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わたしのお嫁くん [Watashi no Oyome-kun] #1
Mr. Bride, Vol. 1
Hayami is the it-woman at her job -- she's cool, confident, and admired by all. But her has-it-all exterior belies a dark secret... her house is a mess, and she's no good at taking care of herself! Enter Yamamoto-kun -- her colleague who thinks the world of her, and who refuses to let her slobbish behavior slide. Soon he's over at her house often enough that she asks him to move in with her! Where will this roundabout relationship take them?!
176 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 13, 2020
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September 6, 2021
Hayami is a hot shot at her job, her skills the awe of many, including her junior Yamamoto. But Hayami is less domestic goddess and more domestic Antichrist, much to Yamamoto’s dismay. So begins the story of a competent and strong female’s life being destroyed to make a man look good.
Boy this book doesn’t so much fly off the rails as it goes careening off a cliff like it was stock footage in a Toonces the Driving Cat sketch (kids, go to YouTube, you’ll thank me later). It starts fine but then goes to some places that I do not care for.
The initial premise, that Hayami is incredible at her job and works hard and gets results, which she passes on to her junior who is okay at jobbing but not a patch on her, is fine. This arrangement being reversed when the pair are at home, as Yamamoto turns out to be Mr. Belvedere (kids, just trust me and move on), is sort of fine.
My initial problem is that this book thinks a professional woman being hopeless at home life and a guy doing housework are inherently hilarious and they might have been, about thirty years ago. If you’re also thinking that this sounds a lot like Way of the Househusband, but not as good, you’re definitely getting the correct impression.
So we get fitful comedy from Hayami being scared of roaches and wanting to bro out constantly with other guys talking about their wives (Yamamoto becomes the wife and Hayami the bread winner in a reversal the book clearly thinks is a rich, rich vein). Sometimes this works - Yamamoto’s brother is kind of fun - mostly it doesn’t.
I literally just read Those Not-So-Sweet Boys, Vol.4 before this, which is a freakin’ high school shojo full of pretty boys that has a beach scene and a school festival and is at least three times more original and better written than this.
Then the book commits the unforgivable sin. I can excuse the dumb set-up, tired comedy, and excruciating misunderstanding that can be cleared up with five seconds of conversation. I can excuse a lot, honestly.
But then the book starts making Yamamoto better at his job than Hiyami, and no, we’re done here. Bad enough to try and sell this to me as-is, but now dumping on Hiyami even more by taking away the one thing she’s good at? Ugh.
I legit do not care how they try and walk back that vaguely misogynist BS or even if they do. I promise you I will not be around to see it. Yamamoto isn’t even that interesting so… ARGH. It is so frustrating how Hayami is just cut down over the whole volume.
Oh god, what if this is all setting up her becoming the housewife and him becoming the breadwinner? Let’s not even go there.
2 stars - there are many good workplace manga I’d read well ahead of this one. It says something that this mangaka had two releases this week and in the other, a guy who does nothing but play hentai games is turned into a girl by his little sister. I chose this one instead and, boy, I still don’t know if I made the right pick.
Boy this book doesn’t so much fly off the rails as it goes careening off a cliff like it was stock footage in a Toonces the Driving Cat sketch (kids, go to YouTube, you’ll thank me later). It starts fine but then goes to some places that I do not care for.
The initial premise, that Hayami is incredible at her job and works hard and gets results, which she passes on to her junior who is okay at jobbing but not a patch on her, is fine. This arrangement being reversed when the pair are at home, as Yamamoto turns out to be Mr. Belvedere (kids, just trust me and move on), is sort of fine.
My initial problem is that this book thinks a professional woman being hopeless at home life and a guy doing housework are inherently hilarious and they might have been, about thirty years ago. If you’re also thinking that this sounds a lot like Way of the Househusband, but not as good, you’re definitely getting the correct impression.
So we get fitful comedy from Hayami being scared of roaches and wanting to bro out constantly with other guys talking about their wives (Yamamoto becomes the wife and Hayami the bread winner in a reversal the book clearly thinks is a rich, rich vein). Sometimes this works - Yamamoto’s brother is kind of fun - mostly it doesn’t.
I literally just read Those Not-So-Sweet Boys, Vol.4 before this, which is a freakin’ high school shojo full of pretty boys that has a beach scene and a school festival and is at least three times more original and better written than this.
Then the book commits the unforgivable sin. I can excuse the dumb set-up, tired comedy, and excruciating misunderstanding that can be cleared up with five seconds of conversation. I can excuse a lot, honestly.
But then the book starts making Yamamoto better at his job than Hiyami, and no, we’re done here. Bad enough to try and sell this to me as-is, but now dumping on Hiyami even more by taking away the one thing she’s good at? Ugh.
I legit do not care how they try and walk back that vaguely misogynist BS or even if they do. I promise you I will not be around to see it. Yamamoto isn’t even that interesting so… ARGH. It is so frustrating how Hayami is just cut down over the whole volume.
Oh god, what if this is all setting up her becoming the housewife and him becoming the breadwinner? Let’s not even go there.
2 stars - there are many good workplace manga I’d read well ahead of this one. It says something that this mangaka had two releases this week and in the other, a guy who does nothing but play hentai games is turned into a girl by his little sister. I chose this one instead and, boy, I still don’t know if I made the right pick.
October 25, 2021
Cute, but very choppy and doesn’t make much sense in the beginning. Might try the next one, might not. 3, average, stars.
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November 14, 2021
3.5/5
We should normalize men doing all the housework from now on :""
This was kinda cute, and it's a non-creepy romance manga so that's great
We should normalize men doing all the housework from now on :""
This was kinda cute, and it's a non-creepy romance manga so that's great
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March 25, 2023This book started out promising and then introduced a trope I find deeply uncomfortable and dislike immensely (when the man gets handsy with the main female lead cuz he can’t control himself and then covers it up by saying he’s trying to show her how *other* men would react to her acting a certain way). YUCK. It felt out of character for the male lead and completely ruined the story for me.
Authors, please stop burning your cinnamon rolls.
Signed,
An annoyed cinnamon roll connoisseur
Authors, please stop burning your cinnamon rolls.
Signed,
An annoyed cinnamon roll connoisseur
December 29, 2024
This was silly, but I felt pretty apathetic towards the characters.
December 4, 2021
I bought this bc I thought it might be quirky and amusing and I enjoy seeing traditional gender roles swapped, even if the fussy guy who’s good at housework is becoming a bit of a shoujo/Josei cliche…
There’s a lot about this manga that feels… I’m not sure how to articulate it. Forced? I mean yeah it’s contrived, but it’s more than that… almost like maybe it needed another draft or something… I’m also not a huge fan of the retro-esque art style, bc I’ve never liked that style, and was glad we’ve mostly moved past it… but that’s more of a personal thing than a true critique.
I bought both the first volumes on sale so I’ll read one more and see, but as of now I have a hunch I won’t keep reading.
There’s a lot about this manga that feels… I’m not sure how to articulate it. Forced? I mean yeah it’s contrived, but it’s more than that… almost like maybe it needed another draft or something… I’m also not a huge fan of the retro-esque art style, bc I’ve never liked that style, and was glad we’ve mostly moved past it… but that’s more of a personal thing than a true critique.
I bought both the first volumes on sale so I’ll read one more and see, but as of now I have a hunch I won’t keep reading.
January 16, 2026
I was not expecting to love this volume as much as I did. It's just so much fun and the golden retriever boyfriend trope has me kicking my feet! The mangaka does such a great job with all funny expressions, I literally couldn't stop laughing so many times. Really looking forward to the rest of the series.
March 16, 2022
Cute Josei. Storyline is pretty plain but enjoyable
April 4, 2023
This was just weird.
February 8, 2024
Wish I had a wife like him
April 1, 2024
A role reversal does not the make the concept work or good. Not subversive, boring. 👎 It took me like 6 months to finish reading this crap 😭😭😭 will not be picking up the next volume any time soon
February 26, 2022
2.5/5.
February 12, 2023
How sweet the gender roles reverse.
Honestly I can relate a bit to Hayami though for me my clutter tends to be due to getting distracted right after I complete a task and forget to clean up after (looks over at several stacks of books in read and unread piles.) If I could find someone like Yamamoto to share my interests and help me stay focused I would be super appreciative.
Something I find interesting when I consider it is the gender roles generally assigned that women are the homemakers while men are to go to work and bring the money home when they can return (Japanese business settings can be rough) but in this story it is Hayami making more money so she is able to afford the bigger place to live once they become roommates while Yamamoto having to work with his brother to keep everything clean when they grew up is extremely skilled at housework (though he does work at the same company as Hayami.)
Another thing I wonder is if Hayami is not representative of neurodivergent people such as those with ADHD who are able to focus on things that interest them but find things outside of their immediate interests easy to forget or push off to another time (trust me when I say whenit is time to pay the piper you cannot avoid the fee.)
All in all the book is quite enjoyable as these two co-workers fill a something they each need even though there will be much awkwardness along the way. Though now that I think of it normally a boss should never date one of their underlings for it could cause conflicts of interest just as someone from HR should not date anyone in the company they speak for but this is a fictional romance so I can overlook those little details. :)
Honestly I can relate a bit to Hayami though for me my clutter tends to be due to getting distracted right after I complete a task and forget to clean up after (looks over at several stacks of books in read and unread piles.) If I could find someone like Yamamoto to share my interests and help me stay focused I would be super appreciative.
Something I find interesting when I consider it is the gender roles generally assigned that women are the homemakers while men are to go to work and bring the money home when they can return (Japanese business settings can be rough) but in this story it is Hayami making more money so she is able to afford the bigger place to live once they become roommates while Yamamoto having to work with his brother to keep everything clean when they grew up is extremely skilled at housework (though he does work at the same company as Hayami.)
Another thing I wonder is if Hayami is not representative of neurodivergent people such as those with ADHD who are able to focus on things that interest them but find things outside of their immediate interests easy to forget or push off to another time (trust me when I say whenit is time to pay the piper you cannot avoid the fee.)
All in all the book is quite enjoyable as these two co-workers fill a something they each need even though there will be much awkwardness along the way. Though now that I think of it normally a boss should never date one of their underlings for it could cause conflicts of interest just as someone from HR should not date anyone in the company they speak for but this is a fictional romance so I can overlook those little details. :)
August 22, 2022
When Yamamoto-kun shows up to Hayami's house unexpected, her secret of being a messy housekeeper is revealed. Yamamoto-kun is a huge neat freak and has always looked up to Hayami at work... he also has a crush on her. So, when Hayami and Yamamoto-kun come up with the plan of Yamamoto-kun being her wife, things quickly become complicated.
I will be honest, I'm not sure why he has to be called her wife. It implies that only the wife in a relationship does the cooking and cleaning, and that's a bit archaic. Considering this was published 2 years ago, I'm a little horrified that this is still perceived as a thing. He could have easily just been called her husband, but no, a wife.... or better yet, maid.
With my one huge grievance aside, I did really like this manga. It had me laughing out loud and gasping at the various things that take place. I mean, Yamamoto-kun clearly has a crush on Hayami, and she has no clue. So she sometimes throws off mixed signals that she likes being around him all the time and doesn't want to lose him, but then freaks and says that she just doesn't want to lose her wife. However, that's also due to the fact that she's also battling her developing feelings for Yamamoto-kun. So, it's all just a moment waiting to happen.
In the first volume they move in together and start fielding questions from others on what their living situation is. Just as it started to get really good and feelings started to happen, the volume ends. So I'm really looking into diving into the next book.
I will be honest, I'm not sure why he has to be called her wife. It implies that only the wife in a relationship does the cooking and cleaning, and that's a bit archaic. Considering this was published 2 years ago, I'm a little horrified that this is still perceived as a thing. He could have easily just been called her husband, but no, a wife.... or better yet, maid.
With my one huge grievance aside, I did really like this manga. It had me laughing out loud and gasping at the various things that take place. I mean, Yamamoto-kun clearly has a crush on Hayami, and she has no clue. So she sometimes throws off mixed signals that she likes being around him all the time and doesn't want to lose him, but then freaks and says that she just doesn't want to lose her wife. However, that's also due to the fact that she's also battling her developing feelings for Yamamoto-kun. So, it's all just a moment waiting to happen.
In the first volume they move in together and start fielding questions from others on what their living situation is. Just as it started to get really good and feelings started to happen, the volume ends. So I'm really looking into diving into the next book.
May 5, 2022
I came into this manga with high expectations, due to many recommendations from TikTok users. Overall I had mixed emotions about this since it wasn’t too bad but I feel like certain scenes could’ve been handled a bit differently or not be there at all.
I’m going to give this series the benefit of the doubt and read the next 2 volumes. I am a sucker for slow-burn romances and I’m also genuinely interested to see how Yamamoto and Hayamin’s dynamic changes as the story continues.
I’m going to give this series the benefit of the doubt and read the next 2 volumes. I am a sucker for slow-burn romances and I’m also genuinely interested to see how Yamamoto and Hayamin’s dynamic changes as the story continues.
June 24, 2022
This is a fast pace sweet read and I can't wait to read more from these two. I do have to say it's kinda of hard to said their name but I love the storyline. The storyline is a really cute style about how the woman is a mess and the guy is help her clean up. Also even though he likes her I have a feel she might like him to... Hope to see the cuteness in the next book and maybe some more feeling
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February 8, 2024
星3.5。
なぜか眠れず、夜中に1-3巻一気読み。
これ、キャラの性別逆だったら普通。なのでいかに今の世の中未だに家事=女の仕事なんだな相変わらず、と思った。
が、そういう事は置いといて、難しく考えずに「あー私もこういう『嫁』欲しいわー」となった、変に恋愛のライバルが出てきてすれ違い、みたいなメロドラマのない、時々声を出して笑ってしまう感じの物語だった。
「嫁」「旦那」が既に性別以外に「家事」「稼ぎ頭」っていう意味も内包してるし、「男性がオカン的だとギャップ萌え」ってのも、まぁ、数年後に読んだらどう思うかな、という感じ。(「オトメン」だって今読むとcringieでシンドイし)
....明け方4時に何やってんだ私。
......あぁでも料理が上手くて、尚且つそれを傘に着て偉そうにしない包容力のある人と一緒になりたいなぁ、なるなら。
なぜか眠れず、夜中に1-3巻一気読み。
これ、キャラの性別逆だったら普通。なのでいかに今の世の中未だに家事=女の仕事なんだな相変わらず、と思った。
が、そういう事は置いといて、難しく考えずに「あー私もこういう『嫁』欲しいわー」となった、変に恋愛のライバルが出てきてすれ違い、みたいなメロドラマのない、時々声を出して笑ってしまう感じの物語だった。
「嫁」「旦那」が既に性別以外に「家事」「稼ぎ頭」っていう意味も内包してるし、「男性がオカン的だとギャップ萌え」ってのも、まぁ、数年後に読んだらどう思うかな、という感じ。(「オトメン」だって今読むとcringieでシンドイし)
....明け方4時に何やってんだ私。
......あぁでも料理が上手くて、尚且つそれを傘に着て偉そうにしない包容力のある人と一緒になりたいなぁ、なるなら。
March 12, 2022
Wifey Material
I can’t be the only one that jealous that she found a wife. She’s so lucky that her wife is good to her. I can’t wait for the bread winner to put a ring on her wifey and make it legal.
I can’t be the only one that jealous that she found a wife. She’s so lucky that her wife is good to her. I can’t wait for the bread winner to put a ring on her wifey and make it legal.
October 2, 2022
uhhhhh, this is probably one of the weirder contemporary mangas I've read (and I've read quite a few) We'll see how this goes with me reading at least one more volume. It's also a little funny s that's nice.
November 20, 2022
Even though this manga deals with one of my favorite tropes, I'm dropping it because I didn't like the characterization of either of the leads. He was obsessive and pushy, she was a pig and dumb to boot. Not my cuppa.
October 26, 2023
The male lead has traditional values that makes me raise my eyebrows so I'm docking one start for that.
In other aspects of the manga it all seems great. Very funny. I can't believe this volume ended on a cliffhanger 🥹
In other aspects of the manga it all seems great. Very funny. I can't believe this volume ended on a cliffhanger 🥹
January 18, 2026
Really cute little series! I feel like the plot didn't make much sense and the setup was a mess and the ending felt rushed but like I came here for a malewife and that's what I got so no complaints from me... It ended up making me laugh a lot and it was really cute so I enjoyed it
November 5, 2021
This is a great josei story. Relatable and funny, great art. Main characters are cute, slight age gap (26/22).
December 4, 2021
Ví este manga recomendado por twitter y en cuanto le leí quedé atrapada! Que ganas de saber como se desarrolla todo!!
January 17, 2022
I think I enjoyed this way too much. It’s pretty rare when a manga makes me laugh out loud - and twice at that!! I can’t wait to see where these two characters go.
July 3, 2022
3.5 stars.
February 9, 2023
The pacing is not quite bad. Love the cute romance.
April 9, 2023
It's not a new premise or anything, having a live in maid but it's cute that he is trying to shoot his shot by showcasing his homemaking skills. The girl is so oblivious it hurtss
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