The Full-Time Wife Escapist
The Full-Time Wife Escapist is a Japanese romance josei manga series written and illustrated by Tsunami Umino. The original title is from a Hungarian proverb szégyen a futás, de hasznos,. It was published by Kodansha, with serialization in Kiss magazine since November 9, 2012 and eleven volumes released across the whole series timeframe.
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. Viki has licensed the series in North America. Aragaki and Hoshino, the leads, would go on to marry in real life.
Characters
;Mikuri Moriyama;Hiramasa Tsuzaki
;Ryota Kazami
;Yuri Tsuchiya
;Numata
;'''Hideshi Hino'''
Reception
Volume 5 reached the 47th place on the weekly Oricon manga charts and, as of April 19, 2015, had sold 20,288 copies.The series won the award for Best Shōjo Manga at the 39th Kodansha Manga Awards.
The television drama was very popular and also raised discussion on traditional views and values on marriage in Japan. The ending theme Koi by Gen Hoshino featuring the cast dancing the Koi Dance became a craze in Japan. As of 2023, the music video for the song currently has over 280 million views on YouTube.