Japan’s “Demon Wife Diaries” turns a hen pecked Japanse husband into a financial success at least. Truth IS stranger than fiction…
From The Independent
Like any hen-pecked husband, Japanese office worker Kazuma considered the time-honoured solutions to domestic hell - more work, the golf course or the comfort of the local bar. Unlike most, he opted to pound out his frustrations on his home computer and put the results online.
Six years and three million hits later, in oni-yome nikki (”demon wife diaries”) Kazuma has created one of the most famous characters in Japan’s blogland, and the monster he spawned has been turned into a best-selling book, a TV series, a video-game, and now a movie.
Kazuma’s wife has never been tempted to take revenge in her own blog. “She doesn’t know how to use a PC,” says her husband. “She prefers the TV.” Their domestic tensions have been smoothed over by the estimated £175,000 in royalties, but life for the family is the same as ever. “She still nags; I still go to work every day. Nobody around here even knows who we are.”
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