I’m coming to the Slice of Life genre through a seemingly hyper specific lens right now, with my previous two favourite shows that fit into the genre being carbon copies of one another and having some kind of supernatural element essentially hijacking a working stiff’s life.
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3 Episode Rule – Null & Peta
I believe that a sign of skill when it comes to writing is being able to convey a message in less time than it’d take other content creators. It’s an approach I wish I could apply to my own writings, but I just love to waffle on and on. Null & Peta is another short form anime series, like Days of Urashimasakatasen, which I’ve already spoken about.
3 Episode Rule – Ascendance of a Bookworm
As a rule, I’m not really that big a fan of the isekai genre. Bad luck me eh, considering that it’s the big thing right now, us getting more than a couple shows in the genre per season. I like a story about characters overcoming adversity, and growing in the process. Not just that, I also like shows with well defined and understandable power systems. Isekai often lacks both these in favour of putting a character into a position of ultimate power and then chronicling their inevitable rise to the top.
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