Top Slice-of-Life Anime of Spring 2025 That Should Be on Your Watchlist

With Spring 2025 coming at us like a truck going after future isekai protagonists, it's time to figure out what to watch. And if you're like me, you'll tell yourself you'll pick up the most interesting titles but instead, you end up watching everything because of "kawaii waifus."

Unfortunately, watching thirty-plus shows isn't feasible if one wants a functioning life. So, say you want to balance binge-watching anime and day-to-day living; what do you do? In that scenario, you turn to recommendations and see what's getting hyped. But what if you reject the mainstream? What if you see titles like Windbreaker and Gundam and immediately feel bored?

That means you're looking for something slower-paced — you want shows that depict true escapism, a worry-free life. If so, these slice-of-life-esque shows are what you're looking for!

Embrace Your Creative Side With Mono

Is there a cozier anime than Yuru Camp? Is there any anime that can lull your tired soul more than Afro's magnum opus? Who knows? I don't know everything; I just know what I know. And what I do know is that this upcoming season we're getting another Afro adaptation. That alone is enough to placate a restless soul.

Following a photography and cinema club with a future that's as promising as America's forests, Mono mirrors Asteroid in Love’s plot. When both clubs face the possibility of disbandment, they merge into a single entity. And so, the Cinephoto club is born. And with that, five girls set out to document the vistas of Japan, and enjoy all those sights have to offer!

Studio Soigne will animate the upcoming show. The voice cast includes:

• Maki Kawase as Kako Komada
• Aoi Koga as An Kiriyama
• Haruna Mikawa as Satsuki Amamiya
• Hiraku Tono as Sakurako Shikishima
• Reina Ueda as Haruno Akiyama

Zatsu Tabi: That’s Journey — Sometimes Travel Hurts

If your "travels" are always enjoyable and never pose a threat to your physical or mental well-being, congratulations—you are not on a journey; you are on vacation. A journey will beat you down, but that grief is what leads to personal growth. That's what Zatsu Tabi: That’s Journey set out to convey.

Adapted from Kena Ishizaka's manga, Zatsu Tabi: That’s Journey follows the fledgling mangaka Chika Suzugamori. When constant rejections come dangerously close to breaking her spirit, Chika decides the best way to heal a broken soul is to see the world. But will her journey lead her to the goals she's chasing? Will they change alongside her view of the places around her?

Studio Makaria adapts the upcoming TV anime. Zatsu Tabi: That Journey is scheduled for an April 7 release. The show's voice cast includes:

• Hika Tsukishiro as Chika Suzugamori
• Hitoshi Kubata as the anime's narrator
• Sae Hiratsuka as Yui Unoki
• Satomi Satou as Fuyune Koujiya
• Sayumi Suzushiro as Koyomi Hasunuma
• Youko Hikasa as Riri Tekuubashi
• Yuu Kobayashi as Yoshimoto-sa

Ninja to Koroshiya no Futarigurashi — Nothing Wrong With a Lil' Bit of Murder

For some of us, a perfectly tranquil life includes good company, gourmet food, and lots and lots of violence. And that's fine; we should celebrate diversity. A world where you can't hide a body under your crawlspace is way too placid. Ninja to Koroshiya no Futarigurashi wholeheartedly endorses this sentiment.

When Satoko Kusagakure, a female shinobi #women'smonth, leaves her village, she runs into something no person is prepared for: the price of rent and housing inequity. But unlike most of us, luck is on her side as the female assassin, Konoha soon welcomes Satoko into her home. However, that cohabitation comes at a cost; Satoko has to help Konoha hide the evidence of her assassinations. Can you say hooray for evidence tampering? With that, the duo settles into a peaceful, crime-ridden life.

Hundred Burger writes and illustrates the Ninja to Koroshiya no Futarigurashi manga. Studio Shaft (prepare for head tilts) will animate the upcoming anime. NinKoro is slated for an April 10 premiere. The show's main voice cast includes:

• Kana Hanazawa as Konoha Koga
• Haruna Mikawa as Satoko Kusagakure

Are any of these anime on your plan-to-watch list? Hop into our comments and let us know!

© Afro/Houbunsha, Aniplex, Soigne
©Kenta Ishizaka 2023/KADOKAWA/Zatsu Tabi Production Committee
©Hundred Burger/KADOKAWA/Ninkoro Production Committee