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極主夫道 [Gokushufudō] #12
The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 12
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 ends up on the radar of an overeager police officer when he attends a traffic safety class, and it isn’t long before a simple class demonstration turns deadly! Well, for the mascot dragged into it, anyway. Has the law finally caught up with this yakuza legend turned househusband, or will he get off clean once again?
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 ends up on the radar of an overeager police officer when he attends a traffic safety class, and it isn’t long before a simple class demonstration turns deadly! Well, for the mascot dragged into it, anyway. Has the law finally caught up with this yakuza legend turned househusband, or will he get off clean once again?
168 pages, Paperback
First published July 7, 2023
About the author
Kousuke Oono
35 books308 followersJapanese mangaka. Aka おおのこうすけ (Ōno Kōsuke) creator of Gokushufudou.
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September 17, 2024
By this point it seems safe to dispense with the recap - drug jokes and such, as usual.
An easy read, and a fun one, but mostly just okay. There’s no evolution of anybody here, nor do I suspect there ever will be. If you’ve read one volume of this, well, you have truly read them all. It’s both a bug and a feature all in one.
Not that pounding the same jokes into the ground is inherently bad. At least the situations change here, if not the gags themselves. There’s a reason that Garfield has 70-plus collections under his belt and this is drawn way better.
The highlights in this one include the opener, where a baseball game begins as a bad idea and then gets worse. They have a lot of fun with the extra characters juggled into this one.
There’s also a psychotic road safety class that exemplifies the series at its best - pitting somebody as wacky as Tatsu against him while the rest of the world tries to behave normally. The teaching element in this is so hilariously bad that those kids will need therapy.
And, yes, a trick or treat event with Tatsu as chaperone manages to be very, very silly.
Everything else is fine. Masa starting his own streaming channel should be a slam dunk, but, once again, it boils down to the drug metaphors that make up every other punchline in the series.
It’s not like I hate the manga, but you have to acknowledge that by this point it’s really down to doing one thing only. Occasionally it breaks out some new material, Miku karate chops some chocolate in my favorite sight gag here, but not enough.
You don’t have to reinvent the wheel each time, but something would be nice. I don’t mind running gags, heck I love ones like the video games in Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun, but even there they are tweaked each time and used sparingly.
Still, as a piece of entertainment? It entertains and without feeling like a drag. I never feel like checking in on this book is a chore, but it is certainly a victim of its own conceits at times and some volumes more than others.
3 stars - good for what it is, but only that, and nothing more. If you are far from tired of this series’ gags, round it up; it’s neither better nor worse than what’s come before it.
An easy read, and a fun one, but mostly just okay. There’s no evolution of anybody here, nor do I suspect there ever will be. If you’ve read one volume of this, well, you have truly read them all. It’s both a bug and a feature all in one.
Not that pounding the same jokes into the ground is inherently bad. At least the situations change here, if not the gags themselves. There’s a reason that Garfield has 70-plus collections under his belt and this is drawn way better.
The highlights in this one include the opener, where a baseball game begins as a bad idea and then gets worse. They have a lot of fun with the extra characters juggled into this one.
There’s also a psychotic road safety class that exemplifies the series at its best - pitting somebody as wacky as Tatsu against him while the rest of the world tries to behave normally. The teaching element in this is so hilariously bad that those kids will need therapy.
And, yes, a trick or treat event with Tatsu as chaperone manages to be very, very silly.
Everything else is fine. Masa starting his own streaming channel should be a slam dunk, but, once again, it boils down to the drug metaphors that make up every other punchline in the series.
It’s not like I hate the manga, but you have to acknowledge that by this point it’s really down to doing one thing only. Occasionally it breaks out some new material, Miku karate chops some chocolate in my favorite sight gag here, but not enough.
You don’t have to reinvent the wheel each time, but something would be nice. I don’t mind running gags, heck I love ones like the video games in Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun, but even there they are tweaked each time and used sparingly.
Still, as a piece of entertainment? It entertains and without feeling like a drag. I never feel like checking in on this book is a chore, but it is certainly a victim of its own conceits at times and some volumes more than others.
3 stars - good for what it is, but only that, and nothing more. If you are far from tired of this series’ gags, round it up; it’s neither better nor worse than what’s come before it.
September 10, 2024
This series is what it is at this point, so there is very little surprise here. The fun parts are that the cast is getting bigger and we're seeing some ideas circle back around with more detail. The art is still incredible and truly grounds the ridiculousness of the storytelling. Still fun and still a great break from whatever else you're reading.
May 30, 2024
El partido de béisbol es una genialidad. Las caras de vieja de la nena que va a pedir golosinas son todo lo que está bien. La parte de las leyes de tránsito también.
Volviendo a ojear el tomo me doy cuenta de que era mucho más gracioso de lo que recordaba y que tengo que reseñarlo dejando pasar menos tiempo desde que lo leo hasta que lo marco acá.
Volviendo a ojear el tomo me doy cuenta de que era mucho más gracioso de lo que recordaba y que tengo que reseñarlo dejando pasar menos tiempo desde que lo leo hasta que lo marco acá.
August 24, 2024
I wish there was a stand-alone volume of Masa, but still a fan of the Immortal Dragon.
September 3, 2024
I really enjoyed this volume! Funny and entertaining as always
September 2, 2024
When another baseball shatters a window in the Boss’ home, he becomes fed up and determined to do something about it. So he sends for the troops, his purpose to go to war. Tatsu and the others arrive on the field to face their opponents – a baseball team of youngsters, who promise to “crush them inta dust.” Can age hold its own in the face of youth?
Masa decides he wants to be a YouTube content creator and hopes to grow it to be his main source of income, as he explains to Tatsu. Tatsu notices that Masa’s view counts are rather sad, though. As Tatsu is visiting and relaxing with Masa, Masa suddenly starts filming for his channel, and announces he has his first guest – none other than Tatsu, who is taken by surprise. Masa’s intent is to review convenience food items, but maybe Tatsu wasn’t his best choice?
Tora is annoyed to find new competition for his crepe cart in the form of a nearby oden cart. He and Tatsu come down a little hard on the owner of the cart, especially considering the poor guy hasn’t even had a customer yet and isn’t doing very well. So Tatsu and Tora decide to help the newcomer out by critiquing his food.
A group of parents and kids, including Tatsu, are attending a traffic safety class being given by Officer Masaki and the police department mascot, a monkey named Fuzz. Masaki demonstrates safety by putting Fuzz into dangerous situations so he can explain what to do if that happens, but Tatsu is having none of it, and butts heads with Masaki, concerned over the mascot’s own safety.
It’s Halloween, and Tatsu is determined to show the kids the ins and outs of trick or treating!
While taking tea with some of the women from the committee, Tatsu reveals that a Starbox Coffee has opened in their town! They decide they need to check this out and hurry over there, only to be met by a rival gang with the same idea. The leader and Tatsu get into a contest to see who can outdo the other with their orders.
Tatsu and Masa are on a mission to thoroughly clean Tatsu’s apartment. But when Masa mistakenly tries to burn one of Miku’s Policure figurines, she decides to bring in an expert to show them how it’s done.
Miku invites Tora’s sister, Koharu, to go with her to buy a Valentine’s present for Tatsu. Koharu buys a chocolate making kit and Miku decides to help her so they can both give chocolates. Miku has a unique style, perhaps influenced by Tatsu, and she turns the experience into a game of Russian roulette for Tatsu and Tora, who are less than thrilled at spending time together.
Another great volume of The Way of the Househusband. Tatsu is always up to something and it’s invariably entertaining. By now, everyone has become a familiar character and I look forward to seeing them all and what they are up to. I never get bored, and I look forward to the next volume, which I have already pre-ordered.
Masa decides he wants to be a YouTube content creator and hopes to grow it to be his main source of income, as he explains to Tatsu. Tatsu notices that Masa’s view counts are rather sad, though. As Tatsu is visiting and relaxing with Masa, Masa suddenly starts filming for his channel, and announces he has his first guest – none other than Tatsu, who is taken by surprise. Masa’s intent is to review convenience food items, but maybe Tatsu wasn’t his best choice?
Tora is annoyed to find new competition for his crepe cart in the form of a nearby oden cart. He and Tatsu come down a little hard on the owner of the cart, especially considering the poor guy hasn’t even had a customer yet and isn’t doing very well. So Tatsu and Tora decide to help the newcomer out by critiquing his food.
A group of parents and kids, including Tatsu, are attending a traffic safety class being given by Officer Masaki and the police department mascot, a monkey named Fuzz. Masaki demonstrates safety by putting Fuzz into dangerous situations so he can explain what to do if that happens, but Tatsu is having none of it, and butts heads with Masaki, concerned over the mascot’s own safety.
It’s Halloween, and Tatsu is determined to show the kids the ins and outs of trick or treating!
While taking tea with some of the women from the committee, Tatsu reveals that a Starbox Coffee has opened in their town! They decide they need to check this out and hurry over there, only to be met by a rival gang with the same idea. The leader and Tatsu get into a contest to see who can outdo the other with their orders.
Tatsu and Masa are on a mission to thoroughly clean Tatsu’s apartment. But when Masa mistakenly tries to burn one of Miku’s Policure figurines, she decides to bring in an expert to show them how it’s done.
Miku invites Tora’s sister, Koharu, to go with her to buy a Valentine’s present for Tatsu. Koharu buys a chocolate making kit and Miku decides to help her so they can both give chocolates. Miku has a unique style, perhaps influenced by Tatsu, and she turns the experience into a game of Russian roulette for Tatsu and Tora, who are less than thrilled at spending time together.
Another great volume of The Way of the Househusband. Tatsu is always up to something and it’s invariably entertaining. By now, everyone has become a familiar character and I look forward to seeing them all and what they are up to. I never get bored, and I look forward to the next volume, which I have already pre-ordered.
September 14, 2024
My favorite guilty pleasure back for a 1-2 punch, volumes 11 and 12 in quick succession.
In volume 12, Tatsu is up to his usual. Dining with his old lady group ready to take down the new chain tea/coffee places Starbox that moved into town. He's cooking up feasts and being treated to others. He's learning traffic and pedestrian safety with a bunch of kids and adults in which the mascot and then he get hit by a car and the best, the entertaining chapter for Halloween when Tatsu wants to shake down the kids who are looking for treats and then they go over to Masa's who thinks that anyone in a costume gets free stuff.
I continue to adore the humor, entertainment, and situations in this brain candy series and that was after my husband cooked me a killer breakfast sandwich- a brisket egg sandwich with Gouda on an everything bagel. I might like it more because I have my own fabulous househusband who's a little yakuza (military veteran) himself.
In volume 12, Tatsu is up to his usual. Dining with his old lady group ready to take down the new chain tea/coffee places Starbox that moved into town. He's cooking up feasts and being treated to others. He's learning traffic and pedestrian safety with a bunch of kids and adults in which the mascot and then he get hit by a car and the best, the entertaining chapter for Halloween when Tatsu wants to shake down the kids who are looking for treats and then they go over to Masa's who thinks that anyone in a costume gets free stuff.
I continue to adore the humor, entertainment, and situations in this brain candy series and that was after my husband cooked me a killer breakfast sandwich- a brisket egg sandwich with Gouda on an everything bagel. I might like it more because I have my own fabulous househusband who's a little yakuza (military veteran) himself.
September 15, 2024
Despite me enjoying the overall series, I found this particular volume a bit lackluster compared to the others. Many of the more side or minor characters that were featured in this volume, were ones that I don’t remember. The only chapter I really enjoyed was Masa helping Miku and Tatsu with cleaning since it lead to Miku’s parents making a surprise appearance.
Considering how I feel about this volume, I’m going to be going into the next volume (when it gets released) with some slight apprehension since I’ll be debating if I should continue this series for future volumes or not.
Considering how I feel about this volume, I’m going to be going into the next volume (when it gets released) with some slight apprehension since I’ll be debating if I should continue this series for future volumes or not.
June 26, 2024
Thank you to the publisher for this free eARC! All opinions are my own.
Tatsu challenges some kids to a baseball game, reviews products for YouTube, helps a food cart owner, attends a safety course, chaperones some neighborhood kids on Halloween, tries a new coffee shop called Starbox, joins the family for a yearly deep clean, and tries Miku's homemade chocolates. #Edelweiss+
Tatsu challenges some kids to a baseball game, reviews products for YouTube, helps a food cart owner, attends a safety course, chaperones some neighborhood kids on Halloween, tries a new coffee shop called Starbox, joins the family for a yearly deep clean, and tries Miku's homemade chocolates. #Edelweiss+
July 25, 2024
Tatsu and company never fail to make me laugh. This volume is stacked with hilarious one-shots, complete with road safety, Miku's cooking, and Masa's misadventures in content creation. One of my favorite volumes to date- I was near tears with laughter in almost every chapter, and the side character officer and his mascot KILLED me.
July 15, 2024
What a marathon yesterday. I forgot how fun it is to read manga.
And I saw they've published two more mangas. And I am uncertain of how I feel, since I thought that it was a finished series and was quite happy with my collection. Oh well.
And I saw they've published two more mangas. And I am uncertain of how I feel, since I thought that it was a finished series and was quite happy with my collection. Oh well.
August 27, 2024
Nothing like a new character to shake things up. This volume introduces a cop character who is so over the top about the importance of being safe he is willing to run people over to prove they need to aware of their surroundings. Yes, it's as hilarious as it sounds.
September 2, 2024
Sometimes I get worried that this series will lose its luster after 10+ volumes of the same schtick, but this volume blew all my small doubts out of the water. There are so many solid gold scenes and panels in this one volume, it really proves why it's such a popular series.
September 8, 2024
Just when I thought the joke might be getting old comes volume 12, where Tatsu finds himself outside the kitchen and supermarket. This time he finds himself trying to beat a team of kids in a hotly contested baseball game and then welcoming the first "Starbox" to Katagi
September 17, 2024
At this point it feels like they've cycled through all the jokes they're ever going to make. The silly situations do put a little smile on my face, but they're no longer as interesting as they were when the ideas were a little more novel.
August 11, 2023
Absolutely love this series
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August 13, 2024
Every time I think this series cannot get more ridiculous... it does. And I love it every step of the way.
August 17, 2024
That policeman is…very dedicated
August 21, 2024
Always a fun read :D
August 23, 2024
This one was kinda all over the place. Still love him.
August 27, 2024
A yakuza comedy manga. The artwork is impeccable, and the laughs are real!
September 4, 2024
More of the same joke, but it's a pretty good joke. If you made it this far you'll probably enjoy this one too.
September 19, 2024
Genuinely made me laugh out loud
September 29, 2024
The gags in this series have gotten a little stale...except the chapter with the traffic cop. That actually made me laugh out loud.
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