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Kaichou wa Maid-sama!

Also known as Maid-sama!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

The class president has a little secret she's keeping from everyone in her high school... As President of the Student Council, the overachieving feminist Misaki really socks it to the guys in an attempt to make the former all-boys' school attract a more female student body. But what will she do when the most awesome boy in class finds out Misaki's part-time job is in a maid café?! It's love at first fight in this shojo romantic comedy—with a whole new look at the battle between the genres!



Included one-shots:
Volume 1: Toumei na Sekai (A Transparent World)
Volume 4: Tsuide ni 3 Baka mo Maid-sama! (And While We're at It, the Idiot Trio as Maids!)
Volume 4: Soshite Momotaro mo Maid-sama (Peach Boy Is a Maid Too!)
Volume 6: Aoi Haru (Blue Spring)
Volume 6: Fukukaichou wa Ouji-sama!? (The Vice-President Is a Prince?!)
Volume 7: Aoi to to Yukai na Nakama-tachi (Aoi with Fun Friends)
Volume 8: Baka to Furyou to Hero to (An Idiot, a Delinquent and a Hero)
Volume 8: Toaru Asa no Seitokaishitsu (A Particular Morning in the Student Council Office)
Volume 11: Kaichou wa Shisuji-sama! (The President Is a Butler!)
Volume 11: Konnichiwa Imouto desu (Hello, I'm the Little Sister)
Volume 12: Sentimental Ikkun (Sentimental Ikkun)
Volume 13: Maid Latte Hikaeshitsu (Maid Latte Back Room)
Volume 15: Baka to Furyou to Madonna to (An Idiot, a Delinquent and a Madonna)
Volume 17: Comics Kakioroshi Short Story (Exclusive Short Comic)


Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Tsundere , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Maids , Tomboy , Work , Crossdressing , Butler , Male Harem , Love Triangle , Bar , Restaurant

Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou

Also known as Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou.

Status: Finished
Genres: Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

Set hundreds of years in the future after an environmental catastrophe, Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (also known as Yokohama Shopping Log) centers on the simple life of Alpha, an android who runs a small coffee shop in coastal Japan. Alpha stands witness to chronicle the end of humanity’s days with coffee, a slice of watermelon, and the sound of her moon guitar backed by distant seagulls. Quiet and bittersweet, this tale is about the melancholy beauty that can be found even as the end approaches.



Tags: Iyashikei , Post-Apocalyptic , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Philosophy , Rural , Robots , Time Skip , Lost Civilization , Coastal , Artificial Intelligence , Seinen , Episodic , Work , Mopeds , Yuri , Travel , Restaurant , Family Life , LGBTQ+ Themes , Motorcycles , Nudity

Koi wa Ameagari no You ni

Also known as After the Rain.

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

Akira Tachibana. 17 years old, high school junior. Akira, awkward when it comes to expressing her feelings, finds herself secretly falling for the manager of the family restaurant where she works, one Masami Kondo, age 45. The curtain rises on the small love story that begins to unfold between Akira, stuck standing on the crossroads of adolescence, and Kondo, at the turning point of his own life…



Note: Includes the epilogue.

Tags: Age Gap , Work , Athletics , Writing , Female Protagonist , Seinen , School Club , Heterosexual , Unrequited Love , Restaurant , School , Tragedy

Fukakai na Boku no Subete wo

Also known as Love Me for Who I Am.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Mogumo is a cute but lonely high school student who just wants a few loving friends. Fellow student Iwaoka Tetsu invites Mogumo to work at his family’s café for “cross-dressing boys,” but he makes an incorrect assumption: Mogumo is non-binary and doesn’t identify as a boy or a girl. However, Mogumo soon finds out that the café is run by LGBT+ folks of all stripes, all with their own reasons for congregating there.



Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Transgender , Agender , Coming of Age , Seinen , Crossdressing , Work , Found Family , Estranged Family , Restaurant , Maids , Femboy , Cosplay , Yuri , Love Triangle , School , Boys' Love

Megami no Café Terrace

Also known as The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance

When Hayato's grandmother passed, he planned to sell her rundown café on the shore—not realizing that it was also home to five young women who call themselves her family?! Their desperation to keep the café open convinces Hayato to give it a shot...but even their best intentions might not be enough to make it work! And can he even work with these five unruly women? No matter what, he's got his work cut out for him! A fun new romcom by the author of Fuuka and Suzuka!



Tags: Female Harem , Primarily Female Cast , Male Protagonist , Work , Ensemble Cast , Surreal Comedy , Family Life , Primarily Adult Cast , Shounen , Slapstick , Found Family , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Food , Tsundere , Maids , Restaurant , Nudity , Twins

Amaama to Inazuma

Also known as Sweetness and Lightning.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Having lost his wife, math teacher Kouhei Inuzuka is doing his best to raise his young daughter Tsumugi as a single father. He’s pretty bad at cooking and doesn’t have a huge appetite to begin with, but chance brings his little family and one of his students, Kotori Iida, together for homemade adventures. With those three cooks in the kitchen, it’s no wonder this dinner table drama is so delicious.



Tags: Food , Family Life , Iyashikei , Seinen , Tragedy , Teacher , Coming of Age , School , Orphan , Parenthood , Restaurant

Dame na Watashi ni Koishite Kudasai

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Michiko is an unemployed 30-year-old. She has just broken up with a younger boyfriend whom she supported financially until she drained all of her savings. Michiko then has a chance meeting with a former boss she used to dislike.

Note: Includes four bonus chapters.

Tags: Josei , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Office Lady , Heterosexual , Restaurant , Work , Love Triangle , Food , Marriage , Matchmaking , Estranged Family , Urban , Gangs

Crazy Food Truck

Also known as Crazy Food Truck.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Ecchi

Zero customers, a naked young lady, and an armed militia—it's just another post-apocalyptic day for this food truck owner!.



Tags: Food , Travel , Male Protagonist , Military , Fugitive , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Seinen , Post-Apocalyptic , Desert , Nudity , Guns , Robots , Time Skip , Restaurant

Kimi no Okaa-san wo Boku ni Kudasai!

Also known as I Want Your Mother to be With Me!.

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

Who wouldn't love this beautiful mom? Ryo Ishizuka struggles to hold down a part-time job while also studying for the accountant's exam. He finds emotional comfort in one of his coworkers, Yuzuki Tachibana, a widow with a young child. As his attraction toward her grows, he prepares himself to confess his feelings, but what will her reply be? Is love enough to conquer all? Or will the road to a relationship not be so easy? And what about lullabies and sleepy-time hugs? Get ready to be pampered to your heart's delight by this super-pure rom com, centered around a single mom and a freelancer!



Tags: Work , Heterosexual , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Family Life , Age Gap , MILF , Marriage , Parenthood , Restaurant , Food

Tokyo Mew Mew

Also known as Tokyo Mew Mew.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance , Sci-Fi

Ichigo is out on a hot date with her 'crush' when suddenly she's involved in an odd incident in which her DNA is merged with the DNA of an almost extinct wildcat. When four other girls' DNA is merged with the DNA of four other almost extinct animals, it's apparent that they're part of a much bigger plan. Ichigo and her friends have been chosen to become a part of a secret project called the "Mew Project." Their mission: To protect the planet from aliens who are using the planet's animals to attack humans.



Tags: Shoujo , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Henshin , Primarily Child Cast , Animals , Aliens , Heterosexual , Dissociative Identities , Environmental , Male Harem , Kemonomimi , Nekomimi , Magic , Elf , Mermaid , Urban , Restaurant , Superhero , Super Power

Suicide Girl

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Mahou Shoujo , Psychological , Supernatural

A story where a girl of light fights against the darkness of the world.

Tags: Suicide , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Magic , Demons , Time Manipulation , Tragedy , Primarily Female Cast , Ghost , Primarily Teen Cast , Nun , Gore , Maids , Idol , Body Horror , Bullying , Restaurant , Yuri , Age Gap , Love Triangle

Blend S

Also known as Blend-S.

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

High schooler Maika Sakuranomiya can't seem to land a part-time job, so when an opportunity comes knocking, she's up for anything. Waitressing at a cute café—sounds perfect! The manager demands that each waitress adopt a quirk in their service? Not a problem. Maika's ready to act flirty, or hot-and-cold, or like a little sister, or…sadistic?! Oh. That might be a tough one for our cheery and caring heroine! The original manga behind the popular anime!



Note: Chapter count contains 8 newly written chapters (one per volume) and 1 extra chapter (vol.7: 番外編 ; Comic Fuz 2020-09-28)

Tags: Work , Maids , 4-koma , Otaku Culture , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Crossdressing , LGBTQ+ Themes , Seinen , Restaurant

Eoneu Mabeopsaui Sikdang

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

A man was reincarnated in another world as a 9th-class wizard and retired after saving the continent from a dragon war. He decides to open a small restaurant in the countryside, but his routine is anything but ordinary. On the second floor of his restaurant, there lives a black dragon who has transformed into a woman, named Rurin. She is greedy, cute, and loyal to him, but also ignorant and clueless about the human world. They live a fun and warm life, serving customers, solving problems, and growing violets in the garden.



Tags: Magic , Full Color , Food , Male Protagonist , Dragons , Time Skip , Isekai , Restaurant

Reijou wa Mattari wo Goshomou.

Also known as My Lady Just Wants to Relax.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Fantasy , Romance

After being overworked to death, Ronia was reincarnated as a villainess in a certain novel world. She knows that her engagement will be cancelled and she will be banished from the center stage. However, she wants to spend a peaceful and relaxing time in this world! After being banished according to the novel, Ronia opens a coffee shop in the countryside with the help of small fairies called Loto. Then, unique beastmen come to her shop one after another...? This is a relaxing life of a former villainess!!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Isekai , Kemonomimi , Male Harem , Anthropomorphism , Magic , Food , Shoujo , Reincarnation , Shapeshifting , Restaurant

Tsuihousha Shokudou e Youkoso!: Saikyou Party wo Tsuihousareta Ryourinin (Lv. 99) wa, Inaka de Nengan no Boukensha Shokudou wo Hirakimasu!

Also known as Welcome to the Outcast's Restaurant!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

Dennis is one of the most popular members of the Silverwing Battalion, the world's strongest party. So popular, in fact, that the party leader expels him from the group out of spite.

Stripped of his home, Dennis decides to start life anew following his true calling—as a chef! His life as an adventurer might be over, but his new life as a cook is just beginning. He teams up with Atelier, a young girl who has been similarly exiled from her home, and opens up a restaurant for adventurers.

He's finally able to live out his dream, but he'll need use of more than just his cooking skills to take care of his eclectic customers' problems!



Tags: Food , Shounen , Tragedy , Bar , Restaurant , Male Protagonist , Magic

WORKING!!

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Set in a family restaurant in Hokkaido, the northern prefecture of Japan, 16-year-old high school student Souta Takanashi works part-time along with his strange co-workers: Popura Taneshima, a high school girl who's a year older than Souta, yet easily mistaken for an elementary/middle schooler, and Kyoko Shirafuji, the 28-year old store manager who doesn't bother to do any work at all.



Tags: Work , 4-koma , Ensemble Cast , Restaurant , Seinen , Male Protagonist

Bambino!

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Shogo Ban, a college student from Fukuoka, likes to cook. Thanks to the owner of the restaurant where he works part-time, he finds himself working at the line of Roppongi's best Italian restaurant, Trattoria Baccanale, and discovers that the real deal isn't quite as easy as he'd thought. The manga follows Ban as he struggles to keep up with the hectic workload and his co-workers, along with issues outside the kitchen like his relationship with his girlfriend Eri, who he left behind in Fukuoka.

Note: Received the 2008 Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general manga.

Tags: Food , Seinen , Work , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Nudity , Restaurant

Shiawase Kissa Sanchoume

Also known as Happy Cafe.

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

Uru is a very short girl and is constantly mistaken for an elementary school kid, but despite that, she is ridiculously strong and decides to live by herself after her mother gets remarried. She ends up working at a small cafe with two rather unique co-workers, Shindou, who acts gruff and intimidating, but who is really a nice guy who loves to make cakes and pies and the like, and Ichirou, who is really good-looking but who instantly falls asleep when he gets hungry and doesn't wake up again until he's force-fed something? What will the future bring to them?

Included one-shots:
Volume 2: Suitei Seinen Shoujo
Volume 4: Hana to Ageha, Natsu
Volume 5: Special Chapter
Volume 7: Number One DX
Volume 9: Sora no Namae
Volume 12: Kashiwa's Story

Tags: Shoujo , Heterosexual , Work , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Food , Male Harem , Restaurant

Kannou Sensei

Status: Releasing
Genres: Romance

Narumi Rokurou is still adrift in life in his forties, unmarried, and working as an editor at a publishing company while writing hardly lucrative literary fiction. His days enjoying life at his own pace are brought to an end one summer night, when a strange twist of fate brings Rokurou together with a mysterious beauty, beginning the story of their crazed love. As once was spoken by Zarathustra: "Everything in a woman is a riddle."

Tags: Male Protagonist , Seinen , Writing , Age Gap , Work , Restaurant , Urban , Primarily Adult Cast , Nudity

Ihonhan Angnyeoneun Cake-reul Gumneunda

Also known as The Divorcée's Dessert Cafe.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Fantasy , Romance

After nine miserable years of marriage, Erin de Brissia is thrilled when her husband, Duke Raymond Von Lebensberg, accuses her of infidelity as an excuse to be with his own lover. After signing the divorce papers, she uses the recipes from her late mother to open a dessert cafe and receives rave reviews. But when her ex-husband and his lover get wind of this, they’re set on sabotage. Will Erin ever be able to taste the sweetness of success, or is this divorcée doomed to disaster?



Tags: Full Color , Food , Female Protagonist , Magic , Restaurant