Slice of Life (397)

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.

Omoide PoroporoOnly Yesterday

Okamoto, HotaruTone, Yuuko 2024
Omoide Poroporo follows Taeko Okajima, an eleven-year old girl as she goes through life as a fifth-grader in 1966.
1987 to 1991 | 24 chp | Publishing

Sensei no Ojikan

Momose, Tamami 2024
Meet Suzuki Mika, teacher at Okitsu High School. Mika is a good teacher, but she has a small problem... literally. Although she's 27, she is only 148 cm tall, and has the face of a child. As a result, it is often difficult for Mika to get anyone to take her seriously.

(Source: MU)
Feb 1997 to Apr 2013 | 212 chp | Publishing

Momoiro SistersPink Sisters

Momose, Tamami 2024
Momoko is a high school student, trying to live up to her older sister Sakura. Sakura works in an office along with many other co-workers. The two sisters, and their friends, experience the everyday hardships and situations of being a woman.

from ann
1993 to 2002 | chp | Publishing

Do You Remember, Mogwa?

Han, Yu-Rang 2024
Sun Jong is a girl who doesn't like to be near others, and wears a mask on her face.Her grandma decides to take in a good looking boy who has the mission to become friends with her. Can she take off her mask? (Source: Mangafox)
2008 to ? | chp | Publishing

Musunde Hiraite

Minase, Mayu 2024
A collection of high school love stories, each chapter featuring a different student. For example, Hiro has a crush on a cute upperclassman girl, but she has rejected his advances 15 times! Will Hiro be able to find a way into her heart? His friend Akechi keeps a notebook of information on all the girls at school, but when he goes after the secrets of an incredibly quiet and shy girl, will his interest become more than professional curiosity?

(Source: MangaHelpers)

Each chapter focuses on a different character, although they are all related through being classmates.
Sep 18, 2009 to Aug 5, 2013 | 42 chp | Publishing

Sora no Shita Yane no Naka

2024
NEETs are usually people who have chosen not to be part of society due to personal problems or just straight out laziness... This story centers on a certain special girl that would have become a NEET right after high school without even realizing it. It's not that she doesn't want to get any job, but it seems that there is not a job out there that can fulfill her very special job criteria... At least her mother understands her.
Apr 28, 2008 to Apr 28, 2010 | 26 chp | Publishing

Hagoromo Mishin

Kodama, Yuki 2024
College student Yoichi helps a swan stuck on a bridge, only to be visited later in the night by Miwa, a beautiful woman claiming to have been the same swan Yoichi rescued. Miwa stays with Yoichi to pay back her debt, but Yoichi harbors doubts about Miwa really being a swan. With his uneasiness, is there hope for a relationship between Yoichi and Miwa?
(Source: MU)
Mar 2007 | 6 chp | Publishing

SotsugyouseiClassmates: Sotsu gyo sei

Nakamura, Asumiko 2024
A deep love bubbles beneath the surface, and a gentle touch is all Hikaru Kusakabe and Rihito Sajou need to release it. Sajou, studious and reserved, is yet to be accustomed to such strong feelings for Kusakabe, making him overthink and insecure. In contrast, Kusakabe, straightforward and bold, does not restrain himself from showing intimate affection.

While Kusakabe reveals his dream to one day become a professional musician, Sajou is tirelessly preparing for college. Their differing goals bring an unspoken, heavy cloud over their relationship: as the boys approach their graduation, it is unclear what awaits their romance. Nevertheless, their love warms them in the coldest winter and brings hope that, eventually, they will find the answer to their uncertain future together.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Jan 25, 2008 to Aug 28, 2009 | 16 chp | Publishing

Anne no Seishun

Igarashi, Yumiko 2024
This is based on the book Anne of Avonlea and it's a sequel to Anne of Green Gables. It follows Anne from the age of 16 to 18, during the two years that she teaches at Avonlea school. Anne discovers the delights and troubles of being a teacher, takes part in the raising of the twins Davy and Dora and organizes the A.V.I.S. (Avonlea Village Improvement Society), which tries to bring improvements to Avonlea with questionable results.

(Source: MangaUpdates)
1998 | 6 chp | Publishing

Ebisu-san to Hotei-san

Kizuki, AkiraSatou, Nanki 2024
An office worker, Hotei, is not pleased when high-flyer Ebisu is transferred to her branch.
(Source: Lililicious)
Feb 12, 2009 to Feb 12, 2010 | 5 chp | Publishing

Lock On!

Tsuchida, Kenta 2024
Utsuru Sanada is a professional photographer at the age of 17, he can guess the exact 3 sizes of any girl, he can memorize anything he sees, and he can counterattack karate moves (Most guys would want these abilities). Why? Because he has superb photographic memory called “Shutter Eye” (Shutter as in the shutter of a camera). He meets Niko Kurihara, the female protagonist, who dislikes men, is a master of martial arts, and is of course beautiful. Utsuru attempts to prove to Niko that he is not the guy she thinks he so he can take a picture of her.

(Source: MangaHelpers)
Feb 22, 2010 to Jun 28, 2010 | 18 chp | Publishing

Houkago Guitar

Yumeka, Sumomo 2024
A one-shot about two teens hiding who they are from the rest of society, one perceived as a genius and the other perceived as a delinquent, and how their true selves come together and change their perception of the trivial everyday.
2004 | 1 chp | Publishing

Kemono no Souja

Uehashi, Nahoko 2024
Erin is a 10-year-old girl who lives with her mother in the Tai Koh Region. She has a big love for animals, especially the Touda, dragon-like creatures used in the war.

Her mother Soyon was originally of the Mist People, an ancient clan whose members have green eyes. Because Erin's late father was the son of the chief of a village of Touda breeders, Erin and Soyon live there and Soyon is the head Touda doctor.

But one night, the Kiba, the Duke's strongest Touda, mysteriously die, and Erin's life will be changed forever, involving her into the fate of the whole country.

The series tells the story of Erin's life from childhood into adulthood.

(Source: Wikipedia)
Included one-shot:
Volume 11: Ryokui no Hito
Oct 25, 2008 to Jan 26, 2016 | 66 chp | Publishing