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.

Mirai no KiokuFuture Lovers
Mirai no KiokuFuture Lovers
Kunieda, Saika 2024
1. Mirai no Kioku (Memory of the Future)
2. Kokoro no Ito
3. Fuyu no Usagi (Winter Rabbit)
Apr 28, 2001 to May 7, 2002 | 3 chp | Publishing
Boys Love Slice of Life

Bernie no Enikki
Bernie no Enikki
2024
An adorable allegory about peace and tolerance. According to the author ~ in the future our world has been wiped out more or less by our own stupidity and intolerance: in the world that follows, all the inhabitants are cats who live together peacefully in spite of nationality and race.
(Source: DokiDoki)
2001 | 6 chp | Publishing
Slice of Life

Dounika Naru Hibi
Dounika Naru Hibi
Shimura, Takako 2024
A collection of short stories that take a refreshing and humorous look at the sexual relationships between young people in Japan.
(Source: Kotonoha)
2002 to 2004 | 15 chp | Publishing
Boys Love Drama Girls Love Romance Slice of Life

Kyoukan AstroS.S. ASTRO: Asashio Sogo Teachers' ROom
Kyoukan AstroS.S. ASTRO: Asashio Sogo Teachers' ROom
2024
Ever wondered what goes on behind the closed doors of the teachers' lounge? At Asashio High, the new school year brings new faces, both in the student body and on staff. The new crop of teachers are all former students, and it quickly becomes obvious they have yet to grow out of their hilariously juvenile ways. From romantic entanglements to otaku obsessions, these teachers just go to show that the fun doesn't have to end after high school!

(Source: Yen Press)
Feb 24, 2005 to Nov 28, 2007 | chp | Publishing
Slice of Life

Na*Na*Ki!!
Na*Na*Ki!!
Mizutani, Yuzu 2024
The youngest of seven sisters, Nanaki's goal is to "grow another 20cm and become an adult." Now she's a senior in high school and still baffles her friends with her childish ways. But simple sincerity is Nanaki's greatest power, and friendship is the most important thing in the world to her. Problems like volunteering to be class president won't stand in her way...

(Source: MU)
Mar 9, 2006 to Sep 8, 2007 | chp | Publishing
Comedy Slice of Life

Okama HakushoOkama Report
Okama HakushoOkama Report
Yamamoto, Hideo 2024
Okama is a man who has some problems. First off, his name means 'gay' in Japanese. Next, he has the hots for himself dressed as a girl. Finally, he ends up working at a transvestite bar where he has befriended a girl named Miki. This is not an easy matter to solve, because she only knows him as his female counterpart named Catherine. So how is a guy dressed as a girl supposed to come out to a girl as a heterosexual male? To make matters worse, she has a boyfriend who is trying everything in the book to get with her. Enter the exciting world of Okama Hakusho where love comes in many different flavors!
Jun 9, 1989 to Dec 13, 1991 | 61 chp | Publishing
Comedy Slice of Life

Saki
Saki
Kobayashi, Ritz 2024
Miyanaga Saki is a high school freshman who doesn't like mahjong. Ever since she was a child, she would lose her New Year's gift money during her family mahjong game. If she won, her parents would be upset, and if she lost, well, she lost. As a result, she's learned to play in such a way that her score always remains plus/minus zero: not good enough to win, but not bad enough to lose. When we meet her, she's being dragged to her school's mahjong club by an old friend. How will a girl who hates mahjong, yet has become adept at the game as a result of her upbringing, survive in this environment?

(Source: MU)
Feb 3, 2006 to ? | chp | Publishing
Slice of Life

Tenki Yohou no Koibito
Tenki Yohou no Koibito
Machiko, Madoka 2024
Tenki Yohou no Koibito, The Weatherman is My Lover, is a story about the straight-laced newscaster, Keitarou Koganui, and his eccentric cosplay weatherman, Amasawa Chitose. The story progresses following this complementing Anchor Man and weather fairy duo as their shows ratings rise higher and higher with some delicious sparks of love tossed in their daily news reports. Will these two TV stars end up together or will Amasawa's dark past block the path of their happiness together?
This series is on hiatus.
Nov 30, 2005 to Jul 30, 2008 | 16 chp | Publishing
Boys Love Slice of Life

Tensai Family CompanyGenius Family Company
Tensai Family CompanyGenius Family Company
Ninomiya, Tomoko 2024
Katsuyuki, a gifted, petty and egocentric high schooler, intends to work in the high financial world. His well regulated life explodes when his mother remarries his worst nightmare: a traveller writer, unproductive, nice and completely unpredictable... and father of a son who looks like him. All his opposite... Consequently begins the subtle contamination of his entourage by their terrible joie de vivre. Even Nagasawa, "the female brain of the high school", the only one for which he had respect for ... Decided to find anew his peace, Katsuyuki feverishly seeks a way for returning these aliens on their planet. And he's not sparing with spite! (Source: Shoujo Manga Maniac)
1994 to 1995 | 64 chp | Publishing
Comedy Slice of Life

My Girl
My Girl
Yumeka, Sumomo 2024
Twenty-three-year-old Masamune Kazama spends his days working a mundane office job and dwelling on the past. Although it has been five years, the young bachelor continues to hold onto his relationship with his past girlfriend, Youko Tsukamoto.

Out of the blue, he receives a call from Youko's mother, who informs him that she has passed away in an accident. Furthermore, he learns that Youko has left him with a young daughter, who was raised in secrecy overseas. Stricken with grief, Masamune decides to take in the young girl and raise her on his own.
My Girl is a tale of family, loss, and acceptance as Masamune navigates the complexities of daily life as a single father.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Jun 2, 2006 to Sep 3, 2010 | 44 chp | Publishing
Drama Slice of Life

Ichigeki Sacchuu!! Hoihoi-sanInterceptor-Doll HoiHoi-san
Ichigeki Sacchuu!! Hoihoi-sanInterceptor-Doll HoiHoi-san
Tanaka, Kunihiko 2024
In the 21st century, bugs have become immune to all pesticides. To combat them, the corporations of Japan have developed a new remedy: Hoihoi-san, a robotic exterminator. She's tiny, she's cute, she's deadly.

(Source: ANN)
Sep 30, 2004 | 6 chp | Publishing
Comedy Sci-Fi Slice of Life

Flower*Flower
Flower*Flower
Iwami, Shouko 2024
Princess Nina has been sent to a foreign country to marry the prince only, she'd prefer the princess instead. Shuurei's not sure about this—especially when Nina turns out to be more than a little cruel and sadistic. When Shuurei shows Nina kindness, Nina breaks down in her arms.

(Source: Okazu)
Jun 18, 2007 to Sep 18, 2010 | 13 chp | Publishing
Comedy Fantasy Girls Love Romance Slice of Life

Ikoku Meiro no Croisée
Ikoku Meiro no Croisée
Takeda, Hinata 2024
The story takes place in the second half of the 19th century, as Japanese culture gains popularity in the West. A young Japanese girl, Yune, accompanies a French traveller, Oscar, on his journey back to France, and offers to help at the family's ironwork shop in Paris. Oscar's nephew and shopowner Claude reluctantly accepts to take care of Yune, and we learn how those two, who have so little in common, get to understand each other and live together in the Paris of the 1800s.
Jun 29, 2006 to 2011 | 18 chp | Publishing
Slice of Life

Kanon: Another Story - Wonderthree
Kanon: Another Story - Wonderthree
KeyKijima, Renga 2024
An alternate retelling of Key's classic work, Kanon, where it asks: what if Yuuichi didn't lose all his memories of 7 years before? And what if he was really a sarcastic freak? And what if it had really bad artwork? Do not read if you don't know the original story behind Kanon.

(Source: SCX-Scans)
2004 to 2005 | chp | Publishing
Drama Romance Slice of Life Supernatural

Kiss Blue
Kiss Blue
Kinoshita, Keiko 2024
When Tomosaka realized he was in love with his best friend Noda, it seemed the most natural thing in the world. He couldn't even remember when he'd first started falling in love. He had his feelings, but he couldn't express them... because Noda was his best friend. A story about the delicate thread that separates friendship and love.

(Source: June)
2006 | 11 chp | Publishing
Boys Love Drama Romance Slice of Life

Fredward-shi no Ahiru
Fredward-shi no Ahiru
2024
Following the scandal involving his latest work, famous suspense novelist Kevin Fredward retires to the countryside to escape the media and the demands of city life. He posts a want ad for a new housekeeper, but who should come knocking at his door, but Rosemary--a talking duck!! As wise as she is competent, Rosemary soon becomes a permanent part of Kevin's life. Under Rosemary's guidance, Kevin takes the steps to stop running from his past in order to change himself and his future.
Written in the style of a neo-romantic fairy tale, this is a dramatic series about a young man's attempt to find hope and moral redemption. (Source: Condensation)
1991 to 1995 | chp | Publishing
Drama Slice of Life Supernatural

Fukugaeru
Fukugaeru
Watase, Yuu 2024
Kaoru, a single woman in her thirties, meets a magical frog that gives her the chance to live as a housewife. A really cute short story about being happy with the life you have. (Source: MU)
2006 | 1 chp | Publishing
Comedy Slice of Life Supernatural

Sommelier
Sommelier
Kaitani, ShinobuJoh, Araki 2024
The story of Joe Satake, a very talented Japanese sommelier living in France.
Jan 1996 to Apr 1999 | 72 chp | Publishing
Drama Gourmet Slice of Life

Corseltel no Ryuujitsushi
Corseltel no Ryuujitsushi
Isurugi, Ayuma 2024
Corseltel, a sacred land where dragons and beastmen reside. Protected from the outside world by valleys and mountains, it's inhabitants, including Dragon Mages (ryujitsushi), live in harmony. The Dragon Mages are able to borrow and utilise the dragon's magics, but have to care for and look after the dragons as an exchange
2006 to Apr 25, 2007 | 26 chp | Publishing
Comedy Fantasy Slice of Life

Idol no Akahon
Idol no Akahon
Ujiie, Tozen 2024
Due to some miscommunication, three girls were recruited to become idols instead of one. As a result, the company decided to make them a group.
Jun 14, 2006 to Nov 1, 2006 | 20 chp | Publishing
Comedy Slice of Life

Kinou Nani Tabeta?What Did You Eat Yesterday?
Kinou Nani Tabeta?What Did You Eat Yesterday?
Yoshinaga, Fumi 2024
Shirou Kakei, a straitlaced lawyer, cooks gourmet dinners for himself and his longtime gay lover, Kenji Yabuki, a carefree, hippie-ish hairdresser. The story is told through the lens of dinner preparation.

(Source: Entropy)
Feb 22, 2007 to ? | chp | Publishing
Award Winning Gourmet Slice of Life

Umimachi Diary
Umimachi Diary
Yoshida, Akimi 2024
A letter comes to the three Kouda sisters in Kamakura, bringing the news of their father's death. A father they hadn't seen since he divorced and left home 15 years ago. Despite feeling indifferent about their father, Yoshino, the middle of the three, and Chika, the youngest, go to Yamagata to attend his funeral on oldest sister Sachi's request. There, they meet Suzu, their young and reliable half sister.

(Source: MU)
Jun 28, 2006 to Sep 28, 2018 | 37 chp | Publishing
Award Winning Drama Slice of Life

Pochiyama at the Pharmacy
Pochiyama at the Pharmacy
Abe, Yoshitoshi 2024
Pochiyama-san works at a local pharmacy. She is a loner and seldom speaks; instead she writes what she wants to say on... well you'll see for yourself once you read this short and humorous one-shot.

(Source: Mangaupdates)

Four installments have been released to date, once every year since 2005. The fourth and most recent was published on 30 December 2008. The first three installments were published together as an internationally available iPod Touch / iPhone app (with a rather poorly-made official English translation) via the iTunes App Store on 14 August 2008.
Dec 30, 2005 to ? | 4 chp | Publishing
Comedy Slice of Life

Harete Bokutachi waNew Beginnings
Harete Bokutachi waNew Beginnings
Yamamoto, Kotetsuko 2024
Time and distance is what Keigo has to conquer, when—at a very young age—he gets separated from best bud Chihiro, due to his family's moving overseas. As the years go by, his separation from his friend becomes so unbearable that it forces Keigo to become a withdrawn shut-in. Chihiro's mother, after hearing the news, takes pity on the boy and offers to watch over him if he wishes to come home.

Reunited with Chihiro, Keigo unceremoniously blurts out, "I love you, Chihiro. I totally love you! Ever since the past! I'm in love with you!" With the truth out in the open, everything should all be well and good, except for two things: Chihiro is creeped out because they're both guys, and he's already in love with one of the girls at school.

(Source: Juné)
Apr 21, 2004 to Jul 19, 2005 | 6 chp | Publishing
Boys Love Romance Slice of Life