Why are daughters usually in charge of household chores after their moms have passed away or left the families in anime?


In many anime, after the moms have passed away or left the families, it's
often the daughters who are in charge of the household chores, like cooking
and cleaning. Their dads just look like good-for-nothings, who just eat,
drink, watch TV and seem to never do any housework. For example, Mouri Ran
from _Case Closed_ , Uesugi Raiha from _5-toubun no Hanayome_ and Kagami
Kasumi from _Tsugumomo_.

Why are daughters usually in charge of household chores after their moms have
passed away or left the families in anime?




I think it is just the case women/girls do cooking/chores in most parts of the
world.

The following may partially answer the question, even if not directly.

  * There is a saying "Men should not enter the kitchen", which seems to be originally by a Chinese philosopher [Mencius](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mencius). In Japan, this was understood as "Men should not bother such trivial things as cooking".
  * In the post war Japan, generally speaking, there was a complete division of labor: Men go to work until late and women do all the housework.
  * It is still the case that Japanese workers tend to work extra hours, and have no time for household jobs.

Because of these, there are some truths that girls are left to do the chores.
But in reality of course, fathers would do the job if the child is young.
Today I guess most single fathers do the household job regardless of
children's age. And there are some cooking mangas about such fathers (e.g.,
[this](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweetness_and_Lightning)).

* * *

At the same time, there is a social problem around [young
carers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_carer). Poor families have no
choice but to make children do the things parents (or other adults) are
supposed to do.

