Comments on: There Is No Such a Thing as a Slice-of-Life Genre

By: TheBigN

TheBigN — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:29:49 +0000

This post will also make me start watching Hyouka now, for better or worse. Thank you.

By: omo

omo — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 18:47:33 +0000

Just for reference, here is a common example of the SOL term is being used in the wild.
http://www.fandompost.com/oldforums/showthread.php?12761-Slice-of-life-anime

By: omo

omo — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 12:25:41 +0000

That’s good to know. What sort of context does this term arise in film crit in the academic setting? Because that seems to be a lot more serious. I’m all okay if people talk about slice of life in context only of the depiction of everyday life. But I’m not sure what you mean by “dramas.” At least, I don’t think I’ve came across any work that fits this description other than, say, YKK.

But of course I think the problem still stands in that why don’t we do the same for non-Japanese works.

By: Totali

Totali — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 10:15:55 +0000

Actually, literature and film critics use the term too. It’s come up in discussion while I was in school and elsewhere. It’s probably used a lot in anime discussion circles because of Japanese storytelling in general, which often depicts stories of every day life that many people wouldn’t quite call dramas. Hirokazu Koreeda’s Aruitemo aruitemo (Still Walking) immediately comes to mind as an example. While there are Western films like this, they are far and between when compared to the amount that comes from Japan.

By: omo

omo — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:28:07 +0000

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