Manga like Hottarakashi Meshi

Akebi-chan no Sailor Fuku

Status: Releasing
Genres: Slice of Life

Komichi Akebi lives out in the countryside with her family. She's won entrance to the prestigious Roubai Academy middle-school for girls and now she wants only two things -- to wear the school's sailor uniform and to make a hundred friends!

Tags: Female Protagonist , Iyashikei , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , School , Primarily Female Cast , Coming of Age , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri , Seinen , Athletics , Acrobatics , Dancing , Orphan , Tragedy , Acting

Maid-san wa Taberu dake

Also known as The Food Diary of Miss Maid.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Slice of Life

What's a maid to do when she finds herself suddenly stuck in Japan for a year? Eat, of course! Follow maid-in-training Suzume Tachibana as she tries all sorts of Japanese food, from sweets like taiyaki and melon bread to savory snacks like takoyaki and onigiri! Be warned, though—while Suzume sates her appetite through delicious treat after delicious treat, she might just end up whetting yours!



Tags: Maids , Food , Iyashikei , Seinen , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Educational , Episodic , Yuri , Military

Gohan no Otomo

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Recipes to warm your heart, all in full colour. Goes well with rice. Based on a doujinshi of the same name released by the author at Comitia 104.

Tags: Food , Ensemble Cast , Iyashikei , Full Color , Seinen , Episodic , Educational

Meshinuma.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Slice of Life

The culinary daily of an office worker named Iinuma.

Tags: Food , Iyashikei , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Episodic

Oishinbo

Also known as Oishinbo.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Around the offices of Tozai News, Shiro Yamaoka has a reputation for being over-blunt, under-ambitious, and generally an all-around slacker. So why has he been given the important job of coming up with the "Ultimate Menu" to celebrate the newspaper's 100th anniversary? Because he possesses qualities his other colleagues don't: an exquisitely discerning palate, an encyclopedic knowledge of food and drink, and a masterful touch in the kitchen.



Tags: Food , Seinen

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

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 , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Iyashikei , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen

Nohara Hiroshi Hiru Meshi no Ryuugi

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Hiroshi Nohara, Japan's ultimate family man, is obsessed with lunch in order to work hard in the afternoon! The official spin-off gourmet manga of the popular "Crayon Shin-chan"!



Tags: Food , Male Protagonist , Seinen

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"?



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

3-bun Matte Mugi-senpai

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Add hot water and wait three minutes. Eating instant noodles with Mugi-senpai is the most delicious experience in this world! Shio Yuasa is a university student who is busy with her research project day and night, and the graduate student Tsumugi Yakushiji is her supervisor. Every day at university, they work hard to push their research forward until late at night, when they reward themselves with a cup of instant noodles in the lab. This is a story of the science students' adolescence, research, love, and instant noodles. Cup-o-Noodle, Maruchan's Akai Kitsune and Green Tanuki, Peyoung... All sorts of instant noodles appear under their real names! The brands appearing in this work are used with the permission of the rights holders.

Tags: Yuri , College , Food , Work , Female Protagonist