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Manga adaptation debuted in May 2020
Shueisha‘s Young Jump+ platform published the final chapter of the first part of Musshu‘s manga adaptation of Teren Mikami‘s There’s No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover! Unless… (Watashi ga Koibito ni Nareru Wake Naijan, Muri Muri! Muri Janakatta!? or WATANARE) yuri romantic comedy novel series on July 31. The 10th compiled book volume will ship in December, and the final volume will ship in 2027.
Eru Kudō also announced on Sunday they will draw the second part of the manga adaptation under the title Watashi ga Koibito ni Nareru Wake Naijan, Muri Muri! Muri Janakatta!? ~Second Season. The second part launches in January or February 2027.
© Seven Seas, Musshu, Teren Mikami, Eku Takushima
Seven Seas is releasing the novels and its manga adaptation in English, and it describes the story:
A high school yuri comedy about fake dating, real dating, competitive dating–and one very overwhelmed girl who’s accidentally doing all three at once?!
Renako Amaori is leaving her awkward and lonely junior high school life behind, determined to become a normal girl with normal friends in high school. Glamorous, confident Mai Ouzuka is Renako’s total opposite: wealthy, outgoing, and a literal fashion model. Against the odds, the two girls form an immediate connection. Renako thinks she may have found the best friend of her dreams…until Mai’s romantic confession sends her into a tailspin. Renako wants to prove to Mai that being BFFs is better than being girlfriends, but Mai is dead set on convincing Renako that they’re destined to be lovers. Let the love games begin!
Musshu launched the manga adaptation in Shueisha‘s Dash X Comic section of the Nico Nico Seiga website in May 2020. Shueisha shipped the ninth compiled book volume on May 19. Seven Seas shipped the eighth volume in English on April 28 and will ship the ninth volume in February 2027.
Mikami (If You Could See Love) published the first light novel volume under Shueisha‘s Dash X Bunko label in February 2020, with illustrations by Eku Takushima. Seven Seas shipped the eighth novel on July 23. Seven Seas also publishes the short stories novel in English.
The television anime premiered in July 2025 on the Tokyo MX, Sun TV, and BS11 channels at 25:00 JST (effectively, on July 8 at 1:00 a.m.).
The sequel aired on Tokyo MX and BS11 as five episodes (episodes 13-17) on January 1. The special also aired on AT-X on January 10, and is streaming on d Anime Store, Anime Times, and Lemino on January 1 at 3:30 a.m. JST. REMOW streams the series in English on YouTube.
Sources: Young Jump+, Dash X Bunko’s X/Twitter account
