Hoshino Gen and Aragaki Yui Announce Their Marriage! Mikuri and Hiramasa both work and share housework duties. They have peaceful days together. One day, Mikuri learns that she is pregnant. They decide to marry, but they soon face problems. Mikuri suffers from pregnancy sickness, and Hiramasa decides to take paternity leave before an important project is finished. The couple experiences unfamiliar situations involving childbirth and rearing. They go through difficult times. (Source: AsianWiki) Edit Translation
- English
- Español
- Português (Brasil)
- magyar / magyar nyelv
- Native Title: 逃げるは恥だが役に立つ ガンバレ人類！新春スペシャル!!
- Also Known As: Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu SP , Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu: Ganbare Jinrui! Shinshun Special!! , Running Away is Shameful, but Useful: New Year's Special
- Screenwriter: Nogi Akiko
- Director: Kaneko Fuminori
- Genres: Romance, Life, Family
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Cast & Credits
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![Aragaki Yui in The Full-Time Wife Escapist: New Year's Special Japanese Drama]( "Aragaki Yui in The Full-Time Wife Escapist: New Year's Special Japanese Drama")
Aragaki YuiMoriyama MikuriMain Role -
![Hoshino Gen in The Full-Time Wife Escapist: New Year's Special Japanese Drama]( "Hoshino Gen in The Full-Time Wife Escapist: New Year's Special Japanese Drama")
Hoshino GenTsuzaki HiramasaMain Role -
![Aoki Munetaka in The Full-Time Wife Escapist: New Year's Special Japanese Drama]( "Aoki Munetaka in The Full-Time Wife Escapist: New Year's Special Japanese Drama")
Aoki MunetakaHaibara Shinnosuke [Hiramasa's project leader]Support Role -
![Ishida Yuriko in The Full-Time Wife Escapist: New Year's Special Japanese Drama]( "Ishida Yuriko in The Full-Time Wife Escapist: New Year's Special Japanese Drama")
Ishida YurikoTsuchiya Yuri [Mikuri's aunt]Support Role -
![Otani Ryohei in The Full-Time Wife Escapist: New Year's Special Japanese Drama]( "Otani Ryohei in The Full-Time Wife Escapist: New Year's Special Japanese Drama")
Otani RyoheiKazami RyotaSupport Role -
![Furuta Arata in The Full-Time Wife Escapist: New Year's Special Japanese Drama]( "Furuta Arata in The Full-Time Wife Escapist: New Year's Special Japanese Drama")
Furuta ArataNumata YoritsunaSupport Role
Reviews
This review may contain spoilers
What I love the most about NigeHaji SP is that it addressed multiple issues: from married life, work leave/employment conditions, parenting/raising a child, living or having the freedom with single life, and even included issues regarding the pandemic (which is very timely), and living amidst this (new normal) situation.It taught me to cherish life and even the tiniest moments together with your loved ones, and facing the challenges of tomorrow head-on. I love that both Mikuri and Hiramasa look forward to their future and working on it together.
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A Delightful Pregnancy/New Parent Story
This is a follow-up special to the excellent 2016 J-Drama Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu and if you enjoyed that series, then this special is absolutely a must-see. The film is a tad didactic about pregnancy and new parenthood, but I think that even people who have not seen the original series can enjoy it as a standalone movie.The special continues roughly three years after the end of the series. Mikuri and HIramasu are now happily and genuinely (if not legally) married, and working hard at their jobs. Mukuri's Aunt Yuri has broken up with Ryota, and facing her prospects as a successful business woman with no life partner.
The story largely focusses on Mikuri and Hiramasu as they discover that a child is on its way, and have to deal with the usual issues of first-time parents in Japan which are complicated by the birth occurring immediately before the first Covid lockdown in Japan. The show deftly addresses the systemic resistance to the legally mandated parental leave by Japanese businesses, and places the two on the front lines of trying to change the work culture to reasonably accommodate pregnancy.
Most of the side characters return for the special, and the series continues to be unusually LGBTQ+ positive in comparison to most J-dramas. Hiramasu's gay previous boss Numata is now living with the guy he met in the final episode and there are a couple of other good solid moments of inclusion as well.
All in all, this special is a happy story about a young couple facing the challenges of pregnancy and new parenthood. It is a test for their relationship, but it is one that they work together to face, and in the end they have a loving, growing family in the new normals of life in Covid times and the acceptance of LGBTQ+ relationships.
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