Part of the joy that can be harvested from slice of life anime recommendations is an ability to relate to characters. There is nothing more relatable than seeing a character live a pretty normal, pretty mundane life. Slice of life anime recommendations are all about the small joys we can reap from just living our normal lives.
The Yuzuki family is a family of four brothers. After their parents died, the oldest brother, Hayato, put himself through college and became a teacher, all while raising his brothers. Mikoto, the second son, is calm and collected, assisting his older brother. The third son, Minato, is energetic and troublesome, often clashing with Mikoto who […]
For Konohoshi Umika, her social anxiety makes her feel like an alien trapped on Earth. Due to feeling so much like an outcast, she dreams of building a rocket to take her into space so she can meet aliens who might finally understand her. One day, she meets the energetic and friendly Akeuchi Yuu, a
Yohane is a girl who has never quite fit in with everyone else in the scenic town of Numazu. While Yohane takes up a job as a fortune-teller that mostly sees her helping people around town with odd jobs, she continues to look for her place in the world. However, darkness gathers around this idyllic
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In this age of gender equality, it is high time that we equal out some of our more super specific gendered sub-genres of anime. You can have Cute Girls Doing Cute Things anime, so why not Cute Boys Doing Cute Things anime? There are two important criteria that defines Cute Girls Doing Cute Things anime:
By all accounts, Ai Mie is a little bit weird. However, her desk neighbor Kaede Komura finds everything she does adorable. His only wish is she would look at him with those beautiful eyes beneath her glasses. One day, Komura notices Mie squinting and acting strangely. It turns out, she had forgotten her glasses and
After growing up on an island where the locals prefer to stay isolated from the rest of the world, Reisaline Stout, or Ryza as her friends call her, is in search of adventure to break up the monotony. With her friends Lent and Tao, they use an abandoned rowboat to visit the mainland. While their
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Welcome home, Master! – It is the siren call of the Victorian anime maid that is so long beloved in anime. They are keeping house, fighting off assassins, fighting yakuza wars, but always at the door ready to greet those that they serve. Who can say for sure why Japan has such a lasting love
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Akane Nishimura is a quiet girl with an intimidating gaze. As such, her classmates gave her the ominous nickname of “The Grim Reaper” and started avoiding her due to fear that they would be cursed. However, these rumors don’t deter the new transfer student, Taiyou Takada. He finds out about her nickname and her powers
We all love our pets. It is one of those universal things for pet owners, so of course anime, with is passion for making slice of life everyday activities seem special, would have a passion for pets too. However, pet anime does tend to have a little issue. Creators, or perhaps studios, don’t always give
Koito Koganei is a teenager who serves as a shrine maiden to the Takamimi Shrine as her family has always has. Alongside normal shrine maiden duties, she is also charged with taking care of the deity enshrined there. Elda, an immortal elf summoned by Tokugawa Ieyasu, has lived in the shrine for 400 years. However,
