Series synopsis
There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless..., also known as わたしが恋人になれるわけないじゃん、ムリムリ！（※ムリじゃなかった!?） is a Japanese animation comedy television series that premiered on Tokyo MX on July 8, 2025. It ended on January 1, 2026. It stars Kanna Nakamura, Saori Onishi, Yukari Anzai and Kana Ichinose.
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 th ...
Premise
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.
Premise: What happened to just being friends?
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Kanna Nakamura as Renako Amaori (voice)
- Saori Onishi as Mai Ouzuka (voice)
- Yukari Anzai as Ajisai Sena (voice)
- Kana Ichinose as Satsuki Koto (voice)
- Takako Tanaka as Kaho Koyanagi (voice)
- Mayu Sagara as Haruna Amaori (voice)
Guest cast
- Ryuho Nagaoka as Fujimura (voice)
- Kento Shiraishi as Shimizu (voice)
- Misuzu Yamada as Female Classmate (voice)
- Momoka Terasawa as Female Classmate (voice)
- Mai Nakahara as Renako's Mother (voice)
- Shizuki Hiyama as Female Classmate (voice)
- Ayaka Ohnishi as Middle School Classmate (voice)
- Fumiya Imai as Male Classmate (voice)
- Nozomi Yamamoto as Michiru Hirosaki (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 17 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 17 | July 8, 2025 | January 1, 2026 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Girlfriends? No Freaking Way! Renako starts high school determined to leave her introverted self behind and miraculously lands in the top-tier popular group. But keeping up the extrovert act is exhausting. Just as she’s about to break, the school’s princess, Mai Ouzuka, confesses to her!? This isn’t the high school life she imagined! |
July 8, 2025 |
| 2 |
First Kiss?! No Freaking Way! The showdown between Renako and Mai has begun: best friend or girlfriend? Mai visits Renako as a “friend,” and they have a blast. Friendship is the best! But Mai’s feelings keep growing. Hoping to prove friendship wins, Renako plans a fun weekend outing. Everything's going great… until a sudden downpour flips everything on its head!? |
July 15, 2025 |
| 3 |
You Can't Freaking Force Me! Renako tries to forget the kiss, while Mai leaves for work in Paris. Renako walks home with Ajisai after school, holding hands and making plans to hang out later, too. Mai calls her a cheater, but they're not even dating, so how can she be?! But then when Ajisai comes over, Mai shows up too, bringing her little sister Haruna. Now it’s a chaotic four-person hangout... What could possibly go wrong? |
July 22, 2025 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Tokyo MX |
|---|---|
| First aired | July 8, 2025 |
| Last aired | January 1, 2026 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Monday at 01:00:00 |