Watashi ga Koibito ni Nareru Wake Naijan, Murimuri! (※Muri ja Nakatta!?): Next Shine!, There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless… ~Next Shine~, 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！〜, Watashi ga Koibito ni Nareru Wake Nai jan, Muri Muri! (※Muri ja Nakatta!?) (Zoku-hen), Watanare, 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!?) 続編, There's No Freaking Way I'll be Your Lover! Unless... (Sequel), Watashi ga Koibito ni Nareru Wake Nai jan, Muri Muri! (※Muri ja Nakatta!?) (2026), 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！～, There's No Freaking Way I'll be Your Lover! Unless..., Watashi ga Koibito ni Nareru Wake Nai jan, Muri Muri! (※Muri ja Nakatta!?) (TV Special), There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless…: Next Shine, Watashi ga Koibito ni Nareru Wake Nai jan, Muri Muri! (※Muri ja Nakatta!?): Next Shine!
There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless… ~Next Shine~
Watashi ga Koibito ni Nareru Wake Nai jan, Muri Muri! (※Muri ja Nakatta!?): Next Shine!
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 was later split into 5 parts on TV, labelled as episodes 13-17.
Last updated
Aug 30, 2026, 12:44 PM
Franchise timeline
Review every Courcast-tracked season for this series and jump between entries.
There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless… ~Next Shine~
Watashi ga Koibito ni Nareru Wake Nai jan, Muri Muri! (※Muri ja Nakatta!?): Next Shine!
2026Viewing(×﹏×)There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless…
Watashi ga Koibito ni Nareru Wake Nai jan, Muri Muri! (※Muri ja Nakatta!?)
2025Confirmed
Courcast score breakdown
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months, blending attention velocity, completion strength, and catalogue health.
CourScore
66.9
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Updated 12 days ago
Top reasons
- Source runway - Source material runway assessed as 'ok'
- Cross-platform audience rating - Weighted audience rating 81.4
- Time since finale - ~5 months since estimated air window ended
Source runway looks healthy for a continuation.
CourScore history
CourScore over time
There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless… ~Next Shine~ renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless… ~Next Shine~ getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless… ~Next Shine~ has a 67% renewal probability. This score is updated daily and blends fandom momentum, streaming signals, source-material runway, and franchise history. Check back regularly for the latest forecast.
- Will There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless… ~Next Shine~ be renewed?
- There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless… ~Next Shine~ currently scores 67 out of 100 on Courcast. Signals driving this estimate include online discussion volume, sequel history within the franchise, and platform engagement data - all recalculated daily. Titles scoring above 70 are considered Very Likely to receive a continuation.
- What is There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless… ~Next Shine~'s renewal probability?
- There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless… ~Next Shine~'s CourScore is 67 as of the latest update. CourScore is Courcast's proprietary metric that aggregates over a dozen renewal signals - from source-material runway to social buzz - into a single daily-updated probability out of 100.
Fresh telemetry
Courcast watches every connected signal to surface the freshest indicators of momentum.
| Source | Metric | Geo | Value | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 79 | Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 651 | Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 22,618 | Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 3 | Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 9 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 57 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 947 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 350 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 80 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 0 | Aug 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| justwatch | jp platform count | JP | 2 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 470 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 660 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 80.74 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 24,629 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 38,340 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 11,038 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 2,001 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 6.3 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 1 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 20 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 4,280 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 42 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 1 | Aug 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 12 | Aug 12, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 2 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.43 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 2,471 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 80.1 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 79 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 11.32 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 49 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 1 | Aug 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x | followers count | GLOBAL | 135,918 | Aug 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x | followers delta | GLOBAL | 878 | Aug 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | engagement 7d jp | JP | 5,214 | Aug 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | posts 7d | JP | 1 | Aug 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | silent days | JP | 5 | Aug 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 36,144,520 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 42,100 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer likes | GLOBAL | 13,005 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer views | GLOBAL | 346,618 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 20,937 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 20,937 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |