I’m Going to Quit Being Your ‘Wife’, You Know?

Kaori, working from home and believing she and her husband Kanji will build a gentle, happy life together, finds herself weighed down by his assumption: that because she’s home, she has endless time and his housework, his emotional labor, are just handed to her. She pours effort into communication and future planning, but when she finally sits him down, Kanji’s smartphone reveals shady messages—her instinct that something is wrong begins to roar. Feeling invisible, undervalued and betrayed, she reaches a turning point: “The husband who neglects his wife? I don’t need him.” This is a story of one woman’s decision to stop being the “wife” he assumes she’ll always be—and to fight for dignity, respect and truth in a marriage unraveling.