Oricon recently published two surveys about "business-related" manga, which basically refers to any manga involving the world of the working class.

One survey asked participants which title they would like to see turned into a television drama. Number one on the list was Tochi Ueyama's long-running "Cooking Papa" series, which is currently at 91 volumes and counting. The next most popular choices were "Hataraki Man" (Moyoco Anno), "OL Shinkaron" (Risu Akizuki), "Takeko-san no Koibito" (Reiko Mochizuki), and "Money no Ken" (Norifusa Mita).

The second survey asked respondents which main character they most wanted to be like. The top choice was Hitoshi Tadano, the title character of Kimio Yanagisawa's popular "Tokumei Kakarichou Tadano Hitoshi" series. He ranked highest among both men and women, and in two of the three age groups. Second place went to Kintaro Yajima of Hiroshi Motomiya's "Salaryman Kintaro." The rest of the top five were Kosaku Shima ("Kacho Shima Kosaku" by Kenshi Hirokane), Shiro Yamaoka ("Oishinbo" by Tetsu Kariya and Akira Hanasaki), and Minami Fujii ("Sapuri" by Mari Okazaki).