Name: The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 3
ISBN: 9781974716180

Kousuke Oono

The Immortal Dragon, once the fiercest member of the yakuza, is now a married man devoted to supporting his loving wife—as a househusband! But when the gangster-turned-homemaker needs to make some quick cash to buy her a present, he turns to the only skills he knows—and gets his first part-time job! The cozy yakuza comedy continues! -- VIZ Media

The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 3

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It’s a day in the life of your average househusband—if your average househusband is the legendary yakuza “the Immortal Dragon”! A former yakuza legend leaves it all behind to become your everyday househusband. But it’s not easy to walk away from the gangster life, and what should be mundane household tasks are anything but! The Immortal Dragon, once the fiercest member of the yakuza, is now a married man devoted to supporting his loving wife—as a househusband! But when the gangster-turned-homemaker needs to make some quick cash to buy her a present, he turns to the only skills he knows…and gets his first part-time job! The cozy yakuza comedy continues!

altlovesbooks

"Paper or plastic?"
"Neither. I always bring my own."

This series continues to delight. I especially loved the cockroach chapter the volume leads off with, not being a fan of creepy crawlies myself. It's maybe not a manga with a ton of depth, but three volumes in and I'm still loving the skit-like chapters. It's a simple shtick, but I think the author pulls it off well in the short-term anyway. 

Will it go the distance? Unsure yet. But now, at least, I'm still not tired of seeing what the Immortal Dragon is getting up to now.

Tilde C

I'm enjoying these more and more! I know the selling point of this series is "scary yakuza man does housework in the most menacing ways" but I'm becoming more and more enamoured with the other aspects -- how unabashedly devoted Tatsu is to his wife; how the two of them share a single brain cell when they're together and it's BEAUTIFUL; the pleasure he takes in his cooking and knitting and cleaning. I laughed out loud just as much as I went "aww oh my God that's so sweet".

The art continues to be really clean and appealing, switching effortlessly between adorable kawaii designs and dramatic crime manga style. Great uses of low angles whenever Tatsu forgets himself and gets a little too intense.

Sadly I had to skip a volume because my not-so-local comic book was sold out (and I remember they had a bunch when I went there earlier), so apparently this is quite a hit in Norway too. The short-and-to-the-point storytelling works to its advantage in that regard: I had no issue skipping a volume, I still knew who everyone was and what their deal was, and I laughed even harder at this than volume 1.

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Aroosa Qureshi

Honestly gave me a good laugh! Such simplistic storyline but it gets me laughing everytime, I'm so into the series and glad I picked it up!!

The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 3

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