This manga simply describes how Gorou Inogashira, the main character, chooses and takes a meal. Unlike other gourmet manga, Gorou likes to eat at cheap restaurants and no trivia on cuisine is given. The authors are trying to depict the essentials of the act of "eating" by Gorou's monologue, which comprises most of the lines of this manga. *Notes: Nominated to the 20th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.*

Yomogino An is the young daughter of working parents, and while they are away, she loves to take up the challenge of cooking. She visits the chefs working at popular restaurants nearby for advice, and even adds her own little charm to each dish.

Through the ordinary small events of his professional and personal life, a forty-year-old man lets himself go on impromptu escapades at random along the paths that the big city offers. This vagrant impulse soon takes on the appearance of a sentimental journey, punctuated by images of the walker's youth.

Hitomi, known as the 'Lunch Boss' for her unmatched passion for a good meal, lets her own 'lunch antenna' guide her once again today as she hunts down another perfect 'nice lunch'. (Source: Square Enix, translated)

Hanko is a 30 years old housewife with a part time job in a bookshop who lives pratically alone cause of the business trips of her husband. To relieve her daily stress Hanko focus her attention on the food and its preparation.

Two female manga editors, Machiko Jimbo and Hijiki Okano, will be devouring not only dishes that are delicious while eating or drinking, but also various situations such as after work or before going on a diet! A food manga that creates a new chemical reaction by the combination of Masayuki Kusumi, the original author of "Kodoku no Gourmet" and Sun Takeda of "Gleipnir"!

The protagonist, Yusuke Minami, is a kind-hearted office worker who "can't say no" when asked. He is always busy answering requests from colleagues and clients. But his joy is bento sake. When he eats his bento and drinks, he forgets everything and feels a sense of freedom in his whole body. And then, from time to time, he remembers a certain woman... A delicious food story with a mysterious side. (Source: Nihon Bungeisha, translated)

Just as a gunfighter drifting through the dry wilderness stops by a bar to quench his thirst with a drink, Ryosuke Higashimori, a businessman, enjoys a small party after work at "Yoshino," an oasis he found in the wilds of Tokyo, where he tastes the owner's cooking, drinks, and converses with the owner and nameless regular customers. (Source: MangaDex)

Wakairo Moeko, was awakened to the importance of "effort" when she was in junior high school by the words of her admired senior, Amano. Having become a "person of hard work," Moeko continues to work hard even now, five years into her career, until one day she learns that Amano has quit his job. This triggers Moeko's sudden loss of energy and ill health. While taking a day off from work to help her grandfather in the fields, she meets her classmate, Hodaka, the son of a temple priest, for the first time in a long time... The breath of vegetables soothes Moeko's body and mind. (Source: Natalie, translated)

Collections of one-shots that won the monthly Hop Step Award from 1987 to 1996.