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Description
Kang Minhyuk suffers from a rare disorder that makes it impossible for him to stop eating. Despite strict diet and exercise, Minhyuk’s weight is now life-threatening. As a last resort, his doctor recommends a unique treatment—Athenae, a VR game where one can eat as much as they want without consequence. Crispy fried chicken! Scrumptious samgyetang! Inside Athenae, all food tastes real, but earning it is no cakewalk. In order to live, Minhyuk must go on the ultimate fantasy gourmet adventure!
Original Webtoon:
KakaoPage, Daum
Official Translations:
English, Japanese, S.Chinese, T.Chinese, Th... More...
Original Webtoon:
KakaoPage, Daum
Official Translations:
English, Japanese, S.Chinese, T.Chinese, Th... More...
Kang Minhyuk suffers from a rare disorder that makes it impossible for him to stop eating. Despite strict diet and exercise, Minhyuk’s weight is now life-threatening. As a last resort, his doctor recommends a unique treatment—Athenae, a VR game where one can eat as much as they want without consequence. Crispy fried chicken! Scrumptious samgyetang! Inside Athenae, all food tastes real, but earning it is no cakewalk. In order to live, Minhyuk must go on the ultimate fantasy gourmet adventure!
Original Webtoon:
KakaoPage, Daum
Official Translations:
English, Japanese, S.Chinese, T.Chinese, Thai, Indonesian
•Expired:
S.Chinese Less...
Original Webtoon:
KakaoPage, Daum
Official Translations:
English, Japanese, S.Chinese, T.Chinese, Thai, Indonesian
•Expired:
S.Chinese Less...
Type
Manhwa
Related Series
Gourmet Gaming (Novel) (Adapted From)
Associated Names
I Level Up, by Eating!
Leveling Up through Eating
Leveling Up, by Only Eating!
Leveling Up, Only by Eating
Meshi Dake Kutte Level Up
吃貨的私房升級餐
吃货的升级路
我靠美食来升级
飯だけ食ってレベルアップ
밥만 먹고 레벨업
Leveling Up through Eating
Leveling Up, by Only Eating!
Leveling Up, Only by Eating
Meshi Dake Kutte Level Up
吃貨的私房升級餐
吃货的升级路
我靠美食来升级
飯だけ食ってレベルアップ
밥만 먹고 레벨업
Groups Scanlating
Latest Release(s)
c.181 by Rackusreads 2 months ago
c.122 by Wan team about 1 year ago
c.113 by Rackusreads about 1 year ago
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c.122 by Wan team about 1 year ago
c.113 by Rackusreads about 1 year ago
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Status
in Country of Origin
193 Chapters (Ongoing)
S1: 50 Chapters (1~50)
S2: 51 Chapters (51~101)
S3: 49 Chapters (102~150)
S4: 43 Chapters (151~
S1: 50 Chapters (1~50)
S2: 51 Chapters (51~101)
S3: 49 Chapters (102~150)
S4: 43 Chapters (151~
Completely Scanlated?
No
Anime Start/End Chapter
N/A
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User Rating
Average: 7.3 / 10.0 (105 votes)
Bayesian Average: 7.08 / 10.0
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Last Updated
July 9th 2024, 2:22am
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Recommendations
N/A
Author(s)
Artist(s)
Year
2020
Original Publisher
Serialized In (magazine)
Licensed (in English)
Yes
English Publisher
Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #722
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Monthly Pos #1414
(-87)
3 Month Pos #2117
(+244)
6 Month Pos #2805
(-69)
Year Pos #2849
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Shitty MC disguised as a Good Boy
by BepsRose
June 28th, 2024, 2:04pm
June 28th, 2024, 2:04pm
Rating: N/A
I get that the entire shtick of this comic is the MC's one track mind centered solely on food consumption, but I really dislike how the characters around him are beguiled by it.
Yes, he is really suffering from a debilitating illness. It's the misinterpretation of his actions that I hate.
What people are interpreting as Good Boy Charm is MC acting on his own selfish desires to the exclusion of everyone around him. Even the game is trying to teach MC that helping other people benefit is a good thing. It's a novel concept for him that he resists unless he knows ahead of time what he will gain from doing it. I'm totally cool with MCs who are selfish psychos that don't hide it (or are purposefully hiding it to be manipulative), but I'm not cool with MCs who are selfish psychos but everyone, including himself, accepts and encourages the behavior just because the situation ends up helping people.
If the author wanted to play it that way for comedic purposes, then I need it to be a bit more extreme. His condition is certainly extreme enough to play it that way. I enjoy comedic misunderstandings, but this is too subtle for me to find funny, and instead I find it annoying as hell.
Another commenter dropped the story at Ch 82. Having now read it, I understand... It introduces a black character, which is great. BUT. Hah...
Fights are boring because MC is too OP and doesn't break a sweat. He just wins and everyone is amazed. Yawn.
... Last updated on June 29th, 2024, 5:07pm
Yes, he is really suffering from a debilitating illness. It's the misinterpretation of his actions that I hate.
What people are interpreting as Good Boy Charm is MC acting on his own selfish desires to the exclusion of everyone around him. Even the game is trying to teach MC that helping other people benefit is a good thing. It's a novel concept for him that he resists unless he knows ahead of time what he will gain from doing it. I'm totally cool with MCs who are selfish psychos that don't hide it (or are purposefully hiding it to be manipulative), but I'm not cool with MCs who are selfish psychos but everyone, including himself, accepts and encourages the behavior just because the situation ends up helping people.
If the author wanted to play it that way for comedic purposes, then I need it to be a bit more extreme. His condition is certainly extreme enough to play it that way. I enjoy comedic misunderstandings, but this is too subtle for me to find funny, and instead I find it annoying as hell.
Another commenter dropped the story at Ch 82. Having now read it, I understand... It introduces a black character, which is great. BUT. Hah...
Spoiler (mouse over to view)
He's from a poor village in Africa. Not a specific place, or even made up place. Just Africa. Cringe. And then it turns out MC's father came to this village and fed the starving kids great food and gave them gaming VR capsules to play the game. That's some major lazy writing circa pre-2000.
But hey turns out the black kid is a ranker and a tamer, who pledges to follow MC and then the MC tells him to wash dishes. So now the ranker logs into the game to wash dishes.
Yup. Good job, author!But hey turns out the black kid is a ranker and a tamer, who pledges to follow MC and then the MC tells him to wash dishes. So now the ranker logs into the game to wash dishes.
Fights are boring because MC is too OP and doesn't break a sweat. He just wins and everyone is amazed. Yawn.
... Last updated on June 29th, 2024, 5:07pm
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Very good.
by thehamzatsuit
November 26th, 2023, 7:41pm
November 26th, 2023, 7:41pm
Rating: 8.0 / 10.0
Really wholesome (korean) foodie webtoon. Insta drop at chapter 82 though. Iykyk.
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Only good for Korean food scenes
by MaruNeko
June 25th, 2023, 9:22am
June 25th, 2023, 9:22am
Rating: 4.0 / 10.0
Only good for the food scenes. MC is pretty unbearable. Typical webtoon. Previous reviewer is correct-- PMScans sucks. Luckily you don't really need to know much plot. In chapter 90-something they translate "whisk" as "whipper".
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Basic food porn
by ssbanks2000
November 5th, 2022, 5:20pm
November 5th, 2022, 5:20pm
Rating: 4.6 / 10.0
I made it to chapter 5.
Guy that has been deprived of most foods, for reasons, can now eat them and savors the new/familiar flavors.
If it gets good, it took too long to do it.
Guy that has been deprived of most foods, for reasons, can now eat them and savors the new/familiar flavors.
If it gets good, it took too long to do it.
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Read the Arang or Lynx scans
by AM_Woody
July 10th, 2021, 6:39am
July 10th, 2021, 6:39am
Rating: N/A
As of ch.20, it's a pretty fun story, with a nice MC and side characters. Biggest problem is trying to suffer through the PMScan translations. Arang is much better, but harder to find unfortunately. I'm trying not to be entitled, but how could proofreaders and quality checkers approve the state of some chapters' translations..
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So many delicious dishes..
by hoBRO
May 20th, 2021, 5:07pm
May 20th, 2021, 5:07pm
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
Makes me hungry when I read, BUT I HAVE NO ACCESS TO QUITE A FEW OF THOSE FOODS! Like.. the sweet potato latte! Noooo!
MC is a funny boy..
I didn't wanna read it at first cause I thought it would be boring if I just see him buy ingredients and eat but.. he actually goes on an adventure to collect the ingredients himself so-- I like it so far.
... Last updated on May 20th, 2021, 5:08pm
MC is a funny boy..
I didn't wanna read it at first cause I thought it would be boring if I just see him buy ingredients and eat but.. he actually goes on an adventure to collect the ingredients himself so-- I like it so far.
... Last updated on May 20th, 2021, 5:08pm
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Fun to read- scanlators are being pricks
by Killerthug
April 28th, 2021, 2:46am
April 28th, 2021, 2:46am
Rating: N/A
Fun story, but scanlators upload nonsense to fool aggregators... Except even their website has stupid translations
If I open the manga on your site, I want to read the manga, not some 12 year old's concept of humour.
If I open the manga on your site, I want to read the manga, not some 12 year old's concept of humour.
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Mhmmm
by Etheiria
February 6th, 2021, 11:26am
February 6th, 2021, 11:26am
Rating: 8.0 / 10.0
Lighthearted, wholesome manhwa about food in a VR setting! Made me laugh quite a bit. The MC is pretty likeable (as the other characters are), and albeit OP, but it isn't the focus of the story, which is great. Makes me super hungry too!
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yummy
by ranmaru
July 26th, 2020, 6:59pm
July 26th, 2020, 6:59pm
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
this is so fun to read 😂
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