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There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless...

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"What happened to just being friends?"

Release

8 Jul 2025

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

Production

Tokyo MXSun TV

Overview

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.

Plot

Shy Renako starts high school hoping to make normal friends. She bonds with Mai, a confident model, but Mai's romantic confession complicates their friendship. Now Renako wants friendship while Mai pursues love.

Cast

Saori ÔnishiKanna NakamuraYukari Anzai

Ratings

Internet Movie Database: 7.5/10

Season 1

Air Date:9 Jul 2025
Available

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!

Runtime:24m
Air Date:9 Jul 2025Available

Episodes of Season 1

17 episodes

EP 1
EP 2
EP 3
EP 4
EP 5
EP 6
EP 7
EP 8
EP 9
EP 10
EP 11
EP 12
EP 13
EP 14
EP 15
EP 16
EP 17
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