Manga like Bartender

Madoromi Barmaid

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Story about a female bartender and her special "my-pace" bar where she makes cocktails that leave unforgettable taste in her customers hearts.

Tags: Seinen , Bar , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast

Kami no Shizuku

Also known as The Drops of God.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Slice of Life

The main character of the manga, a young man called Shizuku Kanzaki, discovers the beauty of wine after his father, a famous wine critic, dies and leaves an unusual will: a description of 12 wines he considers to be the best in the world, comparing them to Jesus Christ’s disciples.

The first person to find these “disciples” will inherit the father’s wine collection, a contest that pits Shizuku against his adoptive brother, Issey Tomine, who works as a sommelier.

Tags: Seinen , Bar , Religion , Food , Male Protagonist , Educational

Bambino!

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Shogo Ban, a college student from Fukuoka, likes to cook. Thanks to the owner of the restaurant where he works part-time, he finds himself working at the line of Roppongi's best Italian restaurant, Trattoria Baccanale, and discovers that the real deal isn't quite as easy as he'd thought. The manga follows Ban as he struggles to keep up with the hectic workload and his co-workers, along with issues outside the kitchen like his relationship with his girlfriend Eri, who he left behind in Fukuoka.

Note: Received the 2008 Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general manga.

Tags: Food , Seinen , Work , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Nudity , Restaurant , Golf

Sommelière

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Sommelière tells the story of Kana, a poor orphan whose parents died in an accident. She works in a wine farm that is supported by a mysterious, charitable man whom she never met, known only as "Mr. John Smith". One day, an attorney suddenly arrives with a proposal from Mr. Smith: Either work in a restaurant in Tokyo, or the farm's funding will stop. Why is the charitable Mr.Smith suddenly threatening to stop supporting the farm? Will Kana accept the proposal? And what does fate have in store for her in Tokyo?

Tags: Food , Work , Female Protagonist , Seinen

Kodoku no Gourmet

Also known as The Solitary Gourmet.

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

This manga simply describes how Gorou Inogashira, the main character, chooses and takes a meal. Unlike other gourmet manga, Gorou likes to eat at cheap restaurants and no trivia on cuisine is given. The authors are trying to depict the essentials of the act of "eating" by Gorou's monologue, which comprises most of the lines of this manga.

Notes: Nominated to the 20th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

Tags: Food , Episodic , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Urban , Restaurant , Primarily Adult Cast , Travel , Work , Iyashikei

IPPO

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

The manga follows a maker of individually crafted shoes after he returns home from a trip to Florence, Italy. One day, a surprise visitor comes to his studio.



Tags: Seinen , Work , Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Foreign , Fashion , Primarily Adult Cast , Family Life

Bambino! Secondo

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Shogo Ban is now a chef at Ristorante Legare. As the Yokohama branch of the Trattoria Baccanale he used to work at, he has been entrusted with the responsibility of head of the pasta section. Rejoin Ban as he struggles to meet the expectations of work and develop his personal relationships.

Tags: Seinen , Food , Restaurant

Champagne

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Shunsuke Sakaki is a part-time university lecturer on Western European history. Ema Sakiyama, his student and Roppongi’s top hostess, asks for his help in settling a dispute with a customer who sent back a glass of champagne. With help from Rin, Ema’s friend who is oddly knowledgeable about champagne, it looks like Sakaki is gradually coming to understand the profound world of champagne, but…?

Tags: Bar , College , Seinen , Food

Drunk Bullet

Also known as Drunk Bullet.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action

After surviving World War I, Gary, a liquor-loving ex-serviceman, finally makes his way home. To his shock, Prohibition has post-war America in a chokehold! The curtains open on Gary's action-packed quest for a sweet, shining glass of booze!



Tags: Foreign , Crime , Fugitive , Criminal Organization , Mafia , Gangs , Historical , Military , Guns , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Bar

Marriage: Kami no Shizuku Saishuushou

Also known as Drops of God: Mariage.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

One last challenge stands between Shizuku Kanzaki and his father's fortune—to identify the wine his father called “The Drops of God” in his will. Problem is, he's up against Issei Tomine, a famous wine critic his father adopted shortly before his death. Alone and penniless following his journey around the world to gain knowledge and train his senses for the final showdown, Shizuku stumbles into a western-style izakaya to work for food and a place to stay. But when Shizuku uses his newfound smarts to save the struggling business, a competing chain launches an identical menu and enlists the help of a rising sommelier to go head-to-head with them. In order to stay on top and survive this brutal business, it all comes down to perfecting the food and wine pairings—the blissful mariage of flavors which delights the senses.



Tags: Food , Male Protagonist , Seinen