The fantasy romance book The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna is another excellent example of a Medium Conflict cozy fantasy book. This sapphic cozy fantasy book contains some conflict between her and a disgruntled former colleague as well as the local muscle, but overall, the cinnamon rolls (both the baked good and the characters) outbalance the violence. A perfect example is the aforementioned Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree, where the former adventurer Viv goes about setting up a coffee shop in a city with the help of some friends she makes along the way. Next, the Medium Conflict category encompasses books that have a dash of danger, death, and/or other conflicts. Because the slice-of-life elements are also central to the emotional development of relationships between characters, the show feels cozy, even when characters are in danger. It has kidnappings and magical fights but maintains a balance between conflict and slice-of-life scenes by including things like building renovations and tree-climbing competitions. That is not to say that cozy fantasy must replicate the same boundaries of slice-of-life fantasy, but it could be beneficial to examine a storytelling space that has already decided how much conflict is too much conflict before a show no longer feels warm.Ī perfect example is My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! which features a girl who is reborn as the villainess in a game she played in her previous life, so she knows if she doesn’t change things, she will die.

It might be best to look to a similar genre in a separate space: slice-of-life fantasy in anime or manga.

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