History Manga / Gokushufudou

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"The Immortal Tatsu." A {{Yakuza}} so infamous that his mere name or appearance puts fear in the most hardened cops, criminals, and Yakuza members. One day he vanished, only to turn up later as a... HouseHusband?

''Gokushufudou: The Way of the House Husband'' follows the Immortal Tatsu, a dyed-in-the-wool badass yakuza thug, using his grit and determination learned from his former life in his new marriage with his career woman wife Miku. HilarityEnsues.

The manga is serialized in the Kurage Bunch publication. {{Creator/Viz Media}} has licensed the manga in the United States, and began releasing an official translation in September 2019 under the title ''The Way of The Househusband''.

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktztBx-8onk A live-action PV]] was released in 2019 to celebrate the sale of 1.2 million manga volumes, with Creator/KenjiroTsuda as Tatsu and Creator/MaayaSakamoto as the voice of Miku.
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!! This manga provides examples of:
* AffectionateNickname: Tatsu is affectionately called Tatchan/Tacchan (translated as Tatty by the main scanlators, and Tacchan by the official translation) by his wife Miku.
* BeachEpisode: In chapter 34, Tatsu and Miku get into a beach volleyball match with the volleyball team from chapter 16.
* ComicallySerious: Most of the comedy derives from Tatsu doing everyday things while sporting his yakuza swagger.
-->'''Tatsu:''' Hey! C'mon! Pull yourself together, [=PoliCure=] blue ranger!
* ComicallySmallBribe: Tatsu gives a coupon to a police officer so he can ride his bike quickly through the streets to bring Miku her lunch at work.
* CookingDuel: Tatsu and Tora get into a dessert duel to settle their unfinished business from their former lives, the winner being whoever gets more likes on [[BlandNameProduct Instantgram.]] Despite their [[FoodPorn affinity for food preparation]] and artsy photography skills, the winner is Tatsu with one single like, and even then it's just from Miku.
* CreepyGood: Tatsu gave up his life as Yakuza, but he still has the mannerisms and fashion sense of one, suggesting corporal punishments like yubitsume[[note]]cutting off a pinky finger as atonement[[/note]] and burying a broken doll in the garden as if it were a body he needed to dispose of. He is also a bit too chatty about his past experiences.
-->'''Yoga instructor:''' Does this pose remind you of anything?\\
'''Tatsu, on his back with his legs and feet behind his head:''' Sure does! This is how you look after the boss gets done whackin' ya with a wooden sword!
* DarkHorseVictory: The Halloween costume contest in chapter 39 is won by [[spoiler:a little girl called Yuuko, one of the entrants who got skipped over.]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: Defied; no one wants to follow Tatsu's idea of how he should be "punished" for his mistakes.
** When Tatsu realizes he accidentally buys his wife a box set of an anime that she already has, he tries to commit yubitsume.
** When Tatsu accidentally walks in the women's locker room at the gym, he tells one of the women he works out with that he's ready for his punishment and that she should tie him up and leave him in the mountains or throw him in the ocean with cement shoes on. The women just call him a silly-billy and conclude that yoga suits him.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: When a yakuza who has a grudge against Tatsu tries to attack him, Tatsu swaps said man's guns with a pair of mittens he just picked up at the store. The man is then suddenly thrown into a flashback of his mom buying him mittens when he was a kid. He promptly calms down and looks blissful and at peace.
-->'''Mom:''' We are so poor, so this is all I can really buy you. I'm sorry.\\
'''Present day Yakuza:''' ...I miss you, Mom!
* FaceOfAThug: Tatsu looks unintentionally scary enough that his every attempt to smile or appear friendly often unnerves normal civilians.
* FoodPorn: Whenever Tatsu cooks (which is pretty much every second chapter) it results in detailed hunger-inducing shots of the food in question.
* FracturedFairyTale: Chapter 33 features Tatsu's... ''distinctive'' take on Japanese folk tale ''Literature/{{Momotaro}}'' as told to a group of children.
* HappilyMarried: Tatsu and Miku love each other deeply.
* HouseHusband: Tatsu takes care of house duties while Miku works as a designer. Tatsu takes his role ''very, very seriously.''
* LethalChef: Miku and her dad; just the way they cook is wildly dangerous as they swing their knives like cleavers, and if it wasn't for her mom salvaging the food, it would be inedible.
* LikeASonToMe: Tatsu's father-in-law really wants to treat him as if he were his own child, since he never had a son. It's hard given he doesn't have much in common with Tatsu.
* LowCountGag: Immortal Tatsu and a rival Yakuza decide to settle their differences in a duel. A CookingDuel, specifically, with the winner decided by how many people like the Instagram photos of their food. Tatsu wins... with a single Like, from his wife.
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: While playing catch with his father-in-law, Tatsu throws the ball so hard the other man flies back several meters and crashes into a tree. Despite bleeding from a head injury, the man's only response is to compliment his throw.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: Most of the humor derives from Immortal Tatsu approaching mundane things like "trying out a new kitchen appliance" and "shopping with the wife" like he's still a hardcore Yakuza enforcer on the prowl. He can even make a cooking contest feel like a duel to the death.
* NoodleIncident:
** What happened that caused Tatsu to retire from the Yakuza is not made clear. What little we know hints that, whatever happened, it most likely ended with him being badly injured, and that Miku came across him right afterwards.
** It's unknown what happened to get Tatsu to marry Miku. She implies that he's actually become calmer since they first met, so how she managed to convince him to marry her is a mystery for the ages.
* PoliceBrutality: Nagai's partner suggests that instead of arresting Tatsu for apparently growing drugs they should just beat the shit out of him. His face when he says it unnerves Nagai.
* RealMenWearPink: Downplayed. Tatsu likes housekeeping and being a house husband, but his approach is more like cleaning a crime scene or completing missions for the clan. His apron is the only thing that can pass as cute.
* RealityEnsues: While chatting with his middle-aged housewife friends at the gym, Tatsu accidentally follows them into the women's changing rooms. Rather than enter PervertRevengeMode, they all understand it was an accident and wave off his apologies. Doubly so because they accidentally led him there during their walk and talk.
* RedBaron:
** Immortal Tatsu -- he got this nickname after busting ten rival yakuza's heads with a [[PipePain pipe]] in their headquarters.
** There's also Bareknuckle Tora.
* RetiredBadass:
** Tatsu himself. Most of the comedy is derived from him leaving the lifestyle but not the ways of the Yakuza, leading him to do things like treating a roomba like a new recruit to the gang.
** Tora, a rival yakuza who was considered to be one of the few people who could match him. He's not exactly happy about his retirement, mainly because he was forced into it after Tatsu put his gang out of business while he was in prison.
* RetiredMonster: Tatsu to the letter. His comments about his past life and his known exploits show he was involved in some very messy things, and there's a good reason why the sight of him makes current Yakuza members tremble and acquiesce.
* TheRival: Tatsu encounters Torajiro, another ex-Yakuza of a rival gang. Torajiro was called "Bare-Knuckle Tora" and was deemed to belong to the same level as Tatsu. Tora also happens to be a CloudCuckooLander and a crepe master.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Tatsu and Miku. He is a stone cold ex-criminal while she is a career-oriented businesswoman with a sizeable otaku streak. Best shown when both go shopping together, with him being frugal and her being more willing to splurge money.
* SeriousBusiness:
** As exemplified by Tatsu being more concerned about ''missing out on a sale'' than the armed Yakuza goons trying to shoot him to death, calling the former "Not for the faint of heart."
** He also is extremely serious about cleanliness. When visiting a former subordinate whose apartment is a mess, Tatsu not only punches him for the mess, but also berates the man for throwing clothes in the wash without pre-treating them.
** He and another former yakuza, whose gang he put out of business while the guy was in jail, decide to settle their differences with a duel. A cooking duel. And the winner is decided by who gets more likes on a picture of what they made that they post to an Instagram knock-off. Cue MundaneMadeAwesome, with narration by Masa.
** Miku's father likens playing catch to a serious heart to heart conversation between the participants, which is why he's disappointed that Tatsu keeps running the ball back to him rather than throwing it back. When Tatsu throws back the ball so hard the father is bleeding the latter is smiling and praising Tatsu for his slider.
* ShowWithinAShow: "[=PoliCure=]" (a [[Franchise/PrettyCure PreCure]] ShoutOut) is Miku's favorite anime -- she has all the seasons on DVD and a prized figurine of the character "Cobalt Police."
* SickEpisode: In chapter 42, Tatsu gets the flu, visualising it as yakuza flu viruses fighting his white blood cells (which all look like him).
* SkewedPriorities: Given a choice between defending himself from Yakuza out to kill him, and getting to a massive department store sale on time, Tatsu will prioritize the latter.
* SlasherSmile: Tatsu's smile always suggests he's about to brutally murder someone.
* SuperStrength: Both Tatsu and Miku are capable of sending someone flying several meters without much effort. Universally PlayedForLaughs.
* ThatCameOutWrong: Tatsu asks a grocery store clerk if they have the "good white stuff, nice and granulated."
-->'''Grocer:''' ''[[BeatPanel (blank expression)]]'' We do not.\\
'''Miku:''' He means flour, I think.
* TraumaButton: When Tatsu and Miku visit a car dealership and go for a test drive, Tatsu begins seeing a crossing guard, business man, and old man crossing the street as assassins lying in wait to attack him and his wife while they're trapped in their car. It's played completely seriously, and Tatsu eventually pulls over, gets out, and tells Miku that he'll "have to pass on this deal."
* {{Yubitsume}}: Tatsu attempts to cut his pinky off as an apology after realizing the gift he bought his wife was one she already had. Miku sends him flying.
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"Tne Immortal Tatsu." A {{Yakuza}} so infamous that his mere name or appearance puts fear in the most hardened cops, criminals, and Yakuza members. One day he vanished, only to turn up later as a... HouseHusband?

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: When a yakuza who has a grudge against Tatsu tries to attack him, Tatsu swaps said the guy's guns with a pair of mittens he just picked up at the store. The man is then suddenly thrown into a flashback of his mom buying him mittens when he was a kid. He promptly calms down and looks blissful and at peace.

"Tne Immortal Tatsu." A {{Yakuza}} so infamous that his mere name or appearance puts fear in the most hardened cops, criminals, and Yakuza members. One day he vanished, only to turn up later as a ...HouseHusband?

-->'''Grocer:''' [[BeatPanel (blank expression)]] We do not.\\

* FoodPorn: Whenever Tatsu cooks (which is pretty much every second chapter), it results in detailed hunger-inducing shots of the food in question.
* FracturedFairyTale: Chapter 33 features Tatsu's... ''distinctive'' take on Japanese folk tale ''Literature/{{Momotaro}}'', as told to a group of children.
* HappilyMarried: Tatsu and Miku love each other despite their different lifestyles.
* HouseHusband: Tatsu takes care of house duties while Miku works as a designer. Tatsu takes his role very, very seriously.

* FaceOfAThug: Tatsu looks scary enough that his every attempt to appear friendly makes normal civilians' blood run cold.

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: When a yakuza who has a grudge against Tatsu tries to attack him, Tatsu swaps said the guy's guns with a pair of mittens he just picked up at the store. The man is then suddenly thrown into a flashback of his mom buying him mittens when he was a kid, who promptly calms down and looks blissful.

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: When a yakuza (who has a grudge against Tatsu) tries to attack him with a gun, Tatsu swaps said gun with mittens. The yakuza is then suddenly thrown into a flashback of his mom buying him mittens when he was a kid.

-->'''Mom:''' We are so poor, so this is all I can really buy you, I'm sorry.\\
'''Present day Yakuza:'''... I miss you, Mom!

** When Tatsu realizes he accidentally bought his wife a box set of an anime that she already had, he tries to commit {{Yubitsume.}}
** When Tatsu accidentally walks in the women's locker room he hits himself and prepares himself to a painful execution for his mistake, but the women just call him a silly-billy and comment to themselves that yoga suits him.

* CreepyGood: Tatsu gave up his life as Yakuza, but he still has the mannerisms and fashion sense of one, suggesting corporal punishments like yubitsume[[note]]cutting off a pinky finger as atonement[[/note]] when he accidentally walks into the women's dressing room, and burying a broken doll in the garden as if it were a body he needed to dispose of. He is also a bit too chatty about his past experiences.

!!''Gokushufudou'' shows examples of:
* AffectionateNickname: Tatsu is affectionately called Tatchan/Tacchan (translated as Tatty by the main scanlators, and Tacchan by the official translation), by his wife Miku.

* BigNo: Miku lets out a big no when Tatsu considers buying a lame pickup truck.

-->'''Tatsu:''' Hey! C'mon! Pull yourself together, [=PoliCure=] blue ranger!!
* ComicallySmallBribe: Tatsu gives a coupon to a police officer so he can go after his wife who forgot her lunch.
* CookingDuel: Tatsu and Tora get into a dessert duel to settle their unfinished business, the winner being whoever gets more likes on [[BlandNameProduct Instantgram]]. Despite their [[FoodPorn affinity for food preparation]] and artsy photography skills, the only one who gets even a single like is Tatsu, and even then it's just his wife who liked it.
* CreepyGood: Tatsu gave up his life as Yakuza but he still has the mannerisms and fashion sense of one, suggesting corporal punishments like yubitsume[[note]]cutting off a pinky finger as atonement[[/note]] when he makes a mistake, and burying a broken doll in the garden as if it were a body he needed to dispose of. He is also a bit too chatty about his past experiences.

* DarkHorseVictory: The Halloween costume contest in chapter 39 is won by [[spoiler:a little girl called Yuuko, one of the entrants who got skipped over]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: Defied; no one wants to follow Tatsu's idea of punishment for his mistakes.
** When Tatsu realizes he accidentally bought his wife a box set of an anime that she already had, he tries to commit {{Yubitsume}}, only for her to stop him by clotheslining him.

''Gokushufudou: The Way of the House Husband'' follows the Immortal Tatsu, a dyed-in-the-wool badass yakuza thug, adapting to the married lifestyle with a career woman working as a designer. HilarityEnsues.

Immortal Tatsu. A {{Yakuza}} so infamous that his mere name or appearance puts fear in the most hardened cops or criminals. He disappeared, only to be seen again as... a HouseHusband?

-->'''Yoga instructor:''' What does this pose remind you of?\\
'''Tatsu:''' It's the "after the boss smacks you around with the flat edge of the blade to teach you some manners" pose.

* RetiredMonster: Tatsu again. His comments about his past life and his known exploits show he was involved in some very messy things.

* ThatCameOutWrong: Tatsu asks a grocery store clerk if they have the "good white stuff, nice and granulated".

* AffectionateNickname: Tatsu is affectionately called Tatchan/Tacchan, translated as Tatty, by his wife Miku.

* LethalChef: Miku and her dad, just the way they cook is widely dangerous as they swing their knives like cleavers and if it wasn't from her mom to salvage it it would be unedible.

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktztBx-8onk A live-action PV]] was released in 2019 to celebrate the sale of 1.2 million manga volumes, with Creator/KenjiroTsuda as Tatsu and Maaya Sakamoto as the voice of Miku.

* BigNo: Miku when Tatsu considers buying a lame pickup truck.

* CookingDuel: The chapter where Tatsu and Tora get into one to settle their unfinished business, the winner being whoever gets more likes on [[BlandNameProduct Instantgram]]. Despite their [[FoodPorn affinity for food preparation]] and artsy photography skills, the only one who gets even a single like is Tatsu, and even then it's just his wife who liked it.

'''Present day Yakuza:'''... I miss you, mom!

* FoodPorn: Whenever Tatsu cooks (which is pretty much every second chapter), it results in this.

* LikeASonToMe: Tatsu's father-in-law really wants to treat him as such since he never had a son. It's hard given he doesn't have much in common with Tatsu.

* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: While playing catch with his father-in-law, Tatsu threw the ball so hard the other man flew back several meters and crashed into a tree. Despite bleeding from a head injury, the man's only response was to compliment his throw.

** What happened that caused Tatsu to retire from the Yakuza. What little we know hints that, whatever happened, it most likely ended with him being badly injured, and that Miku came across him right afterwards.
** Also, what happened to get Tatsu to marry Miku. She implies that he's actually become calmer since they first met, so how she managed to convince him to marry her is a mystery for the ages.

* ThatCameOutWrong: Tatsu asks a grocery store clerk if they have the "good white stuff, nice and granulated."

* {{Yubitsume}}: Tatsu attempts to cut his pinky off as an apology after realizing the gift he bought his wife was one she already had. Miku sends him flying.

The manga is serialized in the Kurage Bunch publication. {{Creator/Viz Media}} has licensed the manga in the United States, and released an official translation in September 2019 under the title ''The Way of The Househusband''.

* NoodleIncident: What happened that caused Tatsu to retire from the Yakuza. What little we know hints that, whatever happened, it most likely ended with him being badly injured, and that Miku came across him right afterwards.

* RealityEnsues: While chatting with his middle-aged housewife friends at the gym, Tatsu accidentally follows them into the women's changing rooms. Rather than enter PervertRevengeMode, they all understand it was an accident and wave off his apologies. Doubly so because they accidently led him there during their walk and talk.

* HappilyMarried: Although they might not be officially married, Tatsu and Miku love each other despite their different lifestyles.

* RealityEnsues: While chatting with his middle-aged housewife friends at the gym, Tatsu accidentally follows them into the women's changing rooms. Rather than enter PervertRevengeMode, they all understand it was an accident and wave off his apologies.

The manga is serialized in the Kurage Bunch publication. {{Creator/Viz Media}} has licensed the manga in the United States, and will be releasing an official translation in Fall 2019 under the title ''The Way of The Househusband''.

''Gokushufudou: The Way of the House Husband'' follows the Immortal Tatsu, a dyed-in-the-wool badass yakuza thug, adapting to the married lifestyle with a career woman working as a designer. HilarityEnsues. NeedsWikiMagic.

-->'''Tatsu:''' Hey c'mon! Pull yourself together Policure blue ranger!!

* DisproportionateRetribution: Defied, no one wants to follow Tatsu's idea of punishment for his mistakes.

** When Tatsu accidentally walks in the women's locker room he hits himself and prepares himself to a painful execution for his mistake, the women just called him a silly-billy and are comments yoga suits him.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: When a yakuza (who has a grudge on Tatsu) tries to attack him with a gun, Tatsu swaps said gun with mittens. The yakuza is then suddenly thrown into a flashback of his mom buying him mittens when he was a kid.

* PoliceBrutality: Nagai's partner suggests that instead they arrest him for apparently growing drugs they should just beat the shit out of him. His face when he says it unnerves Nagai.

* RealityEnsues: While chatting with is middle-aged housewife friends at the gym, Tatsu accidentally follows them into the women's changing rooms. Rather than enter PervertRevengeMode, they all understand it was an accident and wave off his apologies.

* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Tatsu and Miku. He is a stone cold ex-criminal while she is a career-oriented businesswoman with a sizeable otaku streak. Best shown when both go shopping together, with he being frugal and she being more willing to splurge money.

** Miku's father likens playing catch as to a serious heart to heart conversation between the participants, which is why he's disappointed that Tatsu keeps running the ball back to him rather than throwing it back. When Tatsu throw back the ball so hard the father is bleeding the latter is smiling and praising Tatsu for his slider.
* ShowWithinAShow: "Poli-Cure" is Miku's favorite anime -- she has all the seasons on DVD and a prized figurine of the character "Cobalt Police."