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 19 Working Life manga you should read right now. [2026 List]
- 19. Super no Ura de Yani Suu Futari
- 18. Hwataga Doen Oegwauisa
- 17. Jungjeungoesang Center: Golden Hour
- 16. Noa-senpai wa Tomodachi.
- 15. Seiyuu Radio no Uraomote
- 14. Bijin Onna Joushi Takizawa-san
- 13. Shinjin shain Kimu chorusu
- 12. Kono Kaisha ni Suki na Hito ga Imasu
- 11. Salaryman ga Isekai ni Ittara Shitennou ni Natta Hanashi
- 10. Positively Yours
- 9. Uchi no Kaisha no Chiisai Senpai no Hanashi
- 8. [Oshi no Ko]
- 7. E, Shanai System Subete One-Op shiteiru Watashi wo Kaiko desu ka?
- 6. Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii
- 5. Ramen Aka Neko
- 4. Naje Tteuneun Byeol
- 3. Sensei, Ore ni Kamawazu Itte Kudasai!!
- 2. Black and White: Tough Love at the Office
- 1. Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen Dai 4-bu - Kizoku-in no Toshokan wo Sukuitai!
19. 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.
18. 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
17. 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
16. 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.
15. Seiyuu Radio no Uraomote
Yuuhi Yuugure and Yasumi Utatane, two high school voice actresses who just happened to attend the same school and coincidentally got placed into the same class, are the two hosts of a radio weekly program. As fellow classmates and voice actresses, they show all the listeners their great friendship! At least, on the surface. In reality, the quiet girl Chika and the gyaru Yumiko are complete opposites. And they absolutely cannot stand each other. Off air, chaos and insults erupt. On air, they're the best of friends. Just where will this tumultuous relationship lead them?
The Two Sides of Seiyuu Radio has finished publishing and it has 17 Chapters. It is also Known as: 声優ラジオのウラオモテ, Seiyuu Radio no Ura Omote
14. 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
13. 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
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. 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!
10. 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
9. Uchi no Kaisha no Chiisai Senpai no Hanashi
Shinozaki is an office worker who is taken care of and coddled by his senior team member Shiori Katase, who is a gorgeous, profoundly kind, loving, and diminutive woman. Shinozaki certainly hopes that she's not doing it out of duty... but her joy of doing so increasingly exposes her feelings!
Story of a Small Senior in My Company is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: うちの会社の小さい先輩の話, My Company's Small Senpai, Uchi no Kaisha no Chiisai Senpai no Hanashi: Storia Dash Rensai-Ban, Uchi no Kaisha no Chiisai Senpai no Hanashi: Storia Dash Rensaiban, My Tiny Senpai From Work
8. [Oshi no Ko]
![[Oshi no Ko]](https://media.kitsu.app/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 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
7. E, Shanai System Subete One-Op shiteiru Watashi wo Kaiko desu ka?
Satou Ai who has been handling the company's in-house system as a one-man show, has received a notice of dismissal upon a change in president. After the dismissal, Ai was alone in deep sorrows until she stumbled upon Suzuki Kenta. Kenta invites her to join his startup company. The company was something he started to get close to others with the name, "True programmer's cram school" with Ai's unconventional, daring and sometimes wild lectures, the student started to look forward to the lessons.
To everyone working in a stressful company, this is a story that helps you smile a little for tomorrow's sake.
Eh, Are You Seriously Going to Fire Me When I’ve Been Handling the Company’s In-House System as a One-Man Show? is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: え、社内システム全てワンオペしている私を解雇ですか？, E, Shanai System Subete Wanope shiteiru Watashi wo Kaiko desu ka?, E, Shanai System Subete Wanope shiteiru Watashi o Kaiko desu ka?
6. 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
5. 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
4. 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
3. Sensei, Ore ni Kamawazu Itte Kudasai!!
Ashida Mamoru is a god-tier manga assistant but his habit of turning authors lazy has left him without a job. Luckily one of his classmates from university happens to have a little sister who is a serialised manga author in need of an assistant.
Drawing While Masturbating has finished publishing and it has 53 Chapters. It is also Known as: 先生、俺にかまわずイッてください!!, Are You Gonna Come?, Sensei, Ore ni Kamawazu Itte Kudasai!!, Onanii Shinagara Kakimashita, ※オナニーしながら描きました♥, Boşalıyor musun?
2. Black and White: Tough Love at the Office
Shirakawa Junko is an upstanding employee of a high-level bank. Her colleagues all respectfully admire her…except for Kuroda Kayo, a colleague who’s transferred to her department. Shirakawa is supposed to train Kuroda, and it does NOT go well. These women have a bizarre love-hate relationship that results in either violent office attacks or angry lesbian sex. When a sinister conspiracy seems to be afoot at their bank, can these two stop having bruised hate-sex on piles of documents and work together to investigate? This provocative LGBT+ drama is ready to rumble.
Black and White: Tough Love at the Office has finished publishing and it has 18 Chapters. It is also Known as: Shiro to Kuro: Black & White, 白と黒～Black & White～, Hiebe auf den ersten Blick
1. Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen Dai 4-bu - Kizoku-in no Toshokan wo Sukuitai!
Manga adaptation of Part 4 of Honzuki no Gekokujou.
Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 4 is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 本好きの下剋上~司書になるためには手段を選んでいられません~ 第四部 「貴族院の図書館を救いたい！」, Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen Dai 4-bu - Kizoku-in no Toshokan wo Sukuitai!
