It's Tough Being a ManSeason 11968 · 26 episodesEpisodes1Episode 1Tora and Sakura meet again after 18 years.2Episode 2Tora is hospitalized with a fake illness. Kawamata Noboru, a younger brother, comes to live in the house.3Episode 3Tora's gaffe stops Sakura's marriage proposal.4Episode 4Tora tries to go on a trip to Hawaii for Sakura, who is heartbroken, but...5Episode 5The 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.6Episode 6A young man McNamara, is smitten by Torah's speech, and Tora and Sakura mingle.7Episode 7Tora 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.8Episode 8An 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...9Episode 9Fuyuko is about to get harassed by a man and Tora saves her, but...10Episode 10Tora heads to Kumamoto to assist his former benefactor, Boss Ginzō.11Episode 11Master 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…12Episode 12Master Sanpo went to Kyoto to arrange a matchmaking meeting for Fuyuko. But what of what is inside Tora's heart...?13Episode 13Tora returned to Shibamata at the end of the year. During Tora's absence, the relationship between Sakura and Suwa developed...14Episode 14Talking about life while eating Shiruko at Master Sanpo's house.15Episode 15There's a matchmaking proposal for Tora! Noboru has a crush on someone, but that person is more interested in Tora...16Episode 16Tamiko 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!'17Episode 17Tora offers to become a father to an unknown child...18Episode 18Akemi, Uncle's mistress, storms into the Tora store...19Episode 19Suwa proposes to Sakura, but...20Episode 20Suwa and Sakura get engaged, and Tora is enthusiastic about greeting the relatives, but...21Episode 21The wedding. Tora gives a speech representing both families, but...22Episode 22After the wedding, the family is dazed. Kyutaro conveys Tora's feelings to Fuyuko, but...23Episode 23Tora becomes the organizer of the class reunion...24Episode 24Tora is told about a 'easy money-making scheme' by Santarō.25Episode 25Master 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...26Episode 26Wishing to build a splendid grave for Master Sanpo, Tora and Yujiro head to Amami Ōshima in hopes of striking it rich, but...
