is a Japanese cooking manga series written by Zenta Abe and illustrated by Yoshimi Kurata. The series chronicles the lives of the staff and customers of a restaurant called Fujimura, owned by veteran chef Kumano. It was published by

Shogakukan is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, comics ( manga), non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the H ...

in ''

Big Comic Superior is a semimonthly seinen manga magazine published since July 1, 1987 by Shogakukan in Japan. Its target audience is somewhere between the audience for ''Big Comic Original'' and ''Big Comic Spirits''. The magazine has published works by a numb ...

'' from 1986 to 1999. After the death of Abe in 1999, other series have been released with other writers. The sixth series, ''Aji Ichi Monme: Tsugi Aji'', began in 2018. In 1999, ''Aji Ichi Monme'' won the 44th

Shogakukan Manga Award The is one of Japan's major manga awards, and is sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga and features candidates from a number of publishers. It is the oldest manga award in Japan, being given since ...

in the General category.

Publication

''Aji Ichi Monme'' is written by Zenta Abe and illustrated by Yoshimi Kurata. The manga was first serialized in

's '' Big Comic Original Zōkan'' in 1986, and was transferred in 1987 to ''

'', where it ran until 1999. Shogakukan compiled its chapters into thirty-three ''

tankōbon is the Japanese term for a book that is not part of an anthology or corpus. In modern Japanese, the term is most often used in reference to individual volumes of a manga series: most series first appear as individual chapters in a weekly or ...

'' volumes, published from May 30, 1986, to September 1, 1999. After the death of Abe in 1999, Yukie Fukuda served as the series writer, and a sequel, titled , was serialized in ''Big Comic Superior'' from 1999 to 2008. Shogakukan compiled its chapters into twenty-one ''tankōbon'' volumes, released from January 29, 2000, to March 28, 2008. A third series, titled , was serialized in ''Big Comic Superior'' from 2008 to 2013. Shogakukan compiled its chapters into ten ''tankōbon'' volumes, released from September 30, 2008, to April 30, 2013. A fourth series, titled , was serialized in ''Big Comic Superior'' from 2013 to 2016. Shogakukan compiled its chapters into six ''tankōbon'' volumes, released from October 30, 2013, to May 30, 2016. A fifth series, titled was serialized in ''Big Comic Superior'' from 2016 to 2017. It was written by Rei Hanagata instead of Yukie Fukuda. Shogakukan compiled its chapters into two ''tankōbon'' volumes, released on December 28, 2016, and July 28, 2017. An extra publication, titled , was serialized in ''Big Comic Superior'' from 2017 to 2018. Each chapter features a guest manga artist. Shogakukan compiled its chapters into three ''tankōbon'' volumes, released from October 30, 2017, to September 28, 2018. A short series, titled was serialized in ''Big Comic Superior'' in 2018. A sixth series, titled , has been serialized in ''Big Comic Superior'' since 2018. The series is written in collaboration with Rokuro Kube. Shogakukan has compiled its chapters into individual ''tankōbon'' volumes. The first volume was published on June 28, 2019. As of November 30, 2022, nine volumes have been published.

Reception

In 1999, the series won the 44th

in the General category.

References

External links

* 1986 manga 1999 manga 2008 manga 2013 manga 2016 manga 2018 manga Cooking in anime and manga Seinen manga Shogakukan manga Winners of the Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga {{manga-stub