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It's an absurd slice-of-life manga that puts a tight focus on the mundane daily tasks of keeping house, but through the lens of an impossibly fearsome and driven former Yakuza.

I love the detail put into the minutae, and how much love Tatsu puts into "chores", knowing that is how he protects and provides for his family.

I also love the idea that his joy on living life spreads and helps other Yakuza heal, even by accident.

The bonus manga at the end are great looks into the private lives of the characters, as well.

Coming from the anime & live-action shows, I could not be happier.

Tomie shows a lot of the ideas refined in Uzumaki, and takes a relatively mundane idea like a succubus and twists it as only Ito seems able to.

Tomie is both sympathetic and revolting, and I can't help but wonder what her early life was like, if she ever was human instead of a force of nature. Ito seems to hint at suffering or abuse that informs her motives, but perhaps that's just Tomie playing me?

In reading other reviews, I see how male gaze and misogyny is centered, but I feel like Tomie subverts and foils them to her own end, much like Jennifer in Jennifer's Body.