There are hundreds of anime coming out every year, and there are a lot of anime genres. One of the most famous among many genres is Slice of Life. In this article, we are about to see the Top 10 Slice of Life anime that you should watch in March 2022.
Slice-of-life anime are anime series that depict the everyday lives of people in a realistic or semi-realistic manner. In particular, it interests the everyday lives of people in Japan.
Slice-of-life anime are often set in high school or college settings, depicting day-to-day activities such as attending classes or hanging out with friends. Unlike many other popular anime genres, the characters in this genre are well-developed and have realistic personalities.
As we know, animes like Attack on Titan, My Hero Academia, and Demon Slayer are the best known for their action, animation, and what not, but they still lack something. I believe it’s a sense of realism. Slice of Life anime gives you exactly what every other genre lacks.
With its awesome animation, awesome visuals, OSTs, Songs, and indefinite anime traits, we get to see normal life on screen. Slice on Life anime focuses on the daily life of Japanese natives.
One of the main reasons for this genre to be famous on the western side is how these animes show the culture and art of Japan.
Despite a viewer’s preference, anyone can enjoy this genre. I personally watch this genre to see the beauty of Japan and its culture. Japan has so many different forms of culture from music to arts.
I solely watch a slice of anime to get peace of mind. If you haven’t been watching this genre, then you must start now. So for you to start here is the recommendation for the…
Top 10 Slice of Life anime to watch in March 2022
10) Rent-a-Girlfriend
Starting off the list with rent-a-girlfriend, the first season of the anime aired in July 2020, and it ran till September 2020. The anime is popular and fun to watch. The reason this slice-of-life anime is a must-watch in March 2022 is that it’s getting a second season this year.
Also read: Rent A Girlfriend Season 2 Announced: PV, Cast, and Staff
Kazuya Kinoshita is a 20-year-old college student. His girlfriend just dumped him. So he hires a girlfriend through the online app to soothe the pain of just being dumped.
He gets a lovely date with this out-of-the-league girl. But after reading the reviews on the app about Chizur’s other dates with other customers, Kazuya is annoyed and hurtful again, so, he gives her a bad review.
Chizuru, enraged, slams him for his shameless hypocrisy, revealing her true pert and fiery self. One thing leads to another and Chizuru is forced to play Kazuya’s girlfriend in front of his grandmother.
And Kazuya is still hung on his ex-girlfriend, how much longer can this difficult client and her hesitant rental girlfriend maintain their act?
Reiji Miyajima is the author and illustrator of the Rent-A-Girlfriend Japanese manga series. Since July 2017, it has been serialized in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine, and as of February 2022, it has been collected into twenty-five volumes.
TMS Entertainment’s anime television series adaptation aired on MBS’s Super Animeism block from July to September 2020. Later this year, a second season will premiere.
9) Tamako Market
Tamako Market is an all-time watchable Slice of Life anime. Tamako is an ordinary young girl from a family that has been making mochi for generations. She meets a talking bird who claims to be a royal court attendant looking for a bride for his master as her birthday approaches.
Dera the bird decides to stick around Tamako after the encounter and becomes a part of her life and the neighborhood she lives in. There is not much for the plot.
While Tamako is really sweet and likable, Dera is annoying and eccentric. This show also shows different types of mochi and their making.
It is about a normal girl whose life got complicated with her friendships, rivalries with the best boyfriend who also has a mochi shop and a fluently Japanese-speaking bird.
Reiko Yoshida is the author of the manga. Kyoto Animation produced the anime. Between January 10 and March 28, 2013, the series aired in Japan.
Sentai Filmworks has licensed anime in North America. Tamako Love Story, a film sequel, premiered in Japan on April 26, 2014, alongside Dera-chan of the Southern Islands, a short film.
8) Horimiya
Horimiya is an anime about people with different personalities attracting each other. If you ever thought that the most beautiful girl with brains and a delinquent boy in the class could never get together, then this anime might surprise you.
Hori is an idol student and popular girl of the high school. At first glance, it might seem like her life would be surrounded by people and full of fun stuff.
Although, she doesn’t have time for this because of housework and taking care of her brother. Whereas, Miyamura seems like an otaku who gives an odd aura and always sits alone.
And his hair covers half of his face. Outside of the school, it is shown that he has secret tattoos and piercings, which makes him seem like a gentle delinquent.
At a fateful meeting between the two of them, they both discover their hidden traits. Despite their polar opposite personalities, the two quickly become friends and spend a lot of time together at Hori’s house.
As they emerge from their shells, they share a side of themselves that has been hidden from the outside world with each other. Original manga named Hori-san to Miyamura-Kun is a Japanese shounen web manga series written and illustrated under the pseudonym Hero by Hiroki Adachi.
It was self-published in a four-panel format on Hero’s website, Dokkai Then, from February 2007 to December 2011. From October 2008 to December 2011, Square Enix published the series in print, compiling the chapters in ten volumes under its imprint Gangan Comics. CloverWorks produced the anime television series under the name “Horimiya” which aired from January to April 2021.
7) Fruits Basket
This is my favorite Slice of Life anime ever. Natsuki Takaya is the author and illustrator of Fruits Basket, a Japanese manga series. From 1998 to 2006, it was serialized in Hakusensha’s semi-monthly Japanese shojo manga magazine Hana to Yume.
It revolves around an orphan who is too sweet, in my opinion. She moves in with her classmate and his shouma family. Apparently, this family has a curse. Whenever they come in close contact with the opposite, they turn into animals from the Chinese Zodiac.
As the series progresses, Tohru Honda learns about the curse of the family, and she is a great help to them. This anime takes you on an emotional rollercoaster.
It will make you laugh out loud, cry out loud, and occasionally do both at the same time. It will make you happy and smile to see the characters grow so much.
6) Akebi’s Sailor Uniform
This slice-of-life anime is the simplest of them all. This anime has the most simple context yet is very relatable to many countryside people. It is about a 12-year-old girl who grew up in japan’s countryside.
Akebi Komichi has won an entry to the prestigious Roubai Academy Middle School for girls. After winning she only wants two things now.
One is to wear the fancy school’s sailor uniform, and the second is to make hundreds of friends. The adventure of this countryside girl in the prestigious school is adorable. It is a must-watch Slice of Life anime of March 2022.
Hiro wrote and illustrated Akebi’s Sailor Uniform, a Japanese manga series. The manga began its serialization in August 2016 on Shueisha’s Tonari no Young Jump website.
The chapters have been collected in nine tankbon volumes. CloverWorks’ anime television series adaptation premiered on 9th January 2022.
5) Slow Loop
If you love fishing with your cousins or friends or anyone then you can relate to this anime a lot. This anime contains a fly fishing method, rather complicated but effective.
Hiyori Yamakawa has always been close with her father and she has always loved fly fishing with him. Even after his sudden death, she goes to the seaside to remember the fond memories that her father left behind.
Three years after her father’s death, Hiyori’s mother is remarrying. Anxious to meet this new man who would be her stepfather, she goes to her usual seaside place to calm herself.
There she meets an energetic girl named Koharu Minagi. They get along, and Koharu also takes an interest in fly fishing.
However, this meeting comes out with a twist. This girl is Hiyori’s future stepsibling. This is only the beginning of the treasured memories that the two of them will amass as they grow closer as sisters.
Slow Loop is a Maiko Uchino manga series about recreational fishing in Japan. The manga began its serialization in Houbunsha’s seinen manga magazine Manga Time Kirara Forward in September 2018. The anime adaptation premiered on Jan 7, 2022, and is still ongoing.
4) Hakozume: Kouban Joshi no Gyakushuu
Ever wondered what would be like the daily life of a Japanese girl who is a police officer? If you did then this anime gives you exactly that. This slice-of-life anime revolves around Kawai, who is a new police officer.
Although, after facing the field brutality of the occupation, she is torn. Just when she is about to put her resignation, a beautiful new director comes to the station.
Kawai starts to idolize this new director and comprehend the beauty of this career. From this point on, her life takes a turn, and we see nice character development.
Miko Yasu is the author and illustrator of the Japanese manga series Police in a Pod. The manga began its serialization in Kodansha’s Morning in November 2017. The Madhouse Studio adapted the manga into an anime. The anime started airing on Jan 5, 2022, and it is still ongoing.
3) Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san Season 3
The third season of the popular slice-of-life anime premiered in January 2022. Soichiro Yamamoto is the author and illustrator of the manga with the same, Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san. So far, the anime has two seasons. And in September 2021 the announcement was made for the third season as well as for the film adaptation.
Nishikata is a middle school student who lives by his principles. Takagi-san is his seat neighbor who loves to constantly mock him. With his pride shattered, he vows to one day return the favor and get even with her.
As a result, he continues to tease her day after day, only to fall victim to Takagi-mockery san’s sooner or later. Will he ever be able to make Takagi-san blush from embarrassment?
2) Sasaki to Miyano
Another popular Slice of Life ongoing anime in 2022 is Sasaki to Miyano. Sho Harusono is the author and illustrator of the manga series Sasaki and Miyano.
The Manga began its serialization in 2016 online via the Pixie Comic website. Media Factory has collected it in eight tankbon volumes.
From October 2018 to March 2020, Media Factory published a two-volume novel adaptation by Kotoko Hachij. Studio Deen has adapted the series into an anime and it has been airing since Jan 10, 2022.
Miyano spends his days reading Boys’ Love comics and obsessing over how girly his face is until a chance encounter with his senior Sasaki leads to a brawl. Delinquent Sasaki is fascinated by his feisty junior Miyano and takes every opportunity to get closer to him.
1) My Dress up Darling
And at the top of the list is, My Dress up Darling or Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru. This anime is so popular now that it ranked above even Demon Slayer and Attack On Titan on the anime trend website. Yes, you heard it correctly. And still above Attack On Titan and trending.
Shinichi Fukuda is the author and illustrator of the Japanese manga series My Dress-Up Darling. It first appeared in Square Enix’s Young Gangan in January 2018, and on 25th March, the ninth volume of the manga will drop, including 70+ chapters. CloverWorks’ adaptation of the anime television series started premiering on January 9, 2022 and is still ongoing.
Wakana Gojou is a fifteen-year-old high-school boy who was socially traumatized in the past due to his passions with a friend who took issue with his love of traditional dolls.
That incident left a mark on him that made him into a social recluse. He spends his days as a loner, finding solace in his high school’s home ec room.
Marin Kitagawa is a beautiful and trendy girl. She is always surrounded by a massive crowd of friends. People like her are like extraterrestrials from another world to Wakana.
When Marin, who is never shy, notices Wakana sewing one day after school, she barges in with the intention of luring her quiet classmate into her secret hobby: cosplay! Would then Wakana’s maimed heart be able to endure this sexy extraterrestrial encroachment?!
You can watch all of these anime on Crunchyroll, Funimation and Some of them are also on Netflix.
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