What is this genre all about? 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.
We present you the list of Working Life manga you should read right now.
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Top 20 Working Life manga you should read right now. [2025 List]
- 20. Super no Ura de Yani Suu Futari
- 19. [Oshi no Ko]
- 18. Salaryman ga Isekai ni Ittara Shitennou ni Natta Hanashi
- 17. Shinjin shain Kimu chorusu
- 16. Perfect Surgeon
- 15. Megami no Café Terrace
- 14. JoJo Comics
- 13. Hwataga Doen Oegwauisa
- 12. Noa-senpai wa Tomodachi.
- 11. Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii
- 10. Monochrome no Futari
- 9. XXX Buddy
- 8. Seija Musou: Salaryman, Isekai de Ikinokoru Tame ni Ayumu Michi
- 7. Kono Kaisha ni Suki na Hito ga Imasu
- 6. Jungjeungoesang Center: Golden Hour
- 5. Kekkon suru tte, Hontou desu ka: 365 Days to the Wedding
- 4. Itai Onee-san wa Suki Desu ka?
- 3. Ase to Sekken
- 2. Namjuui Bokjireul Chaegimjigetseumnida
- 1. Cooking Papa
20. 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 and has Chapters. 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.
19. [Oshi no Ko]
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"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】 has finished publishing and it has 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
18. 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 and has Chapters. 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!
17. 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 and has Chapters. 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
16. Perfect Surgeon
When he was a child, his father was said to have died from a car accident. But what actually caused his death was ‘Medical Negligence’. Ever since that, his dream was to become a ‘Perfect Doctor’ that would never deny or mistreat a patient.
However, reality was harsh. His mother was inflicted with an incurable disease, which required a lot of money. He quit his university hospital internship and became a sell-out dermatologist.
While he had stopped in his tracks due to the harshness of reality, a state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence, ‘A.I. – Ronnie’, came to him. And thus, his journey to become a perfect doctor started once again.
Perfect Surgeon has finished publishing and it has 117 Chapters. It is also Known as: Perfect Surgeon
15. 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 has finished publishing and it has 217 Chapters. It is also Known as: 女神のカフェテラス, Megami no Kafeterasu, The Cafe Terrace of the Goddesses
14. JoJo Comics
Eunjo is an ordinary office worker who lives by the personal mantra, “There’s always tomorrow!” She’s lazy, messy, and clueless when it comes to looking presentable. Her colleague Wan Jo is the polar opposite. He’s religious about self-care, and particular about his carefully constructed image. But they both have something in common: they’re constantly at war with their past and future selves.
Source: Webtoon
Daily JoJo is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: JoJo Comics
13. 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 and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Hwataga Doen Oegwauisa
12. Noa-senpai wa Tomodachi.
Sometimes, when life is hard, you just need a "friend."
Working at a game company, Rihito Otsuka (23), is a "normal" guy who is a steady presence on and off the job. Noa Saotome (27) 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 and has Chapters. It is also Known as: のあ先輩はともだち。, Noa-senpai wa Tomodachi.
11. 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 has finished publishing and it has 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
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 and has Chapters. It is also Known as: モノクロのふたり, Monokuro no Futari
9. XXX Buddy
Seo Hyunsoo is sure of one thing: people are scum and they will always disappoint you. Sure enough, at his very first company dinner after his transfer to a new department, he finds his coworker, the obnoxiously upbeat Baek Youngchan, performing an unsavory deed in the men's bathroom. As much as Hyunsoo would like to avoid Youngchan from that point on, Youngchan seems intent on not letting him out of his sight... Will Hyunsoo be able to evade the encroaching chaos of his new work neighbor? Or will these two clashing coworkers find that opposites really do attract?
XXX Buddy has finished publishing and it has 117 Chapters. It is also Known as: Perfect Buddy, Fuck-pect Body
8. 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 (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!
The Great Cleric is currently publishing and has Chapters. 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
7. 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 has finished publishing and it has 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
6. Jungjeungoesang Center: Golden Hour
Patients who can be potentially saved, die every day. And to prevent that, a doctor takes a stand. A doctor, with a strong sense of duty and responsibility. A doctor, who stands as an angel in the Trauma Center. Witness traumatologist Baek Kang-Hyuk's journey as he restores the Trauma Center to it's original glory.
Source: MU
Trauma Center has finished publishing and it has 148 Chapters. It is also Known as: Golden Hour of the Severe Acute Trauma Center, Golden Hour, Trauma Center: Golden Hour, Golden Hour ชั่วโมงโกงความตาย, 外傷重症中心：黃金救援
5. Kekkon suru tte, Hontou desu ka: 365 Days to the Wedding
The "new generation wedding" manga features the tagline, "Will getting married really bring happiness? Isn't getting married a risk?"
Are You Really Getting Married?: 365 Days to the Wedding has finished publishing and it has 110 Chapters. It is also Known as: 結婚するって、本当ですか 365 Days To The Wedding, 365 Days to the Wedding, Are You Really Getting Married?, Is It True That You're Getting Married?, Kekkon Surutte, Hontou desu ka?
4. Itai Onee-san wa Suki Desu ka?
Shiori Itai, 26 years-old is an office lady who has gone through her entire life boyfriendless. She might look apathetic, but she still wants to be loved as much as anyone. Never letting a hot tip go to waste, constantly challenging herself. However, her natural awkwardness and cringeyness tend to lead to unfortunate results. An unfortunate but lovable OL's daily life!
Do you like a cringeworthy older woman? has finished publishing and it has 100 Chapters. It is also Known as: いたいお姉さんは好きですか？, Itai Oneesan wa Suki desu ka?
3. Ase to Sekken
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?
Sweat and Soap has finished publishing and it has 98 Chapters. It is also Known as: あせとせっけん, Ase to Sekken
2. 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 has finished publishing and it has 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
1. Cooking Papa
The story revolves around a salaryman (Kazumi Araiwa) who can cook well. He shares his love of cooking to his friends, co-workers, and family.
Cooking Papa is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: クッキングパパ, Cooking Papa
