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

★ 8.3IMDb Score
Released:2025-07-08
Duration:24 min
Country:Japan
Director:Natsumi Uchinuma
Actors:Kanna Nakamura, Saori Onishi, Yukari Anzai, Kana Ichinose, Takako Tanaka
Production:Shueisha, studio MOTHER, Shueisha DeNA Projects, REMOW

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.

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