Kazuha Ono is divorced at the age of 35 due to her husband's affair. Despite this, she is trying to live positively but is conscious of other people’s remarks regarding her age and the fact she’s a divorcee. While announcing her divorce to her coworkers she is overhead by Mitsui, a new employee, who happens to be there. Furthermore, Rensuke Hayami, a former business partner, now a popular actor, also appears, and begins to wield her Kazuha?!
25-year-old Moriyama Mikuri graduated but had no job offers. She became a temporary employee but was even laid off. So while she is taking a break right now, Mikuri feels unwanted and displaced. She starts work as a housekeeper for bachelor Tsuzaki Hiramasa by chance. One day, he proposes a contract marriage to her. The two of them get married
A reverse romantic comedy about a "shotgun romance" that begins with a one-night stand between a man and a woman who both vowed never to get married in this lifetime.
Kang Du Jun, a seemingly perfect second-generation chaebol from head to toe. Having decided that marriage was not in the cards for this life, he lives for his remaining family and company in place of his deceased older brother. However, his life takes an unexpected turn when he becomes entangled with Jang Hui Won after a wild one-night fling.
Jang Hui Won, a career woman who scores 100 in work but 0 in romance. Scarred by her parents’ divorce and a harsh upbringing under a cold, critical mother, she has shut herself off from the idea of marriage and embraced singlehood by choice. But her carefully structured life faces an unforeseen twist following that one impulsive night.
Kang Du Jun, a seemingly perfect second-generation chaebol from head to toe. Having decided that marriage was not in the cards for this life, he lives for his remaining family and company in place of his deceased older brother. However, his life takes an unexpected turn when he becomes entangled with Jang Hui Won after a wild one-night fling.
Jang Hui Won, a career woman who scores 100 in work but 0 in romance. Scarred by her parents’ divorce and a harsh upbringing under a cold, critical mother, she has shut herself off from the idea of marriage and embraced singlehood by choice. But her carefully structured life faces an unforeseen twist following that one impulsive night.
Ayaka, who works at the bridal department at a hotel, has a beauty that everyone recognizes, yet her personality is the worst. Everyone calls her a "wicked woman" after the way she wraps numerous men around her finger. The one who sets his eyes on her is the hotel's new executive Togo, who is the son of a very powerful person of the town. What are the orders that this King-like man requests of her!?
25-year-old Moriyama Mikuri graduated but had no job offers. She became a temporary employee but was even laid off. So while she is taking a break right now, Mikuri feels unwanted and displaced. She starts work as a housekeeper for bachelor Tsuzaki Hiramasa by chance. One day, he proposes a contract marriage to her. The two of them get married in secret, but will their married life work out?
Saimori Miyo was the unfortunate child of a loveless, arranged marriage. After her mother died, her father brought in his lover and her own daughter, Kaya. From then on, Miyo's life was reduced to that of a mere servant. Even worse, while Kaya inherited the family's psychic abilities, Miyo had none—she was truly the daughter with no merit. After years of being treated like dirt, Miyo has learned to keep her head down, hide her pain, and obey every order. So, it comes as no surprise that she is arranged to be married to Kudo Kiyoka, a military captain rumored to be so cruel that he has driven away every one of his potential wives so far. From a painful upbringing to a painful marriage, that's the future that awaits Miyo—or so she thinks. Contrary to her expectations, her new husband is actually kind-hearted. What really awaits Miyo is a blissful, everlasting marriage full of happiness!
25-year-old Moriyama Mikuri graduated but had no job offers. She became a temporary employee but was even laid off. So while she is taking a break right now, Mikuri feels unwanted and displaced. She starts work as a housekeeper for bachelor Tsuzaki Hiramasa by chance. One day, he proposes a contract marriage to her. The two of them get married in secret, but will their married life work out?
25-year-old Moriyama Mikuri graduated but had no job offers. She became a temporary employee but was even laid off. So while she is taking a break right now, Mikuri feels unwanted and displaced. She starts work as a housekeeper for bachelor Tsuzaki Hiramasa by chance. One day, he proposes a contract marriage to her. The two of them get married in secret, but will their married life work out?
Sakamura Mahiro, an employee at the high-class old inn known as 'Kataoka', has the ambition to marry a rich man and live a comfortable life because of her previous relationship. Her goal is to find her 'ideal prince' with money, honesty, and values in a marriage partner that she will not negotiate on. While working at Kataoka, she comes to meet Kouya, Yugo, and Keiichi as she searches for her ideal partner...
These two TBS dramas are definitely cousins!
Both are slice-of-life dramas that address the modern malaise of trying to find your place in a world where you don't quite fit in, all while navigating the ups and downs of love and life.
In both dramas, the female lead is a quirky young woman who often over-thinks and over-analyzes situations, which sometimes puts her at odds with other characters/society. Unsatisfied with her career, she decides to make a major life change early in the drama. Both are “everyone has their own story” kind of dramas where even the most minor character is important.
Both are slice-of-life dramas that address the modern malaise of trying to find your place in a world where you don't quite fit in, all while navigating the ups and downs of love and life.
In both dramas, the female lead is a quirky young woman who often over-thinks and over-analyzes situations, which sometimes puts her at odds with other characters/society. Unsatisfied with her career, she decides to make a major life change early in the drama. Both are “everyone has their own story” kind of dramas where even the most minor character is important.
Both dramas explore nontraditional relationships between quirky, emotionally reserved adults in modern workspaces. If you enjoyed Wotakoi’s light tone, gentle romance, and commentary on compatibility over chemistry, The Full-Time Wife Escapist gives a slightly more grounded but equally charming take on love as negotiation, not just passion.
