There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless...
TV anime2025–20261 season17 episodesOriginal: light novelTeren Mikami
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.
After Season 1 · Part 2, continue with Vol. 5

Season 1 · Part 1
- Anime ends at
- Ep 12
- Read next
- Vol. 4light novel · English · Seven Seas Entertainment
The anime’s continuation point is Vol. 4 of the original. This is the book that contains it.
There's No Freaking Way I'll be Your Lover! Unless… (Light Novel) Vol. 4
Seven Seas EntertainmentEnglishPaperback
Also in other languages:
Also in manga:
- There's No Freaking Way I'll be Your Lover! Unless... · Vol. 8Buy on Amazon
Where it stops:

Season 1 · Part 2
- Anime ends at
- Ep 5 (overall Ep 17)
- Read next
- Vol. 5light novel · English · Seven Seas Entertainment
The five Next Shine episodes adapt the fourth light novel.
There's No Freaking Way I'll be Your Lover! Unless… (Light Novel) Vol. 5
Seven Seas EntertainmentEnglishPaperback
All 4 books from Vol. 5 to Vol. 8
- Vol. 5Buy on Amazon
- Vol. 6Buy on Amazon
- Vol. 7Buy on Amazon
- Vol. 8Buy on Amazon
Also in other languages:
Where it stops:
1 side entryRecapreading notes
- There's No Freaking Way I'll be Your Lover! Unless... ~Next Shine~ (Theatrical Edit)RecapThis theatrical edit combines episodes 13–17, which adapt the fourth light novel.
Original · Light novel
There's No Freaking Way I'll be Your Lover! Unless...
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!?)
Teren MikamiShueishaOngoing8 volumes so far
- JapaneseShueisha8 volumes so farsince Feb 2020
- EnglishSeven Seas Entertainment8 volumes so farsince May 2023
All volumes
Before you read
Suggested reading (English · Seven Seas Entertainment): Season 1 · Part 1 ends at Ep 12. Continue with Vol. 4.
Suggested reading (English · Seven Seas Entertainment): Season 1 · Part 2 ends at Ep 5 (overall Ep 17). Continue with Vol. 5. Reading notes: The five Next Shine episodes adapt the fourth light novel.
The original light novel is still ongoing; Vol. 8 is the latest as of October 2026.
Shueisha: The Japanese edition is at Vol. 8.
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