relationship with her neighborhood is somewhat close to a family relationship: they know her since she was a child and are pretty much used with her mischiefs. There is the owner of the restaurant/maid-café where she works, an old woman who acts like her grandmother, the owner of a local drink store that is like a big sister and so on. This whole neighborhood/family bond creates a very warm feeling around the characters and it's a powerful representation of a family not connected by blood ties, making the city not only just a setting but an important character among them.Not only that, but the characters are fun in their unique way. The manga follows an episodic format, so you can have a chapter with Arashiyama playing a detective-esque role trying to solve a local mystery or just chillin' out with her friends, but also a chapter around any character close to her doing something totally different and interacting with different characters. The manga creates a setting where everyone can have their shining moment and play their role as a unique character in the story, which can also help to expand its cast.What is so great about SoreMachi is how it has so many sides and yet it works so well, be it a chapter about Arashiyama’s normal school life and her interaction with her friends, a mystery being solved, some kind of random supernatural event, or an emotional and deep moment of a character. It takes so many routes with its episodic format, but the result is not a mixed reaction. Its real forte is on creating random situations and letting the characters do what they do best. And that's what a slice of life manga should aspire to be. You can show great moments of an ordinary reality if you create great characters to explore it.