Hidamari Sketch
One subgenre of slice of life in anime and manga is "kūki-kei" (air type) or "nichijō-kei" (everyday type) anime. In this genre, "descriptions of deep personal relationships or fully fledged romantic relationships are deliberately eliminated from the story in order to tell a light, non-serious story that focuses on the everyday lives and conversations of the "bishōjo" (young, pretty girl) characters." This relies on a "specificity of place," as well as a "peaceful, heartwarming sense of daily life." The "Nichijō-kei" genre came out of "yonkoma" manga, and includes works like "Azumanga Daioh", "K-On!", and "Hidamari Sketch". Takayoshi Yamamura argues that the rise in popularity of this subgenre in the mid-2000s enabled the increasing popularity of media tourism to locations featured in anime.