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Thank you so much for having me on this video, man! 😁 It was fun! And your editing is top notch! Excellent work! As you said, there are many subgenres to slice-of-life. Heck, the characters don't even have to be human to make it work. All you really need are great relatable characters, and simple conflict. 👍

@uberartist538

9 ай бұрын

❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 Watching you JFM since 2008 gives me a great sense of stability and inspiration! It's so insane to still see you active when so many from those days have gone!

@MonitorComics

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to come on! It was fun!

Unpopular opinion but i feel like cartoon slice of life is a lot more bombastic and exciting than anime slice of life. My Life as a Teenage Robot, Kick Buttowski, Juniper Lee, Jake Long, Megas XLR, Randy Cunningham, PPG, Rocket Power, Phineas and Ferb, Yin Yang Yo, Kim Possible, Totally Spies, etc. They have a feeling of excitement and appeal that i feel is very minimal in anime. Even if they are considered slice of life, they had some awesome action I myself have an idea for a slice of life story set in after the events of my other stories that leads to a more high-energy side of the genre. It follows the extraordinary lives of brother and sister robots, Chase and Tear-resa. Chase has a dream of living up to the expectations of his childhood heroes, but since this story is set in a world where every antagonist is dead, it makes it hard for him to live that bombastic life he saw his heroes live. Tear-resa on the other hand is upbeat and easygoing just wanting a normal life. That's really all i have for now. Speaking of those cartoons i mentioned earlier, how bout a video on making n episodic stories?

@MonitorComics

9 ай бұрын

YOU ARE SO RIGHT ABOUT THOSE CARTOONS. I wasn't even thinking of them too much during the recording of this since i try to stay in the comic, manga realm. But I totally agree! I definitely should make a follow up video at some point with a cartoonist or something as a special guest to discuss that more. Episodic stories are definitely on my list for upcoming videos!

You cooking so much, so fast,so good!

@MonitorComics

9 ай бұрын

We're on the road to 100k, trying to stay consistent!

@luisB_OG

9 ай бұрын

@@MonitorComics it's in your future! 💪💪

Thanks for the video! I've been trying to look into slice of life genre but can't find a single thing on the matter! About a few of my comic ideas feature a bit of slice of life areas, most notable is an isekai one where three teens are brought to a world of sweets and I wanted to have a general theme of them finding the joy and sweet points in life (as they all have a general rough time in their own lives in the real world) as they try to find a way home, but I don't watch too many slice of life animes or read a lot of manga in that genre. Exception of Komi Can't Communicate and Detective Conan. Most of my inspiration came from cartoon slice of life adventure stuff (Powerpuff Girls, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Totally Spies, Amphibia, The Owl House, etc.). So I don't really know how long the comics should take, how effectively to get the characters to grow in a steady pace that doesn't feel like I'm sprinting in every page, and etc. But this did help me in a little of what I should look into it. Thanks again!

@MonitorComics

9 ай бұрын

I'm glad to hear that! I plan to make a follow up video to this one relatively soon about the Moe subgenre, which is the branch off of Slice of Life Manga. It's why there's so many anime that feature a bunch of girls doing everyday things. I also plan to make another video specifically talking about slice of life cartoons because two other people have asked about it in the comments! Slice of Life cartoons like My Life As a Teenage Robot and Powerpuff girls are a lot more faster paced and adventure oriented than most Japanese slice of life stories, so it might be helpful to discuss the differences! Most slice of life anime finish after 12 episodes and 2 seasons, so they are relatively short. There ARE longer ones though like Lucky Star, Nichijou, Shin Chan etc that have a ton of episodes and chapters

Banger video with AN ABSOLUTE LEGEND!

@MonitorComics

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to watch! Super glad I was able to get JFM on!

I love this channel so much, I aspire to be a comic artist one day, and I feel like I’m leaning a lot from watching them. Thank you, and I hope to see the day you reach 100k and even farther.

@MonitorComics

9 ай бұрын

I'm really glad the videos could help! Thank you so much for taking the time to watch and support!!

Thanks for another great video! Slice of life is one of my favorite genres of comics and manga. I’d say Blue Period and Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! are my top manga choices, they’re also great for aspiring artists. Strangers in Paradise and Love and Rockets are my favorite Western slice of life comics. They also happen to be two of the longest-running indie series! 😂

@MonitorComics

9 ай бұрын

Great choices! Will definitely need to check out the two western ones!

banger video as always

@MonitorComics

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to watch! I'm really glad you commented actually, because I thought about you earlier. I actually plan to make a video on manga paneling relatively soon, so if you were still interested in being a guest, the spot is still open!

@ep4ko

9 ай бұрын

@@MonitorComics sure!

Now that's my kind of video

@MonitorComics

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

@inesatt1313

9 ай бұрын

@@MonitorComics And thanks for your consideration and understanding

@inesatt1313

9 ай бұрын

@@MonitorComics Naminé's name can be translated to "sound of the wave" in Japanese, since the character 音 (oto) can be pronounced as "ne". Alternatively, her name also can mean "born from the wave", because of the French "né" at the end of her name ("né" is the past participle of the verb "naître", which means "to be born"). In Japanese, the word “Kodo” holds a double meaning. It can be translated as “heartbeat,” the primal source of all rhythm. Indeed, the great taiko is thought to be reminiscent of a mother's heartbeat as felt from the womb, and babies are often lulled to sleep by its thunderous vibrations,the word can also mean "children of the drum". Hibiki means "Echo" in Japanese. In short her full name means The drumming child born from the echoing heartbeats of the waves or the child born to hear the drumming heartbeats of the echoing ocean waves. That is the name of my female lead,what do you think?

@MonitorComics

9 ай бұрын

@@inesatt1313 Sounds cool! My only note would be Namine is kind of an iconic name because of Kingdom Hearts. I don't see it used super often, so unintentional comparisons might be made whenever it's said. I don't know how popular it is in Japan though, but if it's not too rare, then it could be fine!

@inesatt1313

9 ай бұрын

@@MonitorComics Almost no one uses this name and Hibiki is seen from time to time while Kodo is quite scarce

You mentioned a lot of favorites of mine. Like you said, every story's quality improves with Slice of Life elements such as drama between characters, no matter the genre. So I was hoping this could help me incorporate these elements into other genres that isn't pure Slice of Life concepts.

I hope American slice of life cartoons count because I am from the late 80s early 90s favorite slice of life cartoon Doug straight up! And I’m talking about the og Doug

@MonitorComics

9 ай бұрын

Great choice! They definitely count! A similar comment brought up how more "exciting" cartoon slice of life stories are, and that caught my interest! I will definitely try to make a follow up video talking about cartoons approach to it soon!

6:40 it's interesting, like I know the difference between a genre and a subgenre, but I wonder in what cases certain genres take on that main and sub category. I guess if the series is set in a school, the main genre will be school, but then if the chapters/episodes actually focus less on school life and more on comedy or romance I suppose that would take the main role itself! I've always considered romance/comedy series to be equally romance and comedy but I wonder if there's a real way to determine which actually takes precedence. Also some genres are so so soooo broad, like adventure for example. I feel like if it was the main genre of a series it wouldn't actually do justice describing it, some cases I feel like the sub genre better describes the series than the main genre 🤣 Anyways, great video on a top tier genre, and it was nice getting to know JFMstudio! Looking forward to the next one Monitor 💪

@MonitorComics

9 ай бұрын

Yesss, it definitely is an interesting topic. I try to think of genres as the general umbrella term and subgenres as the specific category. Like anything can be horror, but not every horror is a zombie film. Adventure is pretty broad. Something with a lot of world building can be considered adventure, something smaller scale like Percy Jackson also counts, but so can something like Lost where the characters are exploring an uninhabited island. Usually it is paired with comedy or action, probably to give it more personality since adventures just involve characters going out of their comfort zone on some journey. With Slice of Life, I think it is usually paired with subgenres too, slice of life comedy and slice of life school are VERY COMMON I'm not sure if there is a genre that doesn't have subgenres, so I'm also interested to know if someone can think of one lol

@peachenelle

9 ай бұрын

@@MonitorComics Yess exactly, I think umbrella is the best way to see genres, and then sub genres are what make it stand out. Its funny though because you'd think the main genre would be the one that best describes it, quirks and all, not just a general term.... oh my god does general come from genre. I think I've just had a revelation.

@peachenelle

9 ай бұрын

@MonitorComics ok its french so I guess there's only correlation between the two words, but still 🤣 I'm interested in any one genre series too 🤔

Thanks for the video. This a a huge help since slice of life manga doesn’t seems to be talk alot about in the anime manga community only just battle shonen. Can you do a video about romance manga, if you haven’t already done it already.

@MonitorComics

9 ай бұрын

I definitely plan to make at least 2 more follow up videos to this one sometime! As far as romance goes, I do have an older video about Shojo manga, but I plan to revisit it sometime soon to update it!

Ahh KiShoTenKetsu at it's finest here. Haven't you heard I'm Sakamoto was one of my favs.

@MonitorComics

9 ай бұрын

SAKAMOTO IS PEAKKK

Hi I hope you see my comment I would like to know how could I publish my manga and to get picked up by shoen jump magazines or something like that and I’m from New York

Hey so I have a question. I plan on making a comic with comedy, action, and slice of life elements mixed into it. To put it very simply, the series is about a day in the life of martial arts students, showcasing them training, getting into wacky situations, and going on special missions ect. I think the idea sounds fun and gives me way more creativity bc theres no specific endgoal to the story. My question is this tho: What would make this kind of idea NOT work? Like theres going to be action but what if the reader gets bored of the slice of life moments?

@MonitorComics

9 ай бұрын

I would just say that the biggest hurdle would be making it not feel generic and stand out from other stories. Those types of genres are combined a lot, so it can easily feel repetitive. Other than though if you can execute it well, you shouldn't run into too many issues!

@KINGBLCKSTARR

9 ай бұрын

@@MonitorComics Yeah i think im pretty aware of the bad tropes and everything so hopefully im skilled enough to stray away from being generic

I have a really good idea I think for a shonen manga but I’m not sure if it’s as good as I think it is and I really want to tell it to someone to get their opinion on it

9:56 Violet evergarden backstory...

SENSEI❤🙇 I deeply apologize but I have to go work out now Sorry😭😭

@MonitorComics

9 ай бұрын

It's okay! Thanks for stopping by to leave a comment! Hopefully you can check the video out after work! Have a good day at work!

@AveMxnk

9 ай бұрын

SENSEI ❤️😁 I checked out the video and I must say it was quite enjoyable Quick question Is it possible to fuse slice of life elements into any genre of manga and is it is how would we do so

@MonitorComics

9 ай бұрын

YES! A lot of series that aren't in the slice of life genre have slice of life elements. Examples in shonen manga might be chapters that just focus on the character's normal life rather than the main plot or adventure. Like Naruto in school is a mix of slice of life elements with shonen tropes@@AveMxnk

Can you make a video about how to make a good anime girlfriend or lover

I want to feature slice of life in short arcs in my story . I want to use it to add more growth and development to the character and strength bonds. Is it a good idea?

@MonitorComics

9 ай бұрын

Yes! Slice of Life moments can be found in a lot of popular manga to develop your characters!

@jesusdangol

9 ай бұрын

@@MonitorComics thanks for the advice . BTW can u also give advices on anti hero who r driven by revenge . Once again thanks and a huge fan of yours

@MonitorComics

9 ай бұрын

@@jesusdangol i have a video about antiheroes that might be able to help! I definitely need to make a follow up video at some point though to add more to it! kzread.info/dash/bejne/Zomq24-Hf7HFg6g.html

Hello, I have a manga idea, in fact i have three, but i don't know where to begin, i have the plot, but i simply don't know how to begin. Any help would be appreciated. (I love your videos)

@MonitorComics

9 ай бұрын

Yes! The easiest way to get started is to make a google doc or word document that you will use as your Master File. The first thing I usually do is brainstorm placeholder titles, write down the genre, and demographic Then I will make a section where I make a story outline. Here I write out the beginning, middle, and end in simple sentences. This should be for your OVERALL STORY Then I will make a section called Elevator Pitch, where I will think about two series that are similar to mine. Then I will make a section called Tagline where I will describe my story in a few sentences to sell it (think of the words on the back of a book) Then I will make a section dedicated to Character Bios, where you make notes of all of your characters Then I would make a section called Chapter Outline and plan by volume. Most manga volumes have 200 pages. Shonen manga chapter 1's tend to be around 60 pages, chapter 2's tend to be about 25 pages, and chapter 3 onward tend to be about 19 pages. From there I will think about the three chapter rule and make sure those first three chapters work well as an introduction and hook to the series. Here you can begin thinking about story arcs and where you want your story to go After your first three chapters are outlined, that leaves about 100 pages left to divide into chapters. Once that is done you can begin scripting your chapters, focusing on character dialogue and scene descriptions. Then move onto storyboarding, inking, and publishing! Hopefully that helps!

@PunkkHazard

9 ай бұрын

@MonitorComics Thank you very much. I appreciate it..

isekai slice of life and maid dragon!

@MonitorComics

9 ай бұрын

Maid Dragon is a GREAT CHOCIE!

anybody wanna give a shout-out to Friren Beyond Journey's End!?

Personally I love slice of life.

@MonitorComics

9 ай бұрын

SAME. Do you have a favorite you would recommend to everyone?

@silvermasked0

9 ай бұрын

@@MonitorComics At the top of my head if I could only recommend one it be "My Teenage Romantic Comedy SNAFU" Hachiman Hikigaya is a pragmatic and wonderfully written character. One of my favorites in recent years. You?

@MonitorComics

9 ай бұрын

YESS I love Snafu!! If i had to recommend something similar I would definitely say you'd like Bunny Girl Senpai and Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki!@@silvermasked0

@silvermasked0

9 ай бұрын

I agree with both. Im at the point where Ive seen basically all the good ones. As a story teller, I enjoy the character arcs in slice of life. You can connect to a protagonist in a cathartic way to live vicariously through them in scenarios that could very well happen in real life. I think its strong point is in its relatability. For people barely getting into anime, it's the easiest to connect to making it a good window into manga as a medium.

@MonitorComics

9 ай бұрын

VERY TRUE@@silvermasked0

How to Write Disabled Characters

@MonitorComics

8 ай бұрын

It is on my list!

@jeremiahwalker3795

8 ай бұрын

@@MonitorComics ok oh sorry if I seem demanding, no rush take all the time you need

@MonitorComics

8 ай бұрын

@@jeremiahwalker3795 All good don't worry about it! Waiting to find the right guest for that topic since I am not disabled myself!

@jeremiahwalker3795

8 ай бұрын

@@MonitorComics yeah it’s not easy, I had to do lots of research for my disabled character and I don’t think I got most of it correct

this is a very helpful video! however i had to skip a lot of areas when your friend started to talk about his comic. we don’t know him or care for his comics and it was so on the nose with the promotion. i would have preferred to simply hear you talk about slice of life, not trying to hate just trying to be honest. great video otherwise ❤