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Fruits Basket

1998, Manga, 137 ch, 85%

Recommended by 6 Happy Cafe fans on AniList.

After a family tragedy turns her life upside down, plucky high schooler Tohru Honda takes matters into her own hands and moves out...into a tent! Unfortunately for her, she pitches her new home on private land belonging to the mysterious Sohma clan, and it isn't long before the…

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    2008, Manga, 52 ch, 77%

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    2017, Manga, ongoing, 68%

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  3. Cover of Kitchen Princess
    Kitchen Princess

    2004, Manga, 53 ch, 76%

    Recommended by 3 Happy Cafe fans on AniList.

  4. Cover of Hana-Kimi: For You in Full Blossom
    Hana-Kimi: For You in Full Blossom

    1996, Manga, 148 ch, 79%

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    2002, Manga, 30 ch, 67%

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    Daytime Star

    2021, Manga, 77 ch, 83%

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    2006, Manga, ongoing, 77%

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  12. Cover of Library Wars: Love & War
    Library Wars: Love & War

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About Happy Cafe

2004, Manga, 89 ch, 78%

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?

Included one-shots:
Volume 2: Suitei Seinen Shoujo
Volume 4: Hana to Ageha, Natsu
Volume 5: Special Chapter
Volume 7: Number One DX
Volume 9: Sora no Namae
Volume 12: Kashiwa's Story

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