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

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Alternative title:
WataNare - Non esiste che ci mettiamo insieme... oppure sì? (Italian)
Watashi ga Koibito ni Nareru Wake Naijan, Muri Muri! Muri Janakatta!? (Japanese)
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!?) (Japanese)
Genres: comedy, romance
Plot Summary: 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. (from manga)
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Vintage: 2025-07-07
Opening Theme:
"Muri Muri Evolution" (The Impossible Theory of Evolution) by Akari Nanawo
Ending Theme:
"Mayocchauwa" (I'm Confused) by Philosophy no Dance
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Natsumi Uchinuma
Series Composition: Naruhisa Arakawa
Storyboard:
Daisuke Inoue (ep 3)
Kenta Kushitani (ED; ep 4)
Natsumi Uchinuma (OP; eps 1-2, 5-6)
Takao Kato (eps 5-6)
Episode Director:
Daisuke Inoue (ep 3)
I Han Shu (ep 5)
Kenta Kushitani (ep 4)
Koichi Tamura (ep 6)
Natsumi Uchinuma (ep 1)
Yūto Nakamura (ep 2)
Unit Director:
Kenta Kushitani (ED)
Natsumi Uchinuma (OP)
Original creator: Teren Mikami
Original Character Design: Eku Takeshima
Character Design: kojikoji
Animation Director:
Achilles (ep 5)
Asuka Suzuki (ep 1)
Aya Kōjō (OP; ep 6)
Azusa Yoshimura (ep 5)
Bellamy Luna Brooks (ep 6)
Chiharu Hara (studio MOTHER; eps 4, 6)
Chun Jiao Li (ep 5)
Haruki Moriya (OP; ep 2)
Hikari Tanaka (ep 5)
Hisao Ishii (ep 3)
I Han Shu (ep 5)
Keinosuke Ami (ep 4)
Kino Tokino (ep 3)
Kun Hao Zhang (Wuxi Zhimeng Culture Media Co., Ltd.; ep 5)
Ming Zhe Du (ep 5)
Misaki Kaneko (OP; ep 1)
Nhung Hong (Future Star Entertainment Company Limited; ep 5)
Nyki (eps 2-4)
Panichi Kumaga (ep 4)
PUK (ep 6)
Sang Min Lee (eps 2, 4)
SEKED (ep 4)
Shiki Amo (ep 3)
Takashi Shiokawa (OP)
Tatsuya Arai (OP)
Xiao Chuan Zhao (Oriental Cherry Cartoon; ep 6)
Xin Lu (ep 5)
Xing Yu Zhao (ep 5)
Ying Jiang (Studio Mindo; ep 5)
Yui Fujii (ep 2)
Yuntao Hu (ep 5)
Yuzuki Sekine (ep 2)
Zhen Yu Yang (ep 5)
Zi Xiang Zhang (Wuxi Zhimeng Culture Media Co., Ltd.; ep 5)
Sound Director: Takayuki Yamaguchi
Director of Photography: Takuma Morooka
Key Animation Director:
Aya Kōjō (ep 4)
Bellamy Luna Brooks (eps 3-4)
Yui Fujii (ep 3)
Producer:
Hayato Kurohiji (REMOW)
Shōhei Konaka (Shueisha)
Takahiro Ishiyama (Shueisha DeNA Projects)

2nd Key Animation:
36.5℃ (OP)
abura (ep 1)
Akai (ep 1)
Akari Saitō (eps 1, 6)
Asato Takasaki (WIT STUDIO; ep 1)
Ayaka Inaba (ZEXCS; ep 6)
Ayano Kimura (ZEXCS; ep 6)
Ayano Miyagaki (ep 5)
Azusa Yoshimura (ep 5)
Bethany Hayes (ep 6)
Celest (ep 3)
Elim Ou (ep 1)
Fei Peng Li (ep 5)
Goki Michikawa (studio MOTHER; ep 1)
Guo Hao Yin (ep 1)
Hai Bich (Future Star Entertainment Company Limited; ep 5)
Hang Zhang (ep 3)
Haruki Moriya (eps 2, 6)
Hatsune Hoshino (ep 6)
Himawari Gotō (ZEXCS; ep 6)
Hirotaka Inoue (ZEXCS; ep 6)
Hiroyuki Kondō (asread; ep 4)
Hisao Ishii (ep 2)
Hitomi Shimodaira (OP)
Hiyori Okumura (ZEXCS; ep 6)
Hui Li (Wuxi Zhimeng Culture Media Co., Ltd.; ep 5)
Ichigo Sasaki (ep 1)
Iyo (ep 1)
JengKay (ep 2)
Jia Ming Liu (ep 5)
Jia Xin Zhang (Studio Mindo; ep 5)
Jun Li (ep 5)
Jun Xiao Yan (ProMEtheus; ep 6)
Kana Niimura (OP)
Ke Hui Yu (ep 5)
Keitarou Yasui (ep 5)
Kenichi Matsuura (asread; ep 4)
Ling Lin Zhang (ep 1)
Lu Zhen Cao (ep 5)
Madoka Okazaki (ep 4)
Mai Ma (ep 1)
Maika Ōnuki (PRA Animation Dept.; ep 3)
Meguru Yamamoto (ep 6)
Meng Chen Liu (eps 3, 6)
Meng Die Bi (Studio Mindo; ep 5)
Meri Usami (eps 2, 4)
Minghui Goloath (eps 2-3)
Misaki Kaneko (OP)
Nahoko Uno (OP; eps 1-4)
NAKGAE (eps 2-4)
Nam (ep 2)
Nanako Ōno (ep 1)
Naoya Ichikawa (WIT STUDIO; ep 1)
Natsumi Seki (studio CANDYBOX; ep 3)
Nhung Hong (Future Star Entertainment Company Limited; ep 5)
Ninjin (ep 5)
Nong Darn (Dream Garden; ep 2)
Reimi Kitaura (ZEXCS; ep 6)
Ren You Zhang (eps 2-4)
Riho Suehiro (eps 1, 3-4, 6)
Rozuberry (ep 3)
Ruo Mao Li (studio MOTHER; ep 1)
Ryō Uehara (ep 5)
Shino Ninomiya (A-1 Pictures; ep 6)
Shiori Nakatsukasa (ep 1)
Shūsuke Suzuki (A-1 Pictures Fukuoka Studio; ep 6)
Suiny (eps 2-4)
Tamaki Maeda (ZEXCS; ep 6)
Teng Yuan (ep 5)
Teruki Tomomatsu (ep 1)
Tomomi Teruya (ep 5)
Tong You (ep 5)
Tōru Sekikawa (ep 3)
Tsubasa Funahashi (eps 2-3)
Wei Xi Jia (ep 6)
Xin Wei Zhang (OP; eps 1-2, 4)
Ya Qi Chen (ep 5)
Ya Qi Le (ep 5)
You Can Bai (ep 1)
Yu Ting Huang (OP; eps 1, 6)
Yu Ting Wang (studio MOTHER; ep 1)
Yui Agena (studio MOTHER; eps 1-2)
Yui Fujii (ep 3)
Yuka Moriizumi (eps 1, 4, 6)
Yukari Shinada (ep 2)
Yūto Ikeda (A-1 Pictures Fukuoka Studio; ep 6)
Zheng Yin Wu (WIT STUDIO; ep 1)
Advisor: Takao Kato
Animation: Tsuyoshi Katayama (ED)
Animation producer: Manami Ishida
Assistant Animation Director:
Anchobi (ep 1)
Chizuru Kobayashi (studio MOTHER; ep 1)
Do Young Kim (ep 3)
Hai Hua Jiang (Oriental Cherry Cartoon; ep 6)
Hisao Ishii (ep 1)
Ling Ling Chen (Oriental Cherry Cartoon; ep 6)
Misaki Kaneko (ep 4)
Nyki (ep 6)
rhinokino (ep 6)
Seiji Kishimoto (studio MOTHER; ep 1)
SEKED (ep 1)
Shiki Amo (ep 1)
Tadashi Sakazaki (Studio Mother; ep 3)
Wei Feng Li (Oriental Cherry Cartoon; ep 6)
Yuzuki Sekine (ep 3)
Background Art:
Akiko Ishii (Studio Recess; ep 5)
Chiaki Mineshima (KLAS; eps 1-6)
Hiroyuki Tsubaki (KLAS; eps 1-6)
Junichi Taniguchi (Buemon; ep 6)
Junko Shimada (KLAS; OP; eps 2, 5)
Keito Watanabe (KLAS; OP; eps 1, 3-6)
Li Yu (KLAS; ep 5)
Mayumi Okawa (KLAS; eps 2-6)
Mika Tokusa (KLAS; eps 2, 4)
Natsumi Murakata (Studio Recess; ep 5)
Rika Hagiwara (Buemon; ep 6)
Rira Fujimoto (KLAS; OP; eps 1-6)
Shinji Saitō (KLAS; OP; eps 1-6)
Tomoko Sasaki (KLAS; eps 1, 3, 5)
Yū Yoshizaki (KLAS; eps 1-2, 4-6)
Yuichiro Nakajima (KLAS; OP)
Yukako Ogawa (KLAS; eps 1-2, 4-5)
Yuki Nakabayashi (KLAS; ep 3)
Yume Numata (KLAS; OP; eps 1-2, 4-6)
Yuri Satou (Studio Recess; eps 2, 5)
Yuri Takagi (KLAS; OP; eps 1-6)
Color Coordination:
Eri Mitsuda (ep 6)
Eri Oga (ep 5)
Makiko Yamanaka (Studio Road; ep 3)
Shūya Yoshisato (OP)
Yuki Kadomatsu (Stella; eps 2, 4)
Color design: Mitsuko Sekimoto
Editing: Ichiro Chaen
Finish Animation:
Ayano Hirai (eps 2, 4)
Chieri Nishimura (Production I.G: ep 1)
Daiki Shinozaki (M.S.J Musashino Production; ep 3)
Fujiko Oomori (Production I.G: ep 1)
Haruka Yoshizawa (Production I.G: ep 1)
Haruno Enomoto (SILVER LINK.; ep 6)
Hinata Kitamura (Production I.G: ep 1)
Huan Wei Zhao (SILVER LINK.; ep 6)
Junya Kōno (M.S.J Musashino Production; ep 3)
Kasumi Hatakeyama (Yumeta Company; ep 3)
Kayano Mizukami (Yumeta Company; ep 3)
Ke Hui Yu (ep 5)
Masayuki Kitano (M.S.J Musashino Production; ep 3)
Miku Marikawa (eps 3-4)
Miku Sugimoto (Production I.G: ep 1)
Miyu Sasakura (SILVER LINK.; ep 6)
Rie Arai (Stella; ep 2)
Sayuki Iwamoto (Production I.G: ep 1)
Sena Yamaguchi (Production I.G: ep 1)
Shūya Yoshisato (OP)
Takato Den (eps 2, 4)
Yoshimi Mogi (OP)
Yūji Maruyama (SILVER LINK.; ep 6)
Yūko Fujita (Production I.G: ep 1)
Yuri Okada (Production I.G: ep 1)
Finish Check:
Eri Mitsuda (ep 6)
Kazuki Sakai (Stella; eps 2, 4)
Makiko Yamanaka (Studio Road; ep 3)
In-Between Animation:
Azusa Yoshimura (ep 5)
Dai Ōtomo (OP)
Fujishiro (OP)
Goki Michikawa (studio MOTHER; OP)
Hiroki Koga (ep 3)
Karin Aoki (studio MOTHER; OP; eps 1-2, 6)
Ke Hui Yu (ep 5)
Keitarou Yasui (ep 5)
Mariko Sasaki (OP)
Masahiro Yamazaki (Seven Arcs Animation Studio; ep 6)
Masako Kinebuchi (OP)
Miki Saito (studio MOTHER; OP; eps 1-4, 6)
Miyu Unozawa (studio MOTHER; OP; eps 1-4, 6)
Phuc Khac (Future Star Entertainment Company Limited; ep 5)
Shinichi Murooka (studio MOTHER; OP)
Suzune Ogura (studio MOTHER; OP)
Wen Zhe Xie (studio MOTHER; OP)
Xu Feng Wen (ep 5)
Yūna Higashibara (studio MOTHER; OP; eps 1-4, 6)
Yūya Suzuki (studio MOTHER; OP; eps 1, 3)
In-Between Check:
Goki Michikawa (OP)
Karin Aoki (eps 3-4)
Shinichi Murooka (eps 1-6)
Taishi Fujimori (ep 5)
Yūya Suzuki (eps 2, 4, 6)
Key Animation:
Adam Dmitrzuk (eps 2, 6)
Akifumi Nakadai (ep 4)
Anpu (ep 1)
AUT (ep 6)
AYA (ep 4) 
Ayako Harukawa (OP)
Ayano Miyagaki (ep 5)
Azusa Yamashita (ep 1)
Azusa Yoshimura (ep 5)
BB (OP)
Carli S (ep 3)
Cheng Yao (ep 3)
Chiharu Hara (studio MOTHER; OP; ep 1)
Daisuke Yamauchi (eps 1, 3-4)
Eku Takeshima (OP)
Emi Kojima (ep 3)
Fei Peng Li (ep 5)
Goki Michikawa (studio MOTHER; OP)
Guang Ming (ep 4) 
Guo Zhou (ep 6)
Haruhisa Kudō (ep 6)
Hikari Tanaka (ep 5)
Hisao Ishii (OP; eps 1, 3)
I Han Shu (ep 5)
Jan Vegricht (ep 6)
Jia Ming Liu (ep 5)
Junko Nakamura (ep 2)
Kazuki Iwami (ep 6)
Kazuya Takahashi (ep 2)
Ke Wei Lin (ep 4)
Ken Uchida (ep 4)
Kengo (ep 6)
KINO (ep 4)
Kino Tokino (ep 3)
Kō Tsukishiro (OP)
Koichi Kikuta (ep 4)
Koji Haneda (OP)
Kōsei Kuruki (ep 3)
KUMADA (ep 6)
Kyoshiro Goto (ep 4)
Li Lin Zhao (ep 2)
LIN (ep 4)
Maho Aoki (OP)
Maho Satsuki (OP)
Maho Takahashi (ep 2)
Maho Tomisaka (OP)
Maiko Ebisawa (OP)
Maki Ando (ep 2)
Marushi (ep 6)
Masa (eps 3, 6)
Mengchen Liu (ep 1)
Min Run (ep 4)
Mitsuharu (ep 3)
Mitsuru Ishihara (OP)
Mofujiro (ep 4)
Mokota (ep 6)
Nagisa Takahashi (OP)
Nagiyama (OP)
Ninjin (ep 5)
Noboru Kawamori (ep 3)
Osamu Horiuchi (ep 1)
Osamu Sakata (ep 1)
Panichi Kumaga (OP)
Rachel Chen (eps 3-4)
Rei Kuroe (ep 1)
Reia Nihei (ep 2)
Ri Jiu (Studio Mindo; ep 5)
Rika Ohno (Studio M2; OP)
Rio Enomoto (ep 2)
Ryō Uehara (ep 5)
Ryōto Kumada (ep 3)
Sadamasa Shiika (ep 3)
Sang Min Lee (ep 2)
Sayo Kato (ep 4)
Sayori Ozawa (ep 3)
Seita Nakaguchi (ep 2)
Seon Hui Kim (ep 3)
Serina Yokoyama (ep 6)
Shigeno Ōno (ep 1)
Shiki Amo (ep 1)
Shiori Nakatsukasa (ep 3)
Shu Jun Xiang (ep 5)
Shunsuke Okubo (eps 1, 4)
Suzune Ogura (studio MOTHER; ep 1)
Takahiro Kikuchi (ep 4)
Takumo Norita (OP)
Takuya Matsumura (studio MOTHER; OP)
Tatsuho Hatsuga (ep 4)
Tatsuya Arai (OP)
Tatsuya Kameyama (ep 4)
Ten Kiyabu (eps 3, 6)
Ting Guo (Studio Mindo; ep 5)
Tomomi Teruya (ep 5)
Toshiki Sakai (ep 1)
Tsuyoshi Katayama (ep 1)
Wen Zhe Xie (studio MOTHER; ep 1)
Xin Xie (ep 3)
Xin Wei Zhang (ep 6)
Ya Qi Chen (ep 5)
Ya Qi Yang (ep 4)
Yang Huang (ep 5)
Yasuyuki Noda (OP)
Ying Can Yang (ep 4)
Yong Cheng Kwek (ep 3)
Yong Cheng Li (ep 6)
Yū Kaneshiro (ep 6)
Yu Ting Huang (eps 1-3, 6)
Yui Fujii (ep 2)
Yukari Shinada (eps 1, 4)
Yūki Kitajima (ep 1)
Yukon (ep 4)
Yumiko Yamamoto (OP)
Yuriko Takase (ep 2)
Yuzuki Sekine (eps 1-2)
Ze Xin Cha (ep 4)
Zhuyin Lin (ep 5)
Zi Lan Zhong (ep 4)
Zi Qi Miao (ep 4)
Main Animator: Hisao Ishii
Photography:
Ayano Taira (Production I.G: OP; eps 1-6)
Daisuke Araki (Production I.G: OP)
Eiji Matsumoto (Production I.G: eps 1-6)
Fumika Takahashi (Production I.G: eps 1-6)
Hayao Arimura (Production I.G: eps 1-6)
Kazuaki Funakura (Production I.G: OP,ED; eps 1-6)
Keiichi Saitō (Production I.G: OP,ED; eps 1-6)
Rio Kurokawa (Production I.G: eps 1-6)
Takuma Morooka (Production I.G: OP,ED)
Yuho Ando (Production I.G: OP,ED; eps 1-6)
Yuki Kudo (Production I.G: OP; eps 1-6)
Planning:
Makoto Ōyoshi (Shueisha DeNA Projects)
Naoki Minabe (Shueisha)
Takashi Hanada (REMOW)
Production Advancement:
Kaede Tanaka (ep 5)
Kensuke Koinuma (ep 4)
Kouhei Nitta (OP)
Masaki Isobe (ep 5)
Miki Mori (eps 3, 6)
Ryouga Fujiwara (OP)
Sakuya Chiba (ep 6)
Sayo Kawamoto (ep 1)
Shōdai Takahashi (ED; eps 1, 3)
Shōgo Kamachi (ep 2)
Production Advancement Assistant:
Chiharu Kitamura (ep 6)
Mitsuki Nihei (eps 3-4)
Ryouga Fujiwara (ep 1)
Shōdai Takahashi (ep 2)
Production Desk: Shōdai Takahashi
Production Desk Assistant: Mitsuki Nihei
Setting Production: Mitsuki Nihei
Theme Song Arrangement:
Ryūhei Kinoshita (ED)
Yashikin (OP)
Theme Song Composition:
Nayutalien (OP)
Ryūhei Kinoshita (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Nayutalien (OP)
Ryūhei Kinoshita (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Akari Nanawo (OP)
Philosophy no Dance (ED)
Kanna Nakamura as Renako Amaori
Saori Ōnishi as Mai Ōzuka
Yukari Anzai as Ajisai Sena

Kana Ichinose as Satsuki Koto
Mayu Sagara as Haruna Amaori
Takako Tanaka as Kaho Koyanagi

Ayaka Ōnishi as
Female Classmate (ep 1)
Middle School Classmate (ep 3)
Fumiya Imai as
Male Classmate (ep 3)
Man (ep 2)
Kento Shiraishi as
Shimizu (eps 1, 3)
Zombie Voice (ep 2)
Mai Nakahara as Rena's Mother (ep 2)
Misuzu Yamada as
Female Classmate (eps 1, 3)
Woman (ep 2)
Momoka Terasawa as Female Classmate (ep 1)
Nozomi Yamamoto as Michiru Hirosaki (ep 5)
Ryūho Nagaoka as
Fujimura (eps 1, 3)
Man (ep 2)
Shizuki Hiyama as
Female Classmate (eps 1, 3)
Woman (ep 2)
Japanese companies
2D Works: Studio Mother
2nd Key Animation:
A-1 Pictures (ep 6)
A-1 Pictures Fukuoka Studio (ep 6)
asread (ep 4)
Candy Box (eps 1, 3-4)
M.S.J Musashino Production (ep 4)
Maru Animation (eps 3-4, 6)
PRA (eps 1, 3-4)
Rising Force (ep 4)
ROLL2 (ep 4)
Studio Gram (eps 2, 6)
Studio Kafka (ep 4)
Studio Mindo (ep 5)
Studio Mother (eps 1-2)
ufotable (ep 2)
Wit Studio (eps 1, 4)
xenron (ep 1)
ZEXCS (ep 6)
Animation Direction:
One Ghost Studio (ep 2)
Studio Mindo (ep 5)
Studio Mother (eps 4, 6)
Animation Direction Assistance: Studio Mother (ep 1)
Animation Production: Studio Mother
Background Art:
BUEMON (ep 6)
KLAS (eps 1-6)
Studio Recess (eps 2, 5)
Color Check: Studio Road (ep 3)
Color Styling: Studio Road (ep 3)
Finish Animation:
Asahi Production (OP; eps 1-2, 6)
Asahi Production Shiroishi Studio (eps 1, 4)
asread (OP; eps 1-2, 4)
D-COLORS (ep 4)
Dangun Pictures (OP)
FAI International (eps 3, 6)
Future Star Entertainment Company (ep 5)
M.S.J Musashino Production (eps 3-4)
Maru Animation (ep 4)
One Order (ep 5)
Production I.G (eps 1-2)
Revival (OP; eps 1, 3-4)
SILVER LINK. (OP)
Stella (ep 2)
Studio Gram (eps 1-6)
Studio Mindo (OP; eps 1, 5-6)
Studio Targe (OP)
xenron (eps 1, 4, 6)
Yumeta Company (eps 3-4)
In-Between Animation:
Akatsuki (ep 5)
Asahi Production (eps 1-2, 6)
Asahi Production Shiroishi Studio (eps 1, 3-4)
asread (eps 1-2, 4)
AXsiZ (ep 2)
Dangun Pictures (ep 2)
FAI International (eps 3, 6)
Future Star Entertainment Company (ep 5)
Geno Studio (ep 2)
M.S.J Musashino Production (eps 3-4)
Magic Bus (ep 2)
Maru Animation (ep 4)
One Order (ep 5)
PINE JAM (OP; ep 4)
PRA (ep 2)
Production I.G (OP; eps 1-2)
REC Animation Factory (ep 1)
Revival (OP; eps 1, 3-4)
SILVER LINK. (OP)
Studio Colorido (OP; eps 1-2)
Studio Gram (eps 1-3, 5-6)
Studio M2 (eps 1-3)
Studio Mindo (OP; eps 1, 5-6)
Studio Mother (eps 1, 3-4)
xenron (eps 1, 4, 6)
Yumeta Company (ep 3)
ZEXCS (ep 2)
Key Animation:
EOTA (ep 1)
Studio M2 (OP)
Studio Mindo (ep 5)
Studio Mother (OP; ep 1)
Music Production: Shueisha DeNA Projects
Online Editing: Good Job Tokyo
Original Work Cooperation: Dash X Bunko Editorial Department (Shueisha)
Photography: Production I.G
Production Cooperation: Colored Pencil Animation Japan (ep 5)
Sound Production: HALF H·P STUDIO
English staff
English companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: YouTube (via REMOW "It's Anime" channel)
Licensed by: REMOW
English cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Anime Generation
Licensed by: Yamato Video
Italian cast
(none)

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