Hiromu Arakawa spent seven years as a farmer before she became a manga legend, and this show is her unfiltered laugh track about what that actually cost her. The comedy doesn't punch down at rural life or treat farming as quaint background material for city people. It's a woman who lived it telling you exactly why farmers are built different, one squirrel ambush and bear panic and milk-drunk cow story at a time.
Hiromu Arakawa, creator of Fullmetal Alchemist, spent seven years farming in Hokkaido before becoming a manga artist. Now she turns those experiences into comedy. Raised by parents from long lines of farmers, she recalls tending cows, growing vegetables, fearing bears and being toyed with by squirrels, all while working from dawn to dusk with no days off. Her editor, Ishii, knows nothing about harvesting crops or milking cattle, so Arakawa explains the hard but honorable work of farm life. These short episodes mix memoir with slice-of-life humor, finding laughs in the sweat and toil of agriculture while showing real respect for the people who grow the nation's food.
Streaming Hyakusho Kizoku-the farmer's days legally, as of the last catalog refresh. Availability changes by region.
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