Cute Girls Doing Cute Things

Cute Girls Doing Cute Things (CGDCT) is a genre of manga and anime which focuses on young female characters doing a particular activity in a cute way, although the activity itself does not have to be cute. The genre is widely regarded as developing in the late 2000s with series such as K-On! , which follows a group of school girls who form a band. ^{[1] [2]} There are some older series retrospectively now grouped into the genre, and cross-over with other genres such as iyashikei . ^{[2] [3]}

Examples

• A Place Further than the Universe (girls going on an expedition to Antarctica) ^[4]
• Azumanga Daioh (girls engaging in various antics during high school) ^[5]
• Bocchi the Rock! (girls forming a rock band) ^{[6] [7]}
• The Demon Girl Next Door (a weak demon girl trying to defeat a magical girl leads to everyday interactions) ^{[8] [9]}
• Do It Yourself!! (girls doing DIY crafts and projects) ^[10]
• Gabriel DropOut (angel and demon girls attending school) ^{[11] [12]}
• Girls und Panzer (alternate history where girls take part in a sport using World War II tanks) ^{[3] [13]}
• Gourmet Girl Graffiti (girls bonding over cooking and food) ^{[14] [15]}
• Hidamari Sketch (girls living in an apartment complex for art students doing everyday activities) ^{[16] [17]}
• Hitori Bocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu (a shy girl trying to become friends with all classmates) ^[18]
• Is the Order a Rabbit? (girls running a coffeehouse) ^{[13] [19]}
• K-On! (girls form a band) ^{[2] [3] [13]}
• Kin-iro Mosaic (a Japanese girl and her British friends sharing daily school life) ^[20]
• Laid-Back Camp (girls go camping) ^{[3] [21]}
• Lucky Star (girls discussing otaku culture) ^{[22] [23]}
• New Game! (girls working at a video game company) ^[24]
• Non Non Biyori (girls living peaceful countryside lives) ^{[25] [26]}
• Onimai (a shut-in teen boy transformed into a girl and learning everyday life with his sister) ^{[27] [28]}
• School-Live! (girls surviving a zombie apocalypse) ^{[1] [2]}
• Slow Loop (girls bonding through fishing and cooking) ^[29]
• Slow Start (a shy girl adjusting to school life with supportive classmates) ^[30]
• Turkey! Time to Strike (girls in a tenpin bowling club who travel back in time) ^[31]
• YuruYuri (girls engaging in daily activities with yuri themes) ^[32]

See also

• Kawaii
• Moe (slang)

References

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