These best slice-of-life anime series bring you into the everyday lives of their protagonists. Also, it helps in finding the humor in mundane things. Sometimes you want to relive your younger days in high school. Or sometimes you want to sit back and watch a show that won’t be throwing any supernatural twists and turns at you. Check out these best slice of life anime series!

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28. Ascendance of a Bookworm

Urano Motosu can read any book you give her at any time, any day. It doesn’t matter what subject it is because she has an endless desire to read books and literature. She was just about to become a librarian, her lifelong dream before she dies in an accident. When she draws her last breath, she makes a wish. As you guessed, she wished to read more books in her next life. Almost as if fate was listening to her, she reincarnates as a five-year-old girl who’s living in a medieval era.

The first thing that she does in her new body is to look for books, her passion. However, she becomes frustrated at the lack of books. As printing technology has not yet advanced, each book has to be written and copied by hand. This ordeal makes them extremely expensive, and only the top nobles can afford such luxury. This won’t stop Urano, who is now known as Myne. She vows to make books herself if there aren’t any books around her.

27. Kakushigoto

Kakushi Gotou is a raunchy, perverted manga artist who is infamous for inappropriate content. However, when his daughter was born, he swore to keep his profession hidden so that it won’t affect his daughter in any way. Due to this paranoia, Kakushi ends up in hectic situations. He goes to extreme ends to protect his secret while being a single father. He disguises himself as a salaryman and even has emergency drills prepared just if his daughter finds his workplace.

Kakushigoto is an amazing anime about the story of a father and a daughter who try to live a peaceful life as the father preserves normalcy. But of course, all secrets will unravel with time. His daughter, Hime, must soon learn the reality of the things that she previously took for granted while growing up. The comedy derives from misunderstandings, and each situation is extremely hilarious. This anime has got everything you could possibly want in a slice of life. Definitely one of the best slice of life anime one could ask for.

26. Arte

Set in the 16th century, the Renaissance is in full force, and the city of Florence is blooming with the creative and cultural revival of artists, writers, painters, and more. Arte is a cheerful lady from an aristocratic background. She has a dream of becoming an artist and contributing to the revival of the city’s civilization. Her father is the only one who believes in her passion for art. However, he passes away, and now, Arte is expected to marry a nobleman and be reduced to a housewife.

Unable to accept her fate, she leaves searching for a master artisan who will let her become an apprentice. As she soon finds out, things aren’t so easy for female artists. Everyone completely shuns her as no one believes that women are capable of craftsmanship. Luckily, she persuades an artisan named Leo as he doesn’t have any apprentices. With this decision, her new life begins without the comfort of her wealthy upbringing. She must learn to tackle various challenges on her path to becoming a master artisan. A definite pass under the best historical slice of life anime.

25. My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU

Hachiman Hikigaya is a socially inept high school student who has narcissistic and somewhat nihilistic philosophies. He wholeheartedly believes that there is no such thing as a joyful youth and that anyone who disagrees is lying to themselves. After writing an essay that mocks social relationships, Hachiman’s teacher punishes him by making him join the Volunteer Service Club.

This club aims at extending aid to any student who needs support in achieving their goals. When he enters the club, he finds out that the only other club member is Yukino Yukinoshita, the school’s ice queen. With this new and dynamic duo’s formation, Hachiman finds himself helping other people – something he never thought he was capable of. Will this relationship and club improve Hachiman’s pessimistic view of society? Set in the High-school, this show, without a doubt, proves to be one of the best slice of life anime.

24. Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!

Hana Uzaki reunites with Shinichi Sakurai in her freshman year of college. The two knew each other from a high school club and had an amicable relationship. However, she is surprised to find out that Shinichi, a senior she looked up to, ended up becoming a loner. A formerly active student, he just likes to spend his free time in peace now. Uzaki takes pity and does whatever she can to stop him from being “alone,” she employs many methods to do this. She takes him to the movies and even visits his workplace.

Shinichi does find her a bit irritating and bothersome, especially because her perky personality always leads to the two of them being in comical situations. But he goes along with Uzaki’s wild plans and shenanigans anyway. As the days pass by, the two get to know each other more and become much closer. In fact, people in their college misinterpret them as a couple all the time. One thing is for sure, though – whenever Uzaki wants to hang out, fun and joy are sure to follow. Do not forget to add this best slice of life anime to your watchlist. You do not want to miss it.

23. Sing “Yesterday” for Me

Rikuo Uozumi is a college graduate in Tokyo who is aimlessly working in a convenience store. He believes that all that is awaiting him is a bleak future. This monotonous life is suddenly interrupted by Haru Nonaka, a cheerful and peculiar character who wants to befriend him. Rikuo learns that Shinako Morinome, an old college crush, has moved back into Tokyo. He attempts to further their relationship.

However, Shinako is holding herself back from accepting his feelings because she still carries some painful memories from her past. While this is happening, Haru opens to Rikuo a lot more. Rikuo soon discovers that she is living by herself, just like him, and wants to step out of her comfort zone. The future remains elusive for these characters while the past is constantly holding them back. The three have intertwined paths and experience what it truly means to embrace whatever tomorrow brings while letting go of yesterday’s feelings.

22. Nodame Cantabile

Shinichi Chiaki is an extremely talented, first-class musician who yearns to play in Europe among the elites. He comes from a wealthy and distinguished family and is quite infamous for being a perfectionist. Not only is he critical of himself, but he is critical of others too. The only thing standing between him and his dream of playing in Europe is flight. He has a huge fear of flying and, as a result, is stuck in Japan.

As a fourth-year student of a prestigious music university in Japan, Shinichi meets Megumi Noda, also known as Nodame. At first glance, it may seem like she has no direction in life and is just an unkempt girl. However, when Nodame plays the piano for Shinichi for the first time, he is in absolute awe. He discovers to his dismay that she is his neighbor. And what’s worse? She ends up falling in love with him. This musically-focused plot has such a mature and hard-hitting story that it’s suitable for anyone, not just for those with a passion for music.

21. Kids on the slope

For his first year of high school, Kaoru Nishimi arrives in Kyushu. He’s a top student who is an introverted classical pianist. He’s constantly had to move from place to place, so he basically abandons all hope of fitting in. This movie to Kyushu is no different, as he prepares himself for another meaningless and lonely year. That is until he runs into the infamous school delinquent Sentarou Kawabuchi. Kawabuchi is known for ditching class and constantly getting into fights. Though you may never pair Nishimi and Kawabuchi together, the two surprisingly have a mutual interest – jazz.

Kawabuchi has an immeasurable love for the genre, which inspires Kaoru to learn more about it. With this new goal, he slowly starts to come out of his shell and makes his first friend in the process. He starts playing at after-school jazz sessions in the basement of Ritsuko Mukae, a fellow student. Mukae’s family owns a record shop, and this allows Kaoru to play the piano freely. As the three become more and more intertwined, Kaoru learns that his summer might just become an unforgettable one.

20. Sweetness and lightning

Kouhei Inuzuka has been the sole caretaker of his daughter Tsumugi ever since his wife died. Despite trying his best, there is a huge gap in his cooking knowledge as he’s extremely busy as a teacher. As a result, he heavily depends on ready-made meals bought from the grocery stores to feed his daughter. Inuzuka is extremely frustrated with himself, though, and wants to provide a fresh and nutritious meal for his daughter. To do so, he takes up an offer from Kotori Iida, a student of his, to come and have dinner at her family’s restaurant.

Inuzuka and Tsugumi visit the place, only to find out that the restaurant is often closed because Kotori’s mother is usually away for work. Kotori eats alone most of the time. She doesn’t let this gloomy fact deter the father and daughter and convinces them to continue visiting the restaurant. This way, Kouhei gets to cook delicious homemade food with Kotori. Living up to its name, the anime is extremely sweet and will get you to care for the characters like they’re your own family. It’s a heartwarming story that explores the meanings and values behind cooking and what it means to be a family.

19. Grand Blue

Among the seaside town of Izu’s ocean waves and rays of shining sun, Iori Kitahara is just beginning his freshman year at Izu University. As he moves into his uncle’s scuba diving shop, Grand Blue, he eagerly expects his dream college life, filled with attractive girls and good friends.

But things don’t exactly go according to plan. Upon going to the shop, he meets a group of unruly, naked upperclassmen. Also, they instantly pressure him into taking part in their alcoholic activities. Though reluctant at first, Iori soon gives in and becomes the heart and soul of the party. Sadly, this earns him the contempt of his cousin, Chisa Kotegawa, who walks in at correctly the wrong time. Steadfast, Iori still pledges to realize his perfect college life, but will things go according to plan this time? Or will his situation take yet another dive?

This anime celebrates life. Even if the plot makes you think otherwise, do not make the mistake of not watching this anime. This earns a spot in our Best Slice of Life Anime list.

18. Chihayafuru (2)

Chihaya Ayase is preoccupied with growing her school’s competitive karuta club. This club encourages formidable aspirations; triumphing in the national team championship at the Omi Jingu and becoming the Queen, the supreme female karuta champion in Japan and, also, the world. As their second year of high school is around the corner, Chihaya and her other teammates must enlist new members. Also, they must coach both their minds and bodies and fight the intimidating rivals that block their way to the championship title. Simultaneously, Chihaya’s childhood best friend, Arata Wataya, the genius who introduced her to karuta, gets back his long-lost love for the vintage card game.

All of us were competitive at some point in our lives. We might even be competitive now. But in our youth, there was an inextinguishable fire. And this anime will surely bring those memories to your mind. And for that and many other reasons, it deserves a spot on our Best Slice of Life Anime list.

17. Barakamon

Seishuu Handa is an upcoming calligrapher who is youthful, attractive, gifted, but sadly, an egotistical person to boot. When a retired soldier calls his award-winning work “unoriginal,” Seishuu immediately loses his chill with grave consequences.

As penance, and also to help him in self-analysis, Seishuu’s dad banishes him to the Goto Islands, a land far away from the cozy Tokyo life the volatile artist is used to. Now disposed into a rural area, Seishuu must try to find new innovation and expand his own distinct art style; that is, if exuberant children (lead by the frisky Naru Kotoishi), fujoshi middle school students, and spirited older men stop muscling into his house! The latest addition to the lovely and quirky Goto community only needs to get some job done. But the islands are far away from the calm countryside he enrolled for. Thanks to his quirky neighbors who are totally unable to mind their own business, the haughty calligrapher learns so much more than he always hoped to.

An anime about self-discovery itself is intriguing enough to grab your attention. This anime does not shy away from reality and lands a punch on our faces. It is amazing to see how someone captured something so sensitive and made it interesting. This anime definitely deserves a space in our best slice of life anime list.

16. Nana

Nana Komatsu is a weak, innocent twenty-year-old who effortlessly falls in love and becomes dependent and adherent to those around her. She has audacious dreams of detaching herself from her regional roots and discovering her destiny. But she ends up going to Tokyo with the meek reason of pursuing her current boyfriend, Shouji Endo.

On the other hand, Nana Osaki is a proud, mysterious punk rock singer from the same rural background whose parents desire to become a professional singer. Putting her career with a nearly famous band (and her intense romance with one of its late members) strongly behind her, she leaves on the same train to Tokyo as Nana Komatsu.

Through a fateful meeting in their travel toward Tokyo, the two women with a similar given name are brought together, starting a link of events that ultimately result in them sharing an apartment. So as their friendship grows, the two try to help each other through thick and thin; their extremely interlinked lives filled with love, music, challenges, and heartbreaks will eventually test their evidently indestructible bond.

Fate/ Coincidence is a very interesting and controversial topic to make an anime about. This is because it can either be really great or be very bad. Fortunately, this is one amazing anime. Watch this anime to understand what we are trying to tell you. It takes a spot in our best slice of life anime list.

15. Usagi Drop

Daikichi Kawachi is a thirty-year-old bachelor waging a reputable job but otherwise meandering aimlessly through life. When his grandfather passes away, he goes back to the family home to pay his respects. Upon arriving at the house, he meets an enigmatic youth called Rin who, to Daikichi’s surprise, is his grandfather’s illegal daughter!

The nervous and detached girl is considered an embarrassment to the family. Also, she finds herself excluded by her father’s family, all of them declining to take care of her after the time of his death. Daikichi, provoked by their bitterness towards Rin, declares that he will take her in; this is despite the fact that he is a youthful, bachelor man with no childcare experience.

Usagi Drop is the anime tale of Daikichi’s travel through fatherhood as he raises Rin with his kind and loving nature. Also, this anime is a study of the friendliness and interrelationship that are at the heart of a happy, close-knit family. For this reason itself, it grabs a spot in our best slice of life anime list.

14. Nichijou

Nichijou firstly focuses on the everyday behavior of three childhood best friends. They are high school young women Mio Naganohara, Yuuko Aioi, and Mai Minakami. Also, their stories soon interlink with the young prodigy Hakase Shinonome, her robot custodian Nano, and their talking cat Sakamoto. So with every passing day, the lives of these six, as well as those around them, undergo both the peacefulness of usual life and the madness of the preposterous. Walking to school, being crunched by a talking crow, passing the time with acquaintances, and eyeing the principal suplex a deer, they are all in a day’s job in the spectacular everyday lives of people in Nichijou.

13. Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day.

Jinta Yadomi quietly exists as a hermit, passing his days by not going to school and playing video games at home instead. One scorching summer day, his childhood friend, Meiko “Menma” Honma, shows up and disturbs him to afford a forgotten wish. He gives no damn about her, which irritates her, but he does not really care. After all, Menma already passed away years ago.

At first, Jinta assumes that he is just hallucinating due to the scorching heat. But he is later persuaded to believe that what he sees actually is the phantom of Menma. Jinta and his band of childhood friends split apart after her immediate death. But they are drawn to each other once again as they try to lay Menma’s spirit to rest. (Lorazepam) Reflecting on their agony and culpability once again, will they be able to conjure the strength to free not only Menma but themselves as well?

12. Uchuu Kyoudai

“An elder brother must always stay ahead of his small brother. That is my job as the elder sibling”—these are the words that had always driven Mutta Nanba to give his best when it came to his younger sibling Hibito. So normally, in the summer of 2006, when the Nanba brothers see something peculiar in the night sky, Hibito decided that he would become an astronaut and go to the Moon, while Mutta countered with the declaration that he would go to Mars. Both of them took this oath.

Now in 2025, Hibito is working with NASA and getting ready to become the first Japanese to set foot on the moon. Also, an automotive development company has fired Mutta from his job.

Having a problem finding another job, Mutta is given a life chance once he receives a letter from JAXA—the Japan region Exploration Agency—telling him that he is been accepted to participate in the next astronaut selection. As if fate has given him a chance to fulfill the promise he made all those years ago, Mutta undertakes the difficult challenge of going to space.

11. Aria The Origination

In the 24th century on the planet Aqua, three young girls continue to strain hard toward reaching their aim of becoming Prima Undines. They are the professional tour guide gondoliers. The names of the girls are Akari Mizunashi, Alice Carroll, and Aika S. Granzchesta. Fortunately, the girls have the help of the three penultimate Prima Undines in Neo-Venezia—Alicia Florence, Athena Glory, and Akira E. Ferrari. They are called the “Water Fairies” based on their skill. With their aid, the three apprentices train hard and try to control any situations that they find themselves in.

Aria The Origination is an anime about the hard work and everyday lives of these three young girls. The girls are doing their best to get better as tour gondoliers in Neo-Venezia, a modified replica of Venice. This anime talks about determination and perseverance and is also a ton of fun. It snatches a spot in our best slice of life anime list.

10. Violet Evergarden

Finally, the Great War came to an end. The continent of Telesis was cleaved into two after 4 prolonged years of dispute. Telesis slowly began to prosper. Caught up in the slaughter was Violet Everdeen, whose main objective was to annihilate enemy lines. Hospitalized and incapacitated, in a raw battle, she was left only with the words from an individual she loved. But she couldn’t understand the meaning behind it.

Violet starts a brand new life by working at CH Postal Services. This is after the failed relationship with her supposedly new guardian family. And she is still recovering from her wounds. Here she comes across an “Auto Memory Doll”, an assistant that writes down people’s thoughts and feelings. Fascinated by this, she begins to work as Auto Memory Doll. This takes her on an escapade, that will reshape the lives of her clients. And hopefully, it will also help her discover herself.

09. Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan (2)

The catastrophic life of the skillful psychic Kusuo Saiki goes on, despite his every effort to lead a normal life. Even though he has actually grown accustomed to handling his annoying friends, who are his significant obstacle to have a calm life, he still has a long way to go. Also uniting with the usual misfits are a few new ones whose acts add to Saiki’s distress; making his dreams of a trouble-free life a faraway fantasy.

08. Ashita no Joe (2)

Yabuki Joe is left heartbroken and helpless after a terrible event. In an attempt to leave the past behind, Joe goes away from the gym and stars wandering. On his travels he comes across the likes of Wolf Kanagushi and Goromaki Gondo; people who accidentally fan the living embers out of him, making him put an end to his wanderings. So his return home puts Joe back on the way to boxing. But not known to himself and his trainer, he now agonizes over huge issues preventing him from going back to fighting. In an attempt to put an end to those problems, Carlos Rivera, a world-praised boxer is called from Venezuela to aid Joe to recover.

07. Natsume Yuujinchou Roku

Takashi Natsume has become customary to his confrontations with youkai through the Book of Friends. The Book of Friends contains the names of youkai whom his grandmother, Reiko Natsume, has secured in contracts. These confrontations let Natsume know better about the youkai, Reiko, and himself.

The Book of Friends is an extremely powerful instrument that can be used to command youkai; it is searched after by both youkai and exorcists alike. Natsume only wants to live out his everyday life in peace but is repeatedly disturbed by these encounters. If he is to end this torture, Natsume must know more about the book and the world of exorcism. Also, he must start to open his heart to people who can help him.

06. Great Teacher Onizuka

Onizuka is a reformed biker gang boss who has his eyes focused on a new moral goal; to become the world’s best teacher. He wants to become the best teacher for the chance of meeting hot high school girls. Okay, so he is, for the most part, reformed.

However, stern managing directors and a class of brutal offenders stand between Onizuka and his aim. Also, they will use any method, illegal or legal, to send the new teacher away. This is perfect as Onizuka’s methods won’t be found in any teaching manual; he gives a damn about the difference between legal and illegal acts about as much as he cares for the age difference between himself and a high school girl.

So be prepared for math that does not add up, language you would be punched for using, and biology that would make a grownup blush. That is unless of course, you are the Great Teacher Onizuka.

05. Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki

Hana, a diligent college student, is enamored with an enigmatic man who attends one of her classes. But he is not actually a student. As time passes, she comes to know that he is not actually human either. On a full moon night, he converts, showing that he is the last werewolf to live on Earth. Despite this, Hana’s love for him stays strong, and the two eventually decide to begin a family.

Hana gives birth to two fine children called Ame, born during rainfall, and Yuki, born during snowfall. Also, both of them possess the power to turn into wolves, an ability inherited from their father. All too soon, however, the unexpected death of her lover obliterates Hana’s life, making her raise an unusual family totally on her own. (Alprazolam) The problems of raising her wild-natured children in a thickly populated city, all while keeping their true nature a secret, ends up in a decision to move to the countryside. So this is the place where she thinks Ame and Yuki can live a life away from the perceptions of society. Wolf Children is the touching tale about the challenges of being a single mother in a brutal and cunning world.

04. Mushishi

“Mushi”: the most standard form of life in the world. They live without any ambition or purpose aside from simply “existing.” They are way past the handcuffs of the words “good” and “evil”. Mushi can live in many forms and are able to mimic things from the normal world such as plants, diseases, and even phenomena like rainbows.

This is, however, just an unclear definition of these beings that occupy the vibrant world of Mushishi, as to even call them a form of life would be an oversimplification. Detailed data on mushi is very less because most of the humans are unaware of their existence.

So what are mushi and why do they live? This is the question that a “Mushishi,” Ginko, wonders constantly. Mushishi are those who investigate mushi in hopes of understanding their place in the world’s ranking of life.

Ginko continuously chases rumors of happenings that could be tied to mushi, all for the sake of finding an answer.

03. Mob Psycho 100 (II)

Eighth-grade student Shigeo “Mob” Kageyama has accessed into his inner pool of psychic powers at a very young age. But the power immediately demonstrates to be a bane when he understands the possible danger in his powers. So opting to subdue his powers, Mob’s only current use for his ability is to impress his all-time crush, Tsubomi. Also, she soon becomes bored with the same tricks over and over again.

In order to bring control of his powers, Mob surrenders himself under the shelter of Arataka Reigen; a confidence man declaring to be a psychic, who uses Mob’s skills for pocket change. Now, conjuring evil spirits on instruction has become a segment of Shigeo’s everyday, boring life. However, the psychic power he displays is hardly the tip of the iceberg; if his huge potential and uncontrolled emotions run frenzied, a devastating event that would make him totally unidentifiable will be activated. The succession towards Shigeo’s outburst is increasing and trying to end it is pointless.

02. Clannad: After Story

Clannad: After Story, the follow up to the critically commended slice-of-life series Clannad, starts after Tomoya Okazaki and Nagisa Furukawa qualify from high school. Together, they undergo the emotional turbulence of growing up/adolescence. Not able to determine on a path for his future, Tomoya comes to know about the worth of a rigid work ethic. Also, he finds the strength of Nagisa’s support. So through the duo’s commitment and union of purpose, they move forward to tackle their personal issues, strengthen their old relationships, and forge new ones.

Time also progresses in the Illusionary World. As the open country becomes cold with the nearing of winter, the Illusionary Girl and the Garbage Doll are provided with a tough situation; this unveils the World’s true cause.

This anime is based on the visual novel by Key and produced by Kyoto Animation. Clannad: After Story is a provoking and emotional drama underlining the significance of family and the issues of adulthood. It is stunning and you should definitely check this out. And obviously, it deserves a spot in our best slice of anime list.

01. 3-gatsu no Lion (2nd Season)

Now in his second year of high school, Rei Kiriyama carries on pushing through his problems in the non-manual shogi region as well as his private life. Encircled by lively characters at the hall of shogi, the school club, and in the neighboring community, his isolated shell gradually starts to crack. Amongst them is the trio of Kawamoto sisters’; Akari, Hinata, and Momo who form a loving and familial connect with Rei. Through these bonds, he understands that all of them are weighed down by their own emotional issues. Also, he starts learning how to depend on others while helping them in return.

Nevertheless, the life of a professional is not calm. Between tournaments, championships, and title matches, the stress increases as Rei gets past the ranks and plays extremely skilled rivals. As he takes care of his relationships with people who have become close to him, the shogi athlete pursues to know about the reason he plays the game; a game that determines his career.

Picking up directly from the incidents of the first season, the story is never dull. It is an amazing and best slice of life anime that captures our attention because all of us have gone through the heroes’ problems. This anime is something that must be savored. So please watch this anime as we strongly recommend it.