If you liked Beauty and the Feast
12 manga like Beauty and the Feast
Picked for the same feel: the genres they share with Beauty and the Feast (slice of life, comedy, sports), the same creators, and what readers keep together. Each opens where it is read legally.
Manga like Beauty and the Feast
Cooking · Slice of Life1. Gourmet Hound
by Leehama
- Drama (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Lucy can recognize ingredients through an unusually keen sense of smell and taste. When her favorite restaurant changes, she begins searching for the chefs behind a meal tied to precious memories. The search connects a scattered kitchen team and becomes a story about grief, friendship and finding comfort again. A remembered flavor becomes a way of approaching people whose own lives have changed. Lucy's search treats food as something made by relationships as well as ingredients, connecting personal loss with the possibility of new companionship.
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Cooking · Slice of Life2. Silver Spoon
by Hiromu Arakawa
- Comedy (shared)
- Drama (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
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. His classmates' confidence in their futures makes Hachiken's uncertainty more visible rather than less. Practical work refuses the clean answers of an exam, giving him an education in responsibility, compromise and the relationships between people, animals and the things they consume.
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Cooking · Slice of Life3. Red Cat Ramen
by Angyaman
- Comedy (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Tamako applies for work at a ramen shop run by cats and admits during the interview that she is more of a dog person. Rather than ending her chances, the answer gets her hired. Her role, however, involves caring for the feline staff instead of simply serving noodles. Brushing fur becomes part of the serious business of running a good restaurant. As Tamako settles into the team's routines and gets to know its distinct personalities, the series finds gentle workplace comedy in customer service, cooperation and the unusual practical needs of her new colleagues.
Read on MANGA PlusOpen
Sports · Drama4. Ace of the Diamond act II
by Yuji Terajima
- Comedy (shared)
- Drama (shared)
- Sports (shared)
Eijun Sawamura begins his second year at Seido High still determined to earn the ace pitcher's number. Summer brings another chance for the baseball team to reach Koshien, but places on the field must be earned through training and performance. This sequel continues the team's development through the daily work and closely contested games behind that ambition. Eijun's progress is measured against teammates who want the same position and opponents who expose every weakness. Practice, selection and the pressure of decisive innings make the pursuit of an ace's uniform deeply personal.
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Sports · Drama5. Kuroko's Basketball
by Tadatoshi Fujimaki
- Comedy (shared)
- Drama (shared)
- Sports (shared)
Teiko Middle School's basketball team had five prodigies, the Generation of Miracles — and a sixth player nobody remembers seeing. Tetsuya Kuroko is so easy to miss that his passes come out of nowhere. At Seirin High he teams up with the explosive Taiga Kagami to take on his old teammates, one school at a time. Kuroko's quiet influence and Kagami's visible power challenge each other's understanding of the game. Facing the former prodigies becomes a test of whether a team's connection can overcome players accustomed to standing above everyone around them.
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Sports · Slice of Life6. Cross Game
by Mitsuru Adachi
- Drama (shared)
- Romance
- Slice of Life (shared)
- Sports (shared)
Ko grows up beside the daughters of a family who run a batting centre, with baseball woven into their shared lives. A promise and a profound loss shape the years that follow. Games on the field become part of a measured story about grief, rivalry and feelings left unspoken. Competition gives the characters something concrete to pursue while their feelings remain harder to name. Baseball's measured rhythms frame the gradual work of growing up, remembering someone absent and learning what can still move forward.
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Cooking · Slice of Life7. The Way of the Househusband
by Kousuke Oono
- Comedy (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
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. The habits of a feared gangster survive in a man whose current priorities are groceries and a clean home. His intense language and bearing repeatedly alarm the people he meets, while the actual purpose behind them is usually an entirely ordinary act of domestic care.
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Slice of Life · Drama8. Yoshi no Zuikara
by Satsuki Yoshino
- Comedy (shared)
- Drama (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
After another canceled series, manga creator Naruhiko Tohno is asked to leave fantasy behind and draw from the rural life he knows. Finding material close to home sounds simple until deadlines, self-doubt and other people get involved. A quiet comedy about making art, accepting help and learning to notice the world outside the studio. Turning familiar surroundings into a story asks Naruhiko to see them as a participant rather than background. His creative doubts meet the practical demands of publishing, while the people around him offer both inspiration and reminders that work need not be done entirely alone.
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Sports · Drama9. Giant Killing
by Masaya Tsunamoto, Tsujitomo
- Drama (shared)
- Sports (shared)
East Tokyo United are a struggling football club. Their new manager is Takeshi Tatsumi, a former star who once walked out on them, and who specialises in giant killing — beating the big teams. A football manga told from the manager's bench. Tatsumi must win over people who have reasons to resent him before his tactics can transform the club. Training, selection and the supporters' expectations make rebuilding confidence as important as finding a weakness in a stronger opponent.
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Sports · Slice of Life10. Blue Box
by Kouji Miura
- Drama (shared)
- Romance
- Slice of Life (shared)
- Sports (shared)
Taiki Inomata plays badminton, and he has a crush on Chinatsu Kano, the basketball star he sees training every morning in the gym they share. Then, by chance, she comes to live in his family's house. A gentle, heartfelt romance about first love, early mornings and chasing a dream. Sharing a home makes small interactions harder to dismiss, but both teenagers still have goals beyond romance. Their daily training gives affection room to develop alongside disappointment, determination and the fear of falling behind.
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Sports · Drama11. MF Ghost
by Shuichi Shigeno
- Action
- Drama (shared)
- Sports (shared)
In the 2020s, combustion cars race on public roads in Japan's MFG series, streamed to the world. Kanata Livington, a young driver trained in England, enters with an underpowered car and a search for his father. The sequel to Initial D, set in its future, with the same love of mountain roads. Limited horsepower makes judgment, technique and knowledge of the road especially important. Kanata's public progress as a racer runs alongside a more private search, bringing the pressure of competition together with a personal connection to the country where he now drives.
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Cooking · Slice of Life12. Hakumei & Mikochi: Tiny Little Life in the Woods
by Takuto Kashiki
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Slice of Life (shared)
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. The tiny scale makes familiar activities feel newly expansive, from preparing dinner to crossing the woods. Their contrasting personalities keep domestic life lively, while the surrounding community gives each task a network of friendships and shared skills.
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