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Most people would be concerned about getting a ticket to go around the country by rail, alone, for their wedding anniversary, with their significant other calling it a special break from them - but not Daisuke Nakahara. For this thirty-five year old train and ekiben (train station box lunch) enthusiast, a trip around Japan - spotlighting each region's seasonal delicacies - is the present of his dreams, with each stop - and tasty titbit - telling a story about the region's food and its history. The first stop in his trip, Kyushu, by special express sleeper train, And from there, the track less travelled.

I've just gotten a nice, new apartment, but there's an unexpected lodger living rent-free in my refrigerator! --- Prize winning debut oneshot from the fourth round of the Yatagarasuhai Competition published in Harta magazine's December 2022 Issue No.100.

I lost my husband in an accident two years ago and became a single mother, and one day I was summoned to another world with my son. The humans who summoned us called my son a hero and wanted him to fight the resurrected Demon King. It’s ridiculous to have my son, who is in still his first year of junior high, fight against monsters! Strongly opposing this, I was treated as an obstacle and left alone in a monster’s den. Though I was powerless and already resigned myself to death, it was the demons, who were supposed to be enemies of humans, who saved me. As I spent time together with them, my feelings for the demons grew, but peaceful days do not last long. The only weapons I had to resist against the numerous challenges that faced me were my cooking abilities and my quick wit. "I won’t die until I meet my son!" Laboring away with this thought in mind, I had become one of the upper echelons of the demon king's army before I knew it.

36-year-old Takaharu lives alone. After graduating from Art College, he has been living a quiet life while painting pictures. One day, his ex-girlfriend Kyou, whom he broke up with 17 years ago, comes to him with her daughter Minori and asks him to let them stay at his place. As in their college days, Kyou is attracted by the delicious food, and so the three of them begin to live together.

Iwao Asakura, a.k.a. Gen, president of Asakura Corporation, a subcontractor demolition company, regains his passion as a world-class demolition engineer when Keiko Otsuki, an employee of major general contractor Sanyu Heavy Machinery Lease, brings him a demolition job. He accepted her invitation to join the "Sanyu Group" and established the company "Sanyu Blasting Co. Later, he added an old acquaintance, Roku Iwashita a.k.a. "Roku the Tugger", a wooden construction specialist, Hideo Tokita a.k.a. Hide, a crane engineer who was about to commit suicide due to debt, and Hikaru Nakahara, a truck driver and former TV personality, to his team. However, in order to become "Japan's No. 1 demolition company" that is not bound by the traditions of bid-rigging that persist in the construction industry, he leaves the Sanyu Group and reestablishes himself as Itsumo Blowup Co.

In the forest, the rich smell of roasting meat and bread fills the air... The three idiots—Azuma, Nishida, and Kitayama—who were summoned to another world, hunt in the mountains, forests, and jungles to survive. They hunt and eat wherever they can! "Itadakimasu!" is their motto, and today, like every day, they’re making hearty meals.

Momoki Kanoko hides her gift for combat so those around her will accept her, and learns to show her true colors.

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.

In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi “Immortal” Sugimoto scratches out a meager existence during the postwar gold rush in the wilderness of Hokkaido. When he stumbles across a map to a fortune in hidden Ainu gold, he sets off on a treacherous quest to find it. But Sugimoto is not the only interested party, and everyone who knows about the gold will kill to possess it! Faced with the harsh conditions of the northern wilderness, ruthless criminals and rogue Japanese soldiers, Sugimoto will need all his skills and luck—and the help of an Ainu girl named Asirpa - to survive. --- - Winner of the 9th Manga Taisho Award in 2016. - Nominated for the 20th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and 40th Kodansha Manga Awards that same year. - Winner of the 22th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2018.

A spinoff of the magazine *Aokishi*, *Aokishi Bunny* is a yearly extra booklet featuring stories of bunny girls in all walks of life! **Vol. 1 (Released With *Aokishi Vols. 3A* & *3B*)** - **Cover:** Mori Kaoru **Chapters:** 1​. Mori Kaoru - 撞球室 / Doukyuushitsu / Billiards Room 2. Ootsuki Ichika - ミルフィオリ・バニー / Millefiori Bunny / Millefiori Bunny - **Serialized as [*Piccolina*](https://mangadex.org/title/ced1a3f9-9a34-4ada-a3b7-ca773e5af0b8/piccolina). This became [Chapter 1](https://mangadex.org/chapter/f8b271bc-0511-4c53-ac6f-990d99a32722).** 3. Kezuka Ryouichirou - GIVE ME A CUE! / GIVE ME A CUE! / GIVE ME A CUE! 4. Hasegawa Mirai - 夢見るバニーじゃいられない / Yumemiru Bunny ja Irarenai / Can't Be A Dreaming Bunny 5. Kokamumo - クロシオカレント激闘！！ バニーガール三姉妹 / Kuroshio Current Gekitou!! Bunny Girl San-shimai / Black Tide Current Fierce Battle!! Three Bunny Girl Sisters 6. Shibata Kouhei - バニーヒート / Bunny Heat / Bunny Heat 7. Takahashi Hirona - 熟考する男/見える男の神社探訪 / Jukkou Suru Otoko/Mieru Otoko no Jinja Tanbou / Contemplating Man/Seeing Man Shrine Exploration 8. Nakamura Tetsuya - バニー対ディアンドル / Bunny Tai Dirndl / Bunny vs Dirndl **Illustration:** Hamburger **Vol. 2 (Released With *Aokishi Vols. 8A* & *8B*)** - **Cover:** Hamburger **Chapters:** 9​. Mori Kaoru - とまり木 / Tomarigi / Barstool 10. Be-con {初め処女のごとく、後は脱兎の如し} / Be-con {Hajime Shoko no Gotoku, Go wa Datto no Gotoshi} 11. 佐々木つかさ {ショット・バニー・ショット} / Sasaki Tsukasa {Shot Bunny Shot} 12. ムネヘロ {刺激が強すぎる？} / Munehero {Shigeki ga Tsuyosugiru?} 13. 七尾朋 (つきづきよし) {満月の夜、君に会いたい} / Nanao Tomo (Tsukizuki Yoshi) {Mangetsu no Yoru, Kimi ni Aitai} 14. 有海とよこ {君の才能は「Coelho Foffo」} / Ariumi Toyoko {Your Talent is “Coelho Foffo”} 15. 岸田彩 {バニー飯} / Kishida Aya {Bunny Meals} 16. Shibata Kouhei - サンセット・バニー / Sunset Bunny / Sunset Bunny 17. Miyama Run - ユーベルのエル / Yuuberu no Eru / ??? 18. Yasuhara Moe - テキーラバニーとスニーカー / Tequila Bunny to Sneakers / Tequila Bunny and Sneakers 19. Ootsuki Ichika - ピッコリーナ〜ご贔屓方のお楽しみ〜 / Piccolina ~Gohiiki-kata no Otanoshimi~ / Piccolina ~For The Enjoyment Of Our Dear Patrons~} 20. Sarukago Aki - PRIVATE BUNNY / PRIVATE BUNNY / PRIVATE BUNNY **Illustrations:** こかむも / Kokamumo 春夏秋冬鈴 / Hitotose Rin 熊倉隆敏 / Kumakura Takatoshi Kezuka Ryouichirou 小坂玲音/ Koita Leo 星野翼 / Hoshino Tsubasa **Vol. 3 (Released With *Aokishi Vols. 14A* & *14B*)** - **Cover:** Ootsuki Ichika **Chapters:** 21​. 鈴木りつ {バニーバニースーツスーツ} / Suzuki Ritsu {Bunny Bunny Suit Suit} 22. 加藤勇気 {バニーガール} / Katou Yuuki {Bunny Girl} 23. 高橋拡那 {モネちゃんのしっぽ} / Takahashi Hirona {Mone-chan no Shippo} 24. ムネヘロ {アリかナシか} / Munehero {Ari ka Nashi ka} 25. Ootsuki Ichika - ピッコリーナ：カラフルバニー / Piccolina: Colorful Bunny - **Included as [Chapter 11](https://mangadex.org/chapter/6732e93a-8dee-49fc-9384-fc747bc20a0b) of *Piccolina Vol. 2*.** 26. クサダ {バニーガール攻撃部隊} / Kusada {Bunny Girl Attack Force} 27. Mori Kaoru - 介抱 / Kaihou / Care **Illustrations:** Be-con Hamburger Miyama Run 高橋祥志 / Takahashi Hiroshi こかむも / Kokamumo

Miyashita, an elite office worker who is always cool, sometimes has his fingertips covered in bandages. What is the unknown side of him...?!

Natsuko Saeki, a young woman working for an advertising company in Tokyo, returns to her family's home in the countryside. There she finds her brother, Yasuo, searching for a "phantom" rice seed called tatsunishiki, rumored to create a new form of sake. He finds the seeds, but after he passes away suddenly, Natsuko quits her job and begins working at the sake brewery to realize Yasuo's dream of making the best sake in Japan.

Gin no Spoon manga's story centers around Ritsu, a high school boy who, along with his younger brother Shirabe and sister Kanade, were raised by their single mother Kyoko. When their mother is hospitalized due to sickness, Ritsu begins to take care of his younger siblings and cook food for them, slowly entering the world of cooking. Things become more complicated when Ritsu finds out a shocking fact: that he is an adopted child.

A mysterious mobile bakery, Mimura Bread, is making it's way around town! Bread so fluffy and golden brown that you'll never forget the taste. The owner, Mimura, seems to have a nose for people in trouble and bakes just what they knead to soothe the heart. What recipes and troubles await?

While getting a nighttime snack, the female artist Xin Xin accidentally saves Yin Yin, a wasted rich girl. She gives her a bath, changes her clothes, and even makes her a bowl of *suantang* noodles after much wheedling... After multiple attempts at rebuffing her forward advances, Xin Xin ends up letting the "homeless" Yin Yin stay with her as she needs a roommate. Social and beautiful, Yin Yin breaks the ice bit by bit with the strict and independent Xin Xin... Their yuriful table for two starts becoming available now! --- **Links:** - [Official Japanese Translation](https://manga.bilibili.com/detail/mc33027)

I am Shoko Inumori. Divorced, in her twenties. Occupation: A caretaker. Her business hours are until 5:00 in the morning. Her only luxury is to have a "lunch drink" after work.

An *I'm in Love with the Villainess* official spin-off! A cooking comedy in which two maids, Rei and Rene, are busy making sweets for the villainess Claire!

A meddlesome high schooler, Mamori Suzufumi, helps her neighbor who had collapsed from hunger. The neighbor turns out to be none other than the extremely popular high school idol, Sasaki Yuzuki! Yuzuki had been excessively restricting her diet in order to maintain her image as the perfect idol. But when the worried Suzufumi serves her a homemade meal... "...Aahhhhhhhhhnn! I can't take it anymore!" With a face full of bliss, Yuzuki devours the meal completely! Seeing her eat so happily, Suzufumi decides to tempt her with her favorite dishes and make her succumb to 'food bliss.' ___ **Character Designer:** [Hizuki Higure](https://mangadex.org/author/58898e8a-597d-48fd-8cf3-e489cb2e9f7d)

Yoishi, the owner of a bar, is disappointed with the poor food his adventurers are eating. One day, he begins to explore the cooking method, a bitter and inedible food found in the city's labyrinth, for a group of new adventurers.

Shirayuki, a young girl born with unique apple-red hair, happens to meet a famous but foolish young man, Prince Raji. He falls in love with Shirayuki at first sight, and orders her to become his concubine. Determined to do whatever it takes to resist his advances, but with nowhere else to go, Shirayuki cuts her hair and escapes to a neighboring country. While traversing through the forests, she meets an injured boy, Zen. After she boldly heals his wounds, he in return helps her. Meanwhile, Prince Raji sends out his henchmen to search for her. What will become of Shirayuki? What is Zen’s true character? A refreshing fantasy story between an optimistic heroine and a prince who constantly stays on her watch. **Extra stories:** v01 - Hachigatsu no Shikisa (Four-season Colour of August) v02 - Bokura o Tsunaide. (Bind Us) v14 - Natsu Yasumi Zero Zero Nichime (00 Day of Summer Holiday)

Millie is reincarnated as a baby with memories of her previous life.However, at the age of five months, she is abandoned in the cold...! She was picked up by Joe and Marissa who happened to be passing by, and her life was saved, but the life of the common people in another world that awaits her is quite severe.... She finds herself in a dirty room full of dust and stains, without the delicious food she had in her previous life! The couple's restaurant and inn, "Cat's Pavilion in the Shade of the Trees," is in financial trouble! In order to return the favor she was given, she changes the store with her cheat magic and knowledge from her previous life...the long-awaited comic book version of the popular web novel! --- Source: [web novel](https://kakuyomu.jp/works/16816452221433349411) (jp)

For the summer heat, some chilling horror (jk).

A sweet romance between a tired office woman and a dangerous vampire chef who works hard to try and drink her delicious blood. "I want to taste you again." In Itaewon, there is a very popular unnamed restaurant assumed to have a taste that no human can make. Hong Ki Joon, the owner and chef, is not really a human! He is a half-vampire born from a human father and a vampire mother. With his unique vampiric senses, he makes out-of-this world flavors unobtainable by man. But for him, there's only one thing! He can't imitate the taste of a heavenly drink… Right, the blood he tasted on the lips of his kindergarten friend! He became a chef who studies every flavor in the world and suddenly his childhood friend, Kang Miro, anxiously appeared in front of him after 25 years. He doesn't know why he's looking forward to tasting her blood again?! A thirty years old office worker. Tired as a bee, her delicious blood is covered with the stink of cigarette, alcohol, fast food and MSG! "Good. From now on, I will feed you properly." This is the start of a blood-cleansing project full of plans of a vampire chef that diligently feeds, manages and cares for her to make her blood delicious again! A worn out and tired officewoman's exciting and heart-thumping healing cooking manhwa! An exciting, juicy romance starts now!

Welcome to the popular café where cute penguins and handsome guys are working! One day, a college boy brings a "new part-time job" to the cafe. This is "CAFE MICHIKAKE", a popular cafe where penguins of various personalities work. We will heal you with cuteness and laughter. They work, get depressed, get angry because they eat too much, and are very busy today! This is a heartwarming daily life story that will surely make you laugh and be healed by the handsome men who are pushed around by the penguins who are full of cuteness.

The story begins when Azuma Shuri, a young man with an ambition to be a chef, trips into another world. Akari is picked up by Gungrave, the leader of a mercenary group. Shuri joins the group as an odd job and gradually increases his own value by demonstrating his cooking skills. Each leader of the mercenary group is a quirky character, but Shuri connects with them through his cooking. By improving the mercenary group's food situation and occasionally helping with inventions, Shuri is gradually recognized by his fellow members of the mercenary group. However, Shuri does not yet know that he will become a hero.

The daughter of a Duke, Cristea, remembers her past life as a Japanese office worker upon eating a specific dish. Even though she was living a life without any inconvenience as the princess, ever since she got her memory back, she has had an unquenchable desire to eat Japanese food! Finally she decides to look for the ingredients to cook them herself! But as she enjoys the tastes of the common people, rumors of her being a "princess who eats repulsive things" begin to circulate...?This is a gourmet fantasy about a reincarnated princess scrambling for food every day.

Berry, a dog-fox beastman, has a failed marriage and leaves her hometown to become a chef. During his journey, Ozzy, a cat-beastman, falls from the sky. He was once famous as the leader of a hunting party, but he is the only survivor and continues to hunt on a small scale. This is a beastman story that depicts the rebirth and hope of two people who have both suffered from trauma.

Gwangsu Seong, a 27-year-old young man who ended up running into debt four times after starting a business with my youthful ambition. I thought it was really over, but the last chance is here, the owner of a Jjamppong restaurant in Yeongdong Market who is called the “goddess of business”. I’m trying to gain something by going under this person’s tutelage… “I’m not raising any disciples, so get out!” “Isn’t this grandmother’s personality unusual?! But I will never give up!” Can I learn the secret Jjamppong recipe and succeed this time? The survival story of a struggling entrepreneur begins.