
Watashi ga Koibito ni Nareru Wake Naijan, Murimuri! (※Muri ja Nakatta!?): Next Shine!
"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 will later be split into 5 parts on TV.
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Format
TV
Episodes
5
Status
NOT_YET_RELEASED
Popularity
5875
Favourites
55
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Source
LIGHT_NOVEL
Genres
Comedy, RomanceRomaji
Watashi ga Koibito ni Nareru Wake Naijan, Murimuri! (※Muri ja Nakatta!?): Next Shine!
English
There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless… ~Next Shine~
Native
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!?)〜ネクストシャイン!〜
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Watashi ga Koibito ni Nareru Wake Naijan, Murimuri! (※Muri ja Nakatta!?)
NOVEL · RELEASING
Characters

Mai Ouzuka
MAIN
Saori Oonishi
JAPANESE


Renako Amaori
MAIN
Kanna Nakamura
JAPANESE


Satsuki Koto
MAIN
Kana Ichinose
JAPANESE


Ajisai Sena
MAIN
Yukari Anzai
JAPANESE


Kaho Koyanagi
MAIN
Takako Tanaka
JAPANESE

Staff

Hirokazu Kojima
Character Design

Keito Watanabe
Art Director

Naruhisa Arakawa
Script

Naruhisa Arakawa
Series Composition

Yoshiaki Fujisawa
Music

Teren Mikami
Original Story

Eku Takeshima
Original Character Design

Takayuki Yamaguchi
Sound Director

Takuma Morooka
Director of Photography

Mitsuko Sekimoto
Color Design
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- PAUSED
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