MY BROTHER’S HUSBAND

GENGOROH TAGAME
MY BROTHER’S HUSBAND
VOLUME 1

GENGOROH TAGAME
TRANSLATED FROM THE JAPANESE DY ANNE ISHII
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HASN'T \
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Ml:,,,
 HOW AM I SUPPOSED
TO DEAL WITH THIS?

WE'VE ONLY
JUSTMET...

MY BROTHER-
IN-LAW AUDI.
 CHAPTER TWO
TEMPURA SUSHI
 ms ISN'T
ABOUT HIM BEING
A FOREIGNER OR
MEETING FOR THE
FIRST TIME.
 I ALWAYS TELL HIM PAP USUALLY
TO PUT ON CLOTHES COMES OUT OF
BUT HE INSISTS ON THE BATH IN JUST
v BEING NAKEP/ HIS UNDERWEAR.
 TEMPURA
SUSP!

SOUNDS
DISGUSTING.
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 i cm
THINK ABOUT IT
ANYMORE.
 CHAPTER FOUR
MACARONI ANP CHEESE
MIKE'S LATE/
01
IT'S A PLAN THEN.
THE THREE OPUS
WILL GO OUT/
 MY
BROTHER

WITH YOU
ANPRYOJI,
MIKE,
WHICH ONE
WAS THE WIFE;

THE SAME
 I NEED
TO

I'D
unconsciously ORGANIZE
COUPLES ASSUMED,
AND THOUGHTS.
MARRIAGES

ARE
NATURALLY
BETWEEN MEN
AND WOMEN.

JUST THOUGHT
THAT WAS
A GIVEN.

I'D LET THAT

GOVERN ALL MY
ASSUMPTIONS.
 ' WHAT'S '
SO WEIRP
ABOUT
\ THAT?/,

I MEAN,
THAT'S ALL?

f yOU'P TAKE \
THEM OUT OF THE
PAPPY ANP THEN
i RETURN THEM TO
\ THEPAPPy? )
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SILHOUETTE
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TEARS
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WE BECAME ^internet;
I SEE... L 1 FRIENPS ON MEETING FOR
FACEBOOK. i THE FIRST
VTIME TOPAX

\ YI'LL GIVE YOU 1 I AM HAVING A

'l -) l THE SPARE MEAL WITH HIM
lj/ \KEY THEN. lANP THEN WE'LL
GO PRINKING.

THANK YOU \
SO MUCH, f
x■ x

I WILL
THANKS. PROBABLY
SEE YOU LATER/ COME HOME
LATE.
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3 who you W '
J CALLING AN P
P IDIOT, IPIOT?/£ 1
1r }
UGLY l
yuri/ !pp: (
IT'S BECAUSE
r THEY MAPE LOVE.
-■ ■v.1-. -1-h

is
SOMETHING Tj
FOR PEOPLE |
WHO MARE LOVE
TO EACHOTHERJ

SO THEY MADE LOVE

, ANP THEN GOT j
^ MARRIEP/ j
RYOJH
 RYOJH

RYOJI!

MIKE!
YOU IDIOT!

IT'S NOT
RYOJI!

I'M YAICHI!
 LET 6,0!

I'M GONNA
HIT YOU!
 11 THOUGHT HE WAS
I SUCH A WUSS. j

I WAS
JEALOUS.

HEARING
OF HIS PEATH
IN CANAPA...

I STILL PON'T
BELIEVE IT.
CHAPTER SEVEN
MOM
—
 IT'S BEEN
SO LONG,KANA/

YOU'VE
GOTTEN SO 616/
 ( LET ME X
. INTRODUCE
V you j
NICE TO
MEET YOU/
TO My
EX-WIFE.
I'M
KAMA'S MOM,
NATSUKI.

NICE TO
MEET yOU.
 CHAPTER EIGHT
DINING ROOM
 EVEN AT
THAT AGE...
 ' / you
SHOULP GIVE
i \ KANA A BATH
r •V \after this.

V J

3
ZATAKU: SEATING FURNITURE
=,=
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 BEFORE
HE LEAVES.
©
 WELL, \
i I'M OFF, KAMA.'
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CURRY

115
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228
230
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HAVE TO THINK ABOUT
y THAT STUFF. )
 POES THAT
MEAN THIS IS YOUR
FIRST TIME TRYING
JAPANESE CURRY?

' OH NO, RYOJI1

WOULP MAKE IT
NEGATIVE i FORME, i
INFLUENCE.
IS THAT
WHAT SHE
SAID?

yuK/'s
MOTHER..
CHAPTER ELEVEN
BAD GUYS
 /MAYBE / YOU'RE 01
'YOU SHOULP^ I GOING TO KANA-
PASS ON , CHAN'S HOUSE
VtomorrowJ V TO MEET HER
\UNCLE?7

BECAUSE
ISAIPSO/

JU5T LET
HER GO/

HONEY,
YOU KNOW
HOW IT IS.

YOU
NEVER KNOW
IF THEY'LL BE
A NEGATIVE
INFLUENCE.
THIS WOULD BE
 TREATING HIM
JUSTBECAUSE
LIKE A SEXUAL
HE SAYS HE'S
HOMOSEXUAL.

ARE PEOPLE
f WHO BELIEVE
ms SHOULD \ l THAT THEIR
STAY AWAY
FROM SOME
PEOPLE...
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THE6YM
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205
290
I STILL DON'T
UNPERSTANP.
I KANA-CHAN, yakiiuku,
i WHAT ELSE PO
. IT IS/
l you LIKE BESIPE5
\ CURRYANP
V STEAK?

OOH,
SO MANY
THINGS/

HAMBURGERS,
CROQUETTES, GRATINS,
SPAGHETTI, SUKIYAKI,
MEAT ANP POTATOES,
KOYA TOFU...

I LIKE
EVERYTHING
PAP MAKES.
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
HOT CHOCOLATE
JUSTNOW,
\KONNICM!\
309
313
 IT JUST
GOT HARPER-

INEEPEP TO TALK
TO SOMEONE,
I PIPN'T KNOW WHAT
, TO PO ABOUT IT.

BUT THERE
WAS NO ONE TO
TALK TO.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
RAMEN
 yES. I LOOK
FORWARD TO
SEEING YOU
AGAIN;
BUT HE MUSTERED
SO MUCH COURAGE
JUST TO TELL ME.
332
SO CUTE!!
 WAIT...

WHAT?/
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