Shiawase wa Tabete Nete Mate

• Name — Shiawase wa Tabete Nete Mate • Ja Kanji — しあわせは食べて寝て待て • Genre — Slice of life

• Type — manga • Author — Tori Mizunagi • Publisher — Akita Shoten • Imprint — ALC DX • Magazine — For Mrs. • First — February 3, 2020 • Volumes — 6

• Type — drama • Director — * Ryōhei Nakano • Kenji Tanaka • Takashi Uchida • Writer — * Ryōko Kuwahara • Saeki Nejime • Music — Nobuyuki Nakajima • Studio — NHK Enterprises • Network — NHK General TV • First — April 1, 2025 • Last — May 27, 2025 • Episodes — 9 Shiawase wa Tabete Nete Mate is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tori Mizunagi. It began serialization in Akita Shoten's josei manga magazine For Mrs. in February 2020. A live-action television drama adaptation aired between April and May 2025.

Satoko Mugimaki is a 38-year-old woman who suffers from an immune system disorder which forces her to quit her previous job, and work in an office on a part-time basis at four days a week. Satoko later moves into a new apartment, and meets and befriends the landlady Suzu Miyama. Suzu notices that Satoko has health problems and volunteers to help her get better. Soon Satoko meets other people in her new neighborhood, and finds that it helps raise her spirits as she deals with her reoccurring health problems.

• Satoko Mugimaki • Yuki Sakurai • Suzu Miyama • Mariko Kaga • Tsukasa Hajiro • Hio Miyazawa • Keiichirō Tō • Seiji Fukushi • Otome Aoba • Tomoko Tabata • Hiroki Mashiko • Yuto Nakayama • Chiharu Tomoezawa • Aoi Okuyama • Riku Sorihashi • Kie Kitano • Hitoshi Yatsugashira • Jun Nishiyama • Natsuki Kōma • Shiori Doi • Yumi Mejiro • Hinano Nakayama • Keiko Mugimaki • Mayumi Asaka

Written and illustrated by Tori Mizunagi, Shiawase wa Tabete Nete Mate began serialization in Akita Shoten's josei manga magazine For Mrs. on February 3, 2020. Its chapters have been collected in six tankōbon volumes as of October 2025.

A live-action television drama adaptation aired on NHK General TV from April 1, to May 27, 2025. The drama starred Yuki Sakurai, Mariko Kaga, Hio Miyazawa in lead roles, and Seiji Fukushi, Tomoko Tabata, Kie Kitano, and Mayumi Asaka among others in supporting roles. A television special is set to premiere on NHK General TV in Q3 2026.