
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!〜, Default, Watashi ga Koibito ni Nareru Wake Nai jan, Muri Muri! (※Muri ja Nakatta!?) (Zoku-hen), Synonym, Watanare, 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!?) 続編, English, 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
Jun 3, 2026, 11:54 PM
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CourScore
61.3
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Updated 3 minutes ago
Top reasons
- Cross-platform audience rating - Weighted audience rating 78.8
- Time since finale - ~2 months since estimated air window ended
- Cross-platform popularity index - Aggregate reach of ~6,203 followers
Source runway looks healthy for a continuation.
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Fresh telemetry
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| Source | Metric | Geo | Value | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 580 | May 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | May 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 24,704 | May 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 21,470 | Jun 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 10,621 | Jun 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 1,920 | Jun 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 397,503 | May 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 24,704 | May 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 567 | Jun 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 80 | Jun 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 1 | Jun 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 42 | Jun 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 393 | Jun 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 80.62 | Jun 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 77.2 | Jun 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 78 | Jun 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 674 | Jun 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | May 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 12 | May 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 20,041 | Jun 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 3 | Jun 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 1,652 | Jun 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 8.45 | Jun 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 6.71 | May 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |