No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!
| As a self-identified SoL fan who loves WataMote, I want to say that WataMote is a SoL anime, and I believe I'm right. It shows Tomoko as she is, and there's no plot forcing her into these awkward situations. She puts herself in those situations. At most, there's some minor inconvenience that nudges her into that awkward situation. The show is a normal slice of her life. Of course, WataMote is a comedy, and according to MAL's definition, a comedy can't be a slice of life. I disagree with that definition. A comedy can be a slice of life, but I can see a show being so "comedic" that it isn't a slice of life anymore. If a bunch of wacky stuff happens every episode, it's hard to call such a show a slice of life, even if the show takes place in a normal world and everything resets at the end of the episode. Going back to WataMote, you could argue that the wacky situations Tomoko puts herself in disqualifies the show from being a slice of life, but I believe that the situations are relatively normal, and Tomoko is just being a nervous wreck. What do you guys think? Is WataMote a slice of life or not? I've put MAL's definition of slice of life in the spoiler below if you want to see it. |
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Pillsbury_Uchiha said: i swear ive seen you do this like 6 times I do this a bit. The topic of what counts as slice of life or not interests me since people disagree about it a lot, and MAL's definition doesn't work for me and a lot of other people. Do you find these threads annoying? |
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| It's more a comedy anime than a SOL For me, Watamote is one of the best comedy I've seen, yes it's also a SOL but it's more a comedy like Nichijou and Saiki Kusuo.. |
fluffycow17 said: As a self-identified SoL fan who loves WataMote, I want to say that WataMote is a SoL anime, and I believe I'm right. It shows Tomoko as she is, and there's no plot forcing her into these awkward situations. She puts herself in those situations. At most, there's some minor inconvenience that nudges her into that awkward situation. The show is a normal slice of her life. Of course, WataMote is a comedy, and according to MAL's definition, a comedy can't be a slice of life. I disagree with that definition. A comedy can be a slice of life, but I can see a show being so "comedic" that it isn't a slice of life anymore. If a bunch of wacky stuff happens every episode, it's hard to call such a show a slice of life, even if the show takes place in a normal world and everything resets at the end of the episode. Going back to WataMote, you could argue that the wacky situations Tomoko puts herself in disqualifies the show from being a slice of life, but I believe that the situations are relatively normal, and Tomoko is just being a nervous wreck. What do you guys think? Is WataMote a slice of life or not? I've put MAL's definition of slice of life in the spoiler below if you want to see it. Technically it is, but the female MC is so disturbingly absurd, delusional, annoying, illogical, narcissistic, that it becomes unrealistic. |
Note: I don’t lazily watch 3-5 episodes, biasedly compare to other anime, or unfairly judge by surface level similarities. With every anime I start, I watch the entire series and judge each based on what they present, to give an honest and fair rating.  |
| One of my favorite SoL i read in my short but diverse otaku life. |
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| I’ve also seen you multiple times. You know I don’t think you need to take MAL so seriously. They’re not always gonna be right. I’ve found an entry that doesn’t have a single tag and a lot of the less popular are missing tags. |
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Usagi-san-chan said: I’ve also seen you multiple times. You know I don’t think you need to take MAL so seriously. They’re not always gonna be right. I’ve found an entry that doesn’t have a single tag and a lot of the less popular are missing tags. I probably care about MAL more than I should, but I feel like MAL's mistake is their definition of SoL, not that they forgot to tag some anime correctly. I love SoL, so I believe it should be defined correctly. Also, another reason for these polls is data collection. It's cool to see where people draw the line for SoL, and I'm a data junkie in general, so it's fun for me. I do plan on slowing down, though. I'm running out of anime I want to talk about, and I don't want to annoy people by spamming the same question too much. |
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| It gives strong slice of life vibes, so I say yeah, it is a SoL anime (among other genres). |
| I’ve seen like seven of these posts and everyone single one has been a slice of life. |
| Yeah it is. the best of all time in fact  |
| It is both comedy and sol in my opinion. Though I think it is probably more of a comedy than sol. |
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