After seeing the latest Tamako Market episode (and preview for the following one) the thought of how fast time is going by on it crossed my mind. Don't you feel that type of shows draw you dramatically more closer to the lifelines of the characters? Don't you feel them to be more exhausting emotionally? In general for such shows, we see places where it seems every instance matters, some opportunities could be the last, and each passing moment is a lesson forever... well, this really depends on the series in question but it kind of appears like an end is always closer in the path for everyone involved.
Because of this I normally find series where the action seems frozen in time or resets and keeps going in cycles more accessible, more... "amicable", or "gentle" on the viewer expectations.
Maybe it is because I don't want to think time marches on inexorably when watching those characters live on... knowing things will still happen rapidly when we can't continue to watch. It breaks our relationship with what we followed before.
