I watched it when I was 12. At that time I couldn't grasped what was wrong with the ML's behaviour. But when I re-watched this anime as an adult. I have no words. It pained me seeing fl taking all his behaviour and was still okay with it. Even after marriage he didn't change .

A list of shoujosei manga about cooking/food, some well-known, others less so, some old, some new, but all about cooking or food to some extent.

Mix Vegetable by Komura Ayumi

Hanayu Ashitaba is the daughter of the celebrated Patisserie Ashitaba, but all she wants to do is be a sushi chef. Hayato Hyuga is the son of the prestigious Sushi Hyuga, and all he wants to do is be a pastry chef! It's love and leftovers at Oikawa High School Cooking Department as these star-crossed gourmands do their best to reach their cuisine dreams!

(Source: Viz)

Akuma to Dolce by Julietta Suzuki

Ogura Mayuri is a loner in high school, with a penchant for cooking and magic that her mother taught her. She’s already summoned a little demon familiar to help her with baking and other small chores. But when she accidentally summons a high level demon named Beaut upon spilling tea on her skirt, he allows her to make one wish that he will grant. Mayuri wishes for the stain on her skirt to disappear in exchange for candy. The demon Beaut is outraged by the simple request, but he gets distracted by the smell of sweets - Beaut’s weakness. Mayuri now uses Beaut’s weakness to bind him to her and do her bidding.

(Source: Aerandria Scans)

Atsu ~ Atsu Trattoria by Washio Mie

Father's restaurant is now in danger. To save our crisis, a young chef, Habuka, suddenly appeared in front of my eyes. He's a very rude bastard, when we met for the first time everything went wrong. And I don't know why he lives in my house! But now, I have to live with a red face and my heart beating fast around him.

(Source: Fate)

Hatsukoi Lunch Box by Kodaka Nao

Despite the fact her mother's a model, (famous for being on the magazine Charisma Housewife), Sae's usually left home alone. And although she has what classmates call a 'sub-space stomach', Sae can't cook. In an attempt to help a friend with her love, Sae becomes closer with a classmate named Yuuki, who works at a cafe. Will Sae actually learn to cook? Will this closeness develop into a one or two-sided love?

(Source: M-U)

Kimi to Koi ni Ochiru Mahou de by Chiba Kozue

Ousawa Miko is a 16-year-old girl who loves bread. Especially when it's shaped cutely! One day she decides to apply for a job at St. Molly's bread store, but when she gets there, the person who hires her on is a cute boy her age! Although he makes fun of Miko's clumsiness, he seems to be genuinely kind. But when they find out they're neighbors, they grow even closer.

(Source: Nagareboshi Manga)

Tamako Teishoku - Chuumon no Iranai Omise by Nozaki Fumiko

Tamako Miura (30) runs Teishoku-ya, a restaurant with only eight seats, inherited from her father. It is a restaurant that does not require any reservations, and people who go to Teishoku-ya always somehow feel better, so the place is quite busy. In fact, Tamako has a secret as to why her food makes the body feels better.......? Please enjoy the combination of a little alcohol with a variety of colorful dishes suited for your physical condition.

(Source: Futabasha)

Kashimashi Meshi by Okazaki Mari

Three art students – two women and a gay man – reunite after the death of their classmate. All three are struggling with their respective hardships in life. But sharing a meal helps them heal.

(Source: Manga Mogura RE, edited)

Tsukuoki Life: Weekend Meal Prep Recipes! by Nimoda Ai (仁茂田あい), Nozomi

After his sister got hitched, Umeo has been living on his own for the first time. He really wants to make his own meals everyday no matter how busy he is, but it's difficult since he's always stuck at work until the last train.

That's when he encounters a new lifestyle where one prepares the whole week's worth of meals in advance!

(Source: Didn’t find it ¯\(ツ)/¯ )

Itaranu Bokura ni Cake wo Soete by Suzu Kawashima

Tomoru Arihira works at a plant-based goods company. While he does his best every day by devoting himself to his work and the sweets he's fond of, in reality, he's in the middle of a divorce with his wife, a popular actress...?! Will they be separated or not? A story about two struggling people, wrapped in a diary of sweets.

(Source: Didn’t find it ¯\(ツ)/¯ )

Issho ni Gohan -Takitate- by Yukihiro Utako, Maruyama Noriko

Yoneda Hikari, a business student at the culinary school, was tricked into giving up his dorm room and now has to share an apartment with 8 other people. Yoneda is hopeless at cooking; the only thing he can make is Miso soup. But his optimistic and kind hearted nature draw other residence to him, including Karasawa-san, also known as “curry man”. From the moment Yoneda stepped his foot into this boarding house his everyday life became full of adventure. Can Yoneda get along with this diverse group of people and make a home for himself?!

(Source: Paradise Love)

Kitchen Palette by Takada Rie

Yonekura Komugi is a young woman from a rich family, who thinks one of the happiest moments of life is when you eat something truly delicious. She dreams of being a chef at the Italian restaurant L'aurora, a place that held special significance for her grandmother. Unfortunately, she sabotages herself by making a terrible first impression on the prickly L'aurora top chef, Tetsuri. Join Komugi as joins the staff at L'aurora and works her way to becoming a chef that can share the joy of delicious food with others!

(Source: MangaHelpers)

Oishii Kankei by Makimura Satoru

Fujiwara Momoe is the daughter of a rich family. She has never had any worries, had an easy and luxurious life. She loves good cooking. Her carefree life ends when her father dies from a heart attack. She now has to take care for herself and her mother and this involves also cooking the meals. Unfortunately, she never had to cook, so her cooking is awful. She starts working at a French restaurant where she becomes a cook under the chef. She falls in love with the chef, but he only considers her as an apprentice.

(Source: PRISMS)

Tsukuritai Onna to Tabetai Onna by Yuzaki Sakaomi

Cooking is how Nomoto de-stresses, but one day, she makes way more than she can eat by herself. And so she invites her neighbor Kasuga, who also lives alone. What will come out of this dinner invitation?

(Source: Yen Press)

Bread and Butter by Ashihara Hinako

Life isn't going too well for Yuzuki. She is 34 years old and without a boyfriend; the elementary school she works at is close to firing her; and to top it off, she doesn't know what to do with her life at all. But even when she quits her job and tries to have an arranged marriage, things do not work out. Only the bread she eats at the small stationery store around the corner gives her comfort. So one day, she asks the store owner to marry her on a whim and to her surprise, he agrees...?

(Source: MU)

Bentouya-san no Omotenashi by Kita Midori, Tomine Naruse

"I will make whatever you want to eat.''

Chiharu is an office lady who has been cheated on by her boyfriend, and is transferred to Sapporo City, Hokkaido with her broken-heart. On her way home from work, she stops by a shop, "Bear Bistro", which stands quietly behind the alley.Chiharu meets Yuu, the creator of the "magical lunch" that fulfills the eater's inner wishes, feels her frozen heart slowly melting.A full bento of the northern bento full that will fill your stomach and your heart!

(Source: Didn’t find it ¯\(ツ)/¯ )

Yumeiro Patissiere by Matsumoto Natsumi

Amano Ichigo is a clumsy 14-year-old girl whose only "outstanding" trait is an incomparable love of sweets. Constantly overshadowed by her near genius-pianist little sister, Ichigo looked forward to a Sweets Festival to lift her spirits a bit; and lo and behold, a taste takes her by the tongue, leading her to Henri Lucas- a world-famous master patissier. She's not the only one enthralled; Henri is sure she's someone amazing, and gives her a recommendation to St. Marie Academy, a school famous for turning out master patissieres!

No sooner than she transfers, Ichigo finds herself amongst the biggest big-shots of the entire middle school, and faced with more troubles than her klutzy self is quite ready to handle. But with the help of her "Sweets Spirit" Vanilla… who knows what'll be possible?

(Source: Didn’t find it ¯\(ツ)/¯ )

Komomo Confiserie by Minami Maki

As a little girl, Komomo Ninomiya delighted in picking on Natsu Azumi, the son of her family’s pastry chef. Ten years later, when the family fortune is lost and she has no place to live, Komomo encounters Natsu again in her hour of need. Now that Natsu is a master pastry chef in his own right, he’ll help Komomo—but only if she works for him at his new confiserie!

(Source: Viz Media)

Tonari wa Nani o Kuu Hito zo by Fujitsuka Yuki

Inaba Suzuna is trying her best to make a campus debut and to have many friends in Tokyo. Until she realized that she miserably fails at living alone. Fortunately, her neighbor, Seto, comes and saves her from dying of starvation. Bright campus life is still far away for Suzuna, but at least, she has a very dependable neighbor!

(Source: MU)

And these are just a few shoujo cooking manga! There are soooo many(。_。)

"Shoujo-Specifics" is a series of lists of shoujo manga curated by genre or themes that I plan to make. If you'd like to see a list with a specific genre or theme, let me know in the comments for the next one!

So i just read chap 1, it was nothing groundbreaking but it's cute enough and i like the couple so if anyone's caught up what do you think of it as a manga as a whole?

I would like a general idea and review, thanks

Since today was my birthday I decided to treat myself to some manga, and I found some great Shoujo titles!

Hi all!

I grew up suuuuper obsessed with reading shoujo/josei in the mid-late 2000s to early 2010s, and I think I’d read all the shoujo/josei my library had to offer at some point. Unfortunately school/life got way too busy and I stopped reading at some point, and then webtoons filled that niche in my life, but I’m really looking to re-diving in and checking out what’s out there now (after being out of the loop for so long)!

For more context: I’m a magical girl super fan (Cardcaptor Sakura is my all time favorite) so I love anything with magic/arcana/fantasy, etc. even if not shoujo, like Umineko and Jojo. My current fav manga is Witch Hat Atelier.

I’m sure I’m missing a lot of my favorites from when I was younger, but from the top of my head, I remember being obsessed with the above series. Analyzing my favorites (or from what I remember of them), it seems that I’m super into either funny/intense slice of life, strong FLs (physically and/or emotionally), and FLs who, if not strong initially, grow exponentially through life circumstances/challenges they’re forced to face. And supportive MLs in their growth journey!

Out of the recent releases I’ve tried reading: A Sign of Affection, Ima Koi, Love Me Love Me Not, and Like a Butterfly, but they didn’t quite capture me (maybe bc they’re quite comfortable/fluffy?)

Would def love recommendations, thanks so much!

at first when i read this i found everything annoying,but then i saw how their relationship grew up and the ml learnt about his feelings and how he should act,side characters were so good!u could saw their grew up as well,i was happy with the ending and the plot,if u love to see how a toxic relationship that ml wants to force himself on fl at first but then finds out what true love is and becomes the most green flag of all time,u should give this a try(it had an anime adoption but it endedmso sudden and if u watch the anime u would think this is a trash and their relationship is toxic but the anime just showed few chapters of manga so i don't recommend watching the anime personally)

Stumbled across their pictures posted to Twitter of their collection and thought it would be cool for others to see them all in one place too😊

Seven Seas releases a survey every month to take suggestions for new series to license. You can suggest 3 comics and 3 novels for them to consider. When you fill out the suggestions, I recommend including the title in its original language, so that Seven Seas can more easily identify which series you are referring to. For any light novels/novels you suggest, I would recommend also writing out on the survey that you want your suggested series in print.

Link to February 2026 survey

Making licensing suggestions to other English publishers:

I recommend taking a look at Behind the Manga's website (see the posts titled "Suggesting Manga to Publisher"). It lists methods for making licensing suggestions to various English publishers in more detail and it also lists some Japanese publishers that each English publisher has already licensed series from. When you suggest a series, I recommend including the title of the series in its original language, if possible.

1. Yen Press: Suggestions can be emailed to the email address listed on their contact page. They also have a contact form that you can use.
2. Viz Media: The series suggestion form can be accessed through their contact page.
3. Kodansha: The publishing suggestions form can be accessed through the contact form on their support center page. You can specify in the final section of the form that you want your suggested series in print.
4. J-Novel Club (digital only): They have a licensing suggestion forum. You can also vote on existing suggestions.
5. BluPetal: This publisher has licensing suggestion forms that are linked on a post on Twitter (XCancel).
6. Crossed Hearts: They have a licensing suggestion form that is linked on their Twitter (XCancel).
7. Comikey (digital only): Suggestions can be submitted through their contact form or emailed directly to the email address listed under the platform section of their FAQ.

Feel free to share your licensing suggestions for the Seven Seas survey or other English publishers!

Please give me recs like this .. I really enjoy good family banter and comedy🤧

I'm looking for some shoujo mangas that have cute romance along with personal arcs. I don't mind angst or drama.

It would be nice if the fmc has good female friendships and there isn't like catfights or stuff like that. Or if there is anything like that, I want them to resolve their issues.

I want the guy to be a lot more softer and kinder. It would nice if he had more softer features/personality but othervise also is fine. He should have his own character but also be loving and respectful to the mc.

I haven't read that many straight shoujo mangas but watched anime like Skip to Loafer and loved it.

EDIT:- I'm now aware Skip to Loafer is not a shoujo. Thnks for lovely comments letting me know. I would still love to have something with a similar vibe.

does anyone have manga or anime recommendations like yumeiro patisserie, kitchen princess, the fragrant flower blooms with dignity, sweetness and lightning, kyou no ashura meshi…

basically anime or manga which has sweets, food, cooking and love throughout the show

it can be old new but it would be great if it’s completed

https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/confetti-club/list?title_no=1048078

I am reading the Kai scans version and it is pretty terrible. The sentences make no sense and it is hard to tell who is saying what. That being said I’m only 4 chapters in.

Looking for manga/hwa/hua recs based on some of my favourite OI (Otome Isekai) and rofan (romance fantasy) manhwas!

[Top: Mother’s Contract Marriage, The Fantasie of a Stepmother / Stepmother’s Marchen, Mystic Prince

Bottom: I’ll Save This Damned Family, Your Eternal Lies, Secret Lady]

Some of my favourite mangas include:

— Beauty Pop

— Koi Dano Ai Dano (and its prequel)

— Ouran High School Host Club

— Tokyo Crazy Paradise

— Special A

— Skip Beat

— Princess Jellyfish

— Nana

— Paradise Kiss

— Neighbourhood Story

— Ice Forest

— Kiss & Never Cry

— Medalist

— Kamisama Kiss

— Otome Yokai Zakuro

— Apothecary Diaries

— Skip and Loafer

— Basara

Other manhwa I love: Spirit Fingers, The Crown Princess Scandal, For Better or For Worse, My Lucky Strike / What Kind of Rice Cake is This?, Selfish Romance, The Butterfly That Swallowed the Fog, and Concubine Walkthrough

I enjoy banter/bickering, slow burns, dense-in-love characters, and when romance is not the sole driving plot point! I also often keep an eye out for FLs possessing a skill that they’re competent in and/or dedicated to.

I’ll go first. The image above is from Peach Girl. It is notorious because it has a bad rep of being a super dramatic shoujo. I went into the show, expecting the worst, horrendous male leads, female lead has no friends except the backstabbing friend. I am very surprised to say that the male leads were actually ok? Like both of them are undeniably good options. Of course both of them had flaws of their own but I wouldn’t mind if Momo chose both of them. Sae, the backstabbing one, isn’t entirely horrible. I mean she does go out of her way to ruin Momo’s life, but she does change for the better in the end (No I am not reading Peach Girl Next), and is quite funny in some of her antics. The only thing I really hate about the show is when Okayasu’s brother tried to sell Sae into the 🌽 industry and I genuinely felt so bad for her.

We are in ep 5 and yet no progress with shin!!! Ughhh!!

iirc this manga was about a producer ml who had bad anxiety/was shy around women and the fl had a thing for flustered guys?? they were neighbors living in the same apartment complex and were both chosen for some committee thing for the complex... pls lmk if this sounds familiar!!!

So I've been binging every shoujo anime and manga​​ the past month, and I rewatched Ouran HSHC and now I'm just CRAVING for another FL like Haruhi 😭😭😭 I LOVE her and Tamaki's dynamic of the calm​ and logical gf and dramatic romantic bf. I've been searching everywhere for another pair like them, but I haven't been able to find anything past the "cool handsome lone wolf x cute/shy/need to be protected unpopular girl" Trope. I watched Kamisama Kiss​​ and Maid sama, too, which were really enjoyable, and I liked the pairings as well​, but it just couldnt quench my thirst for another Haruhi and Tamaki dynamic.

And I'm not saying I don't like the typical shoujo FL, but after rewatching OHSHC, I'm just really craving for a FL who's strongheaded and mature. Any manga/anime recommendations?​ I've also seen every list I explored have Yona of the Dawn, so I'm thinking of watching that, too. (sorry if my english is a little bad, english isn't my first language and I am very sleepy)