‘Wakakozake’ is the Perfect Manga for Foodies and Slice of Life Lovers

I stumbled upon the digital release of Wakako Zake this week, and I can confidently say this is a hidden gem that I want everyone to know about! The mangaka Chie Shinkyū, originally started  the manga in North Stars Pictures and Tokuma Shoten’s Monthly Comic Zenon magazine back in 2011. The story became so popular that even before the ending of the manga run, it spawned an anime and live action drama series. The Anime News Network tells us that Crunchyroll streamed the anime series, a 12-episode series of three-minute anime shorts starring Miyuki Sawashiro, that premiered in July 2015. The first 12-episode live-action drama series season aired in January-March 2015, and the second and third 12-episode seasons premiered in January 2016 and April 2017, respectively. “Manga About A 26-year-old Who Enjoys Herself At Bars Alone, Eating And Drinking” Our strange and endearing main character Wakako Murasaki is 26 years old. She loves to eat, in fact, she lives to eat. We are told that she was born with a taste for alcohol and good food, and so every night she searches for a good place to enjoy her meals alone. This is how the manga starts off with Wakako out for salt grilled salmon with cold Japanese sake in her own little world and someone else notices just how much she’s enjoying her meal and how well she eats. Before you feel sorry for her, she does have a life of her own: a career, family, friends–yet her adventures of going out to find great grub and drinks are solo dolo, and …