#the full time wife escapist

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9 Japanese Shows You Could Watch on Netflix Asia

It's hard to recommend because different people have different preferences and expectations but here are the 9 shows that I enjoyed and have watched more than once that you may like them too!

Comedy

From Today It's My Turn (a crazy bunch of delinquents shenanigans) The Full Time Wife Escapist (a wholesome unexpected love story) Ishiko and Haneo (a chaotic partner in crime legal drama)

Romance

Love Deeply (a forbidden love between a mermaid and a human) From Me to You (a cute high school drama) First Love (a relatable story of second chance)

Anime

The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague (chill slice of life) My Happy Marriage (magical fantasy soap opera) Lycoris Recoil (spy action mix of comedy and seriousness)

[whenthegoldrays]

wait oh my god the actors who play Mikuri and Hiramasa got married in real life? 😭 incredible

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HIRAMASA TSUZAKI FEMINIST KING IDEC LIKE THATS THE ONLY MAN TO EVER DESERVE RIGHTS

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The Full-time Wife Escapist: New Years Special (2021)

Plot premise:  Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu Ganbare Jinrui! Shinshun Supesharu!! Mikuri and Hiramasa both work and share housework duties. They have peaceful days together. One day, Mikuri learns that she is pregnant, but they soon face problems. Mikuri suffers from pregnancy sickness, and Hiramasa decides to take paternity leave before an important project is finished. The couple experiences unfamiliar situations involving childbirth and rearing. They go through difficult times.

Network: TBS Episodes (and episode length): 1 (122 mins) Creator: Nogi Akiko (screenwriter), Umino Tsunami (manga) Cast: Aragaki Yui, Hoshino Gen, Otani Ryohei, Furuta Arata, Fujii Takashi, Ishida Yuriko, Narita Ryo, Furutachi Kanji, Aoki Munetaka IMDB | RottenTomatoes

± It's still kind of silly but there's some healthy relationships in there, from the marriage & partnership, friendships, work relationships with bosses and colleagues. Then i suppose one of the things that's obvious but struck me all the same is that the pandemic is going to be a thing addressed in media because a 2-year worldwide interruption can't really be ignored or glossed over. That said, their treatment of it and the message put across had such lovely heart.

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THE FULL TIME WIFE ESCAPIST ACTORS ACTUALLY GOT MARRIED!!!!!!

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THE FULL-TIME WIFE ESCAPIST VOLUME 6

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Relatable tbh

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Currently watching the J-drama "The Full-time Wife Escapist" on Netflix, ending episode 4 WHEN I TELL U LARGO IS SCREAMING!!! Ahhhh I had to take a break in the middle of that ending to listen to love songs because for some reason this drama in particular is making me realize just how full my heart is!!! Just filled to the brim with love ughhhh this is such a stupid love-drunk moment where I'm in love with nothing specific BAHAHAHAh

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[fake-married-my-dead-fiance]

okay I just started rewatching The Full-Time Wife Escapist on Netflix, and I thought of you because this show is basically everything Because This Is My First Life wanted to be. I don’t know which of the two shows came out first or if there was any copying off each other’s homework, but it has the same premise of a contract marriage as well as talking about some of the issues women face and following three different women’s stories (the FL and her two friends). It’s a j-drama, so the vibe is a bit different (idk if you’ve ever watched a j-drama?) but it’s very funny and sweet and… yeah! Thought you might be interested 🙂‍↕️

Thanks for letting me know about it! It sounds good. I'll add it to my forever long list... maybe I'll finish watching everyone's recommendations when I'm 80 or something.

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5 New J-Dramas on Netflix You Could Watch

Looking for new J-dramas to watch after First Love : Hatsukoi? Here are 5 J-dramas that have been released recently in 2023!

1) The Makanai : Cooking for the Maiko House

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Sumire (Natsuko Deguchi) and Kiyo (Nana Mori) are best friends from Aomori Prefecture who travels all the way to Kyoto to fulfil their dreams of becoming a Maiko, working in the Geisha district of Gion! 

While Sumire has the talent and gracefulness to be one, Kiyo struggles to be one but discovers that her calling is elsewhere due to her excellent cooking skills which make the other Maiko craves for more!

It’s a relaxing slice of life drama which follows the lives of the two girls and the others they befriend and work with at the Maiko house which gives you a glimpse into their daily lives in the famous Kyoto!

2) From Me to You 

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Sawako (Sara Minami) is a shy and quiet student who strikes fear in the hearts of her classmates with her gloomy outlook that resembles the ghost, Sadako, that they nicknamed her as such. 

It changes when the popular student, Shota (Oji Suzuka) took notice of her and befriends her, not wanting her to be left out from the rest, which eventually caused him to fell in love with her.

It’s a healing high school romance which beautiful sceneries are enough to captivate you throughout the show which follows Sawako’s journey in making friends and have a social life like everyone else.

3) The Full Time Wife Escapist

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Mikuri (Yui Aragaki) is a contract worker who struggles to find a permanent job despite having a degree. She takes on a part time job as a housekeeper where she work for the workaholic IT engineer, Hiramasa (Gen Hoshino).

Hiramasa is impressed by her work that he offered her a full time job as his housekeeper which she accepted as it’s less stressful than her office job. A series of events leads them to a contract marriage which benefit them both.

It’s a romance comedy about a fake marriage out of convenience to please their parents but their friends know something is up which leads to hilarious shenanigans on all sides as the two began to actually fall for one another.

4) Heaven and Hell : Soul Exchange

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Ayako (Haruka Ayase) is a dedicated detective who stops at nothing to seek justice and ensure criminals are placed behind bars, until she goes after a cunning criminal, Haruto (Issei Takahashi) who always get away.

Haruto is an influential company director by day but a serial killer by night. Right before Ayako arrest Haruto under the full moon, their bodies are mysteriously swapped and realised the tables have turned.

It’s an intriguing crime thriller where the two tries to outwit the other while they try to get to the bottom of the mystery of how or why the switch happened, which leads back to Haruto’s secret past.

5) Invisible

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Shimura (Issei Takahashi) is a ruthless detective who resorts to any methods to arrest criminals that he was demoted to a special investigation team that works on unsolved cases where he had to work with a criminal, Kiriko.

Kiriko (Ko Shibasaki), known as Invisible, is a crime coordinator of the underworld who mediates transactions for organised crime. She is like a police contact that knows the who, where, what and how of the criminal world.

Although Shimura is known to do anything to arrest criminals, working with one is the last thing he’d expect to do as a police officer and he still doesn’t trust her although she finds his methods amusing and interesting.

[whenthegoldrays]

thinking about Tsuzaki Hiramasa, the only man ever

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