The Full-Time Wife Escapist

I have just finished Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu. It’s great. It needs more than one read may be I will do that later. It criticizes the society indifferent many ways and aspects for example why id it a given that a house the woman’s responsibility? Marriage, economics, way of living.. etc. I like the side romance with the really huge age gap which I don’t usually like. It previews it realistically. It also takes the usual predictable turns in a whole different direction The heroine is not typical and she’s great. She doesn’t jump into conclusion like other heroines. Instead she analyzessituations and uses her imagination to solve problem. She puts the psychology she studied in use but that doesn’t mean she’s not fixated on some problem of her own. The story is different but I can recommend Toukyou Tarareba Musume with ease to you if you liked this or that. The heroines might be a bit annoying there but it’s for a purpose. As a female and someone who's interested in studying society I find these interesting and great even if I am from a totally different culture

Incredibly good hidden gem of a romance manga. You'd be forgiven for overlooking it due to its less than catchy art and odd title - which turns out is not very true to its plot! This is the story of a woman who got a psychology degree and now she can't find a job. She's been couching off her parents, but they're moving back to their countryside home soon, and she's gotta sort her situation out or leave with them. She finds a comfortable part time job house cleaning for an engineer, but it doesn't make nearly enough to pay for a new lease, andtime is running out. On a whim she proposes being a live-in housewife - they get registered as married and get the tax benefits, she gets a home, and she continues to perform her cleaning duties until she can find a job - and surprisingly he accepts. What starts out as a purely business work/living arrangement turns romantic, and the story keeps expanding to other characters in other situations and walks of life. It's handled with a degree of candidness and maturity that is extremely rare to see, and it's packed with tons of great moments and conversations. It's not really a doughey-eyed, butterflies in the stomach kind of manga. Rather, it's a manga for adults that deals with modern issues, and is executed beautifully. If this had been published physically in English I would've purchased the volumes in a heartbeat. Don't miss this gem.