Manga like Aki wa Haru to Gohan wo Tabetai

Tsukuritai Onna to Tabetai Onna

Also known as She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Slice of Life

Cooking is how Nomoto de-stresses, but one day, she makes way more than she can eat by herself. And so she invites her neighbor Kasuga, who also lives alone. What will come out of this dinner invitation?



Tags: Food , Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Female Protagonist , Josei , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Estranged Family , Asexual , Cohabitation , Body Image , Urban , Transgender , Agender

Kinou Nani Tabeta?

Also known as What Did You Eat Yesterday?.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Shiro Kakei, lawyer by day and gourmand by night, lives with his boyfriend, Kenji Yabuki, an out-going salon stylist. While the pair navigate the personal and professional minefields of modern gay life, Kenji serves as enthusiastic taste-tester for Shiro’s wide and varied made-from-scratch meals.



Note: Nominated for the first annual Manga Taishou Award (2008).

Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Food , Boys' Love , Seinen , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Iyashikei

Tongari Boushi no Kitchen

Also known as Witch Hat Atelier Kitchen.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Fantasy , Slice of Life

Evening falls on Qifrey’s atelier, and Coco and her fellow witches-in-training take to their beds. In the quiet of midnight, Qifrey and Olruggio are finally free to pursue their culinary experiments. The kitchen comes alive as they whip up puddings, stews, parfaits, and jellies, and when the sun rises, Coco and the gang are there to savor every bite!

Includes a variety of real sweet and savory recipes with step-by-step instructions.



Tags: Food , Foreign , Teacher , Family Life , Medieval , Iyashikei , Witch , Magic , Seinen , Male Protagonist

Shinmai Shimai no Futari Gohan

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

"But suddenly, I had a little sister. That was the problem."
After her father's remarriage, Sachi suddenly has a new stepsister, Ayari. At first, their interactions are awkward, and very brief. However, they soon discover a shared love... of food?
Sachi soon discovers Ayari's passion for cooking, and the two step-sisters soon begin to bond over Ayari's delicious cooking, and begin to overcome the barriers that had once kept them apart. While their parents are away on their honeymoon, they learn to cope with their differences, and bond over a seemingly insignificant thing!

Tags: Food , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , Family Life , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Photography , School , Primarily Teen Cast

Ippai Tabete mo Ii desu yo

Status: Cancelled
Genres: Romance

It's difficult to call the salaryman Izakura a "full-fledged" employee as he has a somewhat unusual fetish. Because of this, he finds it a bit challenging to dine with others. One day, by chance, he stumbles upon his boss, Asumi, a far cry from a connoisseur of B-class gourmet, devouring an extra-large bowl of ramen at a restaurant near the office! Witnessing his boss's voracious appetite, Izakura's fetish is triggered... Izakura, who wants to watch Asumi eat, and Asumi, the boss who loves to eat, find themselves in a situation where supply meets demand. This is a unique story of a subordinate with a peculiar fetish and a competent boss with an insatiable appetite, featuring a bond over meals in the world of BL!



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

Futari Escape

Also known as Futari Escape.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Two young women–one an overworked manga artist, the other a complete slacker–try to escape the realities of adult responsibilities. Whether it’s running off on a day trip instead of being productive or going into debt for an epic meal, the two always have fun when they’re together! Enjoy this delightful (and relatable) slice-of-life tale about the little pleasures in ducking away from the hard stuff.



Notes:
Originally released at COMITIA 130 and 131, was then picked up by Ichijinsha for serialization.
Includes four extra chapters.

Tags: Iyashikei , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Episodic , Travel , Drawing , Otaku Culture , Yuri , Video Games , Food , Dinosaurs

Kemutai Hanashi

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

These two men are not friends, not lovers, not family. But they still want to be near each other. A chance encounter leads to two former classmates living together.

A very relaxed slice of life manga series, trying to break free from the urge to label relationships a certain way.



Note: Nominated for the 2022 Next Manga Award (Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Taishou) for Best Web Manga.

Tags: Iyashikei , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Aromantic , Primarily Adult Cast , Asexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Teacher , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things

Kashimashi Meshi

Status: Releasing
Genres: Slice of Life

It's okay to use a lot of ingredients. Hold off on eating the food with your fingers. Crunch. Chew. Nibble. Swallow. Who could frown when faced with such delicious food and sake?



Tags: Food , Josei , Primarily Adult Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Suicide

Recipe no Ouji-sama

Also known as Prince of Recipes.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Second-year culinary student Sakai has always dreamed of opening his own little restaurant and being able to touch people's hearts with his cooking like his grandfather did. Except he's at his limit, fainting in class from overwork and fatigue from commuting three hours every morning just to get to school but there's no way he can afford to live closer.... Until his classmate tells him about an almost too good to believe room share nearby. And so begins the story of four misfit roommates.

Tags: Boys' Love , Food , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Handjob , Acting , Anal Sex

Mitsuya-sensei no Keikakuteki na Ezuke.

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

"This pounding in my chest is more than just admiration!?"

Tomoya Ishida is a newbie editor at fashion magazine Sophia Monthly. After his senior's sudden hospitalization, he's hastily assigned to collect a column manuscript from the famous culinary researcher Ayumu Mitsuya. He pays him a visit soon after, and to his surprise, finds an affable, older man who speaks in a Kyoto dialect. Being asked to wait, Tomoya is served a simple dish that entices his stomach, and soon he finds himself eagerly awaiting their next encounter!



Tags: Age Gap , Boys' Love , Food , Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , Primarily Male Cast , Photography