Produced by Netflix through J.C. Staff, it becomes very obvious why so many would feel like this is a poor adaptation to a beloved Manga .Even as an anime only viewer I can certainly understand why people would be disappointed . Created by Kousuke Oono, Gokushufudou or The Way of The Househusband, focuses on Tatsu, a retired Yakuza who was a very tough man, now turned househusband who goes about everyday life and tasks in a fairly humorous manner, usually giving off an intimidating aura and applying references and past experiences for the most mundane tasks. I was actually intrigued by this theme alone as its rare in media to see someone in organized crime actually make it out of the life, but to do so and not be completely pulled back in is a fascinating story beat.

I want to reiterate what others have stated in that this isn't really a typical anime, in fact, its more like a motion comic or animated Manga. Its also a pretty short series with each season or part consisting of 5 episodes that are at most 20 minutes long. Within these episodes you have several "skits" or "chapters". This is very much a comedy that uses its above premise in a very dry manner which does work quite well, the pacing also moves at fast speed which can sometime end abruptly for solid comedic effect, being episodic in nature makes it hit or miss which of course is only natural not every joke will be for everybody.

As far as the animation goes, while I don't know if I would say its necessarily bad, although I totally get why people would feel that way, I would more so say that it was an unsuccessful experiment. I've read conflicting things on as to why the choice for this particular style was chose, I've seem some claim Kousuke Oono wanted this while I also read an interview with Director Chiaki Kon who stated "I work closely with the J.C. Staff production team. From the beginning, my producer made it clear that we should “make an anime similar to the experience of reading the manga.” I found this briefing challenging as it was a slightly different approach. Coming up with the right camera work was really difficult. I tried many options, even if it was just splitting up parts of the panels and using a sliding technique. There were a lot of challenges in this series that I had never encountered before"

The choice of Op an ED for this was bit odd as well, while I like the genre, a kind of hard rock almost thrash metal combo, I don't know if it fit the overall show, maybe Tatsu's demeanor and attitude though. Other than Tatsu is shown to be very threatening but also caring in his own odd fashion which is a joy to watch, we also have his wife Miku who I feel has great chemistry with him on top of several other characters from his previous endeavors in crime.

I decided on a whim to watch the English dub and was pleasantly surprised on how well Tatsu and Miku's VAs did, Johan Scott did a tremendous job capturing the essence of Tatsu which when having to live up to Kenjirou Tsuda is no small task.

Overall Thoughts
As I continue my anime watching and reviewing journey, I'm coming to the conclusion that episodic anime just might not be my thing, I tend to gravitate to ones that at least have a main focus overall or where the episodic nature is very minor which Is why even thought I enjoy the premise and comedy, I found myself constantly wishing there was more story and character development. Tatus has great chemistry with pretty much all of the supporting cast and elevated whoever he is with on screen. The animation is something that was kind of interesting at first but ended feeling very limited in its overall presentation and the OST is a very mixed bag. I don't know if I could recommend this to someone without first warning them of what the animation is actually like, but I would also say that its short and easily bingeable.