My Brother's Husband

My Brother's Husband
The cover of the first volume of My Brother's Husband. From left to right: Mike, Kana, and Yaichi.
弟の夫
(Otōto no Otto)
GenreDrama
Manga
Written byGengoroh Tagame
Published byFutabasha
English publisher
MagazineMonthly Action
DemographicSeinen
Original runNovember 2014May 2017
Volumes4 (List of volumes)
Television drama
Directed byTeruyuki Yoshida
Yukihiro Toda
Produced byKeiko Ogata
Written byYukihiro Toda
StudioNHK
Original networkNHK BS Premium
Original run March 4, 2018 March 18, 2018
Episodes3 (List of episodes)

My Brother's Husband (Japanese: 弟の夫, Hepburn: Otōto no Otto) is a manga series by Gengoroh Tagame. Serialized in Monthly Action from 2014 to 2017, and adapted into a live-action television drama by NHK in 2018, the series follows the relationship between single father Yaichi, his daughter Kana, and Mike Flanagan, the Canadian husband of Yaichi's estranged and recently deceased twin brother.

The series, which focuses on themes of homophobia, cultural difference, and family,[1] has been noted as a significant departure from Tagame's previous works, which focus on erotic and sadomasochistic subject material.[2] My Brother's Husband has received overwhelming acclaim from critics, and has won an Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia, a Japan Media Arts Award, and a Japan Cartoonists Association Award.

  1. ^ "Openly Gay Manga Creator Gengoroh Tagame Talks Breaking Barriers with My Brother's Husband". The B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  2. ^ Pullman-Moore, Charles (May 1, 2017). "In Gengoroh Tagame's My Brother's Husband, Love, Loss, and Regret Become Something Beautiful". io9. Retrieved May 7, 2017.