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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Nana

(Nana)

8.28

Description:

Nana Komatsu is a young woman who's endured an unending string of boyfriend problems. Moving to Tokyo, she's hoping to take control of her life and put all those messy misadventures behind her. She's looking for love and she's hoping to find it in the big city. Nana Osaki, on the other hand, is cool, confident and focused. She swaggers into town and proceeds to kick down the doors to Tokyo's underground punk scene. She's got a dream and won't give up until she becomes Japan's No. 1 rock'n'roll superstar. This is the story of two 20-year-old women who share the same name. Even though they come from completely different backgrounds, they somehow meet and become best friends. The world of Nana is a world exploding with sex, music, fashion, gossip and all-night parties. (Source: Viz Media)
Type

manga

Volumes

21

Chapters

84

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2000-05-26

Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko!

(Tomo-chan is a Girl!)

7.96

Description:

Boyish high school girl Aizawa Tomo finally manages to tell her childhood friend Jun that she’s got a crush on him. Unfortunately, her confession goes right over his head—he didn’t even realize she was a girl until junior high, and even now, Jun still thinks of her as a bro! How can Tomo-chan possibly convince him otherwise and win Jun’s heart? (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment) Notes: - Originally published daily on Twi4. The volume release compiled the series into 51 chapters. - Includes 8 sets of bonus pages, where each set is considered a chapter; each volume contains a set.
Type

manga

Volumes

8

Chapters

961

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2015-04-07

Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun

(Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun)

8.24

Description:

The boy of her dreams...is a girl's manga artist?! To the eyes of high school student Chiyo Sakura, classmate Umetarou Nozaki--brawny of build and brusque of tongue--is a dreamboat! When Chiyo finally works up the courage to tell Nozaki how she feels about him, she knows rejection is on the table...but getting recruited as a manga-ka's assistant?! Never in a million years! But for someone who makes a living drawing sweet girly romances, Nozaki-kun is a little slow on the uptake when it comes to matters of the heart in reality. And so Chiyo's daily life of manga making and heartache begins! (Source: Yen Press)
Type

manga

Volumes

0

Status

current

Started

2011-08-25

Watashitachi no Shiawase na Jikan

8.23

Description:

"I have something I don't want to lose" "So much so that these terrible feelings have grown." A pianist who attempted suicide 3 times, Juri, is taken to help her aunt at a prison where murderers who killed indiscriminately are sentenced to death. There, she meets a man named Yuu who took the lives of 3 people. A mother's antagonism--a brother's death... Together they embrace the violent rebellion in their hearts caused by the large, deep scars they carry. However, before long, they both embrace an earnest hope in their hearts. "I want to live"... An adaptation of novel by South Korea's most popular female novelist, Gong Ji-Young. (Source: Psycho Pandas)
Type

manga

Volumes

1

Chapters

8

Status

finished

Started

2008-03-28

Here U Are

8.25

Description:

Receiving the newcomers is a task for Yu Yang, and he ends up helping the unsociable and towering Li Huan, the kind of person that does everything to be disliked. But after better knowing each other, he discovers that the giant isn't that bad of a person at all... (Source: MU) Note: Includes 20 extra chapters.
Type

manhua

Chapters

157

Status

finished

Started

2017-11-22

Taiyou no Ie

(House of the Sun)

8.24

Description:

"Back in the day, that place was a house filled with magic—a place where you ended up smiling even if you were crying. Surely, an invisible wizard must have lived there. Or so I thought." What's a young child to do when her mother leaves her father for another man? Or when her father remarries a woman who brings along a child from a previous marriage? Or when her childhood neighbour friend invites her to live with him? (Source: Mixini Studios)
Type

manga

Volumes

13

Chapters

53

Status

finished

Started

2010-04-24

Solanin

(Solanin)

8.12

Description:

After graduating from college, Meiko went straight to work as an office lady, but she can't help feeling there should be something more to life. Determined to find a worthier goal, she quits work, but can she actually make her neubulous dreams come true- and how will her sudden decision affect her relationship with her boyfriend Taneda? (Note: Solanin received an epilogue chapter (ch 29) in 2017 that is included in the chapter count.)
Type

manga

Volumes

2

Chapters

29

Status

finished

Started

2005-06-30

Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru

(My Dress-Up Darling)

8.02

Description:

Traumatized by a childhood incident with a friend who took exception to his love of traditional dolls, doll-artisan hopeful Gojou Wakana passes his days as a loner, finding solace in the home ec room at his high school. To Wakana, people like beautiful Kitagawa Marin, a trendy girl who's always surrounded by a throng of friends, is practically an alien from another world. But when cheerful Marin--never one to be shy--spots Wakana sewing away one day after school, she barges in with the aim of roping her quiet classmate into her secret hobby: cosplay! Will Wakana's wounded heart be able to handle the invasion from this sexy alien?! (Source: Square Enix) Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.
Type

manga

Volumes

15

Chapters

117

Status

finished

Started

2018-01-19

Hirunaka no Ryuusei

8.21

Description:

Fifteen-year-old country girl Suzume Yosano has to move to Tokyo to live with her uncle due to her father's transfer. She bumps into a mysterious man who ends up taking her to her uncle's place after she gets lost. Turns out, Suzume will be seeing him a lot more often once she starts school because... he's her homeroom teacher?! (Source: MU) Included one-shots: Volume 5: Cookie Girl Cream Boy Volume 6: Tsuyu Kaoru Volume 7: Heroine no Ryuusei (Crossover one-shot with Heroine Shikkaku) Volume 9: More than Words Volume 11: Hibi Ryuusei (Crossover one-shot with Hibi Chouchou)
Type

manga

Volumes

12

Chapters

86

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2011-05-20

Tamen De Gushi

(Their Story)

8.24

Description:

The funny romantic story of how Qiu Tong and Sun Jing met and fell in love. (Source: MU)
Type

manhua

Rating

Status

current

Started

2014-11-16

[Oshi no Ko]

(【OSHI NO KO】)

8.23

Description:

"In the world of showbiz, lies are weapons." Goro works as an OB-GYN in the countryside, a life far removed from the entertainment industry. Meanwhile, his favorite idol, Ai Hoshino, has begun her climb to stardom. The two meet in the "worst possible way," setting the gears of fate in motion! The amazing Aka Akasaka and Mengo Yokoyari team up to depict the world of showbiz from a completely new perspective in this shocking series! (Source: MangaPlus)
Type

manga

Volumes

18

Chapters

166

Status

finished

Started

2020-04-23

Who Made Me a Princess

8.25

Description:

The beautiful Athanasia was killed at the hands of her own biological father, Claude de Alger Obelia, the cold-blooded emperor! It’s just a silly bedtime story… until one woman wakes up to suddenly find she’s become that unfortunate princess! She needs a plan to survive her doomed fate, and time is running out. Will she go with Plan A, live as quietly as possible without being noticed by the infamous emperor? Plan B, collect enough money to escape the palace? Or will she be stuck with plan C, sweet-talking her way into her father’s good graces?! (Source: tappytoon)
Type

manhwa

Volumes

9

Chapters

125

Status

finished

Started

2017-12-20

Beastars

(Beastars)

8.19

Description:

One night at Cherryton Academy, an herbivore student is brutally murdered. Among the members of the Drama Club, the herbivores’ suspicions naturally turn to their carnivore classmates… The prime suspect? Gray wolf Legoshi. But he wouldn’t hurt a fly. Or would he? Will dwarf rabbit Haru bring out the beast in him? Or are his feelings for her…something else? (Source: Viz Media) Notes: - Winner of the 11th Manga Taisho Award in 2018. - Winner of the 42nd Kodansha Manga Award in the Shounen Category in 2018. - Winner of the New Face Award from the 21st Japan Media Arts Festival Awards in 2018. - Winner of the New Creator Prize of the 22nd Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2018.
Type

manga

Volumes

22

Chapters

196

Status

finished

Started

2016-09-08

Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou

(Monster Musume)

7.65

Description:

In a modern world where beast people exist and live with other humans, they have a regular household where a student lives with a lamia named Miia. The student, Kurusu Kimihito, came to live with Miia because of the culture exchange that has been going on with humans and sub-species alike. This is their story.
Type

manga

Volumes

0

Rating

Ecchi

Status

current

Started

2012-03-19

Hataraku Maou-sama!

(The Devil Is a Part-Timer!)

8.22

Description:

Devil King Sadao is only one step away from conquering the world when he is beaten by Hero Emilia and forced to drift to the other world: modern-day Tokyo. As "conquering the world" are the only skills the Devil King possesses - and are obviously unnecessary in his new situation - he must work as a freeter to pay for his living expenses!
Type

novel

Volumes

21

Chapters

110

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2011-02-10

Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san

(Teasing Master Takagi-san)

8.15

Description:

Middle schooler Nishikata has had it with his classmate Takagi – the chronic teaser who sits nearby. Day in and day out, she comes after him with every sort of trick or prank. Even when he tries to get her back, she's always one step ahead. But rest assured, it's only the beginning. He's not about to give up that easily in this battle of cunning and youth! (Source: Yen Press) Note: Includes 13 extra chapters
Type

manga

Volumes

20

Chapters

190

Status

finished

Started

2012-06-12

Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e

(Classroom of the Elite)

8.26

Description:

Koudo Ikusei Senior High School is a leading prestigious school with state-of-the-art facilities where nearly 100% of students go on to university or find employment. The students there have the freedom to wear any hairstyle and bring any personal effects they desire. Koudo Ikusei is a paradise-like school, but the truth is that only the most superior of students receive favorable treatment.Ayanokouji Kiyotaka is a student of D-class, which is where the school dumps its “inferior” students in order to ridicule them. For a certain reason, Kiyotaka was careless on his entrance examination, and was put in D-class. After meeting Horikita Suzune and Kushida Kikyou, two other students in his class, Kiyotaka’s situation begins to change.(Source: ANN)
Type

novel

Volumes

14

Chapters

110

Status

finished

Started

2015-05-25

Love So Life

()

8.17

Description:

Shiharu is a high school student who loves kids, lives in an orphanage, and works at a daycare... Until the handsome uncle of two-year-old twins offers her a raise if she'll be their babysitter. Often relying on memories of her mother's actions for guidance, Shiharu quickly finds herself falling in love with her new makeshift family. (Source: Which Scanlations)
Type

manga

Volumes

17

Chapters

111

Status

finished

Started

2008-04-15

Ao Haru Ride

(Blue Spring Ride)

8.23

Description:

Yoshioka Futaba has a few reasons why she wants to "reset" her image and life as a new high-school student. Because she's cute, she was ostracized by her female friends in junior high, and because of a misunderstanding, she couldn't get her feeling across to the one boy she has always liked, Tanaka-kun. Now in high school, she is determined to be as unladylike as possible so that her friends won't be jealous of her. While living her life this way contentedly, she meets Tanaka-kun again, but he now goes under the name of Mabuchi Kou. He tells her that he felt the same way as she did when they were younger, but now things can never be the same again. Will Futaba be able to continue her love that never even started from three years ago?
Type

novel

Volumes

6

Chapters

20

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2011-12-27

A Returner's Magic Should Be Special

(A Returner's Magic Should Be Special)

7.83

Description:

"Now that I'm back, I won't allow my loved ones to die again!" The Shadow Labyrinth - the deadliest catastrophe humanity has ever known. Desir Arman, one of the six remaining survivors of mankind, is inside the Labyrinth. The six of them attempt to clear the final level of the Labyrinth but ultimately fail, and the world comes to an end. However, when Desir thought he would meet his demise, what appears before him is the world... thirteen years ago?! Desir is returned to the past, back to the time when he enrolled at the nation's finest magic academy, Havrion. He is reunited with his precious friends, and he is determined to change the past to save the world and his loved ones...! Three years remain before the emergence of the Shadow World! Change the past and gather powerful comrades to save mankind! (Source: MU)
Type

manhwa

Chapters

268

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2018-05-19

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