Series synopsis
More than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers, also known as 夫婦以上、恋人未満。 is a Japanese animation comedy drama television series that premiered on AT-X on October 9, 2022. It ended on December 25, 2022. It stars Seiichiro Yamashita, Saori Onishi, Saki Miyashita and Toshiki Masuda.
The story centers on third-year high school student Jiro Yakuin, who gets saddled with his gyaru classmate Akari Watanabe for the class's "marriage training" project about practicing to be a married couple. Jiro is the complete opposite of Akari, but the two know that if they do well they will be able to switch partners to end up with their respective crushes, and so they force themselves to act like the perfect married couple.
Premise
The story centers on third-year high school student Jiro Yakuin, who gets saddled with his gyaru classmate Akari Watanabe for the class's "marriage training" project about practicing to be a married couple. Jiro is the complete opposite of Akari, but the two know that if they do well they will be able to switch partners to end up with their respective crushes, and so they force themselves to act like the perfect married couple.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Seiichiro Yamashita as Jiro Yakuin (voice)
- Saori Onishi as Akari Watanabe (voice)
- Saki Miyashita as Shiori Sakurazaka (voice)
- Toshiki Masuda as Minami Tenjin (voice)
- Sho Nogami as Sadaharu Kamo (voice)
- Minami Takahashi as Sachi Takamiya (voice)
- Azumi Waki as Natsumi Ohashi (voice)
- Shuichi Uchida as Shu Terafune (voice)
Guest cast
- Yui Ogura as Mei Hamano (voice)
- Hibiku Yamamura as Homeroom Teacher (voice)
- Momoko Taneichi as Linda (voice)
- Junji Tachibana as Zombie (Steve) (voice)
- Tetsuro Noda as Student (voice)
- Akari Tadano as Female Student A (voice)
- Hikaru Tanaka as Kazushiro (voice)
- Reiou Tsuchida as Takeshita (voice)
- Keisuke Hamaoka as PE Teacher (voice)
- Kyouhei Natsume as Students (voice)
- Takayuki Ishii as Students (voice)
- Yūka Numa as Yakiniku Restaurant Clerk (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 12 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 12 | October 9, 2022 | December 25, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Living in the Same Place, but Not Living Together. Paired with beautiful, outgoing gyaru Watanabe Akari for his high school marriage practical course, introverted Yakuin Jiro agrees to act the perfect couple so that they can score high enough to switch partners and be placed with their crushes. |
October 9, 2022 |
| 2 |
Imagined, but Not Real. One stormy night, Akari and Jiro decide to watch a horror movie to earn some points. Akari pulls out matching pajamas to increase their score and starts changing clothes right in front of Jiro. Flustered, he turns his back, starts changing, and then... |
October 16, 2022 |
| 3 |
Broken Up, and Not Rekindled. A comment from Jiro inspires Akari to give Minami a home cooked bento full of love. She half-forces Jiro to assist in her plan, but when he sees how sincere she is, he decides help in earnest. Then, on the day, Akari finds herself paralyzed with nerves. |
October 23, 2022 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | AT-X |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 9, 2022 |
| Last aired | December 25, 2022 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Sunday at 22:00:00 |