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. [Oshi no Ko]
- 19. Megami no Café Terrace
- 18. Noa-senpai wa Tomodachi.
- 17. Hwataga Doen Oegwauisa
- 16. Level-Up Doctor Choe Gi-Seok
- 15. Super no Ura de Yani Suu Futari
- 14. Salaryman ga Isekai ni Ittara Shitennou ni Natta Hanashi
- 13. Perfect Surgeon
- 12. Kono Kaisha ni Suki na Hito ga Imasu
- 11. Bijin Onna Joushi Takizawa-san
- 10. Monochrome no Futari
- 9. Ayaka-chan wa Hiroko Senpai ni Koishiteru
- 8. Wo Shi Han Sanqian
- 7. Goyangiui Suit Gaeui Necktie
- 6. An Hour of Romance
- 5. Naje Tteuneun Byeol
- 4. Namjuui Bokjireul Chaegimjigetseumnida
- 3. Ase to Sekken
- 2. Kekkon suru tte, Hontou desu ka: 365 Days to the Wedding
- 1. Robou no Fujii
20. [Oshi no Ko]
![[Oshi no Ko]](/image/manga/56391/cover_image/048d161cfcba4908901a07a09a1afadc.jpg)
"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 166 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. 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
18. 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.
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. Level-Up Doctor Choe Gi-Seok
Growing up as an orphan, Jeong He-Jin didn’t open his heart to anyone.
After giving his all to become a cardiothoracic surgeon, he got into an unfortunate accident, after which he woke up not as ‘Jeon He-Jin’ but as ‘Choe Gi-Seok’. And on top of that, he has to using his skills…?
The accident changed his fate drastically… Can he become the Greatest Cardiothoracic Surgeon as Choe Gi-Seok?
Level-Up Doctor Choe Gi-Seok has finished publishing and it has 111 Chapters. It is also Known as: Level Up Doctor Choi Kiseok, Level-Up Doctor, Level-Up Doctor Choi GiSeok, 레벨업 닥터 최기석
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. 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!
13. 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
12. 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
11. 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
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. Ayaka-chan wa Hiroko Senpai ni Koishiteru
Office Lady Yurufuwa Ayaka loves Hiroko, a senpai at work. Two people who think that each other are straight, drawn by the up-and-coming Sal Jiang. A precious office romantic comedy!
Ayaka-chan Wants to Make Hiroko-senpai Fall for Her has finished publishing and it has 24 Chapters. It is also Known as: 彩香ちゃんは弘子先輩に恋してる, Ayaka-chan wa Hiroko Senpai ni Koi Shiteru, Ayaka-chan wa Hiroko Senpai wo Otoshitai, Ayaka-chan wa Hiroko-senpai o Otoshitai, 彩香ちゃんは弘子先輩を落としたい, Ayaka is in Love x Love x Love with Hiroko
8. Wo Shi Han Sanqian
Han Sanqian has been married into the Su clan for three years, but he was called a trash son-in-law and treated like a doormat by the other relatives. In order to protect his wife Su Yingxia from further humiliation, Han Sanqian worked secretly to become a super son-in-law in preparation for some payback.
Counterattack of the Superrich House Husband has finished publishing and it has 120 Chapters. It is also Known as: I Am Han Sanqian
7. Goyangiui Suit Gaeui Necktie
Sunwoo looks like a harmless little puppy on the outside, but everyone in the office knows he's more of a feisty cat - sensitive and aloof, through and through. Hyunjin, on the other hand, is like a big friendly dog - always ready and oh-so-eager to befriend Sunwoo. After his fruitless efforts to avoid Hyunjin within the office, Sunwoo gives him an ultimatum that results in their unlikely new friendship. Rocky roads await the puss in suit and pup in tie!
Source: Lezhin
Cat's Suit, Dog's Tie has finished publishing and it has 64 Chapters. It is also Known as: Puss in Suit, Pup in Tie
6. An Hour of Romance
Jooahn and Dojin couldn’t be any more different at work. She's a perpetually single career woman who takes everything too seriously and rules with an iron fist. He's a modelesque klutz with a heart of gold who lucked into an entry-level marketing job. But when a company trip to a mysterious temple starts an inexplicable soul swap, they end up switching bodies for an hour each day. To avoid utter embarrassment and keep up their reputations, the unlikely pair will have to cooperate and bide their time. Will Jooahn learn to sympathize with the pretty boy who can’t do anything right? And will Dojin see the softer side of his boss’s spiky persona? From the artist of hit rom-com 'What's Wrong with Secretary Kim" comes an all-new company couple about to spark some serious fireworks.
An Hour of Romance is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 1/24 Romance, 24-bunui 1 Romance
5. 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
4. 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
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. 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?
1. Robou no Fujii
Is he an eccentric or a sage? Does the seemingly unremarkable company employee, Fujii, redefine the definition of "happiness?"
In the workplace, he's a plain middle-aged man who doesn't stand out. While he does his job properly, he's not one to waste words. Come quitting time, he disappears like a ghost. He's not the type to be invited to after-work drinks in the first place. More like, he's the guy who's thought of as "I wouldn't want to end up like that..." by his juniors.
Yet, he piques the curiosity of others... "I wonder how he was raised?" "Does he have friends or a girlfriend?" "What does he do on weekends?" Suddenly, you realize you've become captivated by Fujii... This elusive emotion that's hard to put into words is vividly captured by the author of Reborn no Kishi in this bewitching life drama!
Fujii on the Roadside is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 路傍のフジイ, Robou no Fujii: Idai naru Bonjin kara no Tayori, Fujii-san on the Roadside
