The term “slice-of-life” is used to refer to a genre consisting of mundane, day-in-the-life events of characters and the environment they are within. As often as it is used in the anime and manga community, the term and the genre itself rarely leaves beyond its boundaries, making anime and manga such a unique experience. But what exactly, is slice-of-life? What are the standards to be had to properly define it as such?
Everyone would have different interpretations of what a definite grasp on what the genre means, but for me, I believe a proper definition is accurately expressed by Hitoshi Ashinano, an artist renowned for Yokohama
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 Alternative TitlesJapanese: PositioN -ポジション- InformationType: Manga
Volumes: Unknown
Chapters: 7
Status: Finished
Published: Oct 8, 1999 to Mar 2004
Demographic:
Seinen
Serialization:
Afternoon Season Zoukan Authors:
Ashinano, Hitoshi (Story & Art) Statistics Ranked: #140792 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #7842
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Mar 24, 2024
In view of the long wait for my reading of Yokohama Kandaishi Kikou (the only manga that could dethrone my top 1), I'm keeping busy by reading Hitoshi Hashinano's various works.
After the very charming but above all very short Kumabichi No Koto and before the promising Kotonoba Drive, PositioN is a kind of little oasis between all these works. It doesn't pretend to have a big, complex plot, but plunges us into the strange daily life of Suu-chan, a young girl who can see certain "special" things. In just 7 chapters, rather unrelated to each other, Ashinano transports us with its atmosphere and mastery of ... |
