Manga like Coffee Jikan

Coffee Mou Ippai

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

This manga by Naoto Yamakawa is steeped in the aroma of roasted coffee beans and of newly brewed coffee. It is a celebration of coffee and its rituals, and in a series of stories about all manner of things, a number of life stories are pictured in which coffee and the consumption thereof plays a crucial role.



Tags: Food , Seinen , Episodic , Bar

Goggles

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

A collection of short stories.

Slider (スライダー)
What happens when a group of misfits run into the god of poverty? Mischief and house break-ins, that's what.

Mister Bojangles (ミスター・ボージャングル)
Follows the journey of a Detective looking for a man who went by the name of "Mister Bo".

Goggles (ゴーグル)
A stubborn young girl comes tumbling into the barren wasteland of the lives of these two men. She can't take off her goggles, and the reason is...

Tsuki no Ya's Sales and Purchases (古書月の屋買取行)
Two friends ride around in a car debating over their used book store.

Let's go see the Ocean (海を見に行く)
A prequel to Goggles the young girl goes to the beach with her grandfather.

Tonkatsu (とんかつ)
An old man goes looking for the tonkatsu from his youth by going to every restaurant serving it one by one.

Tags: Seinen , Anthology , Gods , Detective

My Favorite Bike

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

A series centered around famous motorcycles, various short stories from Honda-Yamaha rivalry and the legendary cult bike Super Cub to stories about Ducati and Harley Davidson. Dedicated to all bike riders, touring, racing, tuning, mountain passes, repairs and breakdowns. Begins with a motorcycle and ends with a motorcycle.

Tags: Motorcycles

Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou

Also known as Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou.

Status: Finished
Genres: Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

Set hundreds of years in the future after an environmental catastrophe, Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (also known as Yokohama Shopping Log) centers on the simple life of Alpha, an android who runs a small coffee shop in coastal Japan. Alpha stands witness to chronicle the end of humanity’s days with coffee, a slice of watermelon, and the sound of her moon guitar backed by distant seagulls. Quiet and bittersweet, this tale is about the melancholy beauty that can be found even as the end approaches.



Tags: Iyashikei , Post-Apocalyptic , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Philosophy , Rural , Time Skip , Lost Civilization , Robots , Coastal , Artificial Intelligence , Seinen , Episodic , Work , Travel , Mopeds , Yuri , Restaurant , Family Life , LGBTQ+ Themes , Motorcycles , Nudity

Bartender

Also known as Bartender.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

The story of the Sasakura Ryu and Eden Hall, a small cocktail bar in the Chiba area of Tokyo, where troubled customers come for the "glass of the gods," which with Ryu's assistance helps them to resolve their often highly emotional problems.

Tags: Bar , Primarily Adult Cast , Episodic , Seinen , Iyashikei , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Historical

Veranda wa Nankoufuraku no La France

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Music, children, teenagers, adventure, and hidden magic.

A collection of short stories filled with the essence of Erisawa Seiko, from her recent works to rare ones.

Girl's Survival Kit Retroreflector Yuube no Ongaku (Evening Music) La France Hama Omoto (Spider Lily) Ichiba nite (At The Market) 7-9. Nankoufuraku Shoutengai (Impregnable Shopping District) Veranda

Tags: Anthology , Josei

Kodoku no Gourmet

Also known as The Solitary Gourmet.

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

This manga simply describes how Goro Inogashira, the main character, chooses and takes a meal. Unlike other gourmet manga, Goro 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 Goro's monologue, which comprises most of the lines of this manga.

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

Tags: Food , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Restaurant , Primarily Adult Cast

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