What is Working Life manga?

The life of someone actually working on a often less than glamorous job is depicted in this anime. The job is taxing and the pay is low, not really the dream job one would choose to work in. Examples: Working as salesperson in a department store, or as a waitress in a family restaurant.

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Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii

(Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku)

8.24

Description:

Narumi Momose has had it rough: every boyfriend she’s had dumped her once they found out she was an otaku, so she’s gone to great lengths to hide it. When a chance meeting at her new job with childhood friend, fellow otaku, and now coworker Hirotaka Nifuji almost gets her secret outed at work, she comes up with a plan to make sure he never speaks up. But he comes up with a counter-proposal: why doesn’t she just date him instead? In love, there are no save points. (Source: Kodansha Comics)
Type

manga

Volumes

11

Chapters

86

Status

finished

Started

2014-04-17

Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun

(Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun)

8.24

Description:

The boy of her dreams...is a girl's manga artist?! To the eyes of high school student Chiyo Sakura, classmate Umetarou Nozaki--brawny of build and brusque of tongue--is a dreamboat! When Chiyo finally works up the courage to tell Nozaki how she feels about him, she knows rejection is on the table...but getting recruited as a manga-ka's assistant?! Never in a million years! But for someone who makes a living drawing sweet girly romances, Nozaki-kun is a little slow on the uptake when it comes to matters of the heart in reality. And so Chiyo's daily life of manga making and heartache begins! (Source: Yen Press)
Type

manga

Volumes

0

Rating

Status

current

Started

2011-08-25

[Oshi no Ko]

(【OSHI NO KO】)

8.3

Description:

"In the world of showbiz, lies are weapons." Goro works as an OB-GYN in the countryside, a life far removed from the entertainment industry. Meanwhile, his favorite idol, Ai Hoshino, has begun her climb to stardom. The two meet in the "worst possible way," setting the gears of fate in motion! The amazing Aka Akasaka and Mengo Yokoyari team up to depict the world of showbiz from a completely new perspective in this shocking series! (Source: MangaPlus)
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2020-04-23

Hataraku Maou-sama!

(The Devil Is a Part-Timer!)

8.22

Description:

Devil King Sadao is only one step away from conquering the world when he is beaten by Hero Emilia and forced to drift to the other world: modern-day Tokyo. As "conquering the world" are the only skills the Devil King possesses - and are obviously unnecessary in his new situation - he must work as a freeter to pay for his living expenses!
Type

novel

Volumes

21

Chapters

110

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2011-02-10

Hataraku Maou-sama!

(The Devil Is A Part-Timer!)

7.7

Description:

Devil King Sadao is only one step away from conquering the world when he is beaten by Hero Emilia and forced to drift to the other world: modern-day Tokyo. As "conquering the world" are the only skills the Devil King possesses - and are obviously unnecessary in his new situation - he must work as a freeter to pay for his living expenses!
Type

manga

Volumes

0

Rating

Status

current

Started

2011-12-27

Hidamari ga Kikoeru

(I Hear the Sunspot)

8.02

Description:

Because of a hearing disability, Kohei is often misunderstood and has trouble integrating into life on campus, so he learns to keep his distance. That is until he meets the outspoken and cheerful Taichi. He tells Kohei that his hearing loss is not his fault. Taichi’s words cut through Kohei’s usual defense mechanisms and open his heart. More than friends, less than lovers, their relationship changes Kohei forever. (Source: Open Peace Books) Note: the series is composed of Hidamari ga Kikoeru (completed, 6 chapters/1 volume) Hidamari ga Kikoeru - Koufuku Hen (completed, 7chapters/1 volume) Hidamari ga Kikoeru - Limit (completed, 19 chapters/3 volumes) Hidamari ga Kikoeru - Shunkashuutou (ongoing)
Type

manga

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2013-12-21

New Game!

(New Game!)

7.86

Description:

Aoba Suzukaze may look like a middle schooler, but she’s actually a character designer fresh out of high school. Not only is she working for the company that put out one of her favorite games, she also gets to spend her days modeling and creating characters. Follow her adorable shenanigans in this 4-panel slice of life as she learns the ropes of the industry and gets to know her co-workers. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
Type

manga

Volumes

13

Chapters

169

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2013-01-28

The Lady and Her Butler

(The Lady and Her Butler)

8.11

Description:

The last thing Sooha wants in her life is a man. She's sick of her mother calling about boyfriend problems, of friends trying to set her up on dates, of girls waiting for their Prince Charming. But when a broke and homeless man offers to keep house in exchange for temporary housing, Sooha finds herself saying yes to a man for the first time in her life. After all, who wouldn't want to come home to warm homemade dinners, clean sheets, and freshly ironed clothes?(Source: MU)
Type

manhwa

Chapters

143

Status

finished

Started

2017-06-09

Ase to Sekken

(Sweat and Soap)

8.07

Description:

Asako’s living her dream, working at the toiletry maker Lilia Drop. Little do her coworkers know, the reason she loves the company so much is that she’s ashamed of her body odor, and their soap is the only thing that does the trick. So when the company’s lead product developer, a perfuming genius, approaches her in the lobby and wonders what “that smell” is, she’s terrified … but could it be … that he likes it? And, even more surprising to Yae … does she like him? (Source: Kodansha USA)
Type

manga

Volumes

11

Chapters

98

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2018-01-03

Henjo: Hen na Joshikousei Amaguri Senko

(Henjo - The Strange Female High-Schooler Amaguri Senko)

7.48

Description:

Amaguri Senko is a high school girl with a cool personality and a big pervert. She openly reads porn and masturbates, and isn’t perturbed in the slightest at the sight of penises and such. The story is about two adult men that come to live and work for her father, who runs a company that does various oddjobs, which she helps out with. And the various forms of sexual harassment to which she subjects the one which she has taken a liking to. (Source: Doki)
Type

manga

Rating

Ecchi

Status

current

Started

2012-09-28

Bijin Onna Joushi Takizawa-san

(Beautiful Female Superior Takizawa-san)

7.02

Description:

Kouta Takeda who just started working at XOX Corporation, meets his new boss, a beautiful woman with big breasts named Kyouko Takizawa. (Source: MangaUpdates)
Type

manga

Rating

Status

current

Started

2016-01-01

Sensei, Ore ni Kamawazu Itte Kudasai!!

(Drawing While Masturbating)

6.89

Description:

Ashida Mamoru is a god-tier manga assistant but his habit of turning authors lazy has left him without a job. Luckily one of his classmates from university happens to have a little sister who is a serialised manga author in need of an assistant. (Source: MangaDex)
Type

manga

Volumes

6

Chapters

53

Rating

Ecchi

Status

finished

Started

2018-08-03

Super no Ura de Yani Suu Futari

(Smoking Behind the Supermarket With You)

7.92

Description:

At age forty-five, office worker Sasaki has had enough of the corporate grind. His only solace is smoking-and the friendly smile of supermarket cashier Yamada. When Sasaki can't find Yamada after a particularly trying day, a striking woman invites him to smoke with her. The despondent man thinks he's made a new smoking buddy in the cool, teasing Tayama, but Sasaki doesn't realize he already knows her! (Source: Square Enix) Note: On June 23, 2022 it was announced that the manga got licensed by Square Enix. It started being published in the magazine Big Gangan on August 25, 2022. Winner of the Next Manga Award 2022 in the Web Manga Category.
Type

manga

Rating

13 teens or older

Status

current

Started

2022-08-25

Positively Yours

(Positively Yours)

8.21

Description:

To Hee-won’s dismay, the BFF she crushed on and her other BFF are now dating! Seriously bummed, Hee-won decides to go wild just one time, and find solace with a handsome stranger. A very satisfying one night affair has now turned into more — she’s pregnant! Fate brings them together again, and now the regimented Doo-joon is determined to do the right thing and marry her. But they’re basically strangers! Except... their bodies have been very intimately acquainted. What’s this mother-to-be to do? (Source: Tapas)
Type

manhwa

Chapters

82

Rating

Partial Nudity

Status

finished

Started

2020-06-08

Saotome Shimai wa Manga no Tame nara!?

6.77

Description:

A screwball ecchi romantic comedy about an up and coming mangaka and his assistants, who also happen to be his sisters.
Type

manga

Volumes

10

Chapters

90

Rating

Ecchi

Status

finished

Started

2018-06-06

Koori Zokusei Danshi to Cool na Douryo Joshi

(Ice Guy and the Cool Female Colleague)

7.72

Description:

A cute fluffy romance about a cool female worker and a (literally) freezing-cold colleague.
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2018-09-10

Kekkon suru tte, Hontou desu ka: 365 Days to the Wedding

(Are You Really Getting Married?: 365 Days to the Wedding)

7.7

Description:

The "new generation wedding" manga features the tagline, "Will getting married really bring happiness? Isn't getting married a risk?" (Source: ANN)
Type

manga

Volumes

11

Chapters

110

Status

finished

Started

2020-03-16

Kowloon Generic Romance

7.62

Description:

Welcome to Kowloon Walled City: a dystopian townscape where the people are brimming with nostalgia, and where the past, present, and future converge. Amid the hidden emotions and extraordinary daily lives of the men and women working in its confines, a tale of romance begins to unfold for real estate agent Reiko Kujirai—one that feels as familiar as Kowloon itself… (Source: Yen Press) Note: - Nominated for the 14th Manga Taisho Award in 2021. - Nominated for the 6th Tsugimanga Award in the Print Manga Category in 2020.
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2019-11-07

Megami no Café Terrace

(The Goddess's Cafe Terrace)

7.61

Description:

Kasukabe Hayato has been accepted to Tokyo U on his first try. Receiving news of his grandmother's death, he returns to his childhood home, Cafe Terrace Familia, for the first time in three years to find five strange girls there who claim to be "Grandma's Family"! Hayato's unexpected life in a seaside town with these five girls of fate begins here! Source: MU
Type

manga

Rating

Ecchi

Status

current

Started

2021-02-17

Time Paradox Ghostwriter

(Time Paradox Ghost Writer)

6.6

Description:

On a cold and stormy night, I decide to give up on my dream. But lightning strikes! And now I have an issue of Shonen Jump from the future! Teppei Sasaki is a passionate rookie manga artist who dreams of getting a series in Weekly Shonen Jump. One day, he gets a copy of Jump from ten years in the future. Is it all a coincidence, or is it fate? Whatever the case, destiny is about to change... Time warps! Destinies intersected! For a tomorrow that was never meant to be! The future of Jump is here! (Source: MANGA Plus) Volume 2 contains the extra story, "Itsuka no Itsuka made" (いつかのいつかまで).
Type

manga

Volumes

2

Chapters

15

Status

finished

Started

2020-05-18

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