Manga like Oishinbo

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 , Male Protagonist , Food

Cooking Papa

Status: Releasing
Genres:

The story revolves around Kazumi Araiwa, an ordinary salaryman who can also cook very well. He shares his love of cooking to his friends, co-workers, and family.



Tags: Food , Family Life , Seinen , Work

Kochira Katsushikaku Kameari Kouenmae Hashutsujo

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The typical Kochikame plot involves Ryo-san coming up with a money-making scheme by inventing a new gadget or capitalizing on a fad, achieving great success, calling on Nakagawa's help as things turn sour, and finally losing it all as the fad runs out of steam or out of control. While the plots are gag-driven, much of the humor comes from the juxtaposition of mundane characters with the bizarrely incongruous (Nakagawa's wealth, Maria's appeal, everyone's lack of actual police work), most of which is never explained or rationalized in the slightest.



Notes:
-Volume 201 got published on October 4, 2021.
-Included one-shot: Robot Santapei.

Tags: Shounen , Police , Slapstick , Surreal Comedy , Urban , Male Protagonist

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 , Primarily Adult Cast , Restaurant

Haguregumo

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Set at the end of the Edo (Tokugawa Shoganate) era, the series depicts Cloud's family with his wife, Turtle, their 11-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter. The Clouds are always ignoring work and playing. Cloud is notorious for womanising.

Note: Received the 1979 Shogakukan Manga Award for general category.

Tags: Historical , Seinen

Ekiben Hitoritabi

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Nakahara Daisuke loves train stations and station bentos. On his tenth marriage anniversary, his wife Yuko gives him a trip around Japan. He boards the Blue Train special express Fuji on a delicious trip. First stop: Kyushu!



Tags: Trains , Food , Autobiographical , Seinen , Photography , Educational , Male Protagonist

Souta no Houchou: Ginza - Itamae Shuugyou Nikki

Also known as Sota's Knife.

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

The eponymous Sota is a kitchen hand at a high-class traditional Japanese restaurant, learning the basics of cooking washoku. Through Sota's training, readers will come to understand the care and forethought that goes into creating Japanese cuisine and which has led to its wide-spread popularity across the world, from ramen to sushi to izakaya fare. Pure-hearted, hard-working, and in love with food, Sota will have readers rooting for him to become the best washoku chef ever.



Tags: Work , Food , Male Protagonist , Love Triangle , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Writing , Politics , Wrestling , Baseball

Shokugeki no Souma

Also known as Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Ecchi

Yukihira Souma's dream is to become a full-time chef in his father's restaurant and surpass his father's culinary skill. But just as Yukihira graduates from middle schools his father, Yukihira Jouichirou, closes down the restaurant to cook in Europe. Although downtrodden, Souma's fighting spirit is rekindled by a challenge from Jouichirou which is to survive in an elite culinary school where only 10% of the students graduate. Can Souma survive?



Included side stories:
Volume 1: Shokugeki no Souma (pilot).
Volume 3: Kimi to Watashi no Renai Soudan.
Volume 8: Natsuyasumi no Erina.
Volume 13: Shokugeki no Soma X Isobe Isobee Monogatari.
Volume 13: Betsubara! #1 & #2 (counts as one chapter).
Volume 15: Betsubara! #3 & #4 (counts as one chapter).
Volume 20: Betsubara! #5.
Volume 21: Betsubara! #6 & #7 (counts as one chapter).
Volume 31: Kareinaru Bansankai.

Tags: Food , School , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Nudity , Educational , Time Skip , Tsundere , Incest , Desert

Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san

Also known as Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Ramen and manga are two Japanese things that people love everywhere around the world. But no one's ever brought them together before—until now! Let cool, mysterious high school student Ms. Koizumi and her girlfriends show you around the authentic ramen culture of everyday Japan in this fun food manga. The noodles, the toppings, the broth—the street stalls, restaurants, and home cooking... and yes, cup ramen too! You'll slurp down a whole new knowledge of Japan's greatest fast food that even many Japanese don't know... but Ms. Koizumi does!



Tags: Food , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , School , Yuri , Seinen

Curry naru Shokutaku

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

Addicted to Curry begins with a young schoolgirl named Sonezaki Yui. One day she encounters what looks like a half dead man in the middle of the road. Not knowing what to do she throws some food at him (so he can at least survive) and runs away. She then returns to her home, which is also her father's Ganesha Curry restaurant. The man who Yui encountered was Koenji Makito, who knew Yui's father Souichiro and was actually looking for him. Following Yui's scent Koenji finds her and the restaurant. Yui initially thinks Koenji is going to kill her for throwing food at him, but after they talk she finds out that he knew her father. Koenji then finds out that the restaurant is going out of business and that Yui's father go on journey to improve his curry cooking techniques. To repay Yui's father for helping him out Koenji decides to team up with Yui to save the curry restaurant.



Tags: Food , Seinen , Male Protagonist