Noda is saved by the bar master Misaki when he is drunk. He becomes interested in Misaki and starts frequenting the bar. He is drawn to Misaki to the point where he wonders if it is the alcohol or the desire to meet him... But then he sees Misaki in an unexpected place...! (Source: Kadokawa, translated)

It was the Meiji era. One day, Hanashiro Saori, the daughter of a viscount family who was trained in both kendo and judo despite being a girl, tasted the western-style cuisine made by Chef Kusabayashi Kanji during a short course he gave. Kusabayashi was the owner of famed western-style restaurant “Jiyuuken” and had a motto of “Cheap yet delicious”. Rendered speechless from the deliciousness of what she tasted, Saori came before the doors of “Jiyuuken” with the aspiration of opening her own restaurant where “everyone is smiling from the good food.” Kanji was not one to accept disciples, but moved by her passion and zealousness, as well as her talent of being able to recreate any dish from taste, he took her in as an exception. Saori’s harsh but fulfilling days of training had begun—but, when her classmate Saionji Misa, the daughter of a court noble, saw her, she disapproved of her actions as a member of nobility…!? (Source: LINE, translated)

*“Onii-chan, do you want a bite too?”* A first-person perspective imouto anthology. You and a little sister. Cover illustration: Yuuichi Kinugasa