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Ogura Mayuri is a loner in high school, with a pendant for cooking and magic that her mother taught her. She’s already summoned a little demon familiar to help her with baking and other small chores. But when she accidentally summons a high level demon named Beaut upon spilling tea on her skirt, he allows her to make one wish that he will grant. Mayuri wishes for the stain on her skirt to disappear in exchange for candy. The demon Beaut is outraged by the simple request, but the gets distracted by the smell of sweets - Beaut’s weakness. Mayuri now uses Beaut’s weakness to bind him to her and do her bidding. (Source: Aerandria Scans)

Sayuri Haruno dreams of becoming a patissier, and for this purpose, she enters the elite Fleurir Confectionery School. Her classmates are a rowdy bunch, some of whom she quickly befriends and others who look down on her for being admitted on a scholarship. Standing apart from the rest of the crowd, Ryou Kouzuki is one of her few male peers, and he already seems to despise the noisy girls he will be studying alongside. When the instructors are introduced, it becomes apparent why most of the students at Fleurir are female. Mitsuki Aoi, Gilbert Hanafusa, and Yoshinosuke Suzumi are beautiful men who are as skilled as they are popular. Sayuri is partnered with Ryou in an exercise to create a Western dessert of their choice; however, his overabundant self-confidence does not allow room for her own contributions. While she believes in making sweets to produce smiles in those who eat them, he is solely determined to win this informal competition and prove his worth. Will their finished product succeed in capturing the approval of the judges, Aoi in particular? [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Chiyoko Kubota used to love hot chocolate. Whenever she had a nightmare, her beloved father would use his chocolatiering magic to create delicious cups of cocoa. However, he vanished one day and never returned; now those blissful days are long gone. Twenty years later, Chiyoko hates the sickeningly sweet taste of chocolate as it only serves to resurface bad memories. However, after her mother passes away, the store which her father used to run is reopened by a woman who seems to know Chiyoko, and the chocolate she makes is just like that of Chiyoko's father. Could this woman and the bittersweet nostalgia of her chocolates hold the secret of her father's disappearance? On the path of self-discovery, Chiyoko learns the importance of moving on from the past, rekindling old passions, and the unbreakable bonds of family. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Kaoru Sakura is a young pastry chef who takes pride in his outstanding skills and good looks. As a result, his newly-opened Western-style pâtisserie, Bisous, quickly gains popularity—especially among women. But his success is soon bogged down when a nearby Japanese confectionery store captures the attention of his clientele. Unsure of what the appeal of traditional sweets are, Kaoru decides to scope out the competition himself. He finds that the long-established, family-owned store is operated by the charming and composed Soujirou Tatsugawa—who, unlike Kaoru, seems indifferent about the two establishments sharing the same customer base. In fact, he is rather intrigued by Kaoru's creations. As the two get to know each other, Kaoru realizes his business rival is more delightful than what either of their shops have to offer. [Written by MAL Rewrite] Included one-shot: Kamisama Onegai!

In the years following her husband's death, Komako Fukuyoshi successfully ran Fukuya, her family's Kyoto-based confectionery shop passed down through many generations. While working tirelessly to keep Fukuya prosperous, Komako has raised three daughters: Hina, the eldest who Komako plans as her successor; Arare, a headstrong college dropout who regularly fails to win her mother's approval; and Hana, a tall middle-school student who quietly observes the plights of her mother and sisters. One fateful day, Hina makes a decision that disrupts her family and alters the course of Fukuya's future: she accepts the marriage proposal of Kaoru Hinomiya, an aloof bank clerk. Hina is resentful of herself for allowing her mother to control her life for decades. By agreeing to marry Kaoru, she sacrifices the path her mother laid out for her and strives to find a happiness of her own choosing. In Hina's absence, Arare seeks to succeed her mother instead; she leaves behind her frivolous lifestyle and works to lead Fukuya into the next generation. But her heart belongs to Kenji Miyasako, a stoic kitchen confectioner who struggles to sort out his own feelings for Arare. On her own, Hana struggles with a crush on fellow student Tomo Iori. Together, the three sisters fight for Fukuya's success as they struggle for parental approval and confessions from those they love. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Najika Kazami is a girl who is passionate about food, whether it comes to eating or cooking. She treasures the place she calls home, an orphanage in Hokkaido called Lavender House, as well as its owner, Hagio. But as much as Hagio and the fellow orphans love her, Najika decides to leave the orphanage to attend a special academy in Tokyo, hoping to achieve her dreams of being a pastry chef. However, Najika has another reason for leaving for the academy. She hopes to find the boy she calls the "Flan Prince"—a boy who touched her heart with a cup of flan seven years ago. Now 13 years old, Najika finds that the spoon that he left behind with the flan shares its emblem with the school she has been accepted to—the prestigious Seika Academy. With high hopes, Najika enters her school's beautiful campus and becomes a first-year student in Seika's junior high division. While unpopular with her fellow classmates due to her love of eating, she seems to find support from two boys who recognize her culinary talents—the popular brothers Daichi and Sora Kitazawa. Will Najika be able to find her place in the academy with her cooking, and perhaps also reunite with her Flan Prince? [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Komomo Ninomiya spent her childhood living like a princess. Surrounded by doting servants and delicious sweets, she led a satisfied life, yet still yearned the love of her parents, who were always too busy to see her. In times of loneliness, she found solace in pastries made by Natsu Azumi, the five-year-old son of the family chef. Natsu's confections were neither particularly tasty nor pretty, yet they filled Komomo with overwhelming warmth. After Natsu leaves with his father for France, Komomo spends the next 10 years in the familiar lap of luxury, until her father's business goes bankrupt. Demoted from a super princess to super poor, Komomo must now work part-time jobs to get by, but her stubborn personality results in her being fired time and time again. Her fortunes begin to change after a chance encounter with Natsu for the first time in a decade, who offers her a job at his confectionery "Méli-Mélo." The current Natsu is entirely different from how he used to be: he works Komomo to the bone and berates her for mistakes made. Only his confections have not changed, still suffusing her with the same warmth. With their positions as master and servant reversed, what awaits the two-faced patissier and spoiled princess? [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Anzu Sakurai's father runs a bakery shop. One day he disappears leaving Anzu and apprentice Tsukiya behind. Can the two of them work together to keep the shop running!? (Source: MU)

Ever since she watched a sushi chef prepare fish with artistry and elegance, Hanayu Ashitaba has aspired to become one herself. However, as the daughter of a pâtissièr who is expected to inherit her father's business, her dream remains far out of reach. Nonetheless, Hanayu continues to persevere in hopes of finding a way to realize her goals. That is until she crosses paths with her classmate, Hayato Hyuuga. The son of a sushi chef, Hyuuga is also destined to take over his father's business, but he is disinterested in doing so. Seeing this as an opportunity to marry into a sushi chef family, Hanayu begins devising a scheme to make Hyuuga fall in love with her. These efforts are quickly wasted when Hyuuga asks her out directly, stunning Hanayu while also making her second-guess using him as a means to an end. At the same time, Hyuuga seems to have a hidden agenda too—but what could it possibly be? [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Once a week, a young woman rewards herself by visiting her favorite pâtisserie after work. The shop is run by two handsome brothers—one of whom is always at the front of the shop when she arrives. While shyly ordering all the cakes that catch her eye, the young woman often wonders what the pâtissier thinks of her. Simultaneously, said pâtissier tries to work up the courage to ask for her name, failing to do so with each attempt. As the woman returns to the same shop time and time again, the pâtissier must find a way to approach her if he wants to ever learn her name. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

A high school crush, a world-class pastry chef, a former middle-weight boxing champion...and a whole lot of cake! Ono has come a long way since the agonizing day in high school when he confessed his love to handsome Tachibana. Now, some 14 years later Ono, a world-class pastry chef and gay playboy has it all. No man can resist Ono's charms (or his cooking skills!), but he has just found a new position under a man named Tachibana. Can this be the only man who resisted his charms, and if so, will the man who once snubbed the "magically gay" Ono get his just desserts? And how in the heck did a former middleweight boxing champion wind up as Ono's cake boy? (Source: DMP)

Uru is a very short girl and is constantly mistaken for an elementary school kid, but despite that, she is ridiculously strong and decides to live by herself after her mother gets remarried. She ends up working at a small cafe with two rather unique co-workers, Shindou, who acts gruff and intimidating, but who is really a nice guy who loves to make cakes and pies and the like, and Ichirou, who is really good-looking but who instantly falls asleep when he gets hungry and doesn't wake up again until he's force-fed something? What will the future bring to them? (Source: MU) Included one-shots: Volume 2: Suitei Seinen Shoujo Volume 4: Hana to Ageha, Natsu. Volume 7: Number One DX

Eight stories about Jean-Louis, a lawyer living in Paris, who loves chocolate.

Aram is a high school student who lives with her food stylist aunt. Aram's parents had to live out of the country and her kind aunt was willing to move in with Aram to take care of her. One day, Aram and her aunt get to witness a cooking show on TV that ended in catastrophic broadcasting blunder. Out of her curiosity, Aram goes to look for the patissierie who was on that show... which will lead her to change the perspective on her life and future. (Source: Eclipse Scans)

Souichi Kinoshita, a magazine journalist, came to a Western confectionary shop run by twin brothers to write an article. Although the interview with the patissier Jin Reizei had just begun, for some reason, Jin struggled to answer and the interview quickly dwindled to an awkward silence. That's when the other brother in the pair of twins, Ai, tells him about Jin's past...? Ikezumi presents a boy's love story of gentle-paced comfort. (Source: Fusion Product, translated)

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Her entire family likes them. her friends like them, all the girls she knows likes them... but to Suguri, sweets are the worst! Just the mere smell of them induces her to vomit! So what is she supposed to do when she discovers that her crush, Murakami Ken, is obsessed with them? He begs her to not tell anyone of his secret infatuation with sweets because it would ruin his 'manly' image and she agrees as long as she let's her work with him at the famous Igloo Bakery! Love sparks, rivals appear! See how Suguri overcomes her sugary malice!

Miu, a high school student who loves cakes, visits a cake shopto heal the pain of a broken heart There, she encounters Hayato, the school's most handsome student who is training as a pastry chef. "Don't tell anyone that I work at this store," he says. After learning his secret, the two of them suddenly become closer...! Cake can make dreams and love come true. A youthful love story begins! (Source: Square Enix, translated)

Miu, a high school student who loves cakes, visits a cake shopto heal the pain of a broken heart There, she encounters Hayato, the school's most handsome student who is training as a pastry chef. "Don't tell anyone that I work at this store," he says. After learning his secret, the two of them suddenly become closer...! Cake can make dreams and love come true. A youthful love story begins! (Source: Square Enix, translated)

Chiyoko is a 4th grader who loves chocolate! Along with her mother and father (who run a patisserie), the daughter of a japanese sweets shop who sees Chiyoko as her rival, Azuki-chan, and Azuki's mature little sister Kanoko-chan, she lives everyday happily with a bit of silliness. (Source: SCX-Scans)

The "bittersweet, mysterious story" revolves around Chocolat Aikawa, a chocolatière who runs a shop called Chocolat Noir. She can grant wishes to the troubled people who visit her shop—if they give her something precious in exchange.

Nagomu Irino returns to his Kyoto home for the first time in ten years when his father is hospitalized. Nagomu is eager to take over Ryokushou, the family's Japanese sweet shop, but he's instead asked to be a father figure to Itsuka Yukihira, the girl everyone calls the successor. (Source: Manga Translation Battle)

College student Kazuki, a lover of sweets, starts working part-time at a small local pastry shop called Fujimura. There, he meets Youichirou, a handsome genius pastry chef who has lost his enthusiasm for his job. To Youichirou's dismay, Kazuki is super clumsy and fails at many tasks. Kazuki soon discovers that Youichirou quit his job at a famous hotel for unknown reasons and has since lost his passion as a pastry chef... This story is about a 19-year-old brimming with happiness for the start of his dream and a 31-year-old approaching the end of his... (Source: Printemps Shuppan, translated)

After being hit by a car, Jinhyuk Im spends a long time in a coma, only to magically awaken in the past, the day before things all began to go downhill for his family. While unconscious, Jinhyuk lived as the almighty Heavenly Demon, Chunma, and now that he's back in the modern world, he's brought Chunma's abilities back with him! Determined to ensure a different fate for himself and his family, Jinhyuk uses his powers to master his father's recipes and help make their bakery the best in town! (Source: Tapas Media)

Ichigo finds out a day before her high school entrance exam that her best friend has been going out with her crush. Then she gets saved by a kind guy who gives her a cake in order to cheer her up but she doesn't manage to hear his name. She is afraid that she will never meet him again, but is that what fate has in store for them?

One day, Emi, an apprentice pâtissière, suddenly found herself in another world where evil spirits were abound. As she was about to be attacked by a beast, she was saved by a handsome knight. She makes some pudding to thank him, and by chance it was discovered that the sweets made by Emi were able to purify evil spirits! Dumbfounded by this, a shrine was set up in her name and she became known as the legendary purification princess?! (Source: AlphaPolis, translated)

Touching and emotional story of Cakes's journey...

Welcome to Baby Bear's Bakery, a brand new patisserie run by a bear cub! While Bear may be a fine baker, he is not much of a business animal, so he has plenty to learn about running a small business. Finances, customer service and even researching new products are all new to this cub. But he is more than willing to dig his paws into the world of entrepreneurship. (Source: Denpa)

Cruz reincarnated in the lower demons of the demon world. Cruz, who was aiming for a first-class pastry chef in her previous life, is just confused by the world where there is only black food. Still, she touched the kindness of the demons around her—"I want to make the demon world happy with sweets!" Deciding so, she completed the first "parfait" in the demon world with limited materials. The demons are instantly captivated by the sweets they eat for the first time! Furthermore, she was called by the strongest Demon Lord in history who heard the rumor...!? (Source: Kadokawa, translated)

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Lights, camera, Boys' Love! Honjirou is a rookie actor trying his best to land a breakout role, but he fears that his weight stands in the way of his dreams. One day, he's surprised by fan mail full of sweets. The package came from Konnosuke, a local pastry chef–Honjirou's first major fan! As Konnosuke supports Honjirou's work and gives him new confidence to face the stage, will their relationship grow beyond just aspiring star and fanboy? (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

Souta, who's attending a confectionery school, is in a relationship with Saeko, a girl one year older than him. He fell in love at first sight with her four years ago, and right before Christmas last year, they finally had their first kiss. Because his girlfriend loves big chocolate, every day, Souta tries to polish his chocolate-making skill. Even when his girlfriend smells like cigarettes although she doesn't smoke, even when she turns down his invitation to a date on Valentine's day, he's still not broken-hearted at all, and he still continues to love her... (Source: Aerandria)

"I shouldn't get involved with him..." Despite her heart's warnings, she just can't pull herself away from his sweet seduction. Mizuki, a former marathon runner with a penchant for anything sugary, has now begun working at a hotel. She has zero experience in customer service, and is clumsy and socially challenged to boot. She's been slipping up repeatedly at work, which has only made things awkward with her coworkers. But when she runs into Kaji, the handsome hotel patissier/rumored womanizer, and accidentally vents her work frustration at him, he decides to appoint her as the test taster for his new creations?! Former runner/dessert-lover meets charming pastry chef in this heart-racingly sweet romance! (Source: MangaPlaza)

16-year-old Koharu Sakurai, from Tokyo, ended up skipping the end of middle school due to certain reasons. At that time, at the invitation of her grandmother Yoshino who lives in Kyoto, she ends up living and working part-time at the traditional general store "Sakura An" in Gion. Besides Yoshino, there’s her uncle, Soujirou, a traditional sweet confectioner, and her second cousin, the beautiful Kyoto gentleman Reito. Surrounded by this lively family, Koharu’s heart slowly begins to open up, however, "Sakura An" and her family are hiding something...!? (Source: Kadokawa, translated)

As a child, Nao Okura loved nothing more than being beside her mother when she made wagashi: traditional Japanese sweets. Her mother found a live-in position as a wagashi maker at Kogetsuan—a shop that had been founded over four hundred years ago—and it was there that Nao met the heir to the shop, Tsubaki Takatsuki, a radiant boy who filled her childhood with light. The warmth and love of those days, however, comes to an abrupt halt when tragedy strikes, and Nao's mother is arrested for a crime she didn't commit, with Tsubaki's testimony landing her in jail. Fifteen years later, Nao—now living as Nao Hanaoka—is working as a wagashi maker at a reputable establishment, though soon her path leads her back to Kogetsuan and Tsubaki. The formerly cheerful boy has grown into a cruel man, and Nao's encounters with him show that very little of her friend remains, and that he doesn't seem to recognize her. Shockingly, Tsubaki asks Nao to marry him, believing her talent can change Kogetsuan's wagashi for the better. Nao agrees, wishing to use the situation to get access to Kogetsuan and find out the truth behind what really happened 15 years ago. So begins their marriage of convenience, but could it ever turn into something more? [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Ichigo Amano adores cakes, and she dreams of sharing her passion with others one day. While stuffing her face at a sweets festival, Ichigo stumbles across a cake that reminds her of a pastry from her past. This intrigues Henri Lucas—the pâtissièr that made the cake. Impressed by her astute sense of taste, he implores Ichigo to enroll at St. Marie Academy, where they train the next generation of pâtissières in all aspects of creating confections. On her first day as a transfer student, Ichigo prays for her success in front of a "Queen of Sweets Spirits" statue on campus. She is later placed in a group with the school's legendary "Sweets Princes"—three boys at the top of her class, each specializing in a different confectionary discipline. Struggling to keep up with the course material, she faces scrutiny from her classmates for being an amateur despite the praise she received from Henri. Upset that her skills pale in comparison to those of her talented team members, Ichigo vows to use her every waking hour to practice. Seeing her conviction, a Sweets Spirit named Vanilla answers her wishes and coaches Ichigo through the basics of baking amazing cakes. Vanilla aspires to become one of the Sweets Kingdom's "Royal Pâtissières," but she must first prove her abilities by aiding a human. Using her magic, Vanilla helps elevate Ichigo's techniques and confections to the next level as the two work towards becoming top pâtissières. [Written by MAL Rewrite] Included one-shot: Volume 1: Beautiful Dreamer