Nikujo no Susume

A manga about an office lady who has a complex about what she looks like when she eats her favorite food: meat.

I liked this series but man o man, does it feel like fetish bait. Various characters indulge in eating their favorite foods while giving orgasmic expressions. It’s very similar to Meshinuma in that sense.

The main character even cries because her boyfriend dumped her for how she looked while eating. This also leads a potential romantic relationship with a co-worker’s who’s erectile dysfunction gets fixed after he sees her devouring her meal. Eventually she makes friends with other female co-workers and they start hanging out together to eat various meat dishes.

It’s a weird concept where I really feel a culture gap with Japanese society. Is there as stigma against women who eat meat and enjoy it in Japan? Possibly, but this manga sure leans into that hard and it comes off a bit ridiculous.

~dakazu