What is The Full-Time Wife Escapist about?
Status: Finished
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 …Notes:
Originally ended on February 25, 2017 with 43 chapters and a bonus. The series directly continued in Kiss3 on January 19, 2019 with chapter 44.
Volume 9 contains the side story "Tateba Shakuyaku, Suwareba Botan, Aruku Sugata wa Yuri no Hana" (立てば芍薬、座れば牡丹、歩く姿は百合の花). Adapted into a TV drama broadcasted on TBS starting Oct. 2016.
Tags: Work , Josei , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Parody , Heterosexual , Age Gap , Marriage , LGBTQ+ Themes
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