The Full-Time Wife Escapist

Tsunami Umino's manga rom-com recently adapted into a hit Japanese television drama! Mikuri is a recent grad without a whole lot of job prospects, so out of desperation when her housekeeping gig is about to come to an end, she comes up with the idea of becoming the wife of her single salaryman boss—as a job! What's a girl to do when there are no jobs? Once Mikuri Moriyama got out of grad school, all she could find was a temp job, and they just laid her off! Worried about his daughter, her dad helps her get a job doing housekeeping for this guy he used to work with named Tsuzaki. Just when things are starting to go well, though, Mikuri's parents decide it's time to move out to the countryside. She'll likely be unemployed for the rest of her life if she goes with them, but she doesn't make enough money to rent her own place. That's when Mikuri, always the daydreamer, comes up with a solution out of left field …

Volumes

11 in the canonical sequence

English packaging

11 books, 11 releases

Publishers

Kodansha

Also known as

Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu, Nigeru wa Hajida ga Yakunitatsu, Szégyen a futás, de hasznos., 逃げるは恥だが役に立つ