Several times in the past I’ve talked about shows I’ve termed “Slice of Nothing”. Typically, these are Slice of Life shows (and thus they don’t present an overarching plot) without another genre to contribute direction. It says nothing about their quality, they can still be good or bad in their own rights, but they tend to be meandering and low-key, and not stories in which much if anything is accomplished or achieved.
But it is possible to have a show that’s basically pure Slice of Life that doesn’t become Slice of Nothing. For example, we have Iroduku: the World in Colors (aka Irozuku, depending on who you ask).
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