Boku no tsuma wa kanjou ga nai (My wife has no emotion) is an interesting anime from the summer 2024 season. The series is a mix of romance, comedy and science fiction, however, there are more disturbing things than we would expect, and although it is fun and somewhat moving, I will tell you below some details that should definitely make us buzz.

Boku no tsuma wa kanjou ga nai (My wife has no emotion) is a manga written and illustrated by Jirō Sugiura. It is published under the Monthly Comic Flapper imprint, owned by Media Factory. Its first issue came out in August 2019, is still in print, and has compiled seven volumes.

Its anime adaptation arrived in the summer of 2024 by Tezuka Productions.

Boku no tsuma wa kanjou ga nai (My wife has no emotion) presents us with the story of Mina and Takuma Kosugi. And although it seems like a largely tender birth, one only needs to look closer to realize that it goes beyond the bounds of the supposed care and development of a romance, since There is a hierarchy among the characters that contributes to the immobile characteristics of the protagonist. Below I explain the details.

What is Boku no tsuma wa kanjou ga nai (My wife has no emotion) about?

Mina is an android specialized in household chores, primarily in food preparation. The android belongs to the lower-tier of her robot line. It all begins when she is acquired by a new owner.

Takuma, the protagonist, is a girlfriendless godin who buys Mina from a thrift store. He receives an android for a lower price, and she helps him with household chores. Although at first he only appreciates the fact of having delicious, freshly prepared food when he gets home, little by little he begins to value other nuances of his purchase, as he feels accompanied and is filled with joy when greeted by the robot girl. Takuma fights against his loneliness, little by little he realizes that Mina has a pretty face and is kind.

One day, as a joke, he asks the android to marry him. Apparently, since he's a robot who must strictly obey the rules of "his master," the girl agrees. At first, it is assumed that Mina does not have the notions of feelings that guide her in the decisions she makes after emulating situations, however, there are rules that she established in her system - such as not hurting humans and obeying her master - that allow you to accept and deny things, this guides your "conscience" when making decisions.

At first, it is unclear whether Mina actually agrees to “marry” Takuma by “her own” decision.However, as the anime progresses, it seems that the girl begins to adapt to her "partner" and manage her feelings and behavior. Although, at first, Mina only responds with realistic and inflexible logic, little by little, it seems that she understands the world better, gaining more experience and conducting research of her own.

However, Although the android's development of tenderness is defended, Takuma and his sister seem to be grotesquely fetishizing Mina.

Additionally, there is a disturbing image: Mina sits silently next to Takuma as he eats.Even if it's because she can't eat, doesn't this evoke a particular image of women and their hierarchy and functionality in the home? In "small" moments, Mina's position becomes more complex, but not for the better.

The Beautiful and Disturbing Thing About Boku no tsuma wa kanjou ga nai (My Wife Has No Emotion)

In simple words, Mina is a purchased “woman” who has utilities, functionalities and strict rules of behavior.

“The beautiful thing” is that thanks to attention and care, a humanization of the machine begins to be generated from a beautiful structure of respect and clarity – and not a rebellious style of the machines, in the end, Mina is “appreciated” - in which the android understands the world in which she is immersed and humans give her a space to belong, forging a new bond. This is positive for the android who managed to find some comfort.

However, on many occasions, humans give us another idea. To begin with, Mina is an object, but she is also a woman. Takuma hesitated and was about to hide her in the closet, or as they walked, he left her a few steps behind out of embarrassment that they would see him dating a robot. However, the boy always thinks before committing terrible acts that suggest he only uses Mina for convenience and that in reality, he sees her as nothing more than a robot.

On the other hand, her sister finds the situation quite strange and is particularly interested in seeing how Mina operates: she exoticizes her and asks her intimate questions about the dynamics of her relationship with her brother. And then enters a chaos that definitely shouldn't be romanticized: Mina's body.

Takuma begins sleeping with Mina and on one occasion asks permission to dry her body, after which the girl tells him that “he is her master, so she belongs to him and he does not need to ask permission”, after which Takuma leaves and says that he knows this, but that he prefers her permission because she is his wife, to which she responds that it does not bother her.

However, it should be clarified that The relationship between them is permeated by an undisturbed hierarchy, and although from that point on, “freedom” begins to be generated and the “feelings” of both parties are managed, how terrible this seems when it also proposes – irremediably – the fantasy of what women were or should be like?

Mina may present a supposed tenderness that “hides” complex and terrible problems: again the woman as belonging and after that the body as an object, we have already commented on this type of situation as in the article From hypersexualization to the erasure of the Valkyries' bodies in Record of Ragnarok.

Where can I watch Boku no tsuma wa kanjou ga nai (My Wife Has No Emotion)?

The anime is available on Crunchyroll, and you can watch it here. A new episode premieres every Sunday.

Remember that the content is there so that we can generate criticism about it, so if you are a fan of this anime title, I just invite you to see it in more detail, so that the complex nuances that it proposes, assimilated into a fiction, are not reproduced in the normalization or fantasies regarding the idea of women and their “possibilities” in the world.