Top 19 Working Life manga you should read right now. [2024 List]

Working Life manga you should read right now.

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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19. [Oshi no Ko]

[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

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18. Hwataga Doen Oegwauisa

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

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17. Super no Ura de Yani Suu Futari

Super no Ura de Yani Suu Futari

Sasaki, an overworked salaryman, goes through an average stressful day just for a single light at the end of the tunnel: Yamada, the always-cheerful clerk at his favorite convenience store. One day, Sasaki takes an extra amount of time at a company meeting, and by the time he gets to the convenience store Yamada has already clocked out. However, as he leaves, he notices a young woman with piercings smoking behind the store?

Super no Ura de Yani Suu Futari began as a web manga released on the author's Twitter account since March 9, 2022, and published in print by Square Enix since August 25, 2022.

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.

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16. Megami no Café Terrace

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

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15. Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii

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

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14. Perfect Surgeon

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

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13. Bijin Onna Joushi Takizawa-san

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

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12. Saotome Shimai wa Manga no Tame nara!?

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 !?

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11. Misato-san wa Amasugi Joushi ni Chotto Kibishii

Misato-san wa Amasugi Joushi ni Chotto Kibishii

Misato-san, a very beautiful office lady who is good at her job, and her boss—Konishikawa-san, a middle-aged man who spoils his subordinates. Misato-san has a strict attitude toward Konishikawa-san, but what are the hidden feelings behind it?! The gap between the seriousness and cuteness will make you faint in anxiety, and this office love comedy with a difference in age begins!

Misato-San Is a Bit Cold Towards Her Senpai Who Pampers is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 三郷さんは甘すぎ上司にちょっとキビしい, Misato-san wa Amasugi Joushi ni Chotto Kibishii

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10. Majo-Senpai Nichijou

Majo-Senpai Nichijou

The office stories of a kind hearted, weak willed, witch senpai and her relatable, simple but nice kouhai that started over a cup of magically warmed coffee.



Notes:
Originally published on Pixiv and collated by Akita Shoten for print release.
Now serialised in Akita Shoten's Manga Cross.
Original serialization finished 2020-11-19 with 42 chapters in two volumes. Serialization restarted with new chapters on 2022-04-25.

Daily Report About My Witch Senpai is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 魔女先輩日報, Daily witch about my Boss, Majo-senpai Nippou

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9. Ramen Aka Neko

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

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8. New Game!

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!

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7. Koori Zokusei Danshi to Cool na Douryo Joshi

Koori Zokusei Danshi to Cool na Douryo Joshi

A cute fluffy romance about a cool female worker and a (literally) freezing-cold colleague.

Ice Guy and the Cool Female Colleague is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 氷属性男子とクールな同僚女子, Koori Zokusei Danshi to Cool na Douryo Joshi

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6. Kekkon suru tte, Hontou desu ka: 365 Days to the Wedding

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?

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5. Zeikin de Katta Hon

Zeikin de Katta Hon

Ishidaira is a delinquent who visited the library for the first time since elementary school. He discovered that he still hadn't returned a book he borrowed 10 years ago. He ended up having to work part-time at the library to pay for it. This is the beginning of a manga that makes you want to go to the library after you read it.

Zeikin de Katta Hon is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 税金で買った本, Zeikin de Katta Hon

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4. Hataraku Maou-sama!

Hataraku Maou-sama!

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!

The Devil Is A Part-Timer! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: はたらく魔王さま!, Demon Lord at Work!

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3. Naje Tteuneun Byeol

Naje Tteuneun Byeol

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.

Daytime Star has finished publishing and it has 77 Chapters. It is also Known as: Star Rising, Star's Rise Day, Starlight (Chae-eun), The Star that Rises in the Day, Ánh Sao Ban Ngày (Chae-eun), 白昼之星, 白晝之星

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2. Positively Yours

Positively Yours

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?

Positively Yours has finished publishing and it has 82 Chapters. It is also Known as: I have a baby

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1. Henjo: Hen na Joshikousei Amaguri Senko

Henjo: Hen na Joshikousei Amaguri Senko

Amaguri Senko is a high school girl with a cool personality and a big pervert. She openly reads porn and masturbates, and isn’t perturbed in the slightest at the sight of penises and such. The story is about two adult men that come to live and work for her father, who runs a company that does various oddjobs, which she helps out with. And the various forms of sexual harassment to which she subjects the one which she has taken a liking to.

Henjo - The Strange Female High-Schooler Amaguri Senko is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 変女~変な女子高生 甘栗千子~, Henjo: Hen na Joshikousei Amaguri Chiko

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