There’s No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover! Unless… Reveals New Visual, Trailer, Theme Songs & July 7 Debut

REMOW has revealed a new key visual, trailer, and main theme songs for the There’s No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover! Unless… TV anime series, which will begin broadcasting in Japan on the TOKYO MX station on July 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM JST. Global streaming for the series will follow shortly after the Japanese broadcast every week.

A Japanese and multi-language subtitled version of the trailer were released, showcasing each of the main characters’ unique personalities. It also previews the opening theme “Muri Muri Evolution” by Nanaoakari and ending theme “Mayocchauwa” by Philosophy no Dance. 

The trailer also announced that voice actress Mayu Sagara will play Haruna Amaori, Renako’s younger sister.

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Sagara joins a voice cast that so far stars: 

• • Kanna Nakamura as Renako Amaori
• • Saori Onishi as Mai Oduka
• • Yukari Anzai as Ajisai Sena
• • Kana Ichinose as Satsuki Koto
• • Takako Tanaka as Kaho Koyanagi

Natsumi Uchinuma (storyboard artist and director for More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers ending animation, Episode 4 and 8) is directing the anime series, with Naruhisa Arakawa (More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers) as series screenwriter, and Takao Kato (More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers chief director) as advisor. Studio MOTHER is in charge of the animation production. 

There’s No Freaking Way I’ll be Your Lover! Unless… (or WATANARE) is based on the light novel series written by Teren Mikami and illustrated by Eku Takeshima. It was first published by Shueisha’s Dash x Bunko imprint on February 21, 2020 and has released seven volumes as of December 2024. The series also inspired a manga adaptation by Musshu in May 2020. 

Seven Seas Entertainment licensed both the light novels and manga for release in English. It describes the main synopsis of the former as:

Awkward, introverted Amaori Renako is leaving her lonely middle school life behind, determined to become an outgoing and popular high schooler. Glamorous, confident Oduka Mai is Renako’s total opposite: wealthy, carefree, 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 love confession sends her feelings 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!

Sources: There’s No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover! Official Twitter, press release