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Incredibly good hidden gem of a romance manga. You'd be forgiven for overlooking it due to its less than catchy art and odd title - which turns out is not very true to its plot!

This is the story of a woman who got a psychology degree and now she can't find a job. She's been couching off her parents, but they're moving back to their countryside home soon, and she's gotta sort her situation out or leave with them. She finds a comfortable part time job house cleaning for an engineer, but it doesn't make nearly enough to pay for a new lease, and ... time is running out. On a whim she proposes being a live-in housewife - they get registered as married and get the tax benefits, she gets a home, and she continues to perform her cleaning duties until she can find a job - and surprisingly he accepts. What starts out as a purely business work/living arrangement turns romantic, and the story keeps expanding to other characters in other situations and walks of life. It's handled with a degree of candidness and maturity that is extremely rare to see, and it's packed with tons of great moments and conversations.

It's not really a doughey-eyed, butterflies in the stomach kind of manga. Rather, it's a manga for adults that deals with modern issues, and is executed beautifully. If this had been published physically in English I would've purchased the volumes in a heartbeat. Don't miss this gem.

This is the first manga I've seen that I can consider perfect.
The story is so smart and so well explained that it hooks you so fast, the next thing you'll notice is that you've reached the end of the volume! xD
The characters are mysterious and VERY interesting.
The art is simply the best I've seen.
Enjoyment- do I need to repeat myself?... MAXIMUM PLEASURE!!!
Overall- I hunger for more and more volumes