Well, the moment they said laundry, I knew the underwear will make a appearance.
Also, there is only solution, Hana: Elope, or at least move to another prefecture.
IMHO, he should've moved out of that house, this way he just created a situation where he was constantly haunted by the ghosts of past.
I wouldn't call it 'drastic', but the art changed around the cafe visit chapter already. It's quite common, especially with long series.
Ahem.
This is actually slap-stick comedy with some h-stuff and sexual shenanigans thrown in for good measure. So, if you are looking for some fap material like the guy before me, you are in wrong place.
The rule is that director shouldn't get 'involved' with his actress(es), because it creates a awkward atmosphere in the staff and gets in way of movie-making.
The thing is, Shirasawa has broken that rule long time ago and at least twice, so any pretense of upholding it is just hypocrisy on his part.
Well, considering this is written by japanese author, they are forcefully uniting a war-torn region and the first leader is ruthless, unscrupulous and ambitious man, then I'm betting on parallels with the Nobunaga, Hideyoshi and Tokugawa.