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Tatsu takes a part time job at a local cafe. Hilarity ensues when he gets two gangsters as customers.

Miku is tired from overtime. Tatsu attempts to pamper her.

Tatsu discovers the former boss lady of a rival gang now works at the supermarket.

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"The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel."

What color is that?

This RPG starts with a five page summary of the literary history of Cyberpunk. And, you know, I'm down for that.

(It didn't mention Gibson's _Agrippa_ though. That seems like a meaningful... moment where Cyberpunk tried to break out of fiction and become reality.)

Tatsu attempts to bond with his in-laws. It kind of works.

Tatsu and Miku try to eliminate a cockroach that has gotten into their apartment.

Tatsu dresses up as Santa Claus for the neighborhood kids.

(Okay, it's all in the delivery. Some of these are hilarious.)

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Tatsu joined the neighborhood volleyball team, just in time for a match... against a Yakuza team.

A good time is had by all.

Tatsu's wife gets off of work early and joins him in his market trip. What is his secret mission?

It's collecting stamps for a lottery.

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Alice: Some people are just smarter than other people.

Bob: You're talking about Black people, aren't you? That's racist!

Alice: *grinding teeth* Let me back up. Individuals exist.

In this house we believe
Black Lives Matter
Is a terrible slogan for a movement to
End Police Brutality
Because instead of fixing the system to
Punish Killer Cops
They decided to get rid of
Aunt Jemima

In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit. He had been a halfling during the beta and initial release, but as soon as 2043 rolled around, everyone stopped pretending.

Tatsu tries to work a flea market and accidentally intimidates some active Yakuza.

The police mistake Tatsu's herb garden for drugs. And a surprise birthday party for a drug deal.

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Tatsu discovers that an old rival is a crepe vendor. They have a showdown...

on Instagram. Tatsu's parfait gets more likes.

Tatsu and Miku consider buying a car. "Be ready for anything" has a different meaning for a former Yakuza.

Tatsu shows Masa how to properly do laundry.

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Tatsu takes a yoga class. He has new names for all the yoga poses based on his Yakuza background.

His wife, Miku, tries to change his style so he's less intimidating. It doesn't really take, but maybe an apron with anime characters on it is a little gentler.

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Tatsu walks into a fight where his friend Masa is about to get beaten up by a bunch of dudes. He is carrying parts for a woodworking project and proceeds to beat down the gangsters with his 2x4s.

Could the way of the Yakuza and the way of the househusband be one and the same?

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I think these might be episode collections of micro-episodes, 6 3-minute micro-episodes to one 18 minute episode.

Anyway, Tatsu gets beat up by a roomba, and then tries to hide the evidence when the neighbor's kid breaks one of his wife's figurines.

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Former rivals follow him to a store. He presses them into bargain hunting.

He tries to get the perfect present for his wife's birthday.

In each of these, the humor comes from him treating an ordinary occurrence with deadpan seriousness.

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He tries to make lunch for his wife, but she's rushing out early. He races after her on his bicycle, and gets recognised and questioned by the cops.

A member of his former gang recognizes him and asks why he left. He takes him along to cooking class.

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Tatsu, The Immortal Dragon, is a legendary Yakuza who beat up ten rival gangs with his bare hands in one night. Then, he disappeared.

Now he's a househusband.

For the opening episode, a series of small vignettes.

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In _Breaking Bad_, a mild manned husband becomes a hardened criminal, losing his family and gaining power in the underworld.

What if we did the exact opposite?

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