# Yakuza Fiancé

Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii (Japanese: 来世は他人がいい, Hepburn: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii, lit. "I'd Rather Have Someone Else in the Next Life") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Asuka Konishi [ja]. It has been serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon since August 2017. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation, produced by Studio Deen, aired from October to December 2024.

## Plot

Yoshino Somei is a high school girl who was born and raised in a yakuza family. Although her family environment is unique, she has spent her days quietly and peacefully. This all changes when she finds out that her grandfather has arranged for her to be married to the heir of another yakuza family, Kirishima Miyama, whom she hates with a passion.

## Characters
### Yoshino Somei (染井 吉乃, Somei Yoshino)

    Voiced by: Hitomi Ueda

### Kirishima Miyama (深山 霧島, Miyama Kirishima)

    Voiced by: Akira Ishida

### Shoma Toriashi (鳥葦 翔真, Toriashi Shōma)

    Voiced by: Kōji Yusa

### Azami Suo (周防 薊, Suō Azami)

    Voiced by: Hiroshi Kamiya

### Renji Somei (染井 蓮二, Somei Renji)

    Voiced by: Yōji Ueda

### Gaku Miyama (深山 萼, Miyama Gaku)

    Voiced by: Kazuya Nakai

### Aoi Tachibana (橘 葵, Tachibana Aoi)

    Voiced by: Ryōta Takeuchi

### Sota Inamori (稲森 颯太, Inamori Sōta)

    Voiced by: Hiroshi Shimozaki

### Taketo Hotei (布袋 竹人, Hotei Taketo)

    Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi

### Tsubaki Akashigata (明石潟 椿, Akashigata Tsubaki)

    Voiced by: Reina Ueda

## Media
### Manga

Written and illustrated by Asuka Konishi [ja], Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii started in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon on August 25, 2017. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on November 22, 2017. As of October 23, 2023, eight volumes have been released.
In February 2022, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they had licensed the manga for English release in North America and the first volume was released on November 22, 2022.

#### Volumes

| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
| 1 | November 22, 2017 | 978-4-06-510376-0 | November 22, 2022 | 978-1-68579-337-1 |
| "No Place for a Loser (Part 1)" (負け犬に出る幕はない〈前編〉, Makeinu ni Deru Maku wa Nai (Zenpen))"No Place for a Loser (Part 2)" (負け犬に出る幕はない〈後編〉, Makenin ni Deru Maku wa Nai (Kōhen)) "Let Me Express My Sincerity and Maybe Earn Your Affection in the Process 1" (誠意を見せたい。あわよくば少し好きになってほしい １, Seii o Misetai. Awayokuba Sukoshi Suki ni Natte Hoshii 1) |||||
| 2 | July 23, 2018 | 978-4-06-511660-9 978-4-06-512979-1 (SE) | January 31, 2023 | 978-1-68579-343-2 |
| "Let Me Express My Sincerity and Maybe Earn Your Affection in the Process 2" (誠意を見せたい。あわよくば少し好きになってほしい ２, Seii o Misetai. Awayokuba Sukoshi Suki ni Natte Hoshii 2)"Let Me Express My Sincerity and Maybe Earn Your Affection in the Process 3" (誠意を見せたい。あわよくば少し好きになってほしい ３, Seii o Misetai. Awayokuba Sukoshi Suki ni Natte Hoshii 3)"Becoming Human: Year One" (人間一年生, Ningen Ichinensei) "Stay the First and Threaten with a Smile" (拳で殴らず笑顔で脅す, Ken De Nagarazu Egao De Odosu)"The Three-Way from Hell (Part 1)" (地獄の三角関係 (前編), Jigoku no Sankaku Kankei (Zenpen))"The Three-Way from Hell (Part 2)" (地獄の三角関係 (後編), Jigoku no Sankaku Kankei (Kouhen)) |||||
| 3 | May 23, 2019 | 978-4-06-514835-8 | May 23, 2023 | 978-1-68579-545-0 |
| "The Wicked Woman, or the Lady That Brings Ruin" (邪悪な女、あるいは破滅をもたらす女性, Jaakuna on'na, aruiwa hametsu o motarasu josei)"Either a Genius or a Fool" (天才か愚か者か, Tensai ka orokamono ka) "La Dame aux Camélias" (椿姫, Tsubaki)"I Would Rather You Hate Me Than Be Disinterested" (あなたに無関心でいるよりは嫌われてほしい, Anata ni mukanshinde iru yori wa kirawa rete hoshī) |||||
| 4 | June 23, 2020 | 978-4-06-519771-4 | August 1, 2023 | 978-1-68579-914-4 |
| "I Would Rather You Hate Me Than Be Disinterested 2" (あなたに無関心でいるよりは嫌われたほうがいい ２, Jaakuna on'na, aruiwa hametsu o motarasu josei ２)"I Would Rather You Hate Me Than Be Disinterested 3" (あなたに無関心でいるよりは嫌われたほうがいい ３, Jaakuna on'na, aruiwa hametsu o motarasu josei ３) "I Would Rather You Hate Me Than Be Disinterested 4" (あなたに無関心でいるよりは嫌われたほうがいい ４, Jaakuna on'na, aruiwa hametsu o motarasu josei ４)"To Tell You the Truth, I Want to Get Married" (本当のことを言うと、私は結婚したいのです, Hontō no koto o iu to, watashi wa kekkon shitai nodesu) |||||
| 5 | May 21, 2021 | 978-4-06-523330-6 | October 24, 2023 | 978-1-68579-936-6 |
| 6 | March 23, 2022 | 978-4-06-526863-6 | January 16, 2024 | 978-1-68579-960-1 |
| 7 | January 23, 2023 | 978-4-06-529919-7 | April 2, 2024 | 979-8-88843-404-8 |
| 8 | October 23, 2023 | 978-4-06-533312-9 | September 3, 2024 | 979-8-89160-492-6 |

### Anime

In October 2023, it was announced that the manga would receive an anime television series adaptation. The series is produced by Studio Deen and directed by Toshifumi Kawase [ja], with Rika Takasugi handling series composition, Itsuko Takeda designing the characters, and Hiroaki Tsutsumi and Masato Suzuki composing the music. It aired from October 7 to December 23, 2024, on Tokyo MX and BS11; a special "Kansai Prologue-hen" episode was streamed on Amazon Prime Video in Japan for a limited time on September 28 and 29. The opening theme song is "Under and Over", performed by The Oral Cigarettes, while the ending theme song is, "Nani Wararotonnen" (なに笑ろとんねん), performed by Yoshino.
Crunchyroll is streaming the series worldwide outside of Asia. Plus Media Networks Asia has licensed the series in Southeast Asia and will broadcast it on Aniplus Asia.

#### Episodes

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original release date |
| 1 | "Ain't no place for losers here" Transliteration: "Makeinu ni Derumaku wa Nai" (Japanese: 負け犬に出る幕はない) | Kōsuke Shimatori | Rika Nakase | Toshifumi Kawase | October 7, 2024 (2024-10-07) |
| Normal girl Yoshino Somei is furious when her Yakuza grandfather Renji arranges her engagement to Kirishima Miyama, grandson of another Yakuza family. Yoshino has no interest in being Yakuza but agrees to meet Kirishima. Travelling to Tokyo she moves into Kirishima's family home and transfers to his high school. There, the girls dislike her as they have crushes on Kirishima. Yoshino becomes suspicious when she sees Kirishima covered in blood. After an altercation with thugs Yoshino sees Kirishima's Yakuza tattoos. Kirishima drops his “normal” act and reveals his disappointment that she turned out boring, as he was hoping she would be as twisted as he is and satisfy his masochistic fetish for chaos. He offers to employ her as a prostitute, implying her only value is her body. Yoshino becomes upset, then feels worse when the girls vandalise her belongings. Renji challenges her to make Kirishima fall in love with her, before breaking his heart. Yoshino disappears for two weeks then returns and informs Kirishima she did “sell her body”, by selling her kidney for ¥4 Million which she throws in his face before threatening the girls. Her contempt activates his masochism and he begs her to marry him and ruin his life, disturbing her greatly. ||||||
| 2 | "Let Me Express My Sincerity, and Maybe Earn Your Affection in the Process" Transliteration: "Seii o Misetai. Awayokuba Sukoshi Suki ni Natte Hoshī" (Japanese: 誠意を見せたい。あわよくば少し好きになってほしい) | Shunji Yoshida | Rika Nakase | Toshifumi Kawase | October 14, 2024 (2024-10-14) |
| Yoshino is informed Shiori, daughter of President Akaza, a Miyama business contact, is missing. Kirishima reveals the Miyama boss, his great-uncle Gaku, accepted him into the yakuza at Kirishima's own insistence. An Akaza employee is found dead and President Akaza suspiciously goes into hiding. While driving Yoshino to get a new hairdryer, group member Inamori tells her that when Kirishima was 12 he put 20 classmates in hospital, so his parents asked Gaku to intervene, which is how Kirishima became a member of the Miyama group. By coincidence, Yoshino spots Shiori in a club belonging to her grandfather's business partner. It is revealed Shiori and the dead employee cheated the Filipino nafia out of ¥500 million, so the Filipinos murdered the employee, scared President Akaza into hiding and want Shiori dead. Kirishima insists Shiori take responsibility, which hopefully will avoid war between the Miyama and the Filipinos. Filipino thugs burst in looking for Shiori and injure Yoshino. Furious, Kirishima savagely beats Shiori's guards and the thugs. Angry herself, Yoshino saves Kirishima by knocking one of the thugs unconscious, thrilling Kirishima. President Akaza and Shiori are exiled from Japan and the Miyama group and Filipino mafia leaders make peace. The next day at school, Kirishima presents Yoshino with ¥10 million, which is his cut of the reward for finding Shiori. Refusing the absurd amount she settles for Kirishima replacing the hairdryer she broke when she hit the Filipino thug with it. As they leave to go shopping, Kirishima spots a man outside the school watching him and Yoshino. ||||||
| 3 | "The Triangle From Hell" Transliteration: "Jigoku no Sankaku Chitai" (Japanese: 地獄の三角地帯) | Matsuo Asami | Rika Nakase | Toshifumi Kawase | October 21, 2024 (2024-10-21) |
| Kirishima brags about Yoshino to one of his lovers and is baffled when she tells him Yoshino being mad at him every day is not a good thing. Yoshino catches Kirishima watching her as she sleeps, claiming he wanted to see her face when she is not mad. Yoshino points out she gets mad because he is always committing crimes. Kirishima is baffled Yoshino does not care he has lovers and decides to change into someone she can love, so she will get mad when he cheats on her. Renji visits Tokyo for a private dinner of the Yakuza bosses from Kanto and Kansai. Kirishima reveals Renji is friends with Gaku and also Akime of the Ryuzetsu clan. The man watching Yoshino is revealed to be Shoma from Yoshino's clan whom she has known all her life. Kirishima starts investigating Shoma. Yoshino reveals her plan to eventually break Kirishima's heart to Shoma, but he advises caution. At the highest levels of the Yakuza Yoshino and Kirishima marrying is a first attempt to bring about peace, but if the engagement fails it could cause war between the Somei and Miyama, leading to a larger war between the Tokusa and Kiriyama clans who run Eastern and Western Japan. Shoma offers to kill Kirishima so Yoshino can go home to Osaka, but she refuses. Shoma leaves for a cigarette and is confronted by Kirishima. ||||||
| 4 | "I Can't Tell If You're Smart Or Stupid" Transliteration: "Anata ga Kashikoi no ka Orokana no ka Wakarimasen" (Japanese: あなたが賢いのか愚かなのかわかりません) | Tetsuji Nakamura | Rika Minase | Ryōji Fujiwara | October 28, 2024 (2024-10-28) |
| Shoma is surprised Kirishima believes Renji has no plans for him to actually marry Yoshino but is using the engagement as a manipulation. Yoshino intervenes and Shoma warns her to be careful of whatever game she is playing with Kirishima. The next day Yoshino notices Kirishima has begun letting out his dangerous side again and fears he has grown bored of her. Yoshino asks if he is jealous of Shoma. Kirishima claims he is not, since her dating Shoma would actually feed his masochism. So while he is happy for her to cheat on him, it comes with the condition that one day he would kill Shoma. Yoshino admits she planned to dump him in a year and return to Osaka, but she makes him a deal, if he can somehow make her love him, she will stay in Tokyo. She also insists he drop all his acts and be himself at all times. The next day Yoshino catches a cold and Kirishima attempts to look after her, but she insists he go to school. Due to some yakuza business Kirishima is late home and finds in his absence Yoshino has worsened so he takes her to hospital. Half asleep, Yoshino notices Kirishima smells nice. Kirishima updates Renji, who is surprisingly happy with their current relationship. ||||||
| 5 | "Princess Tsubaki" Transliteration: "Tsubaki Hime" (Japanese: つばきお姫様) | Yū Yabuuchi | Rika Minase | Iku Suzuki | November 4, 2024 (2024-11-04) |
| Yoshino decides to visit her cousin Tsubaki, so Kirishima goes with her. Yoshino is concerned Tsubaki is exactly Kirishima's type of woman. Like Kirishima, Tsubaki keeps several lovers and has no problem including Kirishima if Yoshino does not care, exasperating Yoshino. Tsubaki also idolises Renji as the ideal man, despite him being her grandfather. Tsubaki deduces Kirishima craves attention from Yoshino in a way he does not with other women. The school suddenly calls, reminding Yoshino she forgot to submit some paperwork, so she takes a taxi home. Left alone with Tsubaki, Kirishima reveals he knows her stepfather is a Director in the Doseikai Medical Group, infamous for illegal organ transplants, meaning Tsubaki is who Yoshino approached to sell her kidney. Kirishima is confident Tsubaki cares about Yoshino too much to actually do it, so she must have faked the surgery without Yoshino knowing. Tsubaki admits she never removed Yoshino's kidney, she just took enough blood to make Yoshino sick and believe the surgery was real. Tsubaki is confident Yoshino is currently in no danger, but warns Kirishima she is perfectly capable of relocating Yoshino where he will never find her. Later, Yoshino is furious to learn Kirishima traded Tsubaki a photo of Renji as a teenager in exchange for a photo of Yoshino in a bikini. ||||||
| 6 | "If You're Indifferent, Then I'd Rather Be Hated (Part 1)" Transliteration: "Mukanshin Nara Mushiro Kirawareta Hō ga Ii Desu (Zenpen)" (Japanese: 無関心ならむしろ嫌われたほうがいいです（前編）) | Tsuyoshi Yoshimoto | Rika Nakase | Ryoji Fujiwara | November 11, 2024 (2024-11-11) |
| Yoshino complains to Tsubaki that Kirishima is obsessed with her, not in love like he claims. Tsubaki urges her to find out for certain. Yoshino is irritated when Kirishima claims she is like a male friend. Former child actress Nao Shiota returns to Japan from America and plans to return to acting no matter who she has to hurt to do it. Her friends warn her about Kirishima who, according to rumours, manipulated the last actress he dated into doing porn. Unknown to them, Nao and Kirishima are former lovers. Yoshino and Kirishima visit Osaka during summer. Nao's friend worries Nao's ex, Ozu, has rich parents who own a modelling agency currently under scrutiny for one of its male models harassing female models. As such, she advises Nao to stay away from Ozu. Nao contacts Kirishima. Yoshino is surprised when Kirishima books a hotel rather than stay at her house. Shoma warns Yoshino about letting Kirishima do whatever he wants so she decides to do a better job monitoring him. Nao and Kirishima have sex at the hotel and she tries to ask about his plans whilst in Osaka, but is disappointed when she sees a photo of Yoshino on his phone. ||||||
| 7 | "If You're Indifferent, Then I'd Rather Be Hated (Part 2)" Transliteration: "Mukanshin Nara Mushiro Kirawareta Hō ga Ii Desu (Dainibu)" (Japanese: 無関心ならむしろ嫌われたほうがいいです（第二部）) | Shunji Yoshida | Rika Nakase | Toshifumi Kawase | November 18, 2024 (2024-11-18) |
| Yoshino tours Osaka's Womens College. Kirishima is baffled when Yoshino gives him a keychain she made herself. Nao meets Yoshino alone and casually brings up going to junior school with Kirishima, interesting Yoshino. Ozu meets Nao and admits he takes fees to arrange meetings between rich men and actresses, one of whom went to the police. He then abruptly reveals he knows she slept with Kirishima and other sordid details. Fearing for her career Nao agrees to lure Kirishima and Yoshino to a meeting. Yoshino asks Kirishima about his past, though she suspects most of his answers were lies. Kirishima is summoned to a hotel by Nao. Kirishima reveals to Nao he has been manipulating her to meet with Ozu. He also reveals that while he did date an actress from Ozu's agency it was Ozu forcing her into porn along with other actresses, all of whom vanished, presumably killed by Ozu. He also suspects Ozu plans to do the same thing to Nao. Nao admits she lured Yoshino to another location for Ozu. Kirishima calls Yoshino and is relieved Yoshino was too suspicious of his behaviour to fall for Nao's set up. Instead of going where Nao told her to she decided to follow and monitor Ozu. ||||||
| 8 | "To Be Honest I Want To Marry You (Part 1)" Transliteration: "Hon'ne o Ieba Kekkonshitai (Zenpen)" (Japanese: 本音を言えば結婚したい（前編）) | Kōsuke Shimatori | Rika Nakase | Megumi Yamamoto | November 25, 2024 (2024-11-25) |
| Yoshino overhears Ozu has been hired to murder Kirishima on behalf of the Filipino Mafia members he beat up. Kirishima is angered when Yoshino describes one of the men with Ozu as having red permed hair. Yoshino demands Kirishima come straight away to catch Ozu. Kirishima sends Shoma to retrieve Yoshino from a karaoke bar. Ozu meets a dangerous yakuza member who insists he deal with Kirishima quickly. After the man leaves Yoshino pretends to be an old acquaintance of Ozu's, delaying him from leaving. Shoma reaches the karaoke bar and instead of Yoshino finds Nao. Before Shoma can leave he is confronted by the man with the red perm. Seeing his plan coming apart Ozu abandons Yoshino who telephones Kirishima angry he ignored her instructions. Kirishima claims it was necessary to keep Ozu's thugs away from her. Yoshino yells at him for causing trouble in her family's territory and warns him either to return to Tokyo and never speak to her again, or catch Ozu or die trying. Impressed by her sudden ruthlessness Kirishima offers her a bet; if he can deal with Ozu by midnight then Yoshino has to marry him on his 18th birthday. Unimpressed, Yoshino changes the bet slightly; if Kirishima can catch Ozu and defeat her, all by midnight, then she will be his girlfriend until they graduate from college. ||||||
| 9 | "To Be Honest I Want To Marry You (Part 2)" Transliteration: "Hon'ne o Ieba Kekkonshitai (Chūhen)" (Japanese: 本音を言えば結婚したい 中編) | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | December 2, 2024 (2024-12-02) |
| Kirishima, Yoshino, Ozu and the Filipino's converge on a public park. Yoshino follows Ozu and the Filipino leader Naoya and overhears that the dangerous yakuza Ozu met is called Azami. A year previously Azami did Ozu a favour by getting rid of the girls trying to expose Ozu's porn business. Azami then disappeared but reappeared recently to demand Ozu get rid of Kirishima for him. Annoyed, Naoya beats up Ozu then catches Yoshino spying. Kirishima lures the remaining thugs towards the park entrance. Yoshino taunts Naoya over his amateur plan falling apart then, after failing to knock him out, she is forced to run. Kirishima causes a power cut and in the dark is able to take down the Filipino's until he is confronted by Azami. Azami claims his target is actually Yoshino and Kirishima realises he is Azami Suo. The lights come back on and Azami chooses to leave to avoid the police, but tells Kirishima to pass his greetings to Yoshino. Yoshino is able to knock Naoya out with a stun gun. Meanwhile, the man with the red perm is summoned away from his fight with Shoma, but warns Shoma that Yoshino and Kirishima will soon cause a war. Ozu awakens and finds he has been captured by Yoshino and Kirishima. ||||||
| 10 | "To Be Honest I Want To Marry You (Part 3)" Transliteration: "Hon'ne o Ieba Kekkonshitai (Kōhen)" (Japanese: 本音を言えば結婚したい 後編) | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | December 9, 2024 (2024-12-09) |
| With no actual evidence of Ozu's crimes Kirishima resorts to blackmail; threatening to expose that Ozu's mother has been cheating on her husband unless Ozu leaves Nao alone. Ozu agrees, especially when Nao and Shoma appear with Nao having recorded their conversation. Shoma is certain the red perm man is not a yakuza. Kirishima breaks up with Nao and she warns Kirishima it is obvious Yoshino does not like him. With Shoma gone Kirishima meets with Yoshino who reveals she figured out everything he has been up to because she has been following him in secret for days with the tracker she hid in the keychain she gave him. Kirishima admits he knew the tracker was there, which Yoshino takes as proof he has genuine feelings for her. He cared enough to keep the keychain even with the tracker; if he did not care he would have just thrown it away. Amused by her logic Kirishima reminds her of their bet; he defeated Ozu before midnight, making Yoshino his girlfriend. Yoshino reminds him the bet included defeating her as well. Kirishima easily defeats her at Rock, Paper, Scissors meaning Yoshino lost the bet. Elsewhere another dangerous man is pleased both Yoshino and Kirishima are in Osaka. ||||||
| 11 | "A Pet that Becomes Unruly as It Grows" Transliteration: "Seichō Shitara Kaenai Kemono" (Japanese: 成長したら飼えない獣) | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | December 16, 2024 (2024-12-16) |
| Renji meets with Kirishima and reveals he knows most of what happened with Ozu and beats Kirishima for getting Yoshino involved. Kirishima claims it was a personal matter not related to yakuza business so Renji gives him a severe warning to protect Yoshino better. Tsubaki is surprised Yoshino is dating Kirishima and warns her to be careful as Kirishima is an expert with women whilst Yoshino knows nothing about men. Kirishima finds Shoma and reveals he is dating Yoshino. He also claims Shoma’s feelings towards Yoshino have been manipulated by the yakuza to serve the Somei family’s needs, the survival of Yoshino. Shoma attacks Kirishima. Yoshino finds them trying to kill each other and punishes them both. She also explains to Kirishima that she agreed to date him hoping he would stop competing with Shoma, so she is disappointed he still felt the need to start a fight. Kirishima leaves with Tsubaki who correctly deduces Kirishima fought with Shoma to disguise the injuries he got from Renji, hoping to avoid Yoshino starting an argument with Renji. Tsubaki advises him Yoshino is different from his usual women and to date her like a normal high school couple. Yoshino is unsure how to date a man like Kirishima and reasons that dating Shoma would be easier, though Shoma rejects this since it would involve having to stop smoking. ||||||
| 12 | "When She's Upset the Rain Falls and the Dark Night Descends" Transliteration: "Kanojo ga Kageru to Yamiyo ga Orite ame ga Furu" (Japanese: 彼女が翳ると闇夜が降りて雨がふる) | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | December 23, 2024 (2024-12-23) |
| Kirishima is confused that Yoshino starts completely ignoring him. He calls Tsubaki for advice and she reminds him only a day ago he and Shoma tried to kill each other, but Yoshino will probably talk to him eventually. 48 hours pass and Kirishima becomes increasingly desperate, spending hours begging outside her room. Exactly 72 hours after she started ignoring him she talks to him again, to Kirishima’s considerable relief. She warns him he is forbidden from contacting Shoma or picking fights, and if Shoma picks a fight with him he must immediately walk away. If he disobeys she will ignore him for far longer than 72 hours. Kirishima admits he respects Shoma, with his personality he has a great future as a yakuza, something Kirishima lacks. Yoshino asks what he wants from their dating. With his skills Yoshino finds even holding hands can be erotic, so she panics and head-butts him. Later, Yoshino hears about attacks in Osaka. Shoma confirms a serious yakuza boss was arrested recently, and without him low level members have been causing trouble. In Osaka Renji and other bosses are scolded for losing control of their subordinates. Boss Azuma plots against Renji. Red Perm meets with Shoma. Kirishima finds Yoshino sleeping and cannot resist lying next to her to watch her sleep. As a result they miss an important phone call from Shoma. ||||||

## Reception

Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii won the fourth Next Manga Award in the print category in 2018. Along with The Way of the Househusband, it ranked eighth on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2019 ranking of Top 20 manga series for male readers. The series ranked eleventh on "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2018" by the Honya Club website. The series ranked 48th on the 2020 "Book of the Year" list by Da Vinci magazine. The manga was nominated for the 46th Kodansha Manga Award in the general category in 2022.