There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless… ~Next Shine~
TV FINISHED WINTER 2026 5 eps 81%
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"I want to learn to love myself—just the way I am!" Renako Amaori, a former gloomy and socially awkward girl, reinvented herself for high school and successfully made her debut. She even managed to join the top-tier popular group... only to be suddenly confessed to by two of its brightest stars?! One is the school’s ultimate prince, Mai Oduka. The other, the beloved angel of the campus, Ajisai Sena. There’s no way she can handle both their affections—no freaking way!
While still struggling to give them an answer, Renako agrees to help her friend Kaho by joining a cosplay event. It’s the perfect excuse to delay her reply… or so she thought. But as she witnesses Kaho's passion firsthand, something begins to stir inside her. What is it that she truly wants? What is she truly searching for?
Can she really not become someone’s lover? Or has that "no freaking way"... not been so impossible after all?
(Source: REMOW)
Note: The anime first premiered in theaters across Japan on November 21, 2025. It was later split into 5 parts on TV, labelled as episodes 13-17.
While still struggling to give them an answer, Renako agrees to help her friend Kaho by joining a cosplay event. It’s the perfect excuse to delay her reply… or so she thought. But as she witnesses Kaho's passion firsthand, something begins to stir inside her. What is it that she truly wants? What is she truly searching for?
Can she really not become someone’s lover? Or has that "no freaking way"... not been so impossible after all?
(Source: REMOW)
Note: The anime first premiered in theaters across Japan on November 21, 2025. It was later split into 5 parts on TV, labelled as episodes 13-17.
Studios:
studio MOTHER
Characters
Renako Amaori
MAIN
VA: Kanna Nakamura
Mai Ouzuka
MAIN
VA: Saori Oonishi
Satsuki Koto
MAIN
VA: Kana Ichinose
Ajisai Sena
MAIN
VA: Yukari Anzai
Kaho Koyanagi
MAIN
VA: Takako Tanaka
Haruna Amaori
SUPPORTING
VA: Mayu Sagara
Staff
Teren Mikami
Original Story
Eku Takeshima
Original Character Design
Natsumi Uchinuma
Director
Naruhisa Arakawa
Series Composition
Hirokazu Kojima
Character Design
Keito Watanabe
Art Director
Yuri Takagi
Art Director
Mitsuko Sekimoto
Color Design
Takuma Morooka
Director of Photography
Ichirou Chaen
Editing
Takayuki Yamaguchi
Sound Director
Yoshiaki Fujisawa
Music
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Stats
Average Score
81
Mean Score
81
Popularity
12,831
Favourites
355
Status Distribution
CURRENT: 1711
PLANNING: 5839
COMPLETED: 5159
DROPPED: 59
PAUSED: 63
Score Distribution
10: 19
20: 8
30: 11
40: 20
50: 69
60: 130
70: 427
80: 941
90: 878
100: 578
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