Nowadays, I find myself keep coming back to slice of life because there's no pesky stuff like plot getting in the way of character interaction lol.
World-building done right is amazing but it can also be a big commitment when I just want to kick back and enjoy myself.
Pretty much why as well. Just kick back and relax and let the characters laugh.
You do bring up a good point about slice of life generally having more room for character interactions.
But it is possible to have an amazing plot and amazing character interaction at once.
This is gonna be long so bear with me and I'll tag
@Bakugan2556 ,
Lamperouge
,
Wademan94
(since you like reading this stuff from me) and
@JDCabrera if you want to read this about slice of life.
Well honestly with how stressful my life is with what's going with me, I kinda find slice of life to be a nice respite from it all. Laid Back Camp a perfect example of it.
And thinking about it, three of my five anime of all time is at least some sort of slice of life.
Kino's Journey - Slice of Life/Philosophy/Adventure
Re:Zero - Thriller/Isekai
A Place Further Than The Universe - Coming of Age/Slice of Life
Laid Back Camp - Slice of Life
Violet Evergarden - Drama
I think also part of why I watch slice of life as well is because it shows things that I kinda wish I was able to enjoy while I was younger or had things been different and in a way maybe I watch it out of awe to the characters. Non Non Biyori, K-On, Laid Back Camp as mentioned, even slight fantasy ones like Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, Helpful Fox Senko-san, Haruhi Suzumiya etc all have those kinda strange everyday ness that I wish I experienced and made my days more even eventful instead of being in my room all day and being depressed because of stuff.
We sometimes entertain ourselves for escapism or inspiration and I'm not saying I hate the way I grew up but you always wish better for it. You always hope life gets a lot better with the hand you deal with like I do but you know for some it can take years for that.
And for Laid Back Camp today, rewatching clips of it? It reminds me why I want to pull through with this physical, mental and psychological chronic stress I'm going through. It reminds of why I want to stop subconsciously thinking I'm going to die of some illness everyday or whatnot because of stuff like constant muscles spasms or pains in my chest. It's so I can visit these places that inspire me and to try and expand my borders as a human being and well, finally grow up as an adult. Watching clips of it and my favourite slice of life anime has pushed forward my determination to do so. Those pains and feelings are gonna be in me for a good while longer but I need to push if I want to not only get back to a sense of normality, but also to achieve said dreams.
It sounds dramatic but that is the effect of when something like a certain bit of fiction can inspire you so far as a person. And this is before we even get into talking about Kino's Journey as well which was has a much bigger effect on me.
Sorry for this being long but I kinda had that thought in me for a while and doing this out in the open.
