Kuchibeta Shokudō

Kuchibeta Shokudō (くちべた食堂) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Bonkara. It began serialization on the author's Twitter account in February 2019, with its volumes released in print by Enterbrain.

Kuchibeta Shokudō
First tankōbon volume cover
くちべた食堂
Genre	Cooking[1] Romantic comedy[1] Yuri[1]
Manga
Written by	Bonkara
Published by	Enterbrain
Imprint	Beam Comix
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	February 15, 2019 – present
Volumes	5

Plot

Characters

Kuchinashi-san (くちなしさん) / Clerk (店員さん, Tennin-san)

Voiced by: Saori Hayami (vomic)^[2]

Yanagi-san (ヤナギさん) / Customer (お客さん, Ogyaku-san)

Voiced by: Ayane Sakura (vomic)^[2]

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Bonkara, Kuchibeta Shokudō began serialization on the author's Twitter account on February 15, 2019.^[3] The series' chapters have been collected by Enterbrain into five tankōbon volumes as of December 2024.^[4]

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	December 10, 2021[5]	978-4-04-736836-1
2	August 12, 2022[6]	978-4-04-737100-2
3	April 12, 2023[7]	978-4-04-737395-2
4	April 12, 2024[8]	978-4-04-737878-0
5	December 12, 2024[4]	978-4-04-738188-9

Other

A voice comic adaptation was uploaded to the Comic Beam YouTube channel on March 29, 2022. It featured the voice performances of Saori Hayami and Ayane Sakura.^[2] Another voice comic was uploaded to the same channel on December 12, 2024 in commemoration of the fifth volume's release that same day. It featured Hayami and Sakura reprising their roles.^[1]

Reception

By December 2024, the series had over 300,000 copies in circulation.^[4]

The series was nominated for the eighth Next Manga Awards in 2022 in the web category and was ranked 19th.^[9] The series was nominated for the ninth edition of the same award in 2023 in the same category and was ranked 11th.^[10]