The first episode of TV Tokyo's serial drama "Otto yo, shinde kurenai ka" who commit adultery, control and emotional abuse, causing a stir on social media.
◇The following contains spoilers.
Maya, Riko, and Yurika, friends from their college days, often get together to complain about their husbands and vent their frustrations. One day, Maya's husband Mitsuhiro (Takezai Terunosuke) is found to be having an affair. After an argument, Mitsuhiro disappears.
Meanwhile, Maya and Riko receive a call from Yurika, who is suffering from her husband Tetsuya's (Takashi Tsukamoto) emotional abuse, saying, "I killed my husband." When Maya and Riko rush to Yurika's house, they find Tetsuya, who had been pushed by Yurika and was lying motionless on the floor. Yurika tries to kill Tetsuya, who is still breathing. Tetsuya suddenly wakes up, but has temporarily lost his memory.
Then, while her controlling husband Koki (Takahashi Mitsuomi) is away on a business trip, Riko takes out her hidden smartphone and calls someone... and the story unfolds.
Tetsuya blames Yurika for coming home late after a drinking party with Maya and her friends. When Yurika apologizes, he confronts her, saying, "How was it? Was it delicious? I drank it with the money I earned." He hits her on the head with his sock and tells her, "I'm going to take a bath, so prepare some beer and snacks."
When Riko's husband, Hiroki, comes home, he blames her for only sending him one photo of the drinking party with Maya and the others, saying, "I told you to send it every 10 minutes, didn't I?" Furthermore, even when he is away on a business trip, he checks Riko's location on his smartphone and tweets, "Enjoy yourself at home, Riko." And Mitsuhiro, who seems indifferent to Maya, is found to be having an affair when he smells perfume on the bed.
On social media, the three "bad husbands" became a hot topic. Comments such as "Don't hit her with a sock you took off!", "This is instant divorce grounds", "Everything that comes out of her mouth is the worst, it's amazing", "Sending a photo every 10 minutes is crazy lol", "Amazing! I get annoyed watching each of the husbands!", "All the characters are bad", and "Each husband has a strong personality..." were posted and became a hot topic.