Volume 1

* Japanese
* English

**Volume 1** is the first volume of Kousuke Oono's *The Way of the House Husband* manga series.

## Summary

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!

Tatsu is struggling to dedicate himself to being a househusband without being followed by his time as a yakuza. Not only does he face being recognized on the street, but shaking the ways of the yakuza is near impossible for him, especially when he doesn't realize it.

His mannerisms scare people off, if his brooding face doesn't. He still commits into doing endearing and humble things for his wife and cat. Such as surprising Miku for her birthday, but his presentation of it was horribly tense and scary. He tries really hard to make her happy and he lightens up a little when he feels he did a good job by making her smile.

He finds himself in predicaments where other yakuza either follow him or want to kill him, but the ones who chase after him only get pulled into his chores or activities as a househusband. Watching seemingly tough and rowdy men do house chores, make cute dishes or fight housewives over bargains may seem like day and night for a yakuza, but it turns out to be two sides of the same coin.

## Chapters

* Chapter 1
* Chapter 2
* Chapter 3
* Chapter 4
* Chapter 5
* Chapter 6
* Chapter 7
* Chapter 8
* Chapter 9
* Bonus Manga 1: Gin's Walk
	+ When Tatsu goes to the store, Gin sneaks out and goes around the neighborhood. He talks with the ants, birds, frogs. He eventually reaches a big house and sees a dog in a situation. The dog, Elizabeth, initially refuses to talk, but then reveals it had no idea how it ended in this situation as it was just chasing butterflies, but now it can't move. Gin explains Elizabeth got entangled in the rope around the house and suggests she go back around it a few times, but that only makes her being entangled more. After a little laugh, Gin decides to head back home.
* Bonus Manga 2: This is Masa Style
	+ Wanting to follow Tatsu on the Way of the Yakuza, Masa decides to prepare lunch. But as he doesn't have products, he ends up lying on the couch not wanting to go shopping and falls asleep. He wakes up at 4 and wonders how he slept that much considering he got up at noon. As the day is already ruined, he decides to go and take another nap.
* Bonus Manga 3: Let's Have a Fair Fight
	+ Tatsu sees a capsule toy Policure machine and decides to get one and make Miku happy. However, before he can use it, a man comes and comments how popular the machines for the series are and this being little-known, it may have some good stuff. He prepares large number of coins and on the first try gets Bulletman, a throwaway character, the most common of the common. He continues to get more toys hoping that a good one will be in the next 5, then 10, but all he gets is Bulletman. Disappointed he states he didn't waste money and it was good data for the next time he tries.