What is Slice of Life manga?

The antics of the protagonists do not take place in some exotic setting or time, but in everyday life. When not "at the job" this means getting up in the morning, making meals, house cleaning, going shopping or out to eat, visiting the bath house or spa, leisure activities in the spare time, etc. The time "on the job" for students is School Life, for others working in their profession. Daily Life is basically a synonym for everything normal, repetitive, and trivial happening to your average person.

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Koukou Debut

(High School Debut)

7.98

Description:

Haruna Nagashima gave her all to softball in middle school, and now that she's made her high school debut she's decided to give her all for a new goal. Getting a boyfriend and falling in love! However, she has one small problem. Since she never paid any attention to fashion or trend in middle school she has no idea how to go about attracting her yet-to-be-found love. But a chance encounter with with Yoh Komiyama provides her with the opportunity she needs. If he coaches her in how to become attractive, surely she can find herself a boyfriend! (Source: Boku-Tachi) The last volume, Koukou Debut -Enrenhen-, contains oneshots and side-stories of the series.
Type

manga

Volumes

15

Chapters

62

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2003-08-13

Kamisama ga Uso wo Tsuku.

(The Gods Lie)

7.85

Description:

It’s the summer when Natsuru is 11. Ever since he’s turned one of them down on Valentine’s Day, the girls of his class have been constantly ignoring him. This changes just before summer break, when Suzumura, the tallest girl in the year, suddenly talks to him. Later, Natsuru meets Suzumura again outside school and finds out she has a secret. (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Volumes

1

Chapters

5

Status

finished

Started

2013-03-25

Gakkou Gurashi!

8.07

Description:

Takeya Yuki is in love with the school. For her, it's a wonderful place, where she enjoys her school activities, especially the activities of her club, the School Life Club. The club has Rii-chan as the president, Kurumi-chan as another member, and the teacher, Megu-nee, always there for them. Yes, she is in love with her school... in her mind. Because, for her, the reality of the school and their club's activities is way too hard to be perceived... (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Volumes

12

Chapters

78

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2012-05-24

Yofukashi no Uta

(Call of the Night)

8.11

Description:

One sleepless night, Ko slips out to walk the streets. Life after dark is a revelation! When flirtatious Nazuna invites Ko to spend the night at her place in an abandoned building, he’s stoked! But then he awakens to kisses on his neck with a little too much bite to them... Is it just the delicious taste of his blood that makes her meet him night after night for late-night adventures, conversation and...naps? Or something else? Then, when a cute girl from Ko’s past shows up and competes for his attention, his budding relationship with the undead is put to the test! (Source: Viz Media) Notes: -Seventh place of Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category. -First place of Daruma 2023 Award (France) in the new manga category (released in 2022 in France).
Type

manga

Volumes

20

Chapters

200

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2019-08-28

Orange Marmalade

7.94

Description:

Set at a time when Vampires are ubiquitous in society, but forced to stay hidden and treated as outcasts, this story tells the tale of one particular female vampire who has always had difficulties due to her nature. Feared and hated and having been driven away from several neighbourhoods, she is eager to settle down in her current city, but is disillusioned with the concepts of friendship and relationships among humans. She is fine being alone, until she is stirred by the smell of one particular man and unknowingly nips his neck. What is she to do now that the surprised man actually begins to fall for her?
Type

manhwa

Volumes

8

Chapters

120

Status

finished

Started

2011-02-05

Hinamatsuri

8.23

Description:

One night, a strange object falls on the head of Nitta, a member of the yakuza. Inside the box is a strange young girl named Hina. She has tremendous supernatural powers, and Nitta finds himself reluctantly taking her in. Her powers can come in handy for his yakuza business, but he also runs the risk of her using them on him! Not to mention, if she doesn't use her powers, she will eventually go berserk and destroy everything around her. Nitta and Hina's strange life together is just beginning... (Source: MangaHelpers)
Type

manga

Volumes

19

Chapters

100

Status

finished

Started

2010-06-15

Natsume Yuujinchou

(Natsume's Book of Friends)

8.22

Description:

Takashi Natsume can see spirits and demons that hide from the rest of humanity. He has always been set apart from other people because of his gift, drifting from relative to relative, never fitting in. Now he's a troubled high school student who has come to live in a small town where his grandmother, Reiko, grew up. And there he discovers that he has inherited more than just the power of Sight from the mysterious Reiko. When Reiko was Takashi's age, she bound the names of demons and spirits in her Book of Friends, enslaving them to her every capricious whim. Now Takashi is the owner of the book, and the creatures will do anything to get their names back. (Source: Viz Media)
Type

manga

Volumes

0

Status

current

Started

2003-06-10

Azumanga Daioh

8.21

Description:

It's not manga, it's Azumanga! − smart, fun and totally addictive. Created by the iconoclastic Kiyohiko Azuma, Azumanga Daioh is strongly character driven, taking the reader through the daily tribulations of Miss Kurosawa, Miss Yukari, the wild Tomo, hair-triggered Yomi, ditzy Osaka, brash Kagura, cute Chiyo-chan and athletic (but girly) Sakaki. (Source: ADV)
Type

manga

Volumes

4

Chapters

39

Status

finished

Started

1999-02-01

Barakamon

(Barakamon)

8.21

Description:

For a certain reason, a handsome young calligrapher by the name of Seishuu Handa uproots himself and moves to an island on the westernmost edge of Japan. "Sensei," as he comes to be known, is a city boy through and through, and has never experienced rural life until now. And by the looks of it, he has much to learn! From navigating public roads by tractor to resigning himself to having his new digs commandeered by the local children as their new hangout, the list of Sensei's hardships is shaping up to be long indeed! (Source: Yen Press) Chapter count includes one extra and four side stories published on volume 18+1
Type

manga

Volumes

18

Chapters

139

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2009-02-21

NHK ni Youkoso!

(Welcome to the N.H.K.)

8.07

Description:

Sato Tatsuhiro is a drug-addled "hikikomori" (a Japanese shut-in) who thinks a sinister organization, NHK (Nihon Hikikomori Kyoukai), is the cause of all his problems! He falls in love with a girl, Misaki, who he thinks is trying to assassinate him, but doesn't know how to talk to her or if he can trust her. The more he stay in his house watching anime porn, reading manga and doing drugs, the harder it is for him to leave. Only Misaki can keep him from rotting away in his own apartment! (Source: Tokyopop)
Type

manga

Volumes

8

Chapters

40

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2003-12-26

True Beauty

7.86

Description:

After binge-watching beauty videos online, a shy comic book fan masters the art of makeup and sees her social standing skyrocket as she becomes her school’s prettiest pretty girl overnight. But will her elite status be short-lived? How long can she keep her real self a secret? And what about that cute boy who knows her secret? (Source: WEBTOONS) Note: Chapter count includes a prologue and 33 side stories.
Type

manhwa

Chapters

257

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2018-04-09

Hiyokoi

()

7.66

Description:

Hiyori, a small and timid girl, goes to school for the first time in a year since an accident left her hospitalized. Follow her as she struggles with her social skills, tries to make friends and maybe even a little bit more...? (Source: Imangascans)
Type

manga

Volumes

14

Chapters

67

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2009-11-02

Kusuriya no Hitorigoto

(The Apothecary Diaries)

8.29

Description:

In the imperial court, a young woman is put into servitude, Maomao. The tale is just beginning for the woman doctor/pharmacist from the red-light district, as rumors circulate about the emperor's children's lives being short-lived. Her curious nature and thirst for knowledge pushes her to action. To satisfy her curiosity, this young doctor/pharmacist will investigate the origin! What is shifting in the imperial court..!? (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2017-05-25

Act-age

(Act-age)

8.12

Description:

Kei Yonagi comes from a poor family. Her father ran out on her and her two younger siblings, leaving her to fend for the family herself after their mother's death. When the opportunity comes to chase her dream of becoming an actress, Yonagi jumps at the chance. Catching the eye of Director Sumiji Kuroyama, Yonagi's opportunity to shine has come. However, Yonagi's talent for acting comes from her extreme and innate ability for Method Acting, one that various individuals note as potentially self-destructive. (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Volumes

12

Chapters

123

Status

finished

Started

2018-01-22

Seven Days

(Seven Days)

8.21

Description:

Third year high school student, Shino Yuzuru, is a boy with a beautiful face and an undesirable personality; he is laid back, impolite, and blunt. Soon after he goes out with someone, they dump him once his true personality starts to surface. His junior in the archery club, Seryou Touji, is a well-known ladies' man. A rumor about him circulates in school, stating that Seryou will agree to go out with the first person to ask him out on Monday, before promptly dumping that person on Sunday. Despite the school knowing this, Seryou remains popular with girls because, for the seven days he dates them, Seryou will make his partner feel absolutely special. Hearing the rumor, Shino becomes curious about Seryou. One Monday morning, he greets Seryou outside of the school's entrance and jokingly asks him out. However, Seryou takes him seriously, and so begins Shino's seven days with him.
Type

manga

Volumes

2

Chapters

13

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2007-09-01

Bokura ga Ita

(We Were There)

8.2

Description:

The start of high school life. To the girls, that also meant the start of their love lives. For brand new first year student, Takahashi Nanami (Nana for short), it was no different... She happens to end up in the same class as the incredibly popular Yano Motoharu, who rumors say that two thirds of all the girls are guaranteed to fall in love with. But will that hold true for Nana, who says that if she had to choose between like or dislike, she'd say she dislikes him!? (Source: Hanashi)
Type

manga

Volumes

16

Chapters

70

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2002-04-13

Bokura wa Minna Kawai-sou

(The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel)

8.03

Description:

Usa, a high-school student aspiring to begin a bachelor lifestyle, moves into a new apartment only to discover that he not only shares a room with a perverted roommate that has an obsession for underaged girls, but also that another girl, Ritsu, a love-at-first-sight, is living in the same building as well! (Source: Kirei Cake)
Type

manga

Volumes

10

Chapters

90

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2010-04-30

Planetes

7.99

Description:

Haunted by a space flight accident that claimed the life of his beloved wife, Yuri finds himself six years later as part of a team of debris cleaners on a vessel called the Toy Box charged with clearing space junk from space flight paths. The team consists of Hachimaki, a hot shot debris-man with a sailor's affinity for the orbital ocean; Fee, a chain-smoking tomboy beauty with an abrasive edge; and Pops, a veteran orbital mechanic whose avuncular presence soothes the stress of the job. (Source: Tokyopop)
Type

manga

Volumes

4

Chapters

27

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2001-01-23

Hige wo Soru. Soshite Joshikousei wo Hirou.

7.36

Description:

Yoshida was swiftly rejected by his crush of 5 years. On his way home after drinking his sorrows away, he saw a high school girl sitting on the street. "I'll let you do it with me, so let me stay." "Don't even joke about something like that." And so, the story of living with the high school girl Sayu began. The slice-of-life romantic comedy between a runaway high school girl and a 26 year old salaryman ensues. (Source: MangaDex)
Type

manga

Rating

Status

current

Started

2018-11-26

Sachi-iro no One Room

(One Room of Happiness)

7.86

Description:

One day, a girl was kidnapped. However, that girl started to desire a life living with her captor, and swears that she will marry him. In return, her captor provides her with happiness that she had always longed for. How could a story between a girl and her captor be so heart warming? (Source: AOC Translations)
Type

manga

Volumes

11

Chapters

69

Status

finished

Started

2016-09-30

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