Top 20 Working Life manga you should read right now. [2024 List]

20. [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 currently publishing and has 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

19. 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 is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Perfect Surgeon

18. 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

17. 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

16. 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 and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 女神のカフェテラス, Megami no Kafeterasu, The Cafe Terrace of the Goddesses

15. 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.

14. 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.

13. Saotome Shimai wa Manga no Tame nara!?

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

Saotome Shimai wa Manga no Tame nara!? has finished publishing and it has 90 Chapters. It is also Known as: 早乙女姉妹は漫画のためなら!?, Saotome Shimai Ha Manga no Tame Nara!?, If Saotome sisters are for manga !?

12. Bijin Onna Joushi Takizawa-san

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

Beautiful Female Superior Takizawa-san is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 美人女上司滝沢さん, Beautiful Female Superior Takizawa-san

11. 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?

10. Kasane to Subaru

Kasane Shibata, a graphic designer at a toy development company, was feeling troubled. It began when she accidentally touched the buttocks of her colleague, Subaru Enokida. Kasane was intrigued, as Enokida's butt felt like the costume of her favorite character. But at the same time, she couldn't shake the feeling that she might have made Enokida felt uncomfortable. Enokida said that he didn't mind, but his face looked frightened and distressed... "I have to apologize properly!" Kasane thought to herself, not knowing Enokida was hiding something himself...

Kasane to Subaru is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: かさねと昴, かさねとすばる

9. Kono Kaisha ni Suki na Hito ga Imasu

"Why don't the two of us date?......In secret"

Tateishi, who works in accounting at a snack making company, has a secret. That secret is the existence of his cute lover that he's had since yesterday. Why keep it a secret, you ask? Because his lover is his unyielding colleague from the planning department of the same company: Mitsuya!

A pure office romance story about a couple who started their relationship in secret, and want to keep it that way!

Kono Kaisha ni Suki na Hito ga Imasu is currently publishing and has 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

8. Gakuenmono no Otome Game no Sekai ni Tensei Shita kedo, Cheat Mochi no Haikei Danshi Seitodatta You desu.

Kenta, a freelancer, is reincarnated into a world that resembles a school otome game that his sister likes, and he finds himself a male student with a background character. In his reincarnation, Kenta tries his best to improve his living environment as a commoner, Kent, by making his part-time bakery across the street from his house thrive, but for some reason, more and more attractive women start to appear around him.

It seems that I was reincarnated into the world of a school otome game, but I was a background male student with cheats. is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 学園物の乙女ゲームの世界に転生したけど、チート持ちの背景男子生徒だったようです。, Gakuenmono no Otome Game no Sekai ni Tensei Shita kedo, Cheat Mochi no Haikei Danshi Seitodatta You desu.

7. 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 currently publishing and has 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

6. New Game!

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.

New Game! has finished publishing and it has 169 Chapters. It is also Known as: NEW GAME!, New Game!

5. Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun

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!

Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 月刊少女野崎くん, Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun

4. Otagai Sukoshi Zutsu Kawatteiku Kyouikugakari to Shinnyuu Shain

The Mentor and the New Employee Who Gradually Change Each Other has finished publishing and it has 79 Chapters. It is also Known as: お互い少しずつ変わっていく教育係と新入社員, The Mentor and the New Employee Who Gradually Change Each Other

3. Otagai Dondon Hamatteiku Kyouikugakari to Shinnyuushain

The Mentor and the New Employee Who are Getting More and More Into Each Other is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: お互いどんどんハマっていく教育係と新入社員, Otagai Dondon Hamatteiku Kyouikugakari to Shinnyuushain

2. Kuuki ga "Yomeru" Shinnyushain to Buaiso na Senpai no Hanashi

New employee Shiho Satoko has a special skill. Rather than being able to read the mood, it would be better to say she can "see" it. With this special skill, what kind of hidden side can she see behind her senior's unfriendly exterior?



Note: This work began as a web comic on the author's Twitter account on April 11, 2019. It was then serialized on Zero-Sum Online since April 17, 2020.

Kuuki ga "Yomeru" Shinnyushain to Buaiso na Senpai no Hanashi is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 空気が「読める」新入社員と不愛想な先輩の話, Kuki ga "yomeru" shunnyushain to buaiso na sempai no hanashi

1. 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 and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ラーメン赤猫, Ramen Aka Neko