1951, Kyoto. A long-established restaurant elder daughter Ichika (34) lost her husband in the war and worked as a cooker at the hotel. The restaurant “Kuwanogi” is on the verge of bankruptcy, and in order to...

Ooshima Nagi is an 28-year-old office lady always trying to read the mood and fit in. Berated by her boss, taken advantage of by her colleagues, and betrayed by her boyfriend, Nagi quits her job and severs...

Yuu is a high school student and award-winning actress who has been cast in a movie called “Half Moon”, based on a best-selling novel about of a brother/sister duo who actually aren’t related by blood and have...

In spring, 20-year-old Natsumi receives a marriage proposal to Takiaki Masashi, who works for the Imperial Navy. Suddenly, she is married to a Navy husband. Their (fairly) inexperienced in house matters, as...

Born in a family of delinquents, Nanba Tsuyoshi is expected to succeed his older brother as the strongest delinquent in school. Unbeknownst to his family however, he decides to enroll in the top high school in...

"This tale of loan sharks in the Osaka area reads almost like a Fyodor Dostoyevski novel. It's also drawn in a completely original, blocky neo-primitive style." Note: Won the 1992 Kodansha Manga Award for...

From Ikemen Manga: Hana is a shoujo manga artist who fell in love at first sight with Riichi, a handsome hairdresser who was just passing by, and they decided to date! It’s normal for Hana to seclude herself...

Miwa, Motoaki, Ritsu, Aoi, and Satoru have lived at the same apartment complex for years and they are childhood friends. When they were younger, they always played together. Now, they are high school students...

Aya has a peaceful life with her faithful husband, Kazuma. She is proud to have a husband who takes care of her and she believes that she is the "happiest wife in the world". However, one day, she noticed a...

Kuroki Kurodo was an extremely competent teacher at a prestigious cram school for the middle school entrance exam. He begins to work as the director of a cram school with poor performance. He declares that the...

From MangaHelpers: 25-year-old Moriyama Mikuri has an advanced degree, but has had no luck finding a permanent position. She's been living with her parents and doing temp work, and her latest job is doing...

An illustrated collection of stories about a Japanese teacher in Japan chronicling the difficulties and experiences she faces when interacting with her students. Much of it talks about the misuse of the...

Kei is a young, not-so-successful screenwriter. One day, she finds an unexpected vistor at the door of her apartment. A little girl named Niko, a secret child of a famous actress Mifuyu Shibano. Niko is sent to...

History classes have never interested Saburo. He never saw the point of learning something that happened in the past, let alone a few hundred years ago. But when he falls off a wall, he travels through a...

Ken is a modern-day chef who wakes up one morning in war-torn 16th century Japan. Faced with an impossible situation, he does what he does best – he cooks. Soon, word of his wonderful food reaches the capital...

The story follows the life of a plain woman named Noda (Noriko Eguchi) with eyeglasses and braided hair. Noda goes through most days with jeans and sweatshirts and with no makeup as a freshman studying Russian...

The son of a famous pianist, music student Shinichi Chiaki dreams of studying abroad and becoming a conductor like his mentor. Unfortunately, his fear of flying grounds his lofty plans! As he watches other...

This is a love story between 23 year old grad student Asahina Motoko and her 64 year old professor Sakaki Ikuo. Motoko is a very mature and serious girl with poor social skills and is often called dark and...

Aoi Misora is a third-year nurse at a prestigious hospital. After she is involved in trouble at the Emergency Center, she is transferred to a medical ward of an affiliated hospital. Unlike her previous...

From MangaHelpers: A two volume side story to Ns' Aoi which features the earlier life of Misora Aoi. After Aoi's mother died, she eventually lost custody of her little brother to her estranged father. All alone...

The story follows the high-school delinquent Masaya Funebashi, better known as "Devil Ma-kun" who is trying to reform his image by joining the tea ceremony club.

Adapted to Japanese tv drama in 1993.

The story revolves around Toshio Omori, a manly and overweight office worker who loves to eat, and tells stories about his co-workers, people who pass through the same neighborhood, and food in a one-story...