List of episodes of the series «It's Tough Being a Man»

Episode 1

• Episode number: 1
• Episode duration: 45 min.
• Episode description:
  Tora and Sakura meet again after 18 years.

Episode 2

• Episode number: 2
• Episode duration: 45 min.
• Episode description:
  Tora is hospitalized with a fake illness. Kawamata Noboru, a younger brother, comes to live in the house.

Episode 3

• Episode number: 3
• Episode duration: 45 min.
• Episode description:
  Tora's gaffe stops Sakura's marriage proposal.

Episode 4

• Episode number: 4
• Episode duration: 45 min.
• Episode description:
  Tora tries to go on a trip to Hawaii for Sakura, who is heartbroken, but...

Episode 5

• Episode number: 5
• Episode duration: 45 min.
• Episode description:
  The trip to Hawaii was cancelled due to the bankruptcy of the travel agency. When Tora is looking after the store, Kyutaro, a thief, comes in and they hit it off.

Episode 6

• Episode number: 6
• Episode duration: 45 min.
• Episode description:
  A young man McNamara, is smitten by Torah's speech, and Tora and Sakura mingle.

Episode 7

• Episode number: 7
• Episode duration: 45 min.
• Episode description:
  Tora stows away on a ship to America, while Sakura struggles with her relationship with Michio. Upon Tora's return to Japan, Sakura tries to settle her past.

Episode 8

• Episode number: 8
• Episode duration: 45 min.
• Episode description:
  An underwear thief appears in the neighborhood, and the younger brother, Noboru, is suspected. Tora, who captures the real criminal with a fishing rod, becomes famous and is set to appear on the 'Ogawa Hiroshi Show', but...

Episode 9

• Episode number: 9
• Episode duration: 45 min.
• Episode description:
  Fuyuko is about to get harassed by a man and Tora saves her, but...

Episode 10

• Episode number: 10
• Episode duration: 45 min.
• Episode description:
  Tora heads to Kumamoto to assist his former benefactor, Boss Ginzō.

Episode 11

• Episode number: 11
• Episode duration: 45 min.
• Episode description:
  Master Sanpo and Fuyuko discovered Tora in Kyoto, who had not yet returned from Kyushu. Tora had come to Kyoto to meet his biological mother, whom he had been separated from 30 years ago…

Episode 12

• Episode number: 12
• Episode duration: 45 min.
• Episode description:
  Master Sanpo went to Kyoto to arrange a matchmaking meeting for Fuyuko. But what of what is inside Tora's heart...?

Episode 13

• Episode number: 13
• Episode duration: 45 min.
• Episode description:
  Tora returned to Shibamata at the end of the year. During Tora's absence, the relationship between Sakura and Suwa developed...

Episode 14

• Episode number: 14
• Episode duration: 45 min.
• Episode description:
  Talking about life while eating Shiruko at Master Sanpo's house.

Episode 15

• Episode number: 15
• Episode duration: 45 min.
• Episode description:
  There's a matchmaking proposal for Tora! Noboru has a crush on someone, but that person is more interested in Tora...

Episode 16

• Episode number: 16
• Episode duration: 45 min.
• Episode description:
  Tamiko from Hokkaido visits Tora's place. The next day, a man bursts in, yelling, 'How dare you lay a hand on someone else's wife!'

Episode 17

• Episode number: 17
• Episode duration: 45 min.
• Episode description:
  Tora offers to become a father to an unknown child...

Episode 18

• Episode number: 18
• Episode duration: 45 min.
• Episode description:
  Akemi, Uncle's mistress, storms into the Tora store...

Episode 19

• Episode number: 19
• Episode duration: 45 min.
• Episode description:
  Suwa proposes to Sakura, but...

Episode 20

• Episode number: 20
• Episode duration: 45 min.
• Episode description:
  Suwa and Sakura get engaged, and Tora is enthusiastic about greeting the relatives, but...

Episode 21

• Episode number: 21
• Episode duration: 45 min.
• Episode description:
  The wedding. Tora gives a speech representing both families, but...

Episode 22

• Episode number: 22
• Episode duration: 45 min.
• Episode description:
  After the wedding, the family is dazed. Kyutaro conveys Tora's feelings to Fuyuko, but...

Episode 23

• Episode number: 23
• Episode duration: 45 min.
• Episode description:
  Tora becomes the organizer of the class reunion...

Episode 24

• Episode number: 24
• Episode duration: 45 min.
• Episode description:
  Tora is told about a 'easy money-making scheme' by Santarō.

Episode 25

• Episode number: 25
• Episode duration: 45 min.
• Episode description:
  Master Sanpo, who has become bedridden, calls for Tora. He wants to eat wild eel kabayaki. Tora manages to catch some and prepare it, but Sensei Sanpo passes away. Seeing Fuyuko, heartbroken, being comforted by her lover Fujimura, Tora realizes his unrequited love. Still, he dutifully conducts Sensei Sanpo's funeral. Tora realizes that there's no longer a place for him to return to in Shibamata...

Episode 26

• Episode number: 26
• Episode duration: 45 min.
• Episode description:
  Wishing to build a splendid grave for Master Sanpo, Tora and Yujiro head to Amami Ōshima in hopes of striking it rich, but...