Tag Archives: Slice of Life

New Game!!

Posted on February 15, 2021 by Roger Pocock

New Game! gains a second exclamation mark for the second season, but that doesn’t really indicate that it is more amazing or zany or exciting or anything like that. This is very much more of the same, but that’s fine, … Continue reading →

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New Game!

Posted on February 1, 2021 by Roger Pocock

I have mentioned the Bechdel test a few times on this blog, a measure of the representation of female characters in fiction, film or television. There does of course exist the concept of the Reverse Bechdel test, which asks whether … Continue reading →

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Hidamari Sketch

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Roger Pocock

Slice-of-life is a widely misunderstood genre, and I often see anime series mistakenly categorised as slice-of-life simply because they are not hugely dramatic by Western standards. But there is no point having descriptions for things if we misapply them, or … Continue reading →

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Re-Kan

Posted on November 2, 2020 by Roger Pocock

The title of this anime series translates as “Sixth Sense”, so it’s understandable that the DVD release goes with the original Japanese title rather than the translation. Anyone coming to this series expecting anything creepy or mysterious would be disappointed. … Continue reading →

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Girls’ Last Tour

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Roger Pocock

I have seen so many anime series now that familiar stories, tropes and issues crop up over and over again. It is rare to see a series that is doing something completely unfamiliar that I have never seen before, but … Continue reading →

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Lucky Star

Posted on March 16, 2020 by Roger Pocock

I bought this series on Blu-ray, knowing that it was a popular one and that it also shared most of its voice cast with The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, both in the original Japanese and the dub version. At first, … Continue reading →

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Engaged to the Unidentified

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Roger Pocock

What would you do if you found out that a marriage had been arranged for you, and your fiancé was a near-stranger you hadn’t seen since childhood? I can’t really get myself into that head-space, but it’s an interesting premise … Continue reading →

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