The discussion about whether a series is slice of life or just has elements of slice of life is old and stale. There are different views, which are not easily subject to changes. Furthermore, this is Hanasuka Iroha episode 6 discussion thread, so really the wrong place to talk about it.
The whole slice of life debate has been moved to
Hanasaku Iroha (generic discussion thread) , so feel free to go ahead there.
