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Of course you're right, yet what I wanted to point out was that, at least for me, good characters are way more important than a great story. The latter is fine and I can enjoy well written and thoroughly thought storylines, but if I can't sympathize with any of the characters, the whole thing feels a little pointless. A nice example would be Death Note: Whilst I liked the plot, I didn't care too much about Light, L, or any of the other characters. It could be just me, dunno.
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I feel like (most of the time) one
usually comes with the other. Of course, it's not always the case and you can have really crap stories or characters, but they help each other a lot. I find that making good characters is easier than story, so to speak. I think you need both, otherwise you won't enjoy it. You might like the characters, but I wouldn't carry on if the story is crap. Unless they are THE BEST. But, ya'know.
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Are we just talking about slice of life anime? Well, I can't say too much about those, as I said, haven't watched a whole lot of them. And again, I agree with you, some stories (in general) can rely very heavily on clichés and stereotypes, but luckily there's such an insane amount of different series out there. Which ones did you watch (lately)?
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I guess I was :p. Well, a lot of the slice of life anime I've seen are always based with a school kid. But anyway, from what I've seen, based on slice of life (well, it takes a large part of the genre) is the following.
- Natsume Yuujinchou
- Natsume Yuujinchou San
- Natsume Yuujinchou Shi
- Zoku Natsume Yuujinchou
- Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu
- Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu (2009) - Man, be prepared if you watch that
- School Rumble
- Ouran Koukou Host Club
- GTO
- Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!
I've seen plenty of others lately, but these are the ones I've picked off as more of a dedicated(?) slice of life. Of course, some with genres based on supernatural and all that. As you can see, they are quite similar, but this is within the past week or two. To be honest, that's quite a lot :3
They were pretty decent though, imo.
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Have you watched "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" yet? If not, check it out.
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Hell yeah! It's got a bigger fan base than what I expected as well. I recently saw the Movie (number 3) as well, I for one, really enjoyed that movie. The ending was so-so (I didn't expect the outcome), but I accepted and understood it. Plus it's good for getting a sequel out of it, which they probably will.
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I don't really care about the world cup either, tbh.
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Guess we have a lot in common ;)