UNIQUE SLICE OF LIFES - I'M TIRED OF READING ISEKAI ALL DAY

[vexxar]

All right now that I have your attention, I've gotten sick of reading isekai/regressor/VRMMO type of mangas and I recently got back into slice of life and holy shit is it a satisfying genre. I just want something which has characters with actual personalities(sick of overpowered MC) and good cast that actually have chemistry and comedy that actually hits not some bullshit like grabbing a girl's boobs by mistake.
It doesn't need to have a plot but I don't want it to be one of those manga which have nothing happening each chapter(Sakurai-san wants to be noticed) , also I can't handle the teasing mangas like Uzaki-chan or Nagatoro-san etc. so refrain from those. Ecchi is fine as long as it's not the 'plot'
Examples of Godly SOLs:
The Story Between a Dumb Prefect and a High School Girl with an Inappropriate Skirt Length
Blue Period
Do Chokkyuu Kareshi x Kanojo
Grand Blue
Temple (biased)
Even though all of these are completely different all of them fit my description so you know what I'm looking for, please recommend me so I can escape my self-imposed Isekai hell. Also if it has an anime I've probably watched it so don't recommend godly SOL anime thanks

 

[Yatsuki]

@vexxar
I quite like these one
https://mangadex.org/title/25229/hokuou-kizoku-to-moukinzuma-no-yukiguni-karigurashi
https://mangadex.org/title/17342/machida-kun-no-sekai
https://mangadex.org/title/21443/maiko-san-chi-no-makanai-san
https://mangadex.org/title/1368/seigi-no-mikata

Not sure if they can be considered unique or not, or if you will like them as well, but I really enjoy them.

 

[vexxar]

Machida-kun has been on my to read list for a long time and I know it's gonna be good but sure I'll see what I think about the other 3, they do seem pretty unique especially seigi no mikata, I'm not a big josei reader infact I may have only read under 5 josei manga ever but I'll try it out,

 

[MawMaw]

@vexxar
Check out Ojiro Makoto stuff such ass Fujiyama-san, Chion-san and Insomnia they are really good.
14-sai no Koi should be into your liking.
Futari Ashita mo Sorenari ni good fucking shit.
Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru good fucking shit.

Yotsubato a classic pure SoL.
Flying Witch good fucking shit, pure SoL and have animu adaptation.
Hakumei to Mikochi another pure SoL series that I like, it recently have animu adaptation.
SoreMachi is the best pure SoL for me, the dynamic between the cast is real good. You might want to watch the animu and then read it from the beginning.

Yome ga Kore na mon de good shit.
Species Domain one of my favorites.
Demi-chan wa Kataritai good shit. (with animu adaptation)
Centaur no Nayami is also really good . (with animu adaptation)

Otome no Teikoku Based.
Futari Monologue Based.
Shed Ryugasaki-san Based.
Gyaru and Dinosaur Based._{tbh I havent read this tbh ayy lmoa}

Saiki Kusuo is also really good. (with animu adaptation)
Sangatsu no Lion masterpiece, amazing animu adaptation too.
Love Roma one of my favorites.
Nodame Cantabile one of my all time favorites, good animu adaptation, good live action tv series, theres also a K-Drama adaptation too.

Sumire 17(and-16)-sai!! unique for sure.

 

[vexxar]

Ofcourse I've watched Saiki and 3-Gatsu no lion is one of my favourite anime but yeah I'll check the other stuff out, I'm reading Yotsuba-to and Sono Bisque Doll wa koi wo suru since I can tell you have good fucking taste I'm gonna check them out for sure. Thanks a lot

 

[axelTHEGREAT]

read machida otherwise you’ll regret to know that you’re way too late for machidanism; if you think machida is not enough then try to learn yugaminism as machidanism is the antithesis of yugaminism. cheers

 

[vexxar]

I have actually seen this Yugami-kun manga before and yes I must read it only after reading the masterpiece that is Machida-kun, I shall take your advice to heart

 

[MawMaw]

@vexxar
ayy nice, just incase, check out Ballroom e Youkoso its not necessary slice of life or romance (yet I hope lole) but it sure has one of my absolute favorite couple Chinatsu and Tatara, I recc to just stick out with the manga though.
and Hikaru no Go too, its a classic, like Sangatsu no Lion without sadboi vibe, doesnt have as much side cast but more into the board games and also have some chief kiss character development. idk how good the animu adaptation.

 

[Ragea]

MawMaw covered most of the suggestions I was about to make.

Still, I have a couple that I can suggest:
https://mangadex.org/title/14377/relife Quite good slice of life, has an anime. Enjoyable.
https://mangadex.org/title/22801/raise-wa-tanin-ga-ii An genre under-represented with how it focus on Yakuza. It's not much of a happy-go-lucky SOL, with the 2 mains characters learning to live with one another. The art style is very good and the story benefits from an author who actually can write a story and keep it entertaining.
https://mangadex.org/title/1154/gokusen Since I'm talking about Yakuza, check out Gokusen if you're looking for a laugh. That one's old, both in years and in style but it serve it's purpose.

 

[Marsae]

https://mangadex.org/title/6770/horimiya
Don’t know is this is considered unique but Horimiya is a really good slice of life manga and it has an anime this season. Really good chemistry between all the characters

https://mangadex.org/title/48471/the-twins-circumstances
It’s about twins that discover they aren’t actually twins. Really cute

 

[BlackForger]

Tenchi Souzou Design-bu

In Heaven's Animal Design Department, designers create a variety of new animals daily while contending with the unreasonable requests of their client: God. Funny, interesting, and full of useful information, this series answers questions such as, "Why can't unicorns exist?", "What makes an animal taste delicious?", "What's the most powerful creature in the ocean?", and, "Bird versus snake: who would win?" You won't believe it's a manga series when you read up on the featured animals in the included encyclopedia entries. Heaven's Design Team will make your next trip to the zoo or aquarium 100 times more fun!

Shadows House
Its about mysterious faceless creature with their living dolls. A good read

Go With the Clouds to the North-Northwest
Good slice of life with serene vibes an a little bit fantasy. Take places in Iceland

Thermae Romae
Its about ancient roman architects specialized in bath house keep getting isekaied into random modern japanese bath house and getting back again to his time. He take challanges everyday to learn cultures and building a magnificent bath house

Waters
its about a girl's consious who keep drifting into a dream land in a mysterious village where its raining everyday

Migi & Dali
Its about twin getting adopted into a household but decide to act as a one person

 

[IntrovertedJean]

You can try the following:

https://mangadex.org/title/10167/tanaka-kun-wa-itsumo-kedaruge

https://mangadex.org/title/311/yotsuba-to

https://mangadex.org/title/45/azumanga-daioh

https://mangadex.org/title/10643/boku-girl

https://mangadex.org/title/5465/gakuen-babysitters

I hope you’ll like them.

 

[bigtiddyoneesan]

Seconding Yugami-kun. It cured my foot tumor and now I can walk again. A rare actual 10/10.

 

[O-Takuni]

@vexxar Really heartwarming SoL with a (big) dash of unique weird? Sore wa Tada no Senpai no Chinko is a cool one.

 

[Sem]

Looks like people have been pretty thorough with the amazing SoL reccs, so I'll toss in a few that are a little more niche. There are a lot of robots.

https://mangadex.org/title/20723/witch-hat-atelier
Witch Hat Atelier's hard to categorize strictly as a SoL, there's definitely a plot and stakes here but it's very very slow burn. Shirahama takes their time establishing the world and pushing information about how society and magic work, so the main plot of Coco being used as a pawn in a tug of war between two factions of witches is something that happens in spurts between them just trying to live their life. It's gorgeously drawn and one of my favorite manga. If you liked Blue Period, I think you'll like this one.

https://mangadex.org/title/21613/bocchi-hakase-to-robot-shoujo-no-zetsubou-teki-utopia
Lonely Professor and Robot Girl is written and drawn by the guy who writes Sousou no Frieren. It's a post apocalyptic story about two survivors trying to find more people, and it's just as depressing as Frieren, though arguably sillier. It's a pretty short read, I enjoyed it a lot.

https://mangadex.org/title/46011/boku-no-tsuma-wa-kanjou-ga-nai
My Wife Has No Emotion is about a guy who marries his human shaped rice cooker.
It is very very very weird, and questionably romantic. But it's cute and interesting...? It's still up for debate whether or not it's sad that the MC is so lonely he falls in love with a mass produced household appliance.

https://mangadex.org/title/19341/atom-the-beginning
Atom: The Beginning is one of my favorite manga!! Also questionably SoL, as it does have a plot that advances, though in varying amounts between scenes of the main characters' college lives. Atom is a prequel fanfiction of Astro Boy, and follows the lives of Ochanomizu and Tenma, the two scientists who are father figures to Astro Boy, as they go to college and develop the prototypes of an AI capable of free thought. The main character is their 6th creation, A-106, who's slowly coming to question what it means to be a robot. Sometimes there is punching!! It's a really fun sci-fi about some dumb college kids with more intelligence than wisdom, and the really dangerous scrapes they sometimes get into because they don't have any sense of the gravity of the work they're doing.

 

[Ruthacid]

hey, there are even more classic or experimental series i'd like to suggest:
Genshiken (ignore nidaime tho, its unfunny)
Solanin
Kantoku Fuyuki Todoki
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
Welcome to the NHK
Asuperu Kanojo
Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction
Kuuden Noise no Himegimi
Shimeji Simulation
Touhou Suichouka ~ Lotus Eater-tachi no Suisei just came to realization that touhou is plausible to be isekai, really never thought in that way, but dont be too sceptical, its a whole different culture in the current mainstream; also, plenty of older offical works exist, but this seems to be the best one so far
i will leave it at that for now, but definitly have more things to throw at you

 

[Pinpinponsum]

@Yatsuki

Thank you so much for introducing me to machida and seigi no mikata, I've read the other two and all of the ones you recommended were a quick good read.

 

[Arifandi999]

@vexxar
https://mangadex.org/title/38900/deep-sea-aquarium-magmell
This is really unique, about museum + deep sea creature