What is this genre all about? 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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Top 20 Slice of Life anime you should watch right now. [2026 List]
- 20. Super no Ura de Yani Suu Futari
- 19. Sousou no Frieren 2nd Season
- 18. Grand Blue Season 3
- 17. Sousou no Frieren
- 16. SPY×FAMILY Season 3
- 15. Violet Evergarden
- 14. SPY×FAMILY
- 13. Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai
- 12. SPY×FAMILY Season 2
- 11. Tensei Shitara Dai Nana Ouji Dattanode, Kimamani Majutsu wo Kiwamemasu 2nd Season
- 10. [Oshi no Ko]
- 9. Nana
- 8. Mob Psycho 100 II
- 7. Ranma ½
- 6. Boku no Hero Academia No. 170+1: More
- 5. Great Teacher Onizuka
- 4. The Devil is a Part-Timer!
- 3. Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon
- 2. Ao no Hako
- 1. Tsuihou Sareta Cheat Fuyo Majutsushi wa Kimama na Second Life wo Ouka Suru.: Ore wa Buki dake ja Naku, Arayuru Mono ni "Kyouka Point" wo Fuyo Dekiru shi, Ore no Ishi de Itsudemo Kouka wo Kaijo Dekiru kedo, Nokotta Hitotachi Daijoubu?
20. Super no Ura de Yani Suu Futari
Sasaki is an overworked salaryman drifting through the corporate grind, sustained by cigarettes and the cheerful service and smile of Yamada, the clerk at his favorite supermarket. But one night after a grueling shift, he arrives late to find Yamada nowhere to be seen. With nowhere left to smoke, his spirits sink—until a pierced young woman calls out to him: “You can smoke here.”
Note: Episodes 1-6 had an early release by ABEMA and Crunchyroll on June 3rd, 2026, in a mini-episode batch format that splits 6 episodes into 12, ahead of the TV broadcast, which starts on July 9th, 2026.
Smoking Behind the Supermarket With You is currently airing and will have 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: スーパーの裏でヤニ吸うふたり, A Story About Smoking at the Back of the Supermarket, スーパーの裏でヤニ吸う話, Super no Ura de Yani Suu Hanashi, Behind the Supermarket, Smoking with You.
19. Sousou no Frieren 2nd Season
The second season of Sousou no Frieren.
On the road to Ende, Frieren confronts past bonds and rising threats with her newfound party.
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2 has finished airing and it has 10 Episodes. It is also Known as: 葬送のフリーレン 第２期, Sousou no Frieren 2nd Season
18. Grand Blue Season 3
The third season of Grand Blue.
Grand Blue Season 3 is currently airing and will have 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: ぐらんぶる Season 3, Grand Blue Dreaming Season 3
17. Sousou no Frieren
After the party of heroes defeated the Demon King, they restored peace to the land and returned to lives of solitude. Generations pass, and the elven mage Frieren comes face to face with humanity’s mortality. She takes on a new apprentice and promises to fulfill old friends’ dying wishes. Can an elven mind make peace with the nature of life and death? Frieren embarks on her quest to find out.
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End has finished airing and it has 28 Episodes. It is also Known as: 葬送のフリーレン, Frieren at the Funeral
16. SPY×FAMILY Season 3
The third season of SPY×FAMILY.
World peace is at stake, and secret agent Twilight must undergo his most difficult mission yet—pretend to be a family man. Posing as a loving husband and father, he’ll infiltrate an elite school to get close to a high-profile politician. He has the perfect cover, except his wife’s a deadly assassin and neither knows each other’s identity. But someone does, his adopted daughter, who’s a telepath!
SPY x FAMILY Season 3 has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: SPY×FAMILY Season 3
15. Violet Evergarden
There are words Violet heard on the battlefield, which she cannot forget. These words were given to her by someone she holds dear, more than anyone else. She does not yet know their meaning.
A certain point in time, in the continent of Telesis. The great war which divided the continent into North and South has ended after four years, and the people are welcoming a new generation.
Violet Evergarden, a young girl formerly known as “the weapon”, has left the battlefield to start a new life at CH Postal Service. There, she is deeply moved by the work of “Auto Memories Dolls”, who carry people's thoughts and convert them into words.
Violet begins her journey as an Auto Memories Doll, and comes face to face with various people's emotions and differing shapes of love. All the while searching for the meaning of those words.
Violet Evergarden has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン, Violet Evergarden
14. SPY×FAMILY
Everyone has a part of themselves they cannot show to anyone else.
At a time when all nations of the world were involved in a fierce war of information happening behind closed doors, Ostania and Westalis had been in a state of cold war against one another for decades. The Westalis Intelligence Services' Eastern-Focused Division (WISE) sends their most talented spy, "Twilight," on a top-secret mission to investigate the movements of Donovan Desmond, the chairman of Ostania's National Unity Party, who is threatening peace efforts between the two nations.
This mission is known as "Operation Strix." It consists of "putting together a family in one week in order to infiltrate social gatherings organized by the elite school that Desmond's son attends."
"Twilight" takes on the identity of psychiatrist Loid Forger and starts looking for family members. But Anya, the daughter he adopts, turns out to have the ability to read people's minds, while his wife, Yor, is an assassin! With it being in each of their own interests to keep these facts hidden, they start living together while concealing their true identities from one another.
World peace is now in the hands of this brand-new family as they embark on an adventure full of surprises.
SPY x FAMILY has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: SxF, 스파이 패밀리, SPY×FAMILY: WJ Special Extra Mission!!, 间谍过家家
13. Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai
"Puberty syndrome – Abnormal experiences rumored on the internet to be caused by sensitivity and instability during adolescence. This year, Sakuta Azusagawa, a second-year student at a high school near Enoshima, meets several girls that are experiencing this “puberty syndrome.” For instance, he meets a wild bunny girl in the library. She turns out to be an actress on hiatus, Mai Sakurajima, who is also his senior at the school. For some reason, no one else can see this enchanting girl. How did she become invisible…?
Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: 青春ブタ野郎はバニーガール先輩の夢を見ない, Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai
12. SPY×FAMILY Season 2
The second season of SPY×FAMILY.
The Forger family will face a new familial mission as Yor heads on a cruise ship expedition!
SPY x FAMILY Season 2 has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: SPY×FAMILY Season 2
11. Tensei Shitara Dai Nana Ouji Dattanode, Kimamani Majutsu wo Kiwamemasu 2nd Season
The second season of Tensei Shitara Dai Nana Ouji Dattanode, Kimamani Majutsu wo Kiwamemasu.
The magic maniac returns, his next target? Holy Magic.
I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince So I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability Season 2 has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 転生したら第七王子だったので、気ままに魔術を極めます 第2期, Dainanaoji 2
10. [Oshi no Ko]
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When a pregnant young starlet appears in Gorou Amemiya’s countryside medical clinic, the doctor takes it upon himself to safely (and secretly) deliver Ai Hoshino’s child so she can make a scandal-free return to the stage. But no good deed goes unpunished, and on the eve of her delivery, he finds himself slain at the hands of Ai’s deluded stalker — and subsequently reborn as Ai’s child, Aquamarine Hoshino! The glitz and glamor of showbiz hide the dark underbelly of the entertainment industry, threatening to dull the shine of his favorite star. Can he help his new mother rise to the top of the charts? And what will he do when unthinkable disaster strikes?
Note: Episode 1【推しの子】Mother and Children was pre-screened in advance in Japanese theaters on March 17, 2023. The regular TV broadcast begins on April 12, 2023. The first episode has an extended runtime of ~90 minutes.
Oshi no Ko has finished airing and it has 11 Episodes. It is also Known as: 【推しの子】, 【OSHI NO KO】, [Mein*Star], Favorite Girl, My Idol's Child, เกิดใหม่เป็นลูกโอชิ, Anak Idola, 【推しの子】Mother and Children, [Oshi no Ko] Mother and Children, 【MOJA GWIAZDA】, 我推的孩子
9. Nana
Nana Komatsu is a helpless, naïve 20-year-old who easily falls in love and becomes dependent and clingy to those around her. Even though she nurses ambitious dreams of removing herself from her provincial roots and finding her true calling, she ends up traveling to Tokyo with the humble reason of chasing her current boyfriend Shouji Endo.
Nana Osaki, on the other hand, is a proud, enigmatic punk rock vocalist from a similarly rural background, who nurtures the desire to become a professional singer. Putting her career with a fairly popular band (and her passionate romance with one of its former members) firmly behind her, she boards the same train to Tokyo as Nana Komatsu.
Through a fateful encounter in their journey toward the metropolis, the young women with the same given name are brought together, sparking a chain of events which eventually result in them sharing an apartment. As their friendship deepens, the two attempt to support each other through thick and thin, their deeply intertwined lives filled with romance, music, challenges, and heartbreaks that will ultimately test their seemingly unbreakable bond.
Nana has finished airing and it has 47 Episodes. It is also Known as: NANA [ナナ], Nana
8. Mob Psycho 100 II
The second season of Mob Psycho 100.
Kageyama is an ordinary 8th grader who just wants to live a normal life. Although he can disappear in the crowd in a flash, he was actually the most powerful psychic. The lives of those around Mob and his numerous feelings that softly piles up for the eventual explosion. The mysterious group "Claw" stands before him once again. In the midst of his youthful days, where will his roaring heart take him!?
Mob Psycho 100 II has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: モブサイコ100 II, Mob Psycho 100 2nd Season, Mob Psycho Hyaku, Mob Psycho One Hundred
7. Ranma ½
Ranma Saotome is a top-class martial artist and prodigy at the Saotome "Anything-Goes" school of martial arts. While training in China, he and his father meet a terrible fate when they accidentally fall into a cursed spring. Now, Ranma is cursed to turn into a girl when splashed with cold water, and only hot water can turn him back into a boy.
Things are only complicated further when Ranma discovers that his father has arranged for him to marry one of Soun Tendo's three daughters in order to secure the future of the Tendo dojo. Though Soun learns of Ranma's predicament, he is still determined to go ahead with the engagement, and chooses his youngest daughter Akane, who happens to be a skilled martial artist herself and is notorious for hating men.Ranma ½ follows the hilarious adventures of Ranma and Akane as they encounter various opponents, meet new love interests, and find different ways to make each other angry, all while their engagement hangs over their head.
Ranma ½ has finished airing and it has 161 Episodes. It is also Known as: らんま1/2, Ranma 1/2, Ranma ½ Nettou Hen
6. Boku no Hero Academia No. 170+1: More
Time has passed, and the former members of Class 1-A have grown up, but something is bothering Uraraka...
My Hero Academia: More has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 僕のヒーローアカデミア No. 170+1 「More」, My Hero Academia No. 170+1: "More", My Hero Academia Special Episode “More”
5. Great Teacher Onizuka
Onizuka is a reformed biker gang leader who has his sights set on an honorable new ambition: to become the world's greatest teacher... for the purpose of meeting sexy high school girls. Okay, so he's mostly reformed.
However, strict administrators and a class of ruthless delinquents stand between Onizuka and his goal and they will use any means, however illegal or low, to drive the new teacher away. Perfect, because Onizuka's methods won't be found in any teaching manual; he cares about the difference between legal and illegal activities about as much as he cares for the age difference between himself and a high school girl.
So get ready for math that doesn't add up, language you'd be slapped for using, and biology that would make a grown man blush... unless of course, you're the Great Teacher Onizuka.
Great Teacher Onizuka has finished airing and it has 43 Episodes. It is also Known as: グレート・ティーチャー・オニヅカ, GTO
4. The Devil is a Part-Timer!
Striking fear into the hearts of mortals, the Demon Lord Satan begins to conquer the land of Ente Isla with his vast demon armies. However, while embarking on this brutal quest to take over the continent, his efforts are foiled by the hero Emilia, forcing Satan to make his swift retreat through a dimensional portal only to land in the human world. Along with his loyal general Alsiel, the demon finds himself stranded in modern-day Tokyo and vows to return and complete his subjugation of Ente Isla—that is, if they can find a way back!
Powerless in a world without magic, Satan assumes the guise of a human named Sadao Maou and begins working at MgRonald's—a local fast-food restaurant—to make ends meet. He soon realizes that his goal of conquering Ente Isla is just not enough as he grows determined to climb the corporate ladder and become the ruler of Earth, one satisfied customer at a time!
Whether it's part-time work, household chores, or simply trying to pay the rent on time, Hataraku Maou-sama! presents a hilarious view of the most mundane aspects of everyday life, all through the eyes of a hapless demon lord.
The Devil is a Part-Timer! has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: Hataraku Maou-sama!, はたらく魔王さま!, The Devil is a Part-Timer!
3. Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon
Miss Kobayashi is your average office worker who lives a boring life, alone in her small apartment–until she saves the life of a female dragon in distress. The dragon, named Tohru, has the ability to magically transform into an adorable human girl (albeit with horns and a long tail!), who will do anything to pay off her debt of gratitude, whether Miss Kobayashi likes it or not. With a very persistent and amorous dragon as a roommate, nothing comes easy, and Miss Kobayashi’s normal life is about to go off the deep end!
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: 小林さんちのメイドラゴン, The maid dragon of Kobayashi-san
2. Ao no Hako
Do these sports-crossed lovers have a chance?
Taiki Inomata loves badminton, but he has a long way to go before he can reach nationals. When Taiki sees upperclassman Chinatsu Kano practicing her heart out on the girls’ basketball team, he falls for her hard. After an unexpected turn of events brings the two closer together, sports might not be the first thing on their minds anymore!
Blue Box has finished airing and it has 25 Episodes. It is also Known as: アオのハコ, Ao no Hako
1. Tsuihou Sareta Cheat Fuyo Majutsushi wa Kimama na Second Life wo Ouka Suru.: Ore wa Buki dake ja Naku, Arayuru Mono ni "Kyouka Point" wo Fuyo Dekiru shi, Ore no Ishi de Itsudemo Kouka wo Kaijo Dekiru kedo, Nokotta Hitotachi Daijoubu?
Rain Garland, an enchantment mage belonging to the ‘Fangs of the Royal Beast’, one of the continent's five great guilds, was suddenly expelled from the guild one day. Filled with bitter disappointment at being betrayed by those he trusted, Rain retrieved all the Enhancement Points he had placed on the guild's armor. He then tried applying them to his own sword and clothes instead the cheap copper sword gained destructive power rivaling legendary blades, and the simple cloth garments gained defense comparable to orichalcum!? Moreover, Rain's enchantment magic held a cheat-level secret that allowed it to evolve even further!?
After meeting new companions like the renowned beautiful knight Lily, who came upon hearing rumors of Rain, and the noble lady Martina, a candidate for the title of Hero, Rain begins to grow into a great adventurer...!?
The Laid-Off Cheat-Granting Mage Enjoys a Second Lease on Life has not yet aired. It will air on October 31, 2026. It is also Known as: 追放されたチート付与魔術師は気ままなセカンドライフを謳歌する。 ～俺は武器だけじゃなく、あらゆるものに『強化ポイント』を付与できるし、俺の意思でいつでも効果を解除できるけど、残った人たち大丈夫？～, The Exiled Cheating Magician Enjoys an Unrestrained Second Life.: I Can Give "Strengthening Points" Not Only to Weapons, But Also to Everything, and I Can Unlock the Effect at Any Time of My Will, But are the Rest Okay?, Chii Fuyo, チー付与, The Laid-Off Cheat-Granting Mage Enjoys a New Life
