There’s something about slice of life as a genre in general.

I guess its a sort of melancholy rose-tinted look at something a lot of people either missed out on entirely during our school years, or that we once had but lost as we all grew up and grew apart.

Hibike! Euphonium (the whole series, movies and the perfect masterpiece Liz and the Blue Bird) hits that for me as well, I was never a band kid, but I feel like it’s 100% relatable regardless. Do it Yourself was the same, that was a great little show.