Why should slice of life be purely the realm of cute girls? Why can’t middle-aged men have pleasant day-to-day experiences?
Imagine, if you will, an automobile shop, run by a rough yet kind man and his friends. They’re all getting a bit old, but they would not trade their shop for anything in the world. Every day, between fixing engines and repairing brakes, they take the time to sit around at a small, rickety table discussing anything that comes to their mind. Though they may posture and ridicule each other, at the end of the day they know their friendship is stronger than anything.
It’s slow, it’s pleasant, and it’s manly.
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July 14, 2008 at 7:21 pm
omo
and great yaoi doujinshi fodder!
I expect nothing less from an Ogiue fan
July 14, 2008 at 7:23 pm
Shin_Getter
I know of a slice of life show that is about a guy and his girl friend and her family and the just about every aspect of motorized vehicles…….
But really, what is really manly is to do the extraordinary and leads to the typical “endless shounen battles.” In slice of life type settings, males are almost by definition not masculine in the traditional sense as it implies they lack the drive and ambition which should be universal at any age.
Finally, the life of a man in daily life usually revolves around a women. Those that focuses on casual company with other guys comes across as homosexual and would naturally attract at yaoi audience…………. >.>
July 14, 2008 at 7:23 pm
Cacti
and boring
July 14, 2008 at 7:53 pm
Hinano
It’s called Boys Be.
July 14, 2008 at 9:39 pm
astrange
http://www.pbs.org/wrenchturns/
July 14, 2008 at 10:01 pm
pts
I would watch this show.
That is all.
July 14, 2008 at 10:23 pm
Sub
Bartender kind of fits the bill.
July 14, 2008 at 11:06 pm
drmchsr0
sds: That sounds like epic win.
July 14, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Link
I want a Full Throttle anime.
July 15, 2008 at 12:20 am
OGT
Bartender?
Seriously.
BARTENDER.
July 15, 2008 at 12:22 am
OGT
Or, wait, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance anime. If that counts.
July 15, 2008 at 3:31 am
issa-sa
The Bar in Antique Bakery > Bartender :P
July 15, 2008 at 4:49 am
dood
someone like the old mechanic in YKK
July 15, 2008 at 10:35 am
Uguu~
Bartender is an excellent series. Though it is more suiting to be caterorized with the likes of Mushishi .
July 15, 2008 at 5:58 pm
TheBigN
That’s a pretty epic concept. :P
July 17, 2008 at 3:52 am
ojisan
dood: You’re talking ’bout my gas station on the Muira Peninsula. Drop in sometime & get some daikon & watermelon while h you’re here. Be sure to see Alpha at the coffee shop down the road -
July 25, 2008 at 5:08 am
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