The second episode of the drama series " Taigan no Kaji ~Kore ga, Watashi no Ikiru Michi~ " (TBS, Tuesdays at 10pm), starring actress Mikako Tabe , was broadcast on April 8th. A comment made by housewife Murakami Shiho (Tabe)'s husband, Tora ( Wataru Ichinose), became a hot topic on social media.
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Nakatani (Dean Fujioka), an elite bureaucrat at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare who is taking two years of parental leave, tells Shiho, "If both partners don't work, they'll have less money to spend freely. I'm sure your husband is having to endure a lot. I feel sorry for him."
One night, I asked Torarou if anyone had ever said to him that he felt sorry for his wife being a full-time housewife. Torarou seemed confused and replied, "Huh? Pity? How?"
When Shiho said, "I only make Torarou work, and I don't even give him much pocket money...", Torarou calmly replied, "Who told you that? Shiho works properly too, doesn't she? She cooks meals properly, and takes care of Ichigo (Nagai Kana-chan). I can't even take weekends off, and if Shiho isn't at home, who's going to take care of Ichigo?"
Torao, who would rather go home early, eat his wife's cooking, and go to bed than go out drinking with friends, says with a smile, "My salary is basically something that two people earn together."
On social media, there were many comments such as, "Such a wonderful husband is too cool!", "When he says that with a smile like that...for a full-time housewife, there are no more rewarding words", "Is there really a husband as good as that...?", "Shiho's husband said, 'My salary is basically two people earning it,' and I cried", and "Ichigo's dad is the perfect husband."
The original work is the novel "Taigan no Kaji" (Kodansha Bunko) by Akeno Kayoko. The drama depicts the "endless work" of housework through interactions with "people on the other side" who have different positions and ways of thinking than the protagonist. This will be Tabe's second time starring in the same time slot, five years after "My Housekeeper Nagisa-san" (2020).
