What’s better than a good meal? My name’s Jaeho and I love food. While some may call me a deadbEAT because I don’t have a job at the moment, I’m just your normal happy guy who loves eating and my girlfriend of 7 years… That is until I got a breakup text yesterday… Where did things go wrong? I keep trying to look back through the years, but I just can't figure it out...
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A DeadbEAT's Meal It is also Known as: Jobless Three Meals, 废柴的一日三餐,, 米蟲的一日三餐
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life , Shounen , Cooking , Asia , Korea
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Top 5 Manhwa/Manga Like A DeadbEAT's Meal (Baeksusekki) [2026 List]
5. Curry naru Shokutaku
Addicted to Curry begins with a young schoolgirl named Sonezaki Yui. One day she encounters what looks like a half dead man in the middle of the road. Not knowing what to do she throws some food at him (so he can at least survive) and runs away. She then returns to her home, which is also her father's Ganesha Curry restaurant. The man who Yui encountered was Koenji Makito, who knew Yui's father Souichiro and was actually looking for him. Following Yui's scent Koenji finds her and the restaurant. Yui initially thinks Koenji is going to kill her for throwing food at him, but after they talk she finds out that he knew her father. Koenji then finds out that the restaurant is going out of business and that Yui's father go on journey to improve his curry cooking techniques. To repay Yui's father for helping him out Koenji decides to team up with Yui to save the curry restaurant.
Curry naru Shokutaku has finished publishing and it has 534 Chapters. It is also Known as: 華麗なる食卓, Addicted to Curry
4. Batsuichide Nakimushina Otonarisan
Ochiai-San is an ordinary woman who recently went through a divorce. Years of marital neglect have chipped away at her self-esteem, making her more reserved and depressed. However, there is one light at the end of her tunnel - her next-door neighbor, Sawatari-kun. Can he help bring her back out of her shell?
Note: Originally published as twitter comic, KADOKAWA is set to release a physical compilation on May 25, 2022.
My Divorced Crybaby Neighbour has finished publishing and it has 26 Chapters. It is also Known as: バツイチで泣き虫なおとなりさん, Batsuichide Nakimushina Otonarisan
3. Kami no Shizuku
Shizuku Kanzaki is the son of a recently deceased, world-renowned wine critic named Yutaka Kanzaki. In order to take ownership of his father's legacy, an extensive wine collection featuring some of the most rare labels of the last 30 years, he must find 13 wines, known as the "Twelve Apostles" plus the heaven-sent "Drops of God" that his father described in his will.
But despite being an only child, Shizuku is not alone in this unique wine hunt. He has a competitor. Issei Tomine, a renowned young wine critic, was recently adopted into the Kanzaki family and is also vying for this most rare of prizes.
La Revue du vin de France, the most prestigious wine magazine in France, has awarded this series with the "Special Award of the Year" in 2010.
Drops of God has finished publishing and it has 439 Chapters. It is also Known as: 神の雫, The Drops of God
2. Isekai Ryouridou
Chef Trainee Asuta Tsurumi was just a normal Japanese teenager, until one day the harassment against his family’s restaurant went too far. Desperate to save his father’s precious cooking knife, he dove headfirst into a sea of flames. Rather than waking up in the afterlife, though, he found himself in a whole new world entirely! Fortunately for our hero, he soon gets picked up by the huntress known as Ai Fa. This guardian angel packs some attitude, though, so it won’t be all smooth sailing for Asuta! Plus his savior seems to have some issues of her own to worry about, too... Just how well will our rookie chef be able to parlay his skills in this utterly unfamiliar world? And with all the danger lurking around, will he even be able to survive long enough to put them to the test?! Come learn a thing or two about Cooking with Wild Game!
Cooking with Wild Game is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 異世界料理道, Isekai Ryouridou
1. Amaama to Inazuma
Inudzuka is a teacher who has been caring on his own for his little daughter, Tsumugi, since his wife's death. He's no good at cooking, so they've been eating packaged meals from the convenience store. A series of events lead him one evening to a restaurant run by the mother of one of his students, Kotori. Her mother isn't there, but Kotori does her best to feed them both. It turns out that Kotori is often alone, since her parents are divorced and her mother is frequently not around. The three of them begin to meet and cook tasty food together.
Sweetness and Lightning has finished publishing and it has 56 Chapters. It is also Known as: 甘々と稲妻, Amaama to Inazuma
