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Old-Fashioned Cupcake

Also known as Old-Fashioned Cupcake.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

At 39 years old, Nozue lives a routine, if not melancholic, life of sleep and work. Togawa, his younger subordinate, finds it troubling and takes it upon himself to shake up Nozue’s routine. During a lunch outing, the two go to a pancake shop full of exuberant young ladies to "do what girls do," and it’s just the thing to breathe life into Nozue. The two men start an unlikely friendship—and perhaps something a little sweeter! Note: The chapter count includes two extras.

Tags: Boys' Love , Primarily Adult Cast , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Age Gap , Work , Urban , Food , Bisexual , Unrequited Love , Office , Male Protagonist

Tonari no Metaller-san

Also known as The Metalhead Next Door.

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

Impoverished graduate student Kento nearly freezes to death outside his new cheap (unheated) apartment during a blizzard. Luckily, he's saved by neighbor Soushi, a quiet and somewhat frightening young man who dresses in all black. Although he exudes an aura that screams "keep away," his eyes, hidden behind long rocker hair, plead for something else. Over the following year, the two share meals together, but as the time passes, the closeted Kento finds it increasingly difficult to ignore his growing feelings. Will he choose to maintain the peaceful, happy times he's grown to love or risk it all for the possibility of something more?



Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Metal Music , Food , Nudity , Disability , Snowscape

Bokura no Shokutaku

Also known as Our Dining Table.

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Eating around other people is a struggle for salaryman Yutaka, despite his talent for cooking. All that changes when he meets Minoru and Tane—two brothers, many years apart in age—who ask him to teach them how to make his delicious food! Yutaka soon finds himself having a change of heart as he looks forward to the meals they share together.



Tags: Food , Family Life , Boys' Love , Found Family , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Parenthood , LGBTQ+ Themes , Iyashikei , Adoption , Time Skip

Itadakimasu, Gochisousama

Also known as Bon Appetit, My Love.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Chef Hiroto finds 19-year-old Haru on the streets and brings him back to live at the apartment complex he manages. After capturing Haru's heart through filling his belly, he's stunned when he receives a sudden kiss... This is a story about love blossoming between two couples who live in the same communal space.



Tags: Boys' Love , Food , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Age Gap

Jouren-san wa Kyou mo Ore no Gohan ga Suki

Also known as The Regular Loves My Cooking.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Igarashi, who spends his days running the teishoku-ya (Japanese food combo restaurant) and tavern he inherited from his father, secretly has a crush on Sora, an apprentice carpenter and regular customer. One day, Sora asks Igarashi to come hang out with him on his day off...! Despite the joy of being asked out, a certain thing in Igarashi's past makes it hard for the day to go in a hoped for direction....? This is a heart-throbbing story of a down-on-his-luck nice guy and a younger puppy-like guy.



Tags: Boys' Love , Food , Male Protagonist , Age Gap , Primarily Adult Cast