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拝啓…殺し屋さんと結婚しました #1
My Lovey-Dovey Wife is a Stone Cold Killer Vol. 1
Meet she's cute, sexy, and deadly. When she's not out murdering people as a professional assassin, she's nesting at home, trying to adjust to a domestic life with her husband. She skewers ingredients for dinner, draws a knife on unwanted solicitors, and sleeps with one eye open, just in case. Her lovestruck husband doesn't ask a lot of questions about her day job, and love conquers all, right? This sexy comedy is sure to make a killing!
142 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 23, 2021
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March 12, 2022
I've said in a couple of reviews that in terms of gag manga, they're only as strong as their main gag. Way of the House Husband for example really only has one joke (former Yakuza is a house husband and every thing he does around the house he does in the most Yakuza way possible), but it's a really funny joke and thus works. This is kind of the sister series to an extent in that it's about a wife who is an assassin. Unlike the other series, she's still very much at work and a lot of the comedy comes from her and her husband treating it like a regular office job. The joke is funny, and honestly I enjoyed my time with it for the most part. My issues mostly come from it trying to be too cute.
It's another one of those series where the extremely average generic guy character has a perfect wife, and the two are so in "cute love" that it never feels like a real relationship due to them always being so adorable. It's cliched and pandering to the Otaku audience who want their moe characters.
Annoyance aside, it's a genre in and of itself so I can't really complain too much that it follows its genres conventions. As I said, the main joke is fairly amusing so it does work. If this is your sort of series, you'll likely love it. For me, it's an amusing distraction, but not a great series. 3/5 stars.
It's another one of those series where the extremely average generic guy character has a perfect wife, and the two are so in "cute love" that it never feels like a real relationship due to them always being so adorable. It's cliched and pandering to the Otaku audience who want their moe characters.
Annoyance aside, it's a genre in and of itself so I can't really complain too much that it follows its genres conventions. As I said, the main joke is fairly amusing so it does work. If this is your sort of series, you'll likely love it. For me, it's an amusing distraction, but not a great series. 3/5 stars.
May 11, 2022
There’s this weird sub-genre in manga that’s appeared recently that mixes criminal stereotypes with the domestic. There was The Way of the Househusband, where a former Yakuza becomes a househusband in what turned out to be a one-joke series that went on and on but was incongruously popular, and there’s Sakamoto Days, where a former ace hitman leaves the life to get married and work a regular job, that’s actually surprisingly good. And then there’s this one, which is unfortunately at the crappiest end of the spectrum.
Like a lot of mangas these days, for some reason, its catchy title also summarises the premise: a guy (and it is as bland as that - the husband “character” is so featureless he doesn’t even have a name) happens to be married to a hitman. Hitwoman? And that’s it. They play baseball, he meets her whiny little sister, they buy a kotatsu (a uniquely Japanese invention - like a heated coffee table with a built-in blanket), and go shopping. But she’s a hitman and that makes him nervous around her which is supposedly funny, and it’s definitely not.
It’s such an underdeveloped series. Give the protagonist a name at the very least - start there! Then, how did they meet? We get they got married because they fell in love, but how? Was it fast? It feels that way because there are a lot of scenes where they’re enormously awkward around each other, like they get all bashful about even hugging one another, let alone having sex. They’re married!! They’re (supposedly) grown-ups!!1 What is this shit??
There are no consequences to the wife, Setsuna (she at least has a name), being a hitman by the way. It’s just a contrivance for the husband to be weird around her and, apparently, for her to act like a robot because that’s how the creator, Donten Kosaka, seems to think assassins behave.
Not that having a name makes Setsuna a good character. In Kosaka’s hands, she’s the pitifully idealised version of a stereotypical housewife that’ll appeal to a certain kind of man: she has the cliched manga girl look (giant eyes, no nose, long flowing hair, big bewbs) with an innocent-bordering-on-braindead demeanour that’s mostly submissive and demure. She cooks all the time and the guy gets to perv on her big bewbs while she infantilises him.
The gratuitous bewb shots were just embarrassing - really the whole relationship made me feel sorry for everyone involved. And, as if there weren’t enough bewb shots of Setsuna, Some Guy’s neighbour is also a big bewbed bimbo whom he also pervs on.
A boring, pathetically unimaginative waste of time, My Lovey-Dovey Wife is a Stone Cold Killer, Volume 1 left me stone cold - the worst manga I’ve read in some time.
Like a lot of mangas these days, for some reason, its catchy title also summarises the premise: a guy (and it is as bland as that - the husband “character” is so featureless he doesn’t even have a name) happens to be married to a hitman. Hitwoman? And that’s it. They play baseball, he meets her whiny little sister, they buy a kotatsu (a uniquely Japanese invention - like a heated coffee table with a built-in blanket), and go shopping. But she’s a hitman and that makes him nervous around her which is supposedly funny, and it’s definitely not.
It’s such an underdeveloped series. Give the protagonist a name at the very least - start there! Then, how did they meet? We get they got married because they fell in love, but how? Was it fast? It feels that way because there are a lot of scenes where they’re enormously awkward around each other, like they get all bashful about even hugging one another, let alone having sex. They’re married!! They’re (supposedly) grown-ups!!1 What is this shit??
There are no consequences to the wife, Setsuna (she at least has a name), being a hitman by the way. It’s just a contrivance for the husband to be weird around her and, apparently, for her to act like a robot because that’s how the creator, Donten Kosaka, seems to think assassins behave.
Not that having a name makes Setsuna a good character. In Kosaka’s hands, she’s the pitifully idealised version of a stereotypical housewife that’ll appeal to a certain kind of man: she has the cliched manga girl look (giant eyes, no nose, long flowing hair, big bewbs) with an innocent-bordering-on-braindead demeanour that’s mostly submissive and demure. She cooks all the time and the guy gets to perv on her big bewbs while she infantilises him.
The gratuitous bewb shots were just embarrassing - really the whole relationship made me feel sorry for everyone involved. And, as if there weren’t enough bewb shots of Setsuna, Some Guy’s neighbour is also a big bewbed bimbo whom he also pervs on.
A boring, pathetically unimaginative waste of time, My Lovey-Dovey Wife is a Stone Cold Killer, Volume 1 left me stone cold - the worst manga I’ve read in some time.
February 3, 2022
I had reservations about reading another comic book featuring another woman-next-door type who turns out to be a cold-blooded assassin, but I never suspected the problem would be that there is not enough violence. It's all lovey-dovey all the time as the newlywed couple grows to know each other and get settled into their new routines while living together. And it is . . . so . . . very . . . boringgggggggg.
I think it is supposed to be humorous, but mostly it seems to be fan service for guys who like big breasted women who don't smile much out of reserved shyness. But it also crosses a line with some schoolgirl bondage of a minor. Ick.
I see no reason to continue with this.
I think it is supposed to be humorous, but mostly it seems to be fan service for guys who like big breasted women who don't smile much out of reserved shyness. But it also crosses a line with some schoolgirl bondage of a minor. Ick.
I see no reason to continue with this.
August 7, 2022
My comic club strikes again with another high quality read.
November 24, 2021
Setsuna and her husband are newly married and they both work. He’s a salaryman, she’s an assassin. That doesn’t make her any less affectionate, but it certainly lets her express herself in some truly odd ways.
Sigh. One thing you can say about anime, manga and light novels - once an idea succeeds you can be reasonably assured you’ll be sick to death of it before long. This one reads like the love child of Fly Me to the Moon and Way of the Househusband, especially the latter.
It starts off okay - Setsuna is trained to show no emotion, so she is indeed as stone cold as the title suggests, thus seeing her emotions peek through is a cute enough idea, but the assassin thing doesn’t really get much by way of good jokes.
Fine, she has knife skills. Fine, she has a bottle of hot sauce with a poison label on it. That’s not much of anything, honestly. The best joke comes when husband and wife share a lunch outside and she has to take off for five seconds and you hear somebody plead for their life off panel - I legitimately chortled at that one.
Everything else is fairly pedestrian, although the running gag of her plotting to off the busty and overly friendly next door neighbour is pretty solid. I don’t understand why the apartment has so many booby traps though - if she’s any good at her job she shouldn’t be leaving witnesses anyway. Just saying.
This is basic self-insert fantasy for the male reader - the husband is a big nothingburger who doesn’t even get a name and they can’t even be bothered to reveal how the two of them met. It’s pretty clear they haven’t sealed the deal yet either, so it’s ridiculously chaste yet still fan service-y.
Setsuna is very good at her job and also very charming as a wife. She loves to do all the cute shopping things and wants to look sweet and is so shy and oh my lord this is all so trite. She’s an okay character, but she lacks the spark that makes her worth hanging a series on, especially after they tone down her more murderous instincts.
Some books are more obvious than others about how in love with their main characters they are, but here the mangaka really makes no bones about it, to the detriment of the rest of the story. It’s far too worshipful to get any truly dark humour out of the situation and that does make this one drag a bit. This book just sort of exists and I don’t know if I can even muster the enthusiasm for a second volume.
2.5 stars - I’ll round up because of that good snicker I got from the lunch scene. Besides the Househusband book, this sort of assassin day-to-day is being done far more amusingly in Happy Kanako’s Killer Life and at least that series doesn’t shy away from its subject matter to its own detriment.
Sigh. One thing you can say about anime, manga and light novels - once an idea succeeds you can be reasonably assured you’ll be sick to death of it before long. This one reads like the love child of Fly Me to the Moon and Way of the Househusband, especially the latter.
It starts off okay - Setsuna is trained to show no emotion, so she is indeed as stone cold as the title suggests, thus seeing her emotions peek through is a cute enough idea, but the assassin thing doesn’t really get much by way of good jokes.
Fine, she has knife skills. Fine, she has a bottle of hot sauce with a poison label on it. That’s not much of anything, honestly. The best joke comes when husband and wife share a lunch outside and she has to take off for five seconds and you hear somebody plead for their life off panel - I legitimately chortled at that one.
Everything else is fairly pedestrian, although the running gag of her plotting to off the busty and overly friendly next door neighbour is pretty solid. I don’t understand why the apartment has so many booby traps though - if she’s any good at her job she shouldn’t be leaving witnesses anyway. Just saying.
This is basic self-insert fantasy for the male reader - the husband is a big nothingburger who doesn’t even get a name and they can’t even be bothered to reveal how the two of them met. It’s pretty clear they haven’t sealed the deal yet either, so it’s ridiculously chaste yet still fan service-y.
Setsuna is very good at her job and also very charming as a wife. She loves to do all the cute shopping things and wants to look sweet and is so shy and oh my lord this is all so trite. She’s an okay character, but she lacks the spark that makes her worth hanging a series on, especially after they tone down her more murderous instincts.
Some books are more obvious than others about how in love with their main characters they are, but here the mangaka really makes no bones about it, to the detriment of the rest of the story. It’s far too worshipful to get any truly dark humour out of the situation and that does make this one drag a bit. This book just sort of exists and I don’t know if I can even muster the enthusiasm for a second volume.
2.5 stars - I’ll round up because of that good snicker I got from the lunch scene. Besides the Househusband book, this sort of assassin day-to-day is being done far more amusingly in Happy Kanako’s Killer Life and at least that series doesn’t shy away from its subject matter to its own detriment.
April 24, 2022
dnf
a lot of fan service and nothing that makes up for it. the art is pretty, but thats where it stops
a lot of fan service and nothing that makes up for it. the art is pretty, but thats where it stops
March 18, 2023
Ew no
May 8, 2024
A very pleasant surprise. I picked it up off the shelf on the name alone and went in entirely blind. The first two chapters felt a bit slow and almost dull but everything after that was great. It's especially a nice change of pace reading a story where the main couple is already married. Overall a nice short and sweet volume with a lot of potential in the story.
September 19, 2024
Not my kind of humor
February 1, 2022
This is a slice-of-life manga about a salaryman (probably) who is married to an assassin. The story is told from his point-of-view, often using the first-person narrative other than during dialogue between the characters. The art was very cute but it did take me a while to warm up to the manga. There were some very odd things I had to get used to while reading this book:
Being an assassin is just an ordinary day job, apparently. Setsuna goes to work every morning and comes home every night and tells her husband about her day. She is an assassin, like her father was before her. (He's retired, but taught her everything she knows.) Her husband (does he even have a name?) is squeamish about the details, but she talks openly about it like it's a normal job and as if nothing she does is any kind of secret. She has fellow assassins she only refers to as "coworkers," and as with any typical job in Korea or Japan, they always want her to go out drinking with them after work.
Setsuna and her husband barely know each other. You actually don't find out until near the end of the manga when they're shopping for apartment decorations, but the couple has only recently married and moved in together. But you're not sure how or why they even got married, because they act like they don't even know each other. He has no idea what kinds of hobbies and interests Setsuna has, he doesn't know her feelings about intimacy, and he doesn't even know what kinds of clothes she likes to wear when she's not working. They kiss one time in the manga, and Setsuna has to get herself drunk to muster up the courage to give her husband even a tiny peck on the lips, and then he comments that that's the first time they've kissed, outside of their wedding day. It makes you wonder how they got into this situation. I read a review considering that they might have gotten married or even faked a wedding as part of a mission, but it is apparent the husband is no assassin because of how he squirms when Setsuna tells him about her work, and in the way he rejects her proposal that he become an assassin, too, because he's so good at cleanup. Theirs is a strange relationship. It's clear they're both in love but they act like teenagers on their first date, not like a married couple.
Setsuna acts like either an alien or a robot. She doesn't know what baseball is. It's hard for her to grasp normal concepts like swinging a bat at a ball, because to her it makes more sense to swing a bat at vital organs. I can understand her liking or obsessing over her career, but not to the extent it appears this is her first visit to Planet Earth. She doesn't act like that through the entire manga, but in the beginning she is so clueless and expressionless she does not seem human. And, again, it is hard to imagine these two characters are actually a married couple.
So...this was kind of weird, but by the end I found I was really enjoying it. It was funny how Setsuna has their apartment set with traps to catch intruders and how she's always whipping out knives and threatening to murder people with no expression on her face. And her husband's queasiness over her work cracked me up. I just wish the author had opened with them meeting for the first time or having their first date, instead of making them instantly married but not having a clue about each other, because it made no sense.
I would read more. It improved as it went and I would expect future volumes to do the same.
Being an assassin is just an ordinary day job, apparently. Setsuna goes to work every morning and comes home every night and tells her husband about her day. She is an assassin, like her father was before her. (He's retired, but taught her everything she knows.) Her husband (does he even have a name?) is squeamish about the details, but she talks openly about it like it's a normal job and as if nothing she does is any kind of secret. She has fellow assassins she only refers to as "coworkers," and as with any typical job in Korea or Japan, they always want her to go out drinking with them after work.
Setsuna and her husband barely know each other. You actually don't find out until near the end of the manga when they're shopping for apartment decorations, but the couple has only recently married and moved in together. But you're not sure how or why they even got married, because they act like they don't even know each other. He has no idea what kinds of hobbies and interests Setsuna has, he doesn't know her feelings about intimacy, and he doesn't even know what kinds of clothes she likes to wear when she's not working. They kiss one time in the manga, and Setsuna has to get herself drunk to muster up the courage to give her husband even a tiny peck on the lips, and then he comments that that's the first time they've kissed, outside of their wedding day. It makes you wonder how they got into this situation. I read a review considering that they might have gotten married or even faked a wedding as part of a mission, but it is apparent the husband is no assassin because of how he squirms when Setsuna tells him about her work, and in the way he rejects her proposal that he become an assassin, too, because he's so good at cleanup. Theirs is a strange relationship. It's clear they're both in love but they act like teenagers on their first date, not like a married couple.
Setsuna acts like either an alien or a robot. She doesn't know what baseball is. It's hard for her to grasp normal concepts like swinging a bat at a ball, because to her it makes more sense to swing a bat at vital organs. I can understand her liking or obsessing over her career, but not to the extent it appears this is her first visit to Planet Earth. She doesn't act like that through the entire manga, but in the beginning she is so clueless and expressionless she does not seem human. And, again, it is hard to imagine these two characters are actually a married couple.
So...this was kind of weird, but by the end I found I was really enjoying it. It was funny how Setsuna has their apartment set with traps to catch intruders and how she's always whipping out knives and threatening to murder people with no expression on her face. And her husband's queasiness over her work cracked me up. I just wish the author had opened with them meeting for the first time or having their first date, instead of making them instantly married but not having a clue about each other, because it made no sense.
I would read more. It improved as it went and I would expect future volumes to do the same.
January 22, 2022
In MY LOVEY DOVEY WIFE…, a cute, if simple concept founders unexpectedly as the author repeatedly struggles to wield each character in a way that is meaningful beyond the cliché. The broadly emotionless female protagonist and the kind-hearted but ultimately clueless male protagonist merge to form a power-couple of interminable blandness. Will the manga's ensuing context and curiosity will push these characters toward a bit of relational drama? Perhaps by way of social misgivings or moral gray areas?
At its best, this manga can likely be described as "just okay." The book purports to offer readers a cute-but-awkward situational romance/comedy. The set-up is simple. Setsuna is a professional assassin, considered one of the best in her field and unafraid of the dangers of the job. Her husband is a regular office worker (whom, it must be noted, is either entirely nameless or is so gallingly ordinary as to have his name mentioned so infrequently as to have been forgettable).
Unfortunately, the book's simplistic set-up, and routine attempts at framing domestic life around such simplistic efforts, rarely yield humor or intrigue. Embarrassed for running into the busty housewife next door? Shopping for furniture and kitchen utensils? An annoying and clingy little sister who shows up out of nowhere? The characters are written without much style or personality, the comic's plotting is flat, and the artwork is occasionally quite poor.
Readers shouldn't expect anything remotely beyond the obvious. Setsuna must balance random phone calls for a hit and tending to her free time with her husband, except, readers never actually see Setsuna "work" and the ham-fisted implication is rather cheesy. The husband successfully stomachs the strangeness of being in love with a woman with a thirst for blood, and yet, his blitheness to being an accessory to murder almost every day engenders very little practical discussion on the peculiar moral ground on which he stands. MY LOVEY DOVEY WIFE IS A STONE-COLD KILLER strives to balance cuteness and cleverness (e.g., side-eyeing a baby stroller while shopping, but still purchasing a bullet-proof kotatsu), but usually falls short and lands somewhere in the realm of the predictable and the inoffensive (e.g., awkward flirting before being shown off to work in the morning).
Kosaka's art style is mostly cute for cute's sake, but it also routinely trips over itself with inferior use of perspective, bad foreshortening, and more. It's laughable to assert any character is or isn't on-model in this manga, because the author's rendition of certain characters, particularly Setsuna and her hyper-affectionate little sister, Haruka, morphs and shifts from episode to episode. Kosaka's inability to draw characters' arms casually at rest is a big problem (e.g., the author tries way too hard to craft the perfect shot of the wedding-banded left hand in every chapter), as is the author's vague sense of proportion (e.g., for some reason, the husband-character's clothes always look too big). MY LOVEY DOVEY WIFE… is a worthy of a chuckle and a smile, but not much else.
At its best, this manga can likely be described as "just okay." The book purports to offer readers a cute-but-awkward situational romance/comedy. The set-up is simple. Setsuna is a professional assassin, considered one of the best in her field and unafraid of the dangers of the job. Her husband is a regular office worker (whom, it must be noted, is either entirely nameless or is so gallingly ordinary as to have his name mentioned so infrequently as to have been forgettable).
Unfortunately, the book's simplistic set-up, and routine attempts at framing domestic life around such simplistic efforts, rarely yield humor or intrigue. Embarrassed for running into the busty housewife next door? Shopping for furniture and kitchen utensils? An annoying and clingy little sister who shows up out of nowhere? The characters are written without much style or personality, the comic's plotting is flat, and the artwork is occasionally quite poor.
Readers shouldn't expect anything remotely beyond the obvious. Setsuna must balance random phone calls for a hit and tending to her free time with her husband, except, readers never actually see Setsuna "work" and the ham-fisted implication is rather cheesy. The husband successfully stomachs the strangeness of being in love with a woman with a thirst for blood, and yet, his blitheness to being an accessory to murder almost every day engenders very little practical discussion on the peculiar moral ground on which he stands. MY LOVEY DOVEY WIFE IS A STONE-COLD KILLER strives to balance cuteness and cleverness (e.g., side-eyeing a baby stroller while shopping, but still purchasing a bullet-proof kotatsu), but usually falls short and lands somewhere in the realm of the predictable and the inoffensive (e.g., awkward flirting before being shown off to work in the morning).
Kosaka's art style is mostly cute for cute's sake, but it also routinely trips over itself with inferior use of perspective, bad foreshortening, and more. It's laughable to assert any character is or isn't on-model in this manga, because the author's rendition of certain characters, particularly Setsuna and her hyper-affectionate little sister, Haruka, morphs and shifts from episode to episode. Kosaka's inability to draw characters' arms casually at rest is a big problem (e.g., the author tries way too hard to craft the perfect shot of the wedding-banded left hand in every chapter), as is the author's vague sense of proportion (e.g., for some reason, the husband-character's clothes always look too big). MY LOVEY DOVEY WIFE… is a worthy of a chuckle and a smile, but not much else.
November 3, 2023
So, I feel oddly conflicted about this one.
On the one hand, I really LOVE the reverse of this trope—big scary guy [usually a spy, hitman, yakuza, etc.] and his adorable partner [wife, child, pet, etc.]. The “tough but cute” genre of manga is probably my favorite genre.
That said, I went into this first volume of this series with a lot of expectations—but also curiosity. There are so many different directions a story like this could go.
I’m pretty “meh” on the direction this series seems determined to go.
I wish Setsuna had more agency. She’s not much more than a sexy accessory to her rather average and mundane husband. And, I use the adjectives I chose to describe both characters in the most objective, purely descriptive sense because these characters are so shallow I can’t even make any evaluative judgments on either one.
All you know in this first volume: hit woman + boring man = married.
I don’t even think I can say I like or dislike this series cause it just exudes such an overall “meh” vibe.
I didn’t dislike it but it’s hard not to feel like the series is just a vessel for drawing sexy female characters with boobs that defy gravity in increasingly more peculiar ways??? The neighbor lady is legit just a walking pair of boobs??? And, just to clarify—there is NOTHING wrong with a series like that, per se. But, this series was ostensibly advertised as being about “tough person + adorable partner = wholesome fun”—and it’s really not about that at all.
Anyway, guess I’ll continue my quest for a female-led story on par with “The Way of the Househusband” or “Spy x Family” for the tough but cute manga genre~
On the one hand, I really LOVE the reverse of this trope—big scary guy [usually a spy, hitman, yakuza, etc.] and his adorable partner [wife, child, pet, etc.]. The “tough but cute” genre of manga is probably my favorite genre.
That said, I went into this first volume of this series with a lot of expectations—but also curiosity. There are so many different directions a story like this could go.
I’m pretty “meh” on the direction this series seems determined to go.
I wish Setsuna had more agency. She’s not much more than a sexy accessory to her rather average and mundane husband. And, I use the adjectives I chose to describe both characters in the most objective, purely descriptive sense because these characters are so shallow I can’t even make any evaluative judgments on either one.
All you know in this first volume: hit woman + boring man = married.
I don’t even think I can say I like or dislike this series cause it just exudes such an overall “meh” vibe.
I didn’t dislike it but it’s hard not to feel like the series is just a vessel for drawing sexy female characters with boobs that defy gravity in increasingly more peculiar ways??? The neighbor lady is legit just a walking pair of boobs??? And, just to clarify—there is NOTHING wrong with a series like that, per se. But, this series was ostensibly advertised as being about “tough person + adorable partner = wholesome fun”—and it’s really not about that at all.
Anyway, guess I’ll continue my quest for a female-led story on par with “The Way of the Househusband” or “Spy x Family” for the tough but cute manga genre~
May 31, 2023
This is a fun story about a professional killer (Setsuna) who recently has married a normally employed white collar guy. What ensues is a lot of funny comedy with a dark humor sprinkled in. Their adventures in this first volume include unexpected house guests (co-worker), coming home from a work function (drunk) and having meals together to name a few. While the characters seems a little odd in the relationship for being married (I feel they have a bunch of missing communications if they are already married) I may just chalk that up to cultural differences. This is a fun manga with beautiful art and a lot of chuckles and laughing moments.
January 2, 2022
I guess I can understand the fantasy of an assassin-type being into you and you alone (that’s kinda why I like Love of Kill), but the relationship here just isn’t delved into that deeply. I kept expecting there to be a twist/reveal that the two main characters married only for an elaborate mission of the wife’s. But we’re just getting “domestic bliss” here, not that it’s handled very well. I don’t think I’ll be continuing.
August 1, 2022
I have a slight issue with this manga, but what I did extremely enjoy was the wholesome feel of the story. As much as I liked how Setsuna and her husband interacted in their daily lives, they didn’t really give off the feeling of a pair of newlyweds. If not for the title and the occasional mention of their marriage, I would’ve thought I was reading a story about a couple that had recently moved in together. I’ll read the 2nd volume to see if my opinion of it gets better.
January 3, 2024
Can I start with why doesn’t the husband have a name ?!? It’s so frustrating for one of the main characters and somewhat the narrator to not have a name. I think this series has potential however this first volume is pretty bland. We’re given very little background information on the couple or how they came to be a couple. While at the same time get none of the action from Setsuna’s (the wife) assassin job. It’s not a bad read but definitely needs more direction or humor.
November 1, 2022
I found this manga to be very sweet and wholesome. As someone who is a fan of the mixing of genres such as slice of life with a dash of the underground world this was a fantastic read. Setsuna and her husband have a very sweet and open relationship, with good and proper communication. It's very cute to see.
March 13, 2022
cute, but I had a hard time believing the marriage part
March 23, 2022
Too many boob jokes tbh
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May 1, 2022Thoroughly forgettable
June 7, 2022
Cute story about a newly wed assassin trying to acclimate to her married life.
July 10, 2022
I was hoping this was going to be more like Way of the Househusband, but I didn’t like the characters nearly as much. The husband in particular is one of those blank, Everyman audience stand-ins.
August 5, 2022
Hecho para hombres pedos. Infantiliza constantemente a la protagonista hasta el punto de resultarme desagradable. También sexualiza a TODAS las mujeres
November 30, 2022
**3.5 stars**
December 10, 2022
This manga was funny and precious. It gave me such househusband mixed with over the moon vibes. Loved it.
July 3, 2023
Really cute and I like the dynamic so far. Setsuna is just adorable, I cant wait to read more.
August 28, 2024
Baaaaaaarf. Also, the generic virginal husband doesn’t even have a name. Story is more shallow than an inflatable kiddie pool.
January 4, 2026
The story is really wholesome. 4 stars.
January 27, 2026
Cute story
The story is rather cute and wholesome despite what her job is. It's very comfy. I liked how cute they were together. Looking forward to reading more.
The story is rather cute and wholesome despite what her job is. It's very comfy. I liked how cute they were together. Looking forward to reading more.
June 2, 2024
This was the second book I picked up in the attempt to fill the Househusband shaped void in my TBR pile, and while I don't think it was as funny or lighthearted as Sakamoto Days, I do appreciate how it focused more on the relationship aspect.
Setsuna is an assassin, and her husband knows that she is and was when he married her, so a lot of his day is worrying about her job, how she's doing, but also him helping her get ready for work and pack things.
And I thoroughly enjoy the look into Setsuna as a character, she does care deeply for her husband, but she also gets jealous of him talking to the neighbor.
I'll definitely be keeping my eyes out for future volumes
Setsuna is an assassin, and her husband knows that she is and was when he married her, so a lot of his day is worrying about her job, how she's doing, but also him helping her get ready for work and pack things.
And I thoroughly enjoy the look into Setsuna as a character, she does care deeply for her husband, but she also gets jealous of him talking to the neighbor.
I'll definitely be keeping my eyes out for future volumes
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