Hibi wa Sugiredo Meshi Umashi

Introverted university student Mako Kawai has a hobby of watching food videos and cooking what she learns from them. She is now a far cry from her energetic self back in elementary school—due to her growing social anxiety, she fears trying new things, such as going to restaurants alone or even making friends.

Enter Shinon Ogawa, one of Mako's childhood friends with whom she reunites in college. Still as extroverted as ever, Shinon quickly adopts Mako into her friend group, which includes the easygoing Tsutsuji Higa and the level-headed Kurea Furutachi. Together, they are planning to start a Food Culture Research Club and invite Mako to join as their fourth member. Though she initially declines, Mako soon realizes that this is her chance to finally brighten up her days, enjoy life surrounded by friends, and eat delicious food with everyone!

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Higa, Tsutsuji Main

Inui, Natsune Japanese

Kawai, Mako Main

Shimano, Hana Japanese

Furutachi, Kurea Main

Kakuma, Ai Japanese

Hoshi, Nana Main

Aizawa, Saya Japanese

Ogawa, Shinon Main

Aoyama, Yoshino Japanese

Oota, Mayumi Supporting

Fukuhara, Ayaka Japanese

Mokotarou Supporting

Moeno, Azuki Japanese

Kodama, Sakura Supporting

Nakajima, Megumi Japanese

Junior Clerk Supporting

Inagaki, Konomi Japanese

Nana's Mother Supporting

Oi, Marie Japanese

Kawatsura, Shinya Director

Harumi, Tohru Director

Takadera, Takeshi Sound Director

Oota, Tomoaki Episode Director

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Sep 24, 2025

SashimiDon

Recommended

Great visuals of food, shows you the process of how to make it, tells you will gain weight by eating too much, encouraging you to do some gym to stay healthy, and most importantly, CHEAT DAY.

I am delighted by the daily doses of food content. It amazes me to crave for another episode, and another one, until I've finished them all in one go.

Art styling is fitting for a yurui anime, packed with gags and exploration of the city area around them. Depicts the places of interest well with the way they relate food and the place they visit.

This anime has cracked the bro ... coded so I must recommend.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Aug 3, 2025

Salvatierra21

Mixed Feelings

Being a real-life story with a food theme, I can say I like the idea, especially because the characters are college students, which offers many possibilities for topics to discuss in the food club. The plot twist, given that its members are not experts in the subject, offers some fun moments. However, the dubbing by mangakas Atto, creator of Non Non Biyori, who is in charge of the story, and Quro, creator of Koisuru Asteroid, who is in charge of the art, fell short. They simply followed their own pace, unsure of how to handle the story with adult characters, since most of the time ... nothing interesting happens, not even with the food theme the series is supposed to be based on. And they also didn't know how to design adult characters, since the girls can easily change the plot to something secondary without the change being noticeable. I hope this project will teach them that when someone wants to step out of their comfort zone, they should thoroughly research the topics they want to develop.

For his part, P.A. Studio Works continues to prove that with its excellent animation and technical expertise, it can elevate any manga and attract audiences.

Here are more food-themed anime: Oishinbo, Meng Qi Shi Shen, and Shin Chuuka Ichiban!

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Jul 3, 2025

ATP_Synthase

Not Recommended

Honestly, this is one of the most underwhelming slice-of-life anime I’ve seen. I usually enjoy slow, laid-back shows where not much happens and it’s just people being people - but this one? It’s way too boring. There’s barely anything going on, and the characters feel really shallow and flat.

I had high hopes at first since it’s by the same author who did Asteroid in Love, which I actually really like. That one might not be super popular, but at least the characters there had some depth, you could understand their motivations and relationships. In Meshiumashi, everyone just kind of exists with no real substance behind ... them. They feel more like caricatures than actual people.

The only thing that stood out was the setting: it’s one of the rare slice-of-life anime where the characters are university students instead of high schoolers, which is a nice change. We definitely need more of that. But aside from that… meh.

Also, I gotta say it: the animation style sucks. The character designs just look weird. Like, if you removed the hair, they’d have these massive foreheads.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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