Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu
Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu (逃げるは恥だが役に立つ, lit. "Running away is shameful, but useful"), known as The Full-Time Wife Escapist or We Married as a Job in English, is a Japanese romance josei manga series written and illustrated by Tsunami Umino. The original title is from a Hungarian proverb: "Running away is shameful, but useful" (szégyen a futás, de hasznos, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈse̝ːɟɛnɒ ˌfutɑ̈ːʃ dɛ ˈhɒsnoʃ]).[1] It published by Kodansha, with serialization in Kiss magazine since November 9, 2012[2] and eleven volumes released across the whole series timeframe.[3]
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Genre |
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Manga | |
Written by | Tsunami Umino |
Published by | Kodansha |
English publisher | Kodansha Comics |
Magazine | Kiss |
Demographic | Josei |
Original run | November 9, 2012 – April 13, 2020 |
Volumes | 11 |
Television drama | |
Directed by | Fuminori Kaneko |
Produced by | Yasuharu Ishii Nobuhiro Doi |
Written by | Akiko Nogi |
Music by | Kenichiro Suehiro MAYUKO |
Original network | TBS |
Original run | October 11, 2016 – December 20, 2016 |
Episodes | 11 |
The series later got a live-action adaptation that began airing on TBS in October 2016, with Yui Aragaki and Gen Hoshino as the leads.
Characters
- Mikuri Moriyama (森山 みくり, Moriyama Mikuri)
- Portrayed by: Yui Aragaki
- The protagonist. A graduate student who was recently fired from her temporary job and was given the chance to become a housekeeper at Hiramasa's home. After learning that her parents were about to move to the countryside, she enters a contract marriage with Hiramasa.
- Hiramasa Tsuzaki (津崎 平匡, Tsuzaki Hiramasa)
- Portrayed by: Gen Hoshino
- The male lead. A salaryman of who is one of the top workers in his company. He is thirty-six years old but still a virgin and calls himself a "professional bachelor". Enters a contract marriage with Mikuri and falls in love with her as time passes.
Volumes
Reception
Volume 5 reached the 47th place on the weekly Oricon manga charts and, as of April 19, 2015, had sold 20,288 copies.[15]
The series won the award for Best Shōjo Manga at the 39th Kodansha Manga Awards.[16]
The television drama was very popular[17] and the ending theme Koi (恋) by Gen Hoshino featuring the cast dancing the Koi Dance ("love dance") became a craze in Japan.[18] The music video for the song currently has over 200 million views on YouTube.[19]
References
- "逃げるは恥だが役に立つ(6)". kc.kodansha.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved November 19, 2015.
- "海野つなみ新連載「逃げるは恥だが役に立つ」Kissで開幕". Natalie (in Japanese). November 9, 2012. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
- "Nigeru ha Hachida ga Yakunitatsu vo". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved December 1, 2017.
- "逃げるは恥だが役に立つ(1)". kc.kodansha.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved May 12, 2015.
- "逃げるは恥だが役に立つ(2)". kc.kodansha.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved May 12, 2015.
- "逃げるは恥だが役に立つ(3)". kc.kodansha.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved May 12, 2015.
- "逃げるは恥だが役に立つ(4)". kc.kodansha.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved May 12, 2015.
- "逃げるは恥だが役に立つ(5)". kc.kodansha.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved May 12, 2015.
- "逃げるは恥だが役に立つ(6)". kc.kodansha.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved May 14, 2020.
- "逃げるは恥だが役に立つ(7)". kc.kodansha.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved December 1, 2016.
- "逃げるは恥だが役に立つ(8)". kc.kodansha.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved December 1, 2016.
- "逃げるは恥だが役に立つ(9)". kc.kodansha.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved October 27, 2017.
- "逃げるは恥だが役に立つ(10)". kc.kodansha.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- "逃げるは恥だが役に立つ(11)". kc.kodansha.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved May 14, 2020.
- "Japanese Comic Ranking, April 13–19". Anime News Network. April 22, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
- "Yowamushi Pedal, The Seven Deadly Sins Win 39th Kondansha Manga Awards". Anime News Network. May 12, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
- "Overall rating of popular TV drama 'Nigehaji' hits 30%". Mainichi. The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- "New 'Love Dance' takes Japan by storm, thanks to a Japanese drama and a handsome J-Pop star". Japan Today. GPlus Media Co. Ltd. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- hoshinogen official channel (Sep 20, 2016). "星野源 - 恋【MV & Trailer】/ Gen Hoshino - Koi". Gen Hoshino. YouTube. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
External links
- Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Official TV drama website (in Japanese)