History Manga / WayOfTheHouseHusband

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[[TheDreaded "The Immortal Tatsu"]]: A {{Yakuza}} so infamous that simply hearing his name struck fear in the most hardened cops, criminals, and Yakuza members alike. 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 ex-yakuza thug, who uses his grit and determination cultivated from his former life in his new marriage with his career woman wife, Miku. HilarityEnsues.

The manga, created by Kousuke Ono, began serialization in the ''Kurage Bunch'' publication in 2018 and is still ongoing. {{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 portraying Tatsu (he also directed it) and Creator/MaayaSakamoto as the voice of Miku.

A live-action TV series starring Hiroshi Tamaki as Tatsu premiered in Japan in October 2020. An anime adaptation premiered on Creator/{{Netflix}} in 2021, with Creator/KenjiroTsuda [[RoleReprise reprising his role]] as Tatsu.

Compare ''Manga/SakamotoDays''.
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!! This manga provides examples of:
* AdaptationExpansion: In the live-action series, they added additional elements and stories, such as Tatsu entering a competition, creating a play based on Literature/{{Momotaro}}, and adding extra characters to the series. For example, Tatsu in the live-action series is now a stepfather and he has to adapt to the role of a parent, while Masa wants to become a househusband because he fell in love.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Overlapping with CompositeCharacter. In the manga, Tatsu's former yakuza president and Hikari have little to no connection. In the live action series, they're married (Tatsu's boss incorporating some of the aspects of Hikari's deceased husband in the manga), and the episode B-plots often revolve around the couple in their post-yakuza lifestyle.
* AffectionateNickname: Tatsu is affectionately called Tatchan/Tacchan (translated as Tatty by the scanlators, and Tacchan by the official translation) by his wife Miku.
* BattleRapping: In chapter 38, Tatsu and Goda have a rap battle on the sidewalk. Tatsu renders Goda speechless with an ArmorPiercingResponse: "[[spoiler:You dress weird!]]"
* BeachEpisode: In chapter 34, Tatsu and Miku get into a beach volleyball match with the volleyball team from chapter 16.
* BlandNameProduct:
** A Google counterpart begins with "Guugl-".
** "Roomboo" for Roomba.
** "Instantgram" for Instagram.
** "Toys A Mas" for Toys R Us.
** "Dostco" for Costco.
** "Daizo" for Daiso.
** "Eeon" for Aeon [[note]]A chain of shopping complexes in Japan and greater Asia[[/note]]
** "Crock" for Crocs
* CanonForeigner: The TV series gives Tatsu and Miku a daughter, elementary schooler Himawari.
* TheComicallySerious: Most of the comedy comes from Tatsu doing everyday things while sporting his yakuza methodology and 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.
* ComicallySmallDemand: Chapter 58 [[FauxHorrific portrays it]] like a terrifying mob shakedown when Tatsu goes door-to-door for Neighborhood Association dues... to the tune of 500¥[[note]](less than $5 US)[[/note]] per household -- literal pocket change.
* 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, Tatsu wins with just one single like, and even then it's just from Miku.
* CreepyGood: Tatsu has left his life as a Yakuza clan leader behind him, but he still has the mannerisms and fashion sense of one. Examples include him suggesting corporal punishments like yubitsume[[note]]cutting off a pinky finger as atonement[[/note]] for himself for making 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.
-->'''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!
* CulturalTranslation: Miku's dad brings up keeping pets, namely pigs. Tatsu misinterprets him to be talking of the police. In the original, Miku's Dad's pet conversation is about dogs, with the police being likened to dogs in Japan, so a dub change was made.
* CutenessOverload:
** The subject of chapter 50, as Tatsu, Miku, and a rival Yakuza go gaga over dogs.
** This is Torii's general reaction to cats.
* DarkHorseVictory: Despite the three former Yakuza giving their all to win, 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 ideas of how he should be "punished" for his mistakes.
** When Tatsu learns that he accidentally bought his wife a box set of an anime that she already has, he tries to commit yubitsume. Panicking, Miku pacifies him by hitting him hard enough to drop the knife (and send him flying out the window).
** 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, understanding that it was a mistake, just call him a silly-billy and conclude that yoga suits him.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything:
** Tatsu and Tora's search for tapioca is presented like they're drug dealers sourcing and selling a new drug.
** Torii sneaking away and indulging in a cat café is treated as if she is hiding a drug addiction.
** Tatsu and Masa collecting neighborhood association dues is presented like they're collecting protection money, complete with terrified "victims".
* DogsAreDumb: Elizabeth the dog got her leash tangled around her doghouse chasing a butterfly.
* 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 (flashback):''' We are so poor, so this is all I can really buy you. I'm sorry.\\
'''Yakuza (present day):''' ...I miss you, Mom!
* FaceOfAThug: Tatsu looks unintentionally scary enough that his every attempt to smile or appear friendly often unnerves normal civilians at best.
* 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.
* GenreSavvy: In one omake, Miku becomes a MagicalGirlWarrior, and starts pointing out where they're going wrong from the usual setup.
* HappilyMarried: Tatsu and Miku clearly love each other very much, with Miku never batting an eye at Tatsu's antics and Tatsu being willing to do absolutely anything for his wife.
* HighSchoolAU: A two-part omake in volume 3 features Tatsu as a teacher and the rest of the cast as his homeroom.
* HouseHusband: Tatsu takes care of house duties while Miku works as a designer. Tatsu takes his role ''[[SeriousBusiness very, very seriously]].''
* ImTakingHerHomeWithMe: Torii's reaction to a cat she comes across in a cat cafe who reminds her of her dead husband is to pick him up and try to take him with her as she leaves.
* InsomniaEpisode: In chapter 53, Tatsu has difficulty sleeping and tries various methods to help him fall asleep.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Tatsu and his fellow housewife friends who frequently go out for meals to chat or do group activities like yoga or volleyball together.
* LethalChef: Miku and her dad, to Tatsu's horror. 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. Eventually they give playing catch a try, with [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction tentatively]] positive results.
* LimitedAnimation: The anime uses very minimal animation, looking more in the vein of a motion comic than a fully animated series (the anime's director, Chiaki Kon, used a very similar approach to ''Manga/BackStreetGirls'', another anime she directed). This was [[https://twitter.com/Aochhii/status/1366606985139916801 a deliberate choice]] by the anime's producer.
* 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 Miku.
* 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.
** Tatsu also gets hit with a plank in one chapter, only to marvel at the quality of the wood.
* 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.
* NeighborhoodFriendlyGangsters: The yakuza we see, even the still-active ones, don't seem to do much illegal activity (though that could just be because they do it offscreen). The bosses often seem more interested in their pets (see the dog park chapter). In real life this is a real concern when the police try to bust the Yakuza because while they are indeed violent gangsters they also value and legitimately protect their community.
* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: Tatsu frequently works at various part time jobs depending on the chapter, such as being a waiter or working at a cat café.
* NoodleIncident:
** What happened that caused Tatsu to retire from the Yakuza is not made clear. What little we do know hints that, whatever happened, it most likely ended with him being badly injured, and that Miku came across him right afterwards.
** It's also 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. Averted in the live action series, where it was shown how they met each other and ended up as a couple.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: When Tatsu's trying out his new roomba, it startles Gin who knocks over a bottle of wine over Tatsu. Then, the chairwoman of the women's association walks in to meet Tatsu who is lying on the floor and covered in what they think is blood.
* OneDialogueTwoConversations: While talking with his other housewife acquaintances, Tatsu started reminiscing about his old yakuza life and how brutal it was. Since the other housewives were complaining about their husbands, they all naturally thought he was talking about his current life with Miku. Cue hilarious [[ImagineSpot Imagine Spots]] on their end.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When test driving a car with Miku, Tatsu starts having flashbacks and seeing passersby as potential assassins, eventually having to pull over and get out. Unlike most times in the manga, this is not PlayedForLaughs.
* 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 aprons are the only things that can pass as cute.
** Continuing along those lines, when he learns flower arranging, he uses it to convey the experiences of being Yakuza, like the violence of the moment as an excavator crashes through a rival office's wall, or the sense of fleeting life as your brothers-in-arms' lives slip away around you in a botched raid.
* 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 (Steelfist Tiger in the official translation).
* 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, now runs a creperie. 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.
** Also Hibaki, the matriarch of the Torii family, who retired from the business after her husband died a year earlier.
* 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" ("Steelfist Tiger" in the official translation) 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 very obvious ShoutOut to ''Franchise/PrettyCure'') is Miku's favorite anime -- she has all the seasons on DVD and a prized figurine of the character "Cobalt Police."
** The ''Manly Man'' movie series is a reference to the ''It's Tough Being a Man ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otoko_wa_Tsurai_yo Otoko wa Tsurai yo]])'' movie series.
* 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.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Tatsu is a former mob boss known as the Immortal Dragon. Yet he seems to have settled into a quiet life as a homemaker, with no one giving him trouble for being a former crook. ''Nope''; it turns out that everyone in the area knows who he is, and it's an OpenSecret that he's former yakuza. His wife recalls that she found him bleeding and injured from a job, saying he's much better now than he was. Meanwhile, every yakuza gang member, current or reformed, looks at his face and goes OhCrap before reaching for a weapon. A vignette reveals the police are keeping tabs on him, convinced that he's a FalselyReformedVillain, and waiting to catch him in the act of a crime.
** Likewise, he is a ShellShockedVeteran from his time as a mob boss. It's mostly played for laughs, but he has trouble driving and treats homemaking as SeriousBusiness.
** While walking and talking 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.
* 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.
* TigerVersusDragon: The motif is referenced with the appearance of Tatsu's old yakuza rival Bareknuckle Tora; "Tatsu" and "Tora" mean "Dragon" and "Tiger" respectively.
* 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 before he can bring the knife down.
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* 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.

* AdaptationExpansion: In the live-action series, they added additional elements and stories, such as Tatsu entering a competition, creating a play based on Literature/{{Momotaro}}, and adding extra characters to the series. For example, Tatsu in the live-action series is now a stepfather and he has to adapt to the role of a parent, while Massu wants to become a househusband because he fell in love.

* 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.]]

** 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.

* {{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.

** It's also 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.

* 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.

* RealityEnsues: While walking and talking 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.

* CulturalTranslation: Miku's dad brings up keeping pets, namely pigs. Tatsu misinterprets him to be talking of the police. In Japan, Miku's Dad's pet conversation, and the police are likened to dogs so a dub change were made.

* DogsAreDumb: Elizabeth the dog got her leash tangled around her doghouse chasing a butterfly.

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''.

* NeighborhoodFriendlyGangsters: The yakuza we see, even the still-active ones, don't seem to do much illegal activity (though that could just be because they do it offscreen). The bosses often seem more interested in their pets (see the dog park chapter).

A live-action TV series starring Hiroshi Tamaki as Tatsu premiered in Japan in October 2020. An anime adaptation is set to premiere on Creator/{{Netflix}} in 2021, with Creator/KenjiroTsuda [[RoleReprise reprising his role]] as Tatsu.

* LimitedAnimation: The anime uses ver minimal animation, looking more in the vein of a motion comic than a fully animated series (the anime's director, Chiaki Kon, used a very similar approach to ''Manga/BackStreetGirls'', another anime she directed). This was [[https://twitter.com/Aochhii/status/1366606985139916801 a deliberate choice]] by the anime's producer.

[[TheDreaded "The Immortal Tatsu"]]: A {{Yakuza}} so infamous that simply hearing his name struck fear in the most hardened cops, criminals, and Yakuza members alike. One day he vanished, only to turn up later as a...HouseHusband?

* ShowWithinAShow: ''[=PoliCure=]'' (a very obvious ShoutOut to ''Franchise/PrettyCure'') is Miku's favorite anime -- she has all the seasons on DVD and a prized figurine of the character "Cobalt Police."

[[TheDreaded "The Immortal Tatsu."]] A {{Yakuza}} so infamous that simply hearing his name struck fear in the most hardened cops, criminals, and Yakuza members alike. One day he vanished, only to turn up later as a...HouseHusband?