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.
Top 20 Working Life Manga to read
- 1. [Oshi no Ko]
- 2. Hwataga Doen Oegwauisa
- 3. Super no Ura de Yani Suu Futari
- 4. Salaryman ga Isekai ni Ittara Shitennou ni Natta Hanashi
- 5. Megami no Café Terrace
- 6. Annoying Alice
- 7. Kaisha to Shiseikatsu: On to Off
- 8. Kono Kaisha ni Suki na Hito ga Imasu
- 9. Ramen Aka Neko
- 10. Monochrome no Futari
- 11. Shinjin shain Kimu chorusu
- 12. Noa-senpai wa Tomodachi.
- 13. Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii
- 14. Kowloon Generic Romance
- 15. Seija Musou: Salaryman, Isekai de Ikinokoru Tame ni Ayumu Michi
- 16. Dungeon Busters
- 17. Namjuui Bokjireul Chaegimjigetseumnida
- 18. Qin Ai De Siduitou
- 19. A Man of Virtue
- 20. Sensei, Mou Dame Desu
1. [Oshi no Ko]

"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!
【OSHI NO KO】 is finished and has 16 Volumes and 168 Chapters. It is also Known as: 【推しの子】, My Favorite's Child, Favorite Girl, My Idol's Child, Oshi no Ko, [Mein*Star], เกิดใหม่เป็นลูกโอชิ
2. Hwataga Doen Oegwauisa

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
I Reincarnated as a Legendary Surgeon is currently publishing .
3. Super no Ura de Yani Suu Futari

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!
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.
Smoking Behind the Supermarket With You is currently publishing . It is also Known as: スーパーの裏でヤニ吸うふたり, A Story About Smoking at the Back of the Supermarket, スーパーの裏でヤニ吸う話, Super no Ura de Yani Suu Hanashi, Behind the Supermarket, Smoking with You.
4. Salaryman ga Isekai ni Ittara Shitennou ni Natta Hanashi

Uchimura Dennosuke is just an ordinary Japanese salaryman, until he’s sent to work in Vietnam where he dies in a hit-and-run accident. Uchimura is reincarnated and summoned to another world by the Demon King, who offers him a new job–as one of the Four Heavenly Kings of his army! Uchimura is faced with an offer he can’t refuse, but can he do the job?
Headhunted to Another World: From Salaryman to Big Four! is currently publishing . It is also Known as: サラリーマンが異世界に行ったら四天王になった話, Story About a Salaryman Who Became one of the Four Heavenly Kings When he Went to Another World, Headhunted to Another World: From Salaryman to Heavenly King!
5. Megami no Café Terrace

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
The Goddess's Cafe Terrace is currently publishing . It is also Known as: 女神のカフェテラス, Megami no Kafeterasu, The Cafe Terrace of the Goddesses
6. Annoying Alice

Alice is so annoying! All she does is cause trouble and make fun of me...but why can't I stop thinking about her?
Annoying Alice is finished and has null Volumes and 100 Chapters.
7. Kaisha to Shiseikatsu: On to Off

Most adults have a work life and a private life . One man is an office worker who likes to cross-dress, loli-style. One woman is an office lady who dresses up like a hard-core punk. The gap between their lives on and off work is sure to make you fall in love! This is a slice-of-life tale about two working people's metamorphosis!
Kaisha to Shiseikatsu: On to Off is currently publishing . It is also Known as: 会社と私生活-オンとオフ-, Company and Private Life -On and Off-
8. Kono Kaisha ni Suki na Hito ga Imasu

Yui Mitsuya and Masugu Tateishi aren't just any coworkers who totally have the hots for each other. His helpful yet humble attitude makes her giddy, and her cuteness leaves him grinning like a fool. The problem is, that they're trying to keep their new relationship under wraps to avoid making things awkward at work. But seeing how they can't keep their hands off each other, they run the risk of spilling their little secret with each passing day at the office.
I Have a Crush at Work is finished and has 15 Volumes and 147 Chapters. It is also Known as: この会社に好きな人がいます, Can You Keep a Secret?, The Person I Like Works at the Same Company
9. Ramen Aka Neko

Meet Tamako, who’s found her way into an interview at a ramen shop run solely by cats. When the feline manager asks if she likes cats, Tamako admits that she’s actually more of a dog person...only to be hired on the spot! But her job description isn’t quite what she expects — rather than serving ramen, she’s now a dedicated cat caretaker...?!
Red Cat Ramen is currently publishing . It is also Known as: ラーメン赤猫, Ramen Aka Neko
10. Monochrome no Futari

A reliable office worker, Hanaichi Fudo, undoubtedly had a gift for the arts but gave up on his dreams of becoming an artist to lead a normal life. One day, his senior at work, Saori Wakaba, asked Hanaichi for help in writing her manga. Will he take up the pen again?! Written by Yosuke Matsumoto, author of "The Lady Becomes an Idol", a unique new take on aspiring manga artists!
Monochrome Days is currently publishing . It is also Known as: モノクロのふたり, Monokuro no Futari
11. Shinjin shain Kimu chorusu

On the day he was rejected by the company he had devoted his life to,
He went back to the moment of his first day at work.
Kim Cheol-su, a low-spec rookie employee who joined Han-young, a leading domestic company.
Can he finally achieve his long-desired position as the ‘CEO’ in this lifetime?
Rookie Employee Kim Cheolsu is currently publishing . It is also Known as: リストラ男、回帰して人生逆転を目指す, 新职员王小明, 新人社員 キム・チョルス
12. Noa-senpai wa Tomodachi.

Sometimes, when life is hard, you just need a "friend."
Working at a game company, Rihito Otsuka , is a "normal" guy who is a steady presence on and off the job. Noa Saotome is a "hard-core" woman who likes to go all out at everything she does. Two people who usually wouldn't get along become "friends" by chance...? The is the start of an workplace "friendship" comedy that's a little sweet but also a little heavy!
Noa Is My Senior, and My Friend. is currently publishing . It is also Known as: のあ先輩はともだち。, Noa-senpai wa Tomodachi.
13. Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii

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.
Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku is finished and has 11 Volumes and 86 Chapters. It is also Known as: ヲタクに恋は難しい, It’s Difficult to Love an Otaku, Love is Hard for Otaku, Otaku ni Koi a Muzukashii, WotaKoi, 阿宅的戀愛太難, ♂taku ♀taku
14. Kowloon Generic Romance

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…
Note:
- Nominated for the 14th Manga Taisho Award in 2021.
- Nominated for the 6th Tsugimanga Award in the Print Manga Category in 2020.
Kowloon Generic Romance is currently publishing . It is also Known as: 九龍ジェネリックロマンス, Kyuuryuu Generic Romance, Kūron Generic Romance
15. Seija Musou: Salaryman, Isekai de Ikinokoru Tame ni Ayumu Michi

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 demise will be from naught but old age. And what better way to avoid a 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 trying!
The Great Cleric is currently publishing . It is also Known as: 聖者無双 ~サラリーマン、異世界で生き残るために歩む道~, Seija Musou: Salaryman, Isekai de Ikinokoru Tame ni Ayumu Michi
16. Dungeon Busters

Clear all the dungeons! There are 666 of them and 10 years to do it. If not, the only thing that awaits...is total annihilation. Kazuhiko Ezoe suddenly finds a mysterious underground space in his yard. When he steps into what turns out to be the very first dungeon in this world, he ends up activating the Dungeon System and learns from the mysterious beauty who appears to him, Akane, that the world is doomed to destruction if the 666 total dungeons that will be appearing in this world are not all cleared within 10 years. As countries begin taking measures in response to the dungeons appearing all over the world, Ezoe seeks out companions together with whom he establishes Dungeon Busters Inc., a company dedicated to clearing all the dungeons in the world! The curtains rise on this dungeon-delving epic with overwhelming realism!
Dungeon Busters is currently publishing . It is also Known as: ダンジョン・バスターズ, Dungeon Busters: Chuunen Otoko desu ga Niwa ni Dungeon ga Shutsugen shita node Sekai wo Sukuimasu, Dungeon Busters: I Am Just Middle-Aged Man, but I Save the World Because of Appeared the Dungeon in My Home Garden, Dungeon Busters : I Am Just Middle-Aged Man, but I Save the World Because of Appeared the Dungeon in My Home Garden, Dungeon Busters : Chuunen Otoko desu ga Niwa ni Dungeon ga Shutsugen shita node Sekai wo Sukuimasu, ダンジョン・バスターズ ~中年男ですが庭にダンジョンが出現したので世界を救います~, Dungeon Busters: Aku Hanya Pria Paruh Baya, Tapi Aku Menyelamatkan Dunia Karena Dungeon Muncul di Kebun Rumahku.
17. Namjuui Bokjireul Chaegimjigetseumnida

A madman with a tragic childhood and a disease that brings on insanity, destined to fall obsessively in love with the saintess of the holy nation… This was the male lead of the melodramatic novel I wrote. He is also the very person who kills Laria Sherwood, the villainess I possessed, and whom I must stay away from to survive… or so I thought, until I saw the terrible reality I created. I suppose, as the author, it wouldn’t hurt to teach him how to love, then leave right when the female lead appears, right? But will it be as easy as I thought?
Writing My Male Lead's Happily Ever After is finished and has null Volumes and 119 Chapters. It is also Known as: I Will Take Responsibility for the Welfare of the Male Lead, Asumiré la responsabilidad, Laria Mamak Tiri Idaman, 主人公の幸せ、私が責任を取ります, 我来负责男主的福利, 男主的幸福我來負責, 男主的幸福我来负责
18. Qin Ai De Siduitou

Everyone in the company knows that those two are fierce competitors who fight all the time. But at the company new year's party, they managed to break the ice after a few too many drinks! After that accidental encounter, the sworn enemies began to have strange feelings about each other…
Qin Ai De Siduitou is finished and has null Volumes and 42 Chapters. It is also Known as: My Dear Enemy, Dear Arch-Enemy, My Dearest Nemesis
19. A Man of Virtue

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…
A Man of Virtue is finished and has null Volumes and 131 Chapters. It is also Known as: Mideog-ui Salam
20. Sensei, Mou Dame Desu

It's only natural for editors to help their authors. So when editor Shishio Masumi is transferred into the BL department, it's up to him to help his author better understand a real, live BL experience with dating, kissing, and even... sex!?
Note: The count includes two extra chapters
Can't Stand Any Longer! is finished and has 2 Volumes and 12 Chapters. It is also Known as: 先生、もうダメですっ, Sensei, moudame desu