From DesperateScanners: In a land where no magic is present. A land where the strong makes the rules and weak has to obey. A land filled with alluring treasures and beauty yet also filled with unforeseen danger. Xiao Yan, who has shown talents none had seen in decades, suddenly three years ago lost everything, his powers, his reputation, and his promise to his mother. What sorcery has caused him to lose all of his powers? And why has his fiancee suddenly shown up? 斗破蒼穹 (Chinese); Battle Through the Heavens; Fights Break Sphere (English); Dou Po Cang Qiong; Đấu Phá Thương Khung (Vietnamese – Tiếng Việt – TV)
Comedy, Cooking, Drama, Office Workers, Seinen, Slice of Life
87
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December 24, 2025
(from ebookjapan):
After training in Paris, bartender Ren Sajima returns to Ginza, Tokyo. His first customer, the owner of a long-established kimono shop, tells him that it is bothersome to have a wandering young bartender in Ginza, but...?
I Was Called a Bad Cook and Dumped My Fiancé, Now the Tsundere Prince Is Addicted to My Food!
メシマズ女扱いされたので婚約破棄したら、なぜかツンデレ王子の心と胃袋つかんじゃいました / Meshimazu Onna Atsukaisareta no de Konyaku Haki Shitara, Naze ka Tsundere Ouji no Kokoro to Ibukuro Tsukanjaimashita / The Bad-Cook Fiancée Who Won the Prince's Heart.
Cooking, Fantasy, Josei, Romance
898
4
127
December 24, 2025
Gina, a duke’s daughter, has one great talent: cooking. But no matter what she makes, her fiancé—First Prince Vincent of Feringa—always calls it awful. Unable to take the constant insults any longer, Gina breaks off the engagement and runs away. Disguising her identity, she starts working in the royal academy’s cafeteria. One day, by chance, the Second Prince, Sist, tries her homemade lunch—and is blown away by her skills. While Gina worries that her cooking won’t be accepted again, Sist becomes obsessed with her food and begs her to cook just for him. A heartwarming romantic fantasy where a duke’s daughter wins back her pride—and a new love—through the power of delicious food!
Hugo, the grandson of Adam, is struggling to reopen the bakery left by his late grandfather. However, he was not good at baking. Then, Adam's former apprentice, Sumino Mitsuyuki, comes to the store. Hugo decides to ask Sumino, who he's not very fond of, if he can help reopen the bakery, but it turns out that Sumino hasn't made bread for three years! Hugo is at a loss, but... how does the bread made by Sumino taste?
Food Truck Owner In the Dungeon / 던전 안 푸드 트럭 사장님 ; Dungeon Food Truck Owner ; Dungeon Food Truck Boss
Adaptation, Cooking, Drama, Fantasy, Isekai, Slice of Life, Supernatural
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December 24, 2025
"Don't yearn for a world different from yours, just live a normal life." Hunters, dungeons, I'm not interested in any of those. My life followed one single path that's of cooking. But the moment I was about to open my first long-awaited food truck.... [Class: You have awakened as a Food Truck Owner (Hidden)!] [Item: Dungeon Business Permit (Personal/Non-Transferable)!] - Business is only possible inside the dungeon Min Jiun, 21 years old, awakened as the owner of a food truck inside the dungeon.
Cheers to you tonight! She is a graceful young lady, Miko Kanno, but her appearance is a little scary and she is feared by those around her. Recently, she has become addicted to "standing bars!" Potato salad, sea cucumbers, yakitori, fried chicken...
Comedy, Cooking, Romance, School Life, Slice of Life
150
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December 22, 2025
Seemingly delinquent high schooler Nakamura-kun is actually shy at heart with dexterous hands and as skilled as any domestic goddess. He falls for fellow student Hayashi-san, a beautiful ojousan and honors student at their school but… A moe gap love comedy about Nakamura-kun's cute handmade goods and using overflowing feelings for sweets making and plush toy production!
I'm Not The Saint, So I'll Just Leisurely Make Food At The Royal Palace
I’m Not The Saint, So I’ll Just Leisurely Make Food At The Royal Palace ; Seijo ja nakatta no de, Oukyuu de nonbiri Gohan wo Tsukuru koto ni shimashita; I'm Not the Saint, so I'll Just Leisurely Make Food at the Royal Palace; 反正不是聖女在王宮裏悠閒地做飯好了; 聖女じゃなかったので、王宮でのんびりご飯を作ることにしました ; Seijo ja Nakatta node, Oukyuu de Nonbiri Gohan wo Tsukuru Koto ni Shimashita
Rina was summoned to another world to be the Saint, but was surprised at how bad the food tasted. It tastes like this even at the royal palace…? I’ll just make it myself, so give me your kitchen! Relieved of her Saint duties, Rina wins the heart and stomachs of the nobles through her food!
Chong Shim threw herself into the sea of Indangsu! What will happen when she wakes up in a lazy dragon’s dungeon? Meet many cute monsters while living a delicious, symbiotic life! Dragon King’s Chef / I Became the Chef of the Dragon King / 용왕님의 셰프가 되었습니다
The Death-Loop Princess Ended Up as the Tyrant’s Personal Chef
The Princess Who Returned by Dying Became the Tyrant’s Personal Chef / The Princess Who Returns by Death Became the Tyrant’s Exclusive Chef / 死に戻り王女、暴君の専属シェフになっちゃいました / 흑막의 전담 요리사가 되어버렸다 / الأميرة التي عادت من الموت أصبحت الطاهية الخاصة بالطاغية / La princesa que volvió de la muerte terminó siendo la chef personal del tirano / La princesse revenue de la mort est devenue la chef personnelle du tyran / I Ended Up Becoming the Villain’s Personal Chef / Die durch den Tod zurückgekehrte Prinzessin wurde zur persönlichen Köchin des Tyrannen / The Regressed Princess Became the Tyrant’s Personal Chef / The Reborn Princess Became the Tyrant’s Personal Chef
The fallen princess of the ruined Genotart Kingdom, Arina Jessinder, had died and returned countless times. And at the end of every one of those deaths stood Maximilion, the second prince of the Maareharc Empire. Realizing through her repeated deaths that she could never change the future, she made a single wish in her heart for this lifetime: “This time, I will never meet him.” Determined, she concealed herself within enemy territory, taking on a new name, Lise Krüger, and resolved to live happily, spending her life cooking the food she loved. But one day, she encountered a small boy named Lihart. She prepared meals for him, protected him from bullying, and spent gentle, healing days at his side. Until she realized the shocking truth— That boy was none other than Maximilion, the very second prince who had killed her in her past lives.
Tensei Shachiku No Cheat Saien – Ban’nou Skill To Benri Na Tsukaima Yousei Wo Kushishitetara, Kidzukeba Tairiku Ichi No Seisan Kyoten Ga Dekiteita
転生社畜のチート菜園 転生社畜のチート菜園 ～万能スキルと便利な使い魔妖精を駆使してたら、気づけば大陸一の生産拠点ができていた～ ; The Cheat Vegetable Garden of a Reincarnated Company Salaryman: Making Full Use of My All-Purpose Skills and Handy Fairy Messenger, I Found Myself With the Largest Production Base on the Continent!
Adventure, Cooking, Fantasy, Isekai, Slice of Life
1.6K
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December 20, 2025
What awaits the marginal company employee who longs for a comfortable life is... dragon slaying!
The crops produced in the cheat vegetable garden and the story are all out of the ordinary!
The unprecedented farming manga is here!
Jun-ho inherits his late Uncle Deok-chun’s food truck. He travels the country, cooking to make the name “Go Deok-chun” known nationwide. Starting with Se-hee, the heir to a conglomerate, Jun-ho gets involved with women who each have their own stories in every region he visits! They all fall for him, but the one thing that truly captures Jun-ho’s heart… is cooking! Follow the irresistible Jun-ho on his nationwide romantic food truck journey—business, let’s begin!
Houkago no Meikyuu Boukensha ~Nippon to Isekai wo Ikiki Dekiru You ni Natta Boku wa Level Up ni Isoshimi Masu~; 放課後の迷宮冒険者～日本と異世界を行き来できるようになった僕はレベルアップに勤しみます～; Houkago no Meikyuu Boukensha ~Nippon to Isekai o Ikiki Dekiru You ni Natta Boku wa Level Up ni Isoshimi Masu~; After School Dungeon Diver: Level Grinding in another World ; After School Dungeon Diver: Level Grinding in another World
High school student Kudo Akira is a man who can travel between Japan and another world called Do Merta.
All he wants is a carefree, leisurely life in an isekai world!
From conquering labyrinths, exploring gourmet food and all sorts of other spicy "teehee" moments (and not the food kind)!!
Trying to live the life he's always dreamed of! The story of a laid-back, infinite adventure begins!
Body modification of a cosplaying childhood friend with efficient meals! Full breasts and a toned waist! Create the "ideal heroine" through nutritional balance and calorie management!
Class de Ichiban Kawaii Gal wo Ezuke Shiteiru Hanashi
The Story of Feeding the Cutest Gyaru in Class
Adaptation, Comedy, Cooking, Romance, Slice of Life
1.5K
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December 19, 2025
Sakura Kouzuki, a top-tier gyaru who's the star of the class and even works as a reader model, and Houri Kazami, who prefers talking otaku stuff with his comrades in the corner of the classroom.
These two, who seem to live in completely different worlds, are actually step-siblingsand secretly live together as a couple.
And none of their classmates know the truth.
While Sakura sparkles at school, once she's home she relaxes completely and falls head over heels for Ori's cooking.
And Houri, whos in charge of meals, doesnt mind one bit
Simmered fish is sooo good~
Onii-chan's cooking really is the best~!
A sweet and fluffy feeding story about a cute gyaru and their double life at school and at home!
The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten , お隣の天使様にいつの間にか駄目人間にされていた件 , Tonari no Tenshi-sama ni Itsu no Ma ni ka Dame Ningen ni Sareteita Ken / Otonari no Tenshi-sama ni Itsunomanika Dame Ningen ni Sareteita Ken / She is the Neighbor Angel I am Spoiled by Her
Adaptation, Comedy, Cooking, Romance, School Life
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13
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December 18, 2025
Amane Fujimiya’s neighbour in the apartment he lives in is the school’s number one lovable angel: Excellent and with a level of beauty that can only be described as angelic – Mahiru Shiina. Amane, an ordinary student who doesn’t stand out, is her neighbour, but until now, they didn’t interact with each other. After meeting the soggy angel in the rain:
“I’m returning what I borrowed. By the way, clean up your room. It’s filthy.”
“None of your business.”
A relationship with a sharp-tongued angel begins, starting with handing over an umbrella. From catching a cold and having someone take care of you, to making a meal for someone because they neglected their health, to joint work (cleaning rooms)…
Enjoy Your Mountain Life!; Mountain and Appetite and Me; The Mountain, My Appetite, and Me; Горы, аппетит и я; 山と食欲と私
Adventure, Comedy, Cooking, Seinen, Slice of Life
162
1
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December 18, 2025
Hibino Ayumi: 27 years old, single, a completely average office lady. But in her free time, she turns into a SOLO CLIMBER GIRL. Armed with plenty of delicious ingredients, she eats her way through the mountain trails, one by one.
Gourmet Gaming / Leveling Up, by Only Eating! / Babman Meoggo Level Up / I Level Up, by Eating! / Leveling Up through Eating / Meshi Dake Kutte Level Up / 飯だけ食ってレベルアップ / 밥만 먹고 레벨업 / Levelling Up, By Only Eating!
Action, Adventure, Cooking, Fantasy
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December 18, 2025
The main character is stricken by a rare condition that affects only two people in the entire world, bulimic deficiency. He organizes his daily meals to survive, but his hope of survival grows dimmer as the days go by. He consults a doctor, who suggests playing the Alternate Reality Game ‘Athens’, where he can eat as must as he wants without gaining any weight. He plays the game to save his life and grow in strength by doing nothing but eating! A Gourmet Fantasy Life! 밥만 먹고 레벨업, Levelling Up, By Only Eating!
Helio Westwind comes across supernatural phenomena that have appeared near a lunar colony. Upon discovering how this puts people's lives at risk, he does everything he can to protect his friends and the local inhabitants.
The Villainess Chocolatier’s Sweets Were the Secret to Winning My Favorite’s Heart
The Villainess Chocolatier’s Sweets Were the Secret to Winning My Favorite’s Heart / 悪役令嬢のショコラティエは推しの攻略に有効でした / The Villainess Chocolatier Won Her Crush with Chocolate / Akuyaku Reijou no Chocolatier wa Oshi no Kouryaku ni Yuukou Deshita
After a hardworking pâtissière obsessed with a sweets-filled otome game suddenly dies, she wakes up in a world that feels all too familiar as Azalea Magnifique, the ten-year-old villainess known for throwing away perfectly good desserts. Determined to change her fate, Azalea decides to chase her old dream of becoming a chocolatier once more and to fill this world with happiness one sweet at a time. At a noble party, she meets a boy who refuses to eat sweets, only to discover he is Prince Wisteria Chedeuvre, one of the game’s main love interests. When he finally tastes her handmade chocolate, something begins to change both in his heart and in the story’s fate. Now armed with sugar, cocoa, and pure determination, the villainess chocolatier is ready to rewrite her own happy ending.
Alcohol and Ogre-girls , 酒と鬼は二合まで , Sake to Onna wa Ni-gō made ; Sake to Oni wa Nigou made
Cooking, Monsters, Shoujo Ai
153
1
24
December 15, 2025
Shida Naori is a college student who loves making alcoholic drinks but has no friends to share them with. At a mixer, she meets Ibuki Hinata, who she ends up taking home with her. After making her a drink, Naori discovers that Hinata is an ogre-girl descended from Shuten-doji who needs alcohol to live, can only drink alcohol offered to her by humans, and grows horns whenever she drinks. Thus, Hinata decides to make Naori her personal bartender.
Kikan Gentei, Daishi Kishidan no Kitchen Maid - Kekkon Shitakunai no de Shuushoku shimashita (Official)
期間限定、第四騎士団のキッチンメイド～結婚したくないので就職しました～ / Temporary Kitchen Maid of the Fourth Knights Order: I Didn't Want to Get Married, so I Found a Job / I Became the Fourth Knight Order’s Kitchen Maid to Avoid Marriage / Limited time offer, Kitchen Maid of the Fourth Knights
Cooking, Fantasy, Slice of Life
416
1
72
December 15, 2025
Alice, a viscount's daughter, agrees to work as a live-in kitchen maid because it's her one way out of getting married! Unfortunately, her new life won't be as smooth sailing as she had hoped. Her assignment is the Fourth Paladin Order, which happens to be full of handsome men...her natural enemy! The reason for that? Well, in Alice's previous life, she had a handsome husband who betrayed her. He was nothing but a piece of trash without any other redeeming qualities. But as Alice fills the paladins' stomachs with her hearty Japanese dishes, they slowly begin opening up to her, revealing secrets they had hidden away, Perhaps her job won't be so unpleasant after all. Food, excitement, and wholesomeness all around!
Han Byeol, who was on a winning streak as the youngest team leader at a five-star hotel, resigns and opens a small restaurant. That small restaurant is located in Bubu-dong, the poorest neighborhood in Seoul, where there is no commercial district. Also, the menu he made is eccentric. Because there is no menu. but the chef cooks with seasonal ingredients, that’s what makes it a special one!
Red Cat Ramen; ラーメン赤猫; Rāmen Aka Neko; Ramen Red Cat; Raamen Aka Neko
Comedy, Cooking, Shounen, Slice of Life
563
10
97
December 14, 2025
Tamako comes for an interview at a ramen shop run only by cats, with no humans. The cat manager asks her if she likes cats, and when Tamako honestly says she is a dog person, she is easily hired. However, her job is not to run a ramen shop, but to look after cats...?
Feast of the Valkyries: ~Cooking with Shirabe~ ; 戦姫完食シンフォギア～調めし～; Feast of the Valkyries: Cooking with Shirabe
Comedy, Cooking, Slice of Life
61
1
23
December 14, 2025
An official spinoff of the Senki Zesshou Symphogear series! The divas' next battlefield is a warm gourmet comedy with the chief kitchen maid, Shirabe! Another Symphogear ballad, fresh from the kitchen.
推しにささげるダンジョングルメ ～最強探索者VTuberになる～ / Oshi ni Sasageru Dungeon Gourmet ~Saikyou Tansakusha VTuber ni Naru~
Adaptation, Comedy, Cooking, Isekai, Shounen
548
4
51
December 12, 2025
"I once had the chance to taste ingredients from a dungeon, and they were just unbelievably delicious—" The world is in the midst of a grand VTuber era. In mysterious spaces known as dungeons, countless monsters exist, and defeating them yields items and skills. Among the treasures found there are so-called “dungeon ingredients,” considered to be the finest delicacies, occasionally becoming hot topics among streamers. After hearing these words from his favorite VTuber, Jin Sakai, dungeon explorer Io Yozakura decides to treat him to some dungeon gourmet. To do so, he begins streaming under the name Botan Yamano. At first, growth was slow—but using his experience as a dungeon explorer, he starts broadcasting cooking streams featuring dungeon ingredients, which go viral in a big way. With cooking techniques that defy common sense and dishes that surpass imagination, Botan Yamano’s streams soon captivate viewers all over the world—!?
It's been a few months since the neighborhood Chinese restaurant closed down, and when I stopped by for the first time in a while, I found that it had been transformed into a flashy, mysterious restaurant with its old signboard still intact. When I went inside, there was a gal there... This is a story about a Chinatown restaurant where gals are hospitable.
Jimi de Medatanai Watashi wa, Kyou de Owari ni shimasu.; The Plain and Unnoticeable Me Is No More; I'm So Quiet and Inconspicuous; Me Being Plain and Inconspicuous Ends Today; 土氣又不起眼的我從今天起就要結束了; 地味で目立たない私は、今日で終わりにします。; 수수하고 눈에 띄지 않는 나는, 오늘부로 끝내도록 하겠습니다; Soy callada y discreta, pero hoy terminó; ¡Me cansé de ser tranquila y discreta!
Elaine Lana Norris, who was born at the top of the aristocratic ladder, was suddenly abandoned by her fiancé for another and had her engagement to him broken off. Made out to be a villainess by her ex-fiancé's lover and her entourage, she is subsequently driven out of her home by the strict grandfather who raised her.
However, with this exiled life, Lana's true skills and desires can finally bloom as the owner of an inn!
Мартовский лев ; 三月的狮子 ; 三月的獅子 ; ตราบวันฟ้าใส ; 3 Gatsu no Lion ; 3月のライオン ; 3月的狮子 ; 3月的獅子 ; 3gatsu no Lion ; Lion of March ; March Comes in Like a Lion ; Sangatsu no Lion ; The Lion of March ; Un marzo da leoni
Comedy, Cooking, Drama, Romance, Seinen, Slice of Life, Sports
414
12
25
December 11, 2025
A youth named Kiriyama Rei, who lost his family as a child, endures loneliness to become a professional shogi player. Then, through a chance meeting, he develops a relationship with the three Kawamoto sisters (Akari, Hinata, Momo), who hail from a working-class district of the city, and little by little his frozen heart begins to thaw. --- - **Won the 4th Manga Taisho Award in 2011** - **Won the Kodansha Manga Award for General Manga in 2011, which it shared with Space Brothers**- **Won the 18th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Grand Prize in 2014** ---The following links are to AnimeNetwork for the anime: (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=18166) (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=19356) (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=18862)
Isekai Gourmet de Nariagari Musou: Yama ni Tsuihou sareta node, Nonbiri Camp wo Tanoshinde itara Itsunomanika Tsuyoku natte ite, Oukou Kizoku ya Jitsuryokusha-tachi ga Ore wo Houtte oite kuremasen. Ippou, Ore wo Tsuihou shita Kizoku-tachi wa Hametsu ga Hajimaru; 異世界グルメで成り上がり無双～山に追放されたので、のんびりキャンプを楽しんでいたらいつの間にか強くなっていて、王侯貴族や実力者たちが俺を放っておいてくれません。一方、俺を追放した貴族たちは破滅が始まる～
Cooking, Fantasy, Harem, Isekai, Shounen
1K
4
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December 11, 2025
After being abandoned in the mountains, I started enjoying a carefree camping lifeonly to end up accidentally racking up some unbelievable achievements! As I tamed holy beasts and dominated every challenge, the ones who cast me out began to fall apart on their own... And for some reason, now I'm suddenly super popular!? A thrilling comeuppance fantasy packed with harem antics and gourmet adventures!
Cooking, Fantasy, Isekai, Josei, Romance, Shoujo, Slice of Life
1.2K
4
142
December 10, 2025
Kaori Odakawa, a 43-year-old housewife, had lost her sense of purpose both at home and at work. One day, on her way home from work, she gets into a traffic accident—only to wake up in a Chinese-inspired fantasy world! Not only is she in a completely different body, but she’s somehow younger!? Overwhelmed by her new reality, Kaori is taken in by an elderly man named Hua Yuanhua, who saved her life. Wanting to repay his kindness, she decides to cook him a meal using the skills she honed over 15 years as a housewife. To her surprise, the simple, heartfelt flavors of her home cooking earn her a compliment she never heard in her past life: "Delicious." Moved by this, she makes up her mind—"I’ll cook plenty of dishes here!" Her dream? To open a diner in another world! A heartwarming reincarnation fantasy where the power of cooking brings a new beginning!
Baki Gaiden: Gaia to Sikorsky; バキ外伝 ガイアとシコルスキー ～ときどきノムラ 二人だけど三人暮らし～; Baki Gaiden: Gaia to Sikorsky - Tokidoki Nomura Futari Dakedo Sannin Kurashi; Baki Gaiden: Gaia & Sikorsky - Sometimes Nomura—Two yet Three People Living Together
Action, Comedy, Cooking, Martial Arts, Military, Shounen, Slice of Life
57
1
5
December 8, 2025
After approaching Gaia for a revenge match, Sikorsky is instead greeted with his new home...?!
