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  1. Red Cat Ramen
    Ongoing · 2022

    1. Red Cat Ramen

    by Angyaman

    • Comedy
    • Slice of Life

    Red Cat Ramen is a popular ramen shop run entirely by cats — and one tiger. Shiro Tamako, a human who loves cats, gets a job there brushing them. A warm, funny workplace comedy about running a small business, with fur.

    Read on MANGA PlusOpen
  2. The Way of the Househusband
    Ongoing · 2018

    2. The Way of the Househusband

    by Kousuke Oono

    • Comedy
    • Slice of Life

    The Immortal Dragon was the most feared yakuza in town. Now he has left that life to keep house for his wife, and he brings the same terrifying intensity to bargain sales, bento boxes and the neighbourhood watch. Short, very funny chapters in which nobody can quite believe the man in the apron is harmless.

    Read on VIZ BooksOpen
  3. The Top Dungeon Farmer
    Ongoing · 2023

    3. The Top Dungeon Farmer

    by Lim Hyeong, sdcknight, Lee Ha Kyung

    • Action
    • Adventure
    • Comedy
    • Drama

    Ordinary Se-Jun stumbles into a dungeon full of quests and rewards, and ends up growing tomatoes in it. With optimism, a knack for getting by and a growing band of furry friends, he farms, sells his crops and clears quest after quest. A cosy dungeon story.

    Read on WEBTOONOpen
  4. Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill
    Ongoing · 2017

    4. Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill

    by Ren Eguchi, Akagishi K

    • Adventure
    • Comedy
    • Fantasy
    • Isekai

    Summoned to another world by mistake, Mukouda decides to leave heroics to the actual heroes. His unusual skill lets him order groceries from modern Japan, and a hot meal soon attracts a powerful traveling companion. What begins as a plan for a quiet life becomes a wandering food adventure, with new ingredients, hungry monsters, and increasingly demanding dinner guests.

    Read on J-Novel ClubOpen
  5. Drifting Dragons
    Ongoing · 2016

    5. Drifting Dragons

    by Taku Kuwabara

    • Adventure
    • Fantasy
    • Slice of Life

    The crew of the airship Quin Zaza hunt dragons for a living — and sell the meat, the oil and everything else. Mika, their best hunter, mostly wants to cook what they catch. An adventure about a dangerous trade, a close crew and very good food.

    Read on K MANGAOpen
  6. The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten
    Ongoing · 2022

    6. The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten

    by Saeki-san, Wan Shibata

    • Comedy
    • Romance

    Amane lives alone in a messy apartment next door to Mahiru, the girl everyone at school calls an angel. One rainy afternoon he lends her his umbrella. Soon she is cooking his dinners and sorting out his life, and they both insist it means nothing. A slow, sweet romance.

    Read on MANGA UP!Open
  7. The Archmage's Restaurant
    Ongoing · 2023

    7. The Archmage's Restaurant

    by Bad Boys (배드보이즈), chassi (차씨), Studio Inus (스튜디오 이너스)

    • Action
    • Adventure
    • Comedy
    • Fantasy

    A young cook who dreams of his own restaurant suddenly finds himself in a world of war, dragons and magic. So he opens one there. A fantasy for anyone who loves magic and good food.

    Read on WEBTOONOpen
  8. Let's Buy the Land and Cultivate It in a Different World
    Ongoing · 2018

    8. Let's Buy the Land and Cultivate It in a Different World

    by Rokujuuyon Okazawa, Jun Sasameyuki

    • Comedy
    • Fantasy
    • Isekai
    • Slice of Life

    Summoned to fight evil, office worker Norio is handed a power that seems to do nothing, so he asks for a plot of land instead. Turns out his gift makes every tool in his hands extraordinary. A cosy farming isekai with a mermaid wife, undead neighbours and a lot of vegetables.

    Read on Seven SeasOpen
  9. Golden Kamuy
    Completed · 2014

    9. Golden Kamuy

    by Satoru Noda

    • Action
    • Adventure
    • Comedy

    Hokkaido, after the Russo-Japanese War. A veteran called Immortal Sugimoto hears of a fortune in Ainu gold whose map was tattooed onto the bodies of escaped convicts. With Asirpa, a young Ainu hunter who teaches him to survive the wilderness, he joins a ruthless race for it: a wild mix of adventure, history, food and comedy.

    Read on VIZOpen
  10. Delicious in Dungeon
    Completed · 2014

    10. Delicious in Dungeon

    by Ryoko Kui

    • Adventure
    • Comedy
    • Fantasy

    After a disastrous encounter with a dragon, Laios and his companions must return to a dangerous dungeon with almost no supplies. Their unlikely solution is to cook the monsters they encounter along the way. Between precarious battles and improvised meals, the party discovers that understanding a dungeon's creatures can be just as valuable as knowing how to defeat them.

    Read on Yen PressOpen
  11. Hakumei & Mikochi: Tiny Little Life in the Woods
    Ongoing · 2011

    11. Hakumei & Mikochi: Tiny Little Life in the Woods

    by Takuto Kashiki

    • Adventure
    • Fantasy
    • Slice of Life

    Two tiny women share a home inside a tree, working and exploring in a woodland community. Repair jobs, cooking, journeys and lively neighbours fill their days with small adventures. A richly detailed fantasy that finds its pleasures in skilled work, good food and the rhythms of ordinary life.

    Read on Yen PressOpen
  12. Silver Spoon
    Completed · 2011

    12. Silver Spoon

    by Hiromu Arakawa

    • Comedy
    • Drama
    • Slice of Life

    Yuugo Hachiken enrols at an agricultural high school hoping to leave academic pressure behind. Instead, he encounters early mornings, demanding animals and classmates who already know what they want from life. Farm work and unexpected friendships push him to question where food comes from and what kind of future he wants.

    Read on Yen PressOpen

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