko-chan, that are unpopular in some sense, get to have more exposure as well. Anyways, thanks for keeping up with my semi-long post that's filled with some childishness. Lol. |
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