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]

Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu
Cover of the first volume
逃げるは恥だが役に立つ
Genre
  • Romance
Manga
Written byTsunami Umino
Published byKodansha
English publisherKodansha Comics
MagazineKiss
DemographicJosei
Original runNovember 9, 2012 – April 13, 2020
Volumes11
Television drama
Directed byFuminori Kaneko
Produced byYasuharu Ishii
Nobuhiro Doi
Written byAkiko Nogi
Music byKenichiro Suehiro
MAYUKO
Original networkTBS
Original run October 11, 2016 – December 20, 2016
Episodes11

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
  • 1 (June 13, 2013)[4]
  • 2 (October 11, 2013)[5]
  • 3 (February 13, 2014)[6]
  • 4 (October 10, 2014)[7]
  • 5 (April 13, 2015)[8]
  • 6 (October 13, 2015)[9]
  • 7 (June 13, 2016)[10]
  • 8 (October 13, 2016)[11]
  • 9 (March 13, 2017)[12]
  • 10 (August 9, 2019)[13]
  • 11 (April 13, 2020)[14]

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
  1. "逃げるは恥だが役に立つ（６）". kc.kodansha.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  2. "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.
  3. "Nigeru ha Hachida ga Yakunitatsu vo". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  4. "逃げるは恥だが役に立つ（１）". kc.kodansha.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  5. "逃げるは恥だが役に立つ（２）". kc.kodansha.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  6. "逃げるは恥だが役に立つ（３）". kc.kodansha.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  7. "逃げるは恥だが役に立つ（４）". kc.kodansha.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  8. "逃げるは恥だが役に立つ（５）". kc.kodansha.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  9. "逃げるは恥だが役に立つ（６）". kc.kodansha.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  10. "逃げるは恥だが役に立つ（7）". kc.kodansha.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved December 1, 2016.
  11. "逃げるは恥だが役に立つ（8）". kc.kodansha.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved December 1, 2016.
  12. "逃げるは恥だが役に立つ（9）". kc.kodansha.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  13. "逃げるは恥だが役に立つ（１０）". kc.kodansha.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  14. "逃げるは恥だが役に立つ（１１）". kc.kodansha.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  15. "Japanese Comic Ranking, April 13–19". Anime News Network. April 22, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  16. "Yowamushi Pedal, The Seven Deadly Sins Win 39th Kondansha Manga Awards". Anime News Network. May 12, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  17. "Overall rating of popular TV drama 'Nigehaji' hits 30%". Mainichi. The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  18. "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.
  19. hoshinogen official channel (Sep 20, 2016). "星野源 - 恋【MV & Trailer】/ Gen Hoshino - Koi". Gen Hoshino. YouTube. Retrieved December 17, 2018.


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