{"id":691423,"date":"2025-09-22T23:55:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T20:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sequel-for-theres-no-freaking-way-ill-be-your-lover-unless-anime-announced\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T23:55:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T20:55:12","slug":"sequel-for-theres-no-freaking-way-ill-be-your-lover-unless-anime-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sequel-for-theres-no-freaking-way-ill-be-your-lover-unless-anime-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Sequel for There&#8217;s No Freaking Way I\u2019ll be Your Lover! Unless\u2026 Anime Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The<em> There\u2019s No Freaking Way I\u2019ll be Your Lover! Unless\u2026<\/em> (<em>WATANARE<\/em>) TV <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/anime-manga\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"6\" title=\"Anime || Manga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anime<\/a> is getting a follow-up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">In addition to a TV broadcast, the sequel will get a<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cspecial theatrical edition\u201d with the title <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There\u2019s<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No Freaking Way I\u2019ll Be Your Lover! Unless\u2026 ~Next Shine~ <\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">that will receive<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0a limited<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">release in Japan starting on November 21 JST. The sequel consists of five episodes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"984\" data-attachment-id=\"135016\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/09\/22\/sequel-for-theres-no-freaking-way-ill-be-your-lover-unless-anime-announced\/watanare-sequel-kv-0923-eng\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Watanare-sequel-KV-0923-ENG-scaled.jpg?fit=1810%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1810,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Watanare sequel KV 0923 ENG\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Watanare-sequel-KV-0923-ENG-scaled.jpg?fit=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Watanare-sequel-KV-0923-ENG-scaled.jpg?fit=696%2C984&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Watanare-sequel-KV-0923-ENG-724x1024.jpg?resize=696%2C984&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-135016\" style=\"width:498px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Watanare-sequel-KV-0923-ENG-scaled.jpg?resize=724%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 724w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Watanare-sequel-KV-0923-ENG-scaled.jpg?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Watanare-sequel-KV-0923-ENG-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1086&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Watanare-sequel-KV-0923-ENG-scaled.jpg?resize=1086%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1086w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Watanare-sequel-KV-0923-ENG-scaled.jpg?resize=1448%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1448w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Watanare-sequel-KV-0923-ENG-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C984&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Watanare-sequel-KV-0923-ENG-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C1510&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Watanare-sequel-KV-0923-ENG-scaled.jpg?resize=297%2C420&amp;ssl=1 297w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Watanare-sequel-KV-0923-ENG-scaled.jpg?w=1810&amp;ssl=1 1810w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Watanare-sequel-KV-0923-ENG-scaled.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00a9Teren Mikami, Eku Takeshima\/SHUEISHA, Watanare Production Committee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"There&#039;s No Freaking Way I&#039;ll Be Your Lover! Unless\u2026 ~Next Shine~ | Special Teaser Trailer\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QXOnfoTdoWg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Here\u2019s the official synopsis:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI want to learn to love myself\u2014just the way I am!\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Renako Amaori, a former gloomy and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>ly awkward girl, reinvented herself for\u00a0 high school and successfully made her debut. She even managed to join the top tier popular group\u2026 only to be suddenly confessed to by <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">two <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">of its brightest stars?!\u00a0 One is the school\u2019s ultimate prince, Mai Oduka. The other, the beloved angel of the\u00a0 campus, Ajisai Sena.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>There\u2019s no way she can handle both their affections\u2014<\/em><\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">no freaking way! <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While still struggling to give them an answer, Renako agrees to help her friend Kaho by joining a cosplay event. It\u2019s the perfect excuse to delay her reply\u2026 or so\u00a0 she thought. But as she witnesses Kaho\u2019s passion firsthand, something begins to\u00a0 stir inside her.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What is it that she truly wants? What is she truly searching<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">for?<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can she really <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">not <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">become someone\u2019s lover?\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Or has that \u201cno freaking way\u201d\u2026 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">not <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">been so impossible after all?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The first season of <em>There\u2019s No Freaking Way I\u2019ll be Your Lover! Unless\u2026\u00a0<\/em>aired during the Summer 2025 anime season. The anime<span style=\"color: initial\"> is based on the Shueisha-published light novel <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> written by <\/span><strong style=\"color: initial\">Teren Mikami<\/strong><span style=\"color: initial\">\u00a0and illustrated by\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"color: initial\">Eku Takeshima<\/strong><span style=\"color: initial\">, which Seven Seas Entertainment describes as:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>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\u2019s 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\u2026until Mai\u2019s 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\u2019re destined to be lovers!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The light novel series is published under Dash X Bunko label and will get its eighth volume on September 25, 2025 JST. There is a manga by<strong>\u00a0Musshu<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Staff (Season 1)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Director:\u00a0<strong>Natsumi Uchinuma<\/strong>\u00a0(storyboard artist and director for\u00a0<em>More Than a Married Couple<\/em>,\u00a0<em>But Not Lovers\u00a0<\/em>ending animation, Episode 4 and 8)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Series composer and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a>writer: <strong>Naruhisa Arakawa<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>More Than a Married Couple<\/em>,\u00a0<em>But Not Lovers<\/em>)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Advisor:\u00a0<strong>Takao Kato<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>More Than a Married Couple<\/em>,\u00a0<em>But Not Lovers\u00a0<\/em>chief director)\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Animation production:\u00a0<strong>s<\/strong><strong>tudio MOTHER<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Cast<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0<b>Kanna Nakamura\u00a0<\/b>as Renako Amaori<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0<strong>Saori Onishi<\/strong>\u00a0as Mai Oduka<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0<b>Yukari Anzai\u00a0<\/b>as Ajisai Sena<\/span><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Sources:<\/strong> Press release, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/watanare_anime\/status\/1970162716305428623\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">@watanare_anime<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n                (function(d, s, id) {\n          var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n          if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n          js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n          js.src=\"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.9&appId=269442613521839\";\n          fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n        }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n        <\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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