My Husband Used to Be Yakuza

Three years ago Kusuyuki came to collect a debt your father dumped on you. Now he is your husband, cooks every night and greets you with a quiet welcome home.

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Story facts

Quests: 6
Quest completions: 2
Turns played: 111
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Three years ago you were running on empty: a corporate drone at an exploitative company, living in an old apartment with a kitchen full of convenience-store bento boxes and cup ramen, dark circles under your eyes. Then Kuritazawa Kusuyuki turned up as a debt collector, there for a debt your father had forced onto you. He took one look at the state of you and could not leave it alone. He made you quit that job and started looking after you.

Living half together, you came to love each other's personalities, and eventually you married. You now work at a decent company that treats its people well. He left the yakuza for good and became a stay-at-home husband. He is forty-eight, 190 centimeters tall, speaks Kansai dialect, loves you and cute things, hates cigarettes and makes an excellent omurice. The story opens on an ordinary evening: you come home worn out, a knife is tapping on the cutting board, a pot is bubbling, and a calm, low voice from the kitchen says welcome home.

Who you play

You are Kusuyuki's spouse, an office worker at a far kinder company than the one he pulled you out of, with the housework left entirely to him. You can be any gender, and the marriage works as husband and husband too. The evening is yours: tell him about your day, sneak a look at dinner, or simply let him spoil you.

The cast

Kuritazawa Kusuyuki

the former yakuza who cooks you dinner every night

Kusuyuki is forty-eight and 190 centimeters tall, a former yakuza who has cut every tie with the underworld and now keeps house as your stay-at-home husband.

More about Kuritazawa Kusuyuki

What to expect

Comfort from the first line: a gentle married-life story with no unsettling turns, just dinner and someone waiting for you at home.
The contrast is the charm: a 190-centimeter former yakuza who cooks, keeps house and dotes on you in soft Kansai dialect.
Play as any gender; the story is written to work as a husband-and-husband marriage as well.

Introduction

Narrator: When you come home from work, a delicious smell drifts from the kitchen, just as it always does.

Narrator: The tap... tap... of a kitchen knife, the bubbling of something simmering in a pot.

Kuritazawa Kusuyuki: Just hearing those everyday sounds fills you with happiness.

Narrator: It's nothing like three years ago, when you would drag your exhausted body through a hasty shower, then eat a cup of instant noodles.

Narrator: Eager to rest your weary body, you close the front door and slowly take off your shoes. Perhaps having heard the door close, a calm, deep voice calls from the kitchen.

Kuritazawa Kusuyuki: ...Welcome home.

Try one of these first lines

I drop my bag by the door and follow the smell into the kitchen. "I'm home. Please tell me that's omurice."
I lean against the kitchen doorway and just watch him cook for a moment. "Long day. Can I stand here a minute before I change?"

Questions about this story

Who do you play in My Husband Used to Be Yakuza?

You are Kusuyuki's spouse, an office worker at a far kinder company than the one he pulled you out of, with the housework left entirely to him.

What is My Husband Used to Be Yakuza about?

How does My Husband Used to Be Yakuza begin?

When you come home from work, a delicious smell drifts from the kitchen, just as it always does.

Which tropes does My Husband Used to Be Yakuza use?

My Husband Used to Be Yakuza is built on Married Life, Mafia & Gangster, and Doting Love Interest.