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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[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

Naje Tteuneun Byeol

(Daytime Star)

8.31

Description:

A struggling, no-name actress of seven years, Yu-Ra Hwang. She barely lands a minor role in a movie that’s bound to be a success. A celebrity’s celebrity, Seung-Hyeon Kang, keeps running into Yu-Ra, who always seems to be shedding tears every time he comes across her. As these two reunite in the new movie, “Time,” will Yu-Ra finally seize the moment to make her name known? And will Seung-Hyeon figure out why he can’t get Yu-Ra out of his mind? Only time will tell.
Type

manhwa

Chapters

77

Rating

13 teens or older

Status

finished

Started

2021-06-25

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

The Third Ending

(The Third Ending)

8.23

Description:

Seo Yoon Seul, who's lived a perfect life so far, becomes a wreck when he starts having nightmares of a boy whom he coldly rejected when he was a student. The nightmares get even worse when he reunites with Kang Joon. Following his advice on becoming a good person to avoid nightmares, Yoon Seul approaches him to win his favor. Note: from season 2 (chapter 36) this becomes Mature (R19), Season 1 is All-Age (R15) Note: Chapter count includes a 3-chapter side story and 2 episodes that were a Christmas special
Type

manhwa

Chapters

72

Status

finished

Started

2021-02-03

Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen

(Ascendance of a Bookworm)

8.23

Description:

Motosu Urano, a book-loving college student who just got her Librarian certification and was supposed to enter the job of her dreams after graduation, was killed during a massive earthquake crushing her underneath a pile of her own massive collection of books. Wishing for reincarnation in order to read even more, she got reincarnated to a world with a low literacy level and very few books, limited only to the nobility of the world. As she reincarnated as 5-year-old daughter of a lowly soldier, Maine, no matter how much she wants to read, there is no way there are any books around. If there are no books then what do you do? You make them yourself of course... What her goal is, to become a librarian no matter what, and to live a life surrounded by books. For starters she begins from making them. (Source: MU)
Type

novel

Volumes

33

Status

finished

Started

2015-01-25

On or Off

8.23

Description:

Yiyoung is building a startup with his college friends. They get a chance to present their proposal to SJ Corporation, one of the leading companies in the country. But in the meeting room he sees Kang Daehyung, the extremely handsome company big shot that's so very much his type, and Yiyoung's heart starts to race... Can pretty-faced Yiyoung win both in love and his career? (Source: MU)
Type

manhwa

Chapters

91

Status

finished

Started

2019-05-30

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

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

A Man of Virtue

(A Man of Virtue)

8.17

Description:

What’s it like spending your whole life coming in second place? Ask Nam Jinwoo, he’s been living in the shadow of his rival, Ma Sangtae, his whole life. From high school to college, and now in the office. But passion is strange, it can start as envy or hate and turn into something… erotic. Now Jinwoo’s head is filled with the dirtiest and most erotic thoughts, none of which are in his control. More than anything, he wants them to stop. But the only way to stop them might just be the last thing he wants to do… (Source: Lezhin)
Type

manhwa

Chapters

131

Rating

Smut

Status

finished

Started

2018-01-01

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

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

Usagi-moku Shachiku-ka

(Department of Corporate Slave Rabbits)

7.97

Description:

Fuwami, a mysterious rabbit from the Moon who had just lost her job due to a restructuring in the company she used to work in, flew into the room where Shinjirou, an employee of a black company, lives. (Source: MangaUpdates)
Type

manga

Volumes

5

Chapters

70

Status

finished

Started

2017-07-19

Kaketa Tsuki to Doughnut

(Missing month and doughnut)

7.93

Description:

Dress up fashionably, put on make up, fall in love…. Uno Hinako thinks that’s what “normal” means. (Source: Yuricon)
Type

manga

Volumes

4

Chapters

20

Status

finished

Started

2019-03-18

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

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

Hwataga Doen Oegwauisa

(I Reincarnated as a Legendary Surgeon)

7.82

Description:

Because of being just, before even becoming a specialist, Jisoo Han, a 3rd year of general surgery, has died. Was it an angel, demon, or some unknown system of the world? Because of his good deeds, he got a chance to live again. But he was resurrected as a dead man who was killed by mountain bandits. But this body… Is it the body of a great legendary surgeon?! A generation of heroes with an endless battle, around the year 200. As a great legendary surgeon of the 200’s, he tries to stand up to it. An unexpected and extraordinary journey of a young surgeon, who fell into the world of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, has began! Source: MU
Type

manhwa

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2022-01-31

Seija Musou: Salaryman, Isekai de Ikinokoru Tame ni Ayumu Michi

(The Great Cleric)

7.74

Description:

One moment, a certain salaryman is on cloud nine, that promotion finally within his grasp, and the next, he’s keeled over pain, and that was all she wrote. Luckily for him, fate had a bit more to say. A world of magic, monsters, and other such life-shortening entities await his newly reincarnated self for a second shot at life. With nothing but his past-life experiences and sharp business skills to guide him in the foreign lands of Galdardia, he takes up the name Luciel and vows that his (next) demise will be from naught but old age. And what better way to avoid a(nother) gruesome death, than by taking up a nice, cushy job as a healer? But getting by in another world doesn’t come easy, or cheap. It’ll take a lot of blood, sweat, and tears to hone the skills he needs to make his way. But make it he will...or die (again) trying! (Source: J-Novel Club)
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2017-01-28

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

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