Best work manga
457 manga about work, ranked by community score. Tags come from AniList voters; the percentage on each title page says how strongly the tag applies.
Highest rated
4.1Daytime Star
Manga · 2021 · 77 ch
Daytime StarNaje Tteuneun ByeolManga · 2021 · 77 ch4.1A 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…
4.1SoreMachi: And Yet the Town Moves
Manga · 2005 · 138 ch
SoreMachi: And Yet the Town MovesSoredemo Machi wa MawatteiruManga · 2005 · 138 ch4.1There is a small maid cafe that nearly nobody goes to – Maid Cafe Seaside, quiet enough for Sanada to do his homework in. His airheaded classmate Arashiyama works as the cafe’s only maid, even though she sure doesn’t act like one. What…
4.1I Hear the Sunspot: Limit
Manga · 2016 · 19 ch
I Hear the Sunspot: LimitHidamari ga Kikoeru: LimitManga · 2016 · 19 ch4.1“You rescued me from a world without sound. If it wasn’t for you, I never would’ve known the world was such an amazing place!” Because of a hearing disability, university student Kohei had made a habit of distancing himself from those…
Mature
4.1Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
Manga · 2010 · 32 ch
Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo ShinjuShouwa Genroku Rakugo ShinjuuManga · 2010 · 32 ch4.1This multi-generational epic dives deep into rakugo, a rich form of Japanese storytelling theater. Small-time crook Yotaro has never forgotten the rakugo tale "The God of Death," which the master Yurakutei Yakumo performed for Yotaro…
4.1Snow Fairy
Manga · 2021 · 7 ch
Snow FairyYuki no YouseiManga · 2021 · 7 ch4.1When famous wildlife photographer Narumi comes to Hokkaido to take photos of the elusive "snow fairies," he ends up stranded in a snow storm. After being rescued, he takes up residence in local farmer Haruki's house for the winter. As…
4.0Bakuman。
Manga · 2008 · 176 ch
Bakuman。Bakuman.Manga · 2008 · 176 ch4.0Average student Moritaka Mashiro enjoys drawing for fun. When his classmate and aspiring writer Akito Takagi discovers his talent, he begs Moritaka to team up with him as a manga-creating duo. But what exactly does it take to make it in…
4.0Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You
Manga · 2022
Smoking Behind the Supermarket with YouSuper no Ura de Yani Suu FutariManga · 20224.0At 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…
4.0Maid-sama!
Manga · 2005 · 99 ch
Maid-sama!Kaichou wa Maid-sama!Manga · 2005 · 99 ch4.0As if being student council president of a predominantly male high school isn’t hard enough, Misaki Ayuzawa has a major secret—she works at a maid café after school! How is she supposed to keep her image of being ultrasmart, strong and…
4.0Innocent
Manga · 2013 · 99 ch
InnocentManga · 2013 · 99 ch4.0In the 18th century, seeking "freedom and equality," the event that gave birth to modern French society, the French Revolution, began. There was one protagonist that lived within the darkness, Charles-Henri Sanson. He was the…
4.0ACT-AGE
Manga · 2018 · 123 ch
ACT-AGEact-ageManga · 2018 · 123 ch4.0Lights! Camera! ACTION! Kei Yonagi wants to be an actress! But an already-difficult dream to achieve has become much harder since her father left and her mother died. She's now taking care of her two little siblings on her own. Without…
4.0Sweat and Soap
Manga · 2018 · 110 ch
Sweat and SoapAse to SekkenManga · 2018 · 110 ch4.0Asako’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…
4.0Akane-banashi
Manga · 2022
Akane-banashiManga · 20224.0Rakugo--the ultimate form of storytelling, where everything in a story is expressed with just your body and words. Shinta and his daughter Akane have been seduced by this wonderful form of classical entertainment. Having observed her…
4.0Positively Yours
Manga · 2020 · 82 ch
Positively YoursAgiga SaenggyeosseoyoManga · 2020 · 82 ch4.0To Hui-Won’s dismay, the BFF she crushed on and her other BFF are now dating! Seriously bummed, Hui-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…
4.0See You in My 19th Life
Manga · 2020 · 114 ch
See You in My 19th LifeIbeon Saengdo Jal ButakaeManga · 2020 · 114 ch4.0Ji-Eum Ban has a secret—she can remember the memories of her previous lives...all 18 of them! This means she retains past knowledge, skills, and most importantly, the bonds with the people she cares about. Guided by the bittersweet…
4.0Chikan Otoko
Manga · 2004 · 23 ch
Chikan OtokoManga · 2004 · 23 ch4.0Based off a real story which was posted on 2ch, Molester Man is the story of how Molester Man is mistaken for a stalker by Miss Understanding, and how they overcome their personal challenges while slowly growing closer to each other…
4.0A Man and His Cat
Manga · 2017
A Man and His CatOjisama to NekoManga · 20174.0In this wholesome, heartwarming tale, a lonely older man takes home a pet-shop kitten that no one else wants. It doesn't take long for the pair to warm up to each other, and soon, they're inseparable. Told through the eyes of both the man…
4.0Smile Down the Runway
Manga · 2017 · 194 ch
Smile Down the RunwayRunway de WaratteManga · 2017 · 194 ch4.0Chiyuki Fujito has a dream: to become a Paris Collection model. The problem is, she’s too short to be a model, and everyone around her tells her so! But no matter what they say, she won’t give up. Her classmate, a poor student named Ikuto…
Mature
4.0Black Jack
Manga · 1973 · 243 ch
Black JackManga · 1973 · 243 ch4.0Among adult readers in Japan Black Jack is Osamu Tezuka’s most popular achievement, and perhaps the most close to the creator’s heart, as Tezuka considered entering the medical field—majoring in medicine in college—before devoting his life…
4.0Soulmate
Manga · 2020 · 41 ch
SoulmateManga · 2020 · 41 ch4.0Qi went to sleep embraced by her girlfriend, Yuanzi. However, when she opened her eyes she realized that she had been transported 10 years back to the past, back when she was still in high school. While she sees this as an opportunity to…
4.0Nodame Cantabile
Manga · 2001 · 152 ch
Nodame CantabileManga · 2001 · 152 ch4.0The son of a famous pianist, music student Shinichi Chiaki dreams of studying abroad and becoming a conductor like his mentor. Unfortunately, his fear of flying grounds his lofty plans! As he watches other classmates achieve what he has…
4.0Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!
Manga · 2018
Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!30-sai made Doutei da to Mahou Tsukai ni Nareru RashiiManga · 20184.0Adachi, a thirty-year-old virgin, has developed the power to read people's minds by touching them. After a brush with his very handsome colleague, Adachi realizes the guy has a raging crush on none other than Adachi himself! (Source…
Mature
4.0Murderous Lewellyn’s Candlelit Dinner
Manga · 2020 · 90 ch
Murderous Lewellyn’s Candlelit DinnerSarinma Lewellyn-ssi-ui Nangmanjeogin JeongchanManga · 2020 · 90 ch4.0Life on rough, rundown Ira Street isn’t easy at the best of times, but a recent string of murders has left the residents traumatized. Not Shavonne, though. He’s too busy trying to get by to worry about some murderer. However, that all…
4.0Iryuu: Team Medical Dragon
Manga · 2002 · 210 ch
Iryuu: Team Medical DragonManga · 2002 · 210 ch4.0Dr. Katou is an ambitious woman who seeks to revolutionize the corrupt and inefficient Japanese medical system from within by becoming a professor in a teaching hospital. She enlists a maverick surgeon, Dr. Asada Ryuutarou, to help her…
4.0Spacewalking With You
Manga · 2023
Spacewalking With YouKimi to Uchuu wo Aruku Tame niManga · 20234.0Kobayashi just can’t focus—not on studying, not on work—and the adults in his life think he’s in danger of becoming a worthless dropout. Then, one day, a strange new presence arrives in his class: an energetic and naïve kid named Uno…
4.0Planetes
Manga · 1999 · 28 ch
PlanetesManga · 1999 · 28 ch4.0Haunted by a space flight accident that claimed the life of his beloved wife, Yuri finds himself six years later as part of a team of debris cleaners on a vessel called the Toy Box charged with clearing space junk from space flight paths…
4.0WIND BREAKER
Manga · 2021
WIND BREAKERManga · 20214.0Haruka Sakura wants nothing to do with weaklings—he's only interested in the strongest of the strong. He's from Fuurin High School, a school of near-dropout degenerates known only for their brawling strength. And in a town known for its…
4.0Home Office Romance
Manga · 2022 · 21 ch
Home Office RomanceTelework YotabanashiManga · 2022 · 21 ch4.0Nokoru is finally afforded the chance to telework at home due to the pandemic lockdown. Rediscovering old passions and new hobbies, Nokoru is allured by his next-door neighbor, Natsu. From the creator of Sweat and Soap, this standalone…
Mature
4.0Fool Night
Manga · 2020
Fool NightManga · 20204.0The earth of the distant future is covered in thick clouds, and the sun no longer shines. Plants wither, and oxygen is thin. To fight extinction, humankind has developed a technology that turns humans into plants, providing a small amount…
4.0Emma
Manga · 2001 · 72 ch
EmmaManga · 2001 · 72 ch4.0Calling upon his former governess, William Jones, gentleman, is startled when his knock is answered by an uncommonly beautiful servant, the soft-spoken Emma. Throughout his visit, William's eyes drift to the maid whenever she enters the…
4.0LOVE SO LIFE
Manga · 2008 · 111 ch
LOVE SO LIFEManga · 2008 · 111 ch4.0Shiharu is a high school student who loves kids, lives in an orphanage, and works at a daycare... Until the handsome uncle of two-year-old twins offers her a raise if she'll be their babysitter. Often relying on memories of her mother's…
4.0Trapped
Manga · 2019 · 203 ch
TrappedOlgamiManga · 2019 · 203 ch4.0Chae-a Han and Yunsu Park may be perfect angels at church, but Chae-a is really a foul-mouthed ex-convict, and Yunsu is… a vampire? When Yunsu blackmails Chae-a with a murder she didn’t commit, she begins searching for ways to escape the…
Mature
4.0Maison Ikkoku
Manga · 1980 · 162 ch
Maison IkkokuManga · 1980 · 162 ch4.0Travel into Japan's nuttiest apartment house and meet its volatile inhabitants: Kyoko, the beautiful and mysterious new apartment manager; Yusaku, the exam-addled college student; Mrs. Ichinose, the drunken gossip; Kentaro, her bratty son…
4.0I Hear the Sunspot: Theory of Happiness
Manga · 2015 · 7 ch
I Hear the Sunspot: Theory of HappinessHidamari ga Kikoeru: Koufuku-ronManga · 2015 · 7 ch4.0Due to the overwhelming success of I Hear the Sunspot, the sequel has finally arrived, I Hear the Sunspot: Theory of Happiness! How will this "more than friends, less than lovers" relationship evolve? "He can't hear...?" Because of a…
4.0Days with My Stepsister
Light Novel · 2021
Days with My StepsisterGimai SeikatsuLight Novel · 20214.0After his father remarries, Yuuta suddenly finds himself with a new stepsister: Saki, the greatest beauty at school. Neither of them is sure how to act around the other at first, but the two gradually grow more comfortable living together…
4.0Glass no Kamen
Manga · 1975
Glass no KamenManga · 19754.0Chigusa Tsukikage holds the rights to the play "The Crimson Goddess," a lost masterpiece that many would love to see brought back to the stage. Tsukikage, however, won't allow the cherished work to be diminished by an actress who isn't…
Mature
4.0Love Tractor
Manga · 2020 · 80 ch
Love TractorTractor-neun Sarangeul SitgoManga · 2020 · 80 ch4.0When family obligations force Sun-Yool, a stressed-out law school student, to the countryside, it seems like a great opportunity to escape the chaos of the city. After all, the great outdoors promises fresh air, sunshine… and a new…