Gokushufudou
The Way of the Househusband

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Manga needn't always take itself seriously or have convoluted plotlines with time travelling shenanigans or endless drama at every turn, sometimes all a manga needs to do is be a slice of life about an ex-yakuza who's living his best life! I first picked up Gokushufudou or Way of the Househusband as an experiment, as the cover was enticing and the allure of the aesthetic of the titular character Tatsu was too great for me to resist. What i found however was perhaps one of the only mangas, nay BOOKS that I have truly 'laughed out loud' at. The characters are charming, the adventures are ... wacky yet still having some credibility and believability to them, and even though an overarching plot is lacking, I stay up to date just to see what Tatsu, the Househusband has gotten himself into this time. Overall, a charming piece of manga media that is honestly funny and a great change of pace for someone who reads waaaay too much shonen and the like.

Final Verdict 10/10
"Makes me wanna be a househusband"

I'll start my review with a controversial thought regarding the rest of the readers, which is: the work has become tedious and repetitive.

I started reading the work with good spirits because the work was of a genre and style that I wasn't used to reading, and that's why I really liked its pace at the beginning. The presentation of the characters also surprised me.

The cast in general is very good and has a good range of characters.

The jokes often made me laugh out loud, especially because Tatsu is quite crazy about the things he likes or that Miku likes.

Now talking about the beginning of the ... review, I feel that the work has become repetitive lately, the chapters are getting shorter and more of the same, the jokes are repeated all the time (like the example of Masa being a lazy bum). I will continue reading the work but I no longer feel the same enjoyment that I felt before, much of this is due to the delay in the release of new chapters and the chapters themselves being short, which made me disconnect from the humor of the work.

In general, my rating is a 7/10, maybe by the end of the work this rating will vary but at the moment this is what I think.

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Inicio minha review com um pensamento controverso com relação ao restante dos leitores que é: a obra tem se tornado tediosa e repetitiva.

Iniciei a leitura da obra com um bom animo pois a obra era de um gênero e estilo que eu não costumava ler e por isso gostei muito do ritmo dela no inicio, a apresentação de personagens tambem me surpreendeu.

O elenco no geral é muito bom e com uma boa gama de personagens.

As piadas muitas vezes me tiraram risadas sinceras, até pelo fato do Tatsu ser bem maluco sobre as coisas a qual ele gosta ou que a Miku gosta.

Agora falando sobre o inicio da review, eu sinto que a obra tem se tornado repetitiva ultimamente, os capítulos estão ficando curtos e se tornando mais do mesmo, as piadas se repetem toda hora (como o exemplo do Masa ser um vagabundo preguiçoso). Continuarei a ler a obra mas não sinto mais a mesma graça que sentia antigamente, muito disso se deve pela demora de lançamento de capítulos novos e pelos capítulos em si serem curtos o que fez com que eu me desconectasse com o humor da obra.

Em geral minha nota é um 7/10, talvez até o final da obra essa nota varie mas no momento é isso que penso.

This story is really funny at first because it's a comedy, but things don't hold up later on since the point gets really repetitive. The punchline is always centered around an ex-yakuza trying to do typical household stuff, which can get boring quickly. That means it's hard to laugh or smile or even want to re-read the story since it's not worth it anymore. It's more like a "joke of the week" format of consuming the story, and isn't really worth getting the tanobons. Just read it digitally, so you don't have to commit to buying it. I got 14 volumes, but didn't really like ... them anymore, so I gave them to my classmate. If you just want a gag story, go for it, read it. But if you don't like that format, stay away from this story or just read it digitally.