Interest Stacks

"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."

"A comedy series about a woman with chopsticks in one hand and dreams in the other. She eats to "forget." "

"Aiko Isaki, a normal 31-year old office worker, had just been dumped by her boyfriend of 10 years. She treats herself to sushi in order to feel happier."

"This manga features the daily life of a young woman named Hana, who lives alone while her husband is away long-term for work. She's a little chubby, and she often cooks sloppy, but delicious, meals to eat in her sloppy, solitary home!"

"You may be eating alone, but you're not really alone. Today's lunch, homemade just for you, feels like a warm hug. Geeky Haru normally shrugs off the pitying looks of strangers that don't understand her priorities in life, but one day a fluke comment leaves her down in the dumps. That same day, she meets androgynous young Ao. The two of them really hit it off and, on the spur of the moment, decide to become roommates. Except, one of the house rules is a homemade lunchbox exchange...?!"

"Meet Natsumi Harukawa, a young office lady. During work, she is asocial and constantly looks cranky. However, the truth is that Harukawa-san is simply very hungry, and spends her time after work eating delicious foods."

"The manga follows Mariko and her friends as they go to different restaurants for breakfast. Mariko is a 28-year-old woman living in Tokyo with her boyfriend of seven years. Mariko becomes disillusioned with her slovenly boyfriend's lifestyle and breaks up with him to get a new start. She fondly remembers the wonderful breakfasts she had in her family growing up, and she decides to start a new lifestyle by visiting different (real-life) places for breakfast every morning. The places she visits range from Good Morning Café to the small Japanese-style restaurant Katō in Tsukiji Fish Market, to bakeries like Le Pain Quotidien."

"It's okay to use a lot of ingredients. Hold off on eating the food with your fingers. Crunch. Chew. Nibble. Swallow. Who could frown when faced with such delicious food and sake?"

"In an Earth that has opened its borders to a variety of aliens, Kumika is considered an oddity by her coworkers, being an alien that doesn’t eat or drink at all, instead sustaining herself solely on the air's nutrients. Due to this ability and her poverty-ridden past, Kumika regularly rejects after-work invitations to restaurants and bars, and seeks to spend her time on Earth solely to work—causing her coworkers to perceive her as a cold person.

However, Kumika finds that she is unable to keep up a work-only lifestyle, as she ends up collapsing at work from exhaustion one day. Noticing that she is malnourished, her coworker Chihiro serves Kumika her first meal ever: a bowl of hot udon. Instantly revitalizing her, Kumika awakens to the joys and pleasure that food has to offer, with a stomach that growls and craves for flavors and textures to explore—thus begins Kumika's journey to eat the various cuisines that Earth has to offer."

"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."

"In this Jashin-chan Dropkick spin-off, Minos and the girls bar-hop searching for the most delectable cuts of meat they can find!

May the meat and booze come aplenty!"

"Bake youkai, fry youkai, boil youkai, saute youkai.

And eat them... The beginning of the youkai gastronomy story."

"The "cute and soft bread four-panel manga" centers around Minami, an airheaded girl who is starting high school and who loves eating bread for breakfast. Baked goods bring happiness everyday to her and her classmates the reliable Yuu, the pastry-baking Fuyumi, and the independent Noa."

"Momo Momose, who is living the glorious life of a student at a women's college, had a secret: she eats garlic-filled Hakata cuisine without caring what anyone thinks. But one day, she's caught in the act by her kouhai?!"

"The gourmet manga revolves around a mysterious, perpetually hungry, goddess-like girl whose name, age, and job is unknown. This woman will appear out of nowhere only to have a meal with others. Each chapter follows her encounter with a new person: as she drinks milk with an elementary school girl after a bath, eats an entire cake with a lonely man on Christmas Eve, and even as she transcends time to eat deer hot pot with the inhabitants of a mountain village in ancient times. When she leaves, those she encounters are left with smiles on their faces."

"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."

"An omnibus series about the meals that couples eat the morning after a one-night stand."

"Eri Miyakoda just returned to Japan after living in France, and she's lost a lot of weight because Japanese food doesn't fit her palate. But suddenly, an infectious disease ravages the country, and her surroundings have become a disaster zone! Luckily she's with Kouichi Kino, her coworker, and he uses his survival skills to make meals for her. But he'll use literally anything as ingredients, even bugs and grass, and he says that he wants to fatten her back up?! Maybe she isn't so lucky after all..."

"Murasaki Wakako, who is 26 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!"