Highlights:
* Slice of life anime help you wind down and relax after a long hard day.
* My Roommate is a Cat is for those who love pets.
* Barakamon is widely regarded as one of the best slice of life anime in existence.
Slice of Life anime exist to calm you down after a harsh day. Sometimes life’s too rough and we might not want any of those flashy action or thriller on our screens. Instead we just want to watch something peaceful, funny and wholesome to relax and that’s why we’re here to save the day.
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Best Slice of Life Anime to Relax With
If you’re tired of Netflix and Chill and want to instead anime and chill, these are the shows to watch and relax with. Treat these following anime as your long lost childhood homies who you played and made memories with.
My Roommate is A Cat
Release Date | January 9, 2019 |
Author | Minatsuki |
If you have pets or are just owned by a cat that rules your house, this is your go-to slice of life anime. The cat distribution system chose an introverted socially anxious mangaka and now he has to live with it. But unlike other anime with cute pet animals, here each episode is generally divided into two- one giving us the man’s perspective with the cat and the other giving us the cat’s perspective about the man.
Sweetness & Lightning
Release Date | July 4, 2016 |
Author | Gido Amagakure |
Sweetness & Lightning is a wholesome slice of life anime about a widowed single-father who just wants to take care of his daughter the way she deserves while also being a working man. He tries his hardest to be there for her any way he can and one of those things is by learning how to cook homemade meals for her the way her mother used to cook. Be warned that this anime is diabetic and will make you cry tears of joy.
Silver Spoon
Release Date | July 12, 2013 |
Author | Hiromu Arakawa |
Silver Spoon or Gin no Saji is an agricultural slice of life anime and is one of the funniest entries on this list. Despite having heavy comedy, the anime balances characters and storylines well to the point you actually end up learning a lot about the dairy and cattle industry, farming, cooking, and even the ordinary life of farmers in the rural agricultural countryside of Japan.
Hyouka
Release Date | April 23, 2012 |
Author | Honobu Yonezawa |
Hyouka is one of the two slice of life anime on this list with a theme of romance but just like in Silver Spoon, romance doesn’t take center stage in the story except in crucial character moments. Hyouka is a high school slice of life with a theme of classic literature and detectives. You’d wonder how high schoolers in a slice of life setting would end up working as sleuths but you’d be surprised by how this anime handles mystery and tension only to dissipate it all in poignant and simple answers.
Barakamon
Release Date | July 12, 2013 |
Author | Satsuki Yoshino |
Barakamon is widely regarded, by seasoned otakus, as one of the best slice of life anime to ever exist. It’s about a talented calligrapher who’s lost touch with his surroundings and he gets a cruel wake up call when he’s called mediocre by an esteemed judge. In a fit of rage he punches this judge. What follows is him taking a sabbatical from urban life to live in a countryside town where he rebuilds himself gradually from all the bonds he makes there. It’s also almost as funny as Silver Spoon so it fills you with joy and makes you ponder over meaningful revelations.
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