I have the first volume of Aria The Masterpiece and I basically need to "snipe" it on Amazon cause Crunchyroll (a million dollar company btw) cant ship it to any other country than Canada and America cause "fuck you, we hate money"
funny you mention that as I just got that sorted this week, I was having the same problem being in the UK, but my friend lives in America and he offered to forward it to me, so I ordered all 7 volumes of masterpiece with the CR discount and he will send it to me as a "gift" which means no import :D
Hopefully he doesn't start reading them then get lost in Neo-Venezia and want to keep them!
While it wasn't my first SoL show, it's my favorite one. I watched it last year and I loved it.
I've been actively listening to the soundtrack since then and I've been thinking about buying it if I can find it somewhere, they deserve some money for making such an incredible show.
There were so many other notable slice of life shows but the ones they chose are not it. Spy x Family and Bocchi the Rock are comedy and the other shows have something that makes the slice of life more of an aspect or element(if any at all) than its main genre.
Bocchi the Rock is definitely not just comedy, that's like saying Lucky Star or Silver Spoon are just comedy. Like the comedy in BTR comes from the awkwardness of Bocchi trying to fit in outside of that it's another tale of coming out of one's loneliness through a shared interest.
One of the most common complaints of long-time readers/watchers is "the story is focusing too much on SoL stuff and not enough on the plot". I'd even argue it has more SoL stuff than action. I suppose if you put its genre in a box where it can only be one thing, SoL wouldn't be my first choice, but it definitely has a SoL element and it's a huge part of the anime/manga.
If anything I think SxF has such wide appeal because it hits so many things, comedy, action, slice of life, and even the occasional genuinely intriguing spy element.
I would say a good half of the show is centered around the daily life of the characters in the setting, seeing their routine etc without further advancing an overall plot. That to me is the core of slice of life.
Granted it is somewhat unconventional as the premise is unrealistic, but episodes such as Damian and his friends going for a canoe trip with a teacher, Bond trying to find his owner to avoid Yor's cooking and basically every school related episode with kids just doing stuff, are absolutely SoL.
Except most episodes don't care about the big plot? At least in the anime not much is progressing, you just have family goofing around either together or each one is doing their own thing
Hell yes, Cool Doji Danshi is actually one of the best SoL anime I've watched and the only reason why it doesn't receive enough attention is because people see dudes instead of cute moe SoL girls and choose to not watch but it is honestly such a blast.
Depending on the beginner, it is hard for me to believe they would be so moe-brained as to enjoy these sorts of shows. Out in (American) non-weeb space, stuff like Friends or The Office is what people consider slice of life.
I think there's a big enough difference between pure iyashikei and slice of life to correct you, although I think OP is still a bit off. What you listed is top tier iyashikei, which are harder to approach for western audiences imo. They're often just too relaxed. Something like Yuru Camp might be a good compromise, which falls right in the middle.
Love is War, I Decided to Shave and Take in a Teenage Runaway, Pansy are you the only one who loves me, Konasuba fringes on SoL at points. Pansy are you the only one who loves me is really cute and funny. The bench shit in the first few episodes was a nice gag.
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u/OrdinarySpirit- 27d ago
Some actual Slice of Life: Non Non Biyori, Hidamari Sketch, Aria, Cool Doji Danshi, Hakumei & Mikochi