The Full-Time Wife Escapist

is a Japanese romance josei manga series written and illustrated by Tsunami Umino. The original title is from a Hungarian proverb: "Running away is shameful, but useful". It was published by Kodansha, with serialization in Kiss magazine since November 9, 2012 and eleven volumes released across the whole series timeframe. The series later got a live-action adaptation that began airing on TBS in October 2016, with Yui Aragaki and Gen Hoshino as the leads. Viki has licensed the series in North America. Aragaki and Hoshino, the leads, would go on to marry in real life. Characters Portrayed by: Yui Aragaki The 25-year-old protagonist. A graduate student who was recently fired from her temporary job. Mikuri studied psychology in graduate school and is a licensed clinical psychologist, and often internally psycho-analyzes Hiramasa. After losing her temp job, she is given the chance to become a housekeeper at Hiramasa's home, desperate for any source of income. After learning that her parents were about to move to the countryside when her father retires, she enters a contract marriage with Hiramasa, allowing her a place to live and a stable source of employment.