Manga like Nomi Joshi

Wakako-Zake

Also known as Wakako Zake.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Slice of Life

Murasaki Wakako, who is twenty-six years old, loves going out alone to enjoy eating and drinking, especially when something unpleasant happens at work. This manga follows Wakako through many solitary outings, where she enjoys different combinations of food and drink.

Tags: Food , Iyashikei , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen

Takunomi.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

20-year-old Michiru Amatsuki moved to Tokyo due to a change of career. She decided to live in a woman-only share house "Stella House Haruno" with people of different age and occupations. It's always fun when there's delicious alcohol and meal!!

Tags: Food , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Educational , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Shounen

Little Forest

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

The story of a girl called Ichiko, who lives alone in a forest. Each chapter features a dish or meal scavenged or harvested from Ichiko's surroundings in rural Komori ("little forest"). While there are no wild flights of fancy as in Witches or Hanashippanashi, the organic linework and majesty of nature featured within tap into that same source of magic. Little Forest is a very acquired taste on its own, but just another piece of the stunning tapestry Daisuke Igarashi continues to weave today.

Tags: Iyashikei , Agriculture , Female Protagonist , Rural , Food , Seinen

Gohoubi Ohitori Sushi

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Isaki Aiko, a normal thirty-one-year old office worker, had just been dumped by her boyfriend of ten years. She treats herself to sushi in order to feel happier.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Seinen , Office Lady

Kumika no Mikaku

Also known as The Many Flavors of Kumika.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life , Supernatural

In a world where aliens live harmoniously with humans, there exists a kind of alien that doesn't need to "eat" the way humans do. Hailing from the impoverished planet of Chlorodium #2, where food is a luxury, these aliens live by inhaling microorganisms from the air. Kumika, an uptight, earnest office worker, is one such alien from Chlorodium #2. When a sudden cold leads to her being unable to "feed" herself her usual way, her coworker Chihiro comes to her rescue with a nice warm pot of udon noodles! After a lifetime of never having to eat human food, will Kumika ever get used to getting "hungry"?



Note: Includes six extra chapters.

Tags: Aliens , Food , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , Seinen , Monster Girl , Heterosexual

Yaiteru Futari

Also known as How to Grill Our Love.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Dating can be tough when you nerd out over barbecue. Kenta, a practical pitmaster, looks for a grill-friend in Chihiro, an aloof and faultless business babe…or is she? Scared of being rejected for who they really are, the two of them find comfort in food and each other…and all is well until Kenta must transfer away. With their developing relationship at steak, Chihiro proposes they tie the knot and they marry for better or wurst. Winging a long-distance marriage is one thing, but here's the rub—they barely know each other! It's a rare marriage where all the awkwardness of dating meets a sizzling passion for grilling!



Tags: Food , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Family Life , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Outdoor Activities , Rural , Educational , Iyashikei , Office Lady

Gohoubi Gohan

Status: Releasing
Genres: Slice of Life

Ikeda Sakiko has just moved to Tokyo to work as an office lady. It's tiring work, so once a week she treats herself to a good meal for a job well done.

Tags: Food , Female Protagonist , Seinen

Kamiina Botan, Yoeru Sugata wa Yuri no Hana

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Kamiina Botan is a 20-year-old college student.
At the welcome party for the dorm she was assigned to, the dorm leader Ibuki gives her a highball to drink and she becomes tipsy, leading to her involvement with Ibuki from now on... A tipsy teasing girl's comedy!

Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Food , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Episodic , Bar , Seinen , Yuri , Travel , College

Ai ga Nakute mo Kutteyukemasu.

Also known as Not Love But Delicious Foods Make Me So Happy.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

There is a Japanese saying that goes, “Hana yori dango,” or “dumplings over flowers.” And no one is more of an advocate of this adage than mangaka Y-naga, a woman whose life revolves around her intense work and equally intense sleep schedule. The only thing that can rouse her out of this infernal cycle of deadlines and being dead to the world? Food. As Y-naga and her friends visit restaurants around Tokyo to satisfy their appetites, their individual approaches to food add an extra dimension to their witty and comical interactions. Friendships are explored and lifestyle choices revealed, all over exquisite culinary creations that prove that variety on an empty and open-minded stomach is, indeed, the spice of life.



Tags: Josei , Food , Primarily Adult Cast , Autobiographical , Drawing , Restaurant

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