The Full-Time Wife Escapist

The Full-Time Wife Escapist (TV Show) ★★ Romance, Drama The show kickstarts with an intriguing idea of a paid wife. The plot shifts to a shared and paid wife concept. Ultimately shifted to a more clichéd normal wife scenario masked as house co-managers, running the house as a company. The show has strong japanese work ethic contexts -- the employees are expected to bring their best selves to their jobs. This implies that the hired wife works like an ideal employee/wife. This leads to issues later in the show where working at par with the other co-manager (husband) brings out the entirety of the wife's actual personality. The show also touches upon the topics of low-self esteem, communication and fair wages. The writing towards the end of the show felt lacking and hard to follow. Regardless, Yui Aragaki and Gen Hoshino both have my heart for giving a hell of a performance -- even getting married irl.