History Manga / MyBrothersHusband

* CanadaEh: Mike is super nice and polite while he's in Japan and apologizes a lot, befitting of the "Canadians are nice" stereotype. That said, he doesn't talk in any stereotypical Canadian way though that's mostly because he's speaking Japanese most of the time. Also the fact that Ryoji moved to Canada and found Mike, shows Canada's gay friendly nature compared to other countries, especially Japan.

* BleachedUnderpants: Before this manga, Tagame was best known for his sometimes violent and disturbing Bara erotic work.

''My Brother's Husband'' (''Otōto no Otto'') is a domestic dramedy manga series by Creator/GengorohTagame. It is the first family-friendly work by Tagame, previously known for his BaraGenre gay male erotic manga. It was originally serialised in ''Monthly Action'' magazine in 2014-7, and published in official English translation in two volumes (double the length of the volumes of the four-volume Japanese collections) in 2017-8 (an oversized single-volume edition came out in 2020). A live-action TV adaptation was broadcast in 2018 on NHK BS Premium.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Mike goes back to Canada, and he can't bring himself to promise to Kana and Yaichi that they'll meet again after he saw Ryoji's own promise remain unfulfilled by his passing. However, all of the characters want to see each other again. Yaichi finds closure with his brother's death and accepts Mike as a member of his family.]]

* AmbiguouslyGay: There are some hints in the first volume that Yaichi might himself be gay and very deeply closeted. He is unable to explain quite why his marriage to Natsuki failed despite how well they get on, and he tells Kana that he doesn't really know what "making love" means, which could be avoiding going into sexual detail with a child but could be something of a confession.

* HomoeroticSubtext: There are some hints in the first volume that Yaichi might himself be gay and very deeply closeted. He is unable to explain quite why his marriage to Natsuki failed despite how well they get on, and he tells Kana that he doesn't really know what "making love" means, which could be avoiding going into sexual detail with a child but could be something of a confession.

* TheFaceless: In flahbacks, Ryoji is always seen from the back or in silhouette, and Yaichi's imaginary conversations with him use the mirror reflection as a stand-in. It's only towards the end that we see his actual face in the photos on Mike's tablet. {{Downplayed}}, though, since he shares a face with Yaichi as his twin brother.

* HomoeroticSubtext: There are some hints in the first volume that Yaichi might himself be gay and very deeply closeted. He is unable to explain quite why his marriage to Natsuki failed despite how well they get on, and he tells Kana that he doesn't really know what "making love" means, which could be avoiding going into sexual detail with a child but could be something of a confession. [[spoiler:Eventually, nothing happens between Yaichi and Mike.]]

* SettleForSibling: Yaichi's exact resemblance to Ryoji sometimes creates embarrassment between him and Mike. [[spoiler:Absolutely nothing comes out of it.]]

* UnresolvedSexualTension: There appears to be still some lingering feeling between Yaichi and Natsuki, but at the end nothing comes out.

''My Brother's Husband'' (''Otōto no Otto'') is a domestic dramedy manga series by Creator/GengorohTagame. It is the first family-friendly work by Tagame, previously known for his BaraGenre gay male erotic manga. It was originally serialised in ''Monthly Action'' magazine in 2014-7, and published in official English translation in two volumes (double the length of the volumes of the four-volume Japanese collections) in 2017-8. A live-action TV adaptation was broadcast in 2018 on NHK BS Premium.

[[caption-width-right:281:From left to right: Mike, Kana, and Yaichi.]]