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Anime Review: Fuufu Ijou, Koibito Miman
A love story that begins with arguments but slowly grows into something beautiful.
Spoiler Warning: This review is spoiler-free. It covers the main story and the characters' relationship, but does not reveal major events, love confessions, or the final results of their relationships.
The Story
Fuufu Ijou, Koibito Miman, also known as More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers, is a romantic comedy about two high school students who are very different from each other.
Their school has a special program called the Marriage Practical. During this program, students must live together as a pretend married couple for the school year. They get points based on how well they work together and act as a couple. The top ten couples can choose to change part…
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I had a day off after working non-stop for a few days and just wanted to disconnect, so I binged this entire anime in one sitting.
And honestly, as pure mindless entertainment, it works pretty well. That said, we’re not going to pretend the clichés aren’t extremely obvious.
The first thing that bothered me from episode one was the whole “academic practical” premise. These are minors who are forced to fake a relationship with a randomly assigned classmate, even if they’re already in love with someone else and feel absolutely nothing for their assigned partner.
Are you really going to force a relationship that one of them doesn’t feel just to pass some school assignment? Imagine being in love with someone (like the protagonist is) and having to live as a couple with a person you don’t eve…
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I'm the biggest hater for this bs
they are just edging us with some moments,every time you think there will be a progress he stops because he reminds himself of his childhood friend that he love then next day he found himself in some shitty situations with the new girl and feel his heart go crazy wow so original,
it's the type of anime that you want to see what will happen who will win even though it's probably the new girl like the other 1000 anime with the same plot,
i didn't read the manga to know what happened but i can tell that's what will happen because it's the same shit in every love triangle or whatever it called slop about how He is confused by the new feeling he is experiencing and the one he had before but this time with the concept of they being forced to act married because…
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Fuufu Ijou, Koibito Miman is one of those series that hooks you with its romantic premise and wins you over even more with the chemistry between its characters. The story begins with a compelling concept: a school program where students must act as "married couples" for an assignment; from there, a romance unfolds—filled with tension, funny moments, and strong emotional chemistry. What stands out most about this series is its ability to blend comedy, romance, and a touch of fanservice without losing its charm. The protagonists' relationship evolves in a highly entertaining way, featuring misunderstandings, gradual moments of closeness, and scenes that keep you coming back for the next episode. Additionally, the supporting cast adds plenty of dynamism, preventing the story from feeling flat…
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Wow thought this was an incredible show and so gutted that there isn’t a season 2 - one of the rare shows that has a love triangle where I actually like both of the people involved but that always comes with the pain of knowing one will have to be rejected which in this case will sting like a bitch😭 - cannot wait to see how it all plays out by continuing the manga - overall a very entertaining romance and the charachters are very charismatic - absolutely love akari and imo my favourite character in the series - tbh idk how this anime is so divisive as I personally enjoyed it more than a lot of romances
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Well... for me, this is an incredible series, but it definitely has a few flaws.
This might end up being one of my longest reviews so far because this anime genuinely surprised me. So let's break it down.
Let's start with the positives, and the first one is obviously the animation.
I thought it looked GORGEOUS. Like, REALLY gorgeous. You can tell the production didn't have a massive animation budget, so you won't see insanely fluid sakuga all the time. But to make up for that, the ART DIRECTION absolutely knocked it out of the park. The vibrant, saturated colors give everything this amazing "Candy Palette" aesthetic, which I'm an absolute sucker for. And the halftone dots used throughout the shaded backgrounds, very much in the style of Spider-Verse, fit this series SO well.
A…
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I watched this anime mainly because my friend hyped it up a lot, even saying it was better than The Quintessential Quintuplets. Honestly, I don’t get the hype at all.
The "marriage practical" concept is original and pretty fun at first, even though it's completely weird. Visually, the fanservice is excellent,they really went all out: rosy skin tones, bold angles, panty shots, realistic movements… It flirts with soft hentai territory at times, and I actually enjoyed that part.
Unfortunately, everything else is a big disappointment.
The NTR/cuck dynamic feels weird and unhealthy. They’re a fake couple while both having their own crushes (plan A), but at the same time they’re jealous and secretly hope the other fails so they can keep them. On top of that, the love triangle is completely fo…
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more than a married couple but not lovers has to be the worst and most overrated romance anime of all time. The plot is astromically horibble, the mc's have very little and childish like development, shiori has to be the worst anime character of all time, shes pointless, useless, causes so many problems, she dose nothing to the plot. watanabe is in love with tenjin, who is indulging in a forbidden love with a married women, and watanbe cant decide if she should date tenjin or jiro. jiro has got to be the most immature and usless romance mc ever, makes little to no progress on his relationship with watanabe, their relationship is soley physical, watanabe is emotionally stupid and plays romance games like they are 5 year olds, and in the end, no one gets with anyone, they just run up a hill,…
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What started out as a promising story with good animation turned out to be the biggest waste of 12 episodes ever
Story:
The story starts out with your classic introvert MC who gets paired up with the popular gyaru in a school assignment for a "pretend marriage." Classic trope, nothing wrong there. The problem was it felt like there was little to no development throughout the whole season. After the last episode it felt like nothing had happened so far. There were moments where characters felt like they were going one way, only to backtrack the next episode. Every episode felt like the 3 main characters were trying to understand their feelings for each other and then making no progress from it. Now I don't mind slow-burn romance stories at all. I think they are good, if well put together.…
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okay so i was NOT going to watch Fuufu Ijou, Koibito Miman.
like i saw the premise, read like two sentences, and immediately started side-eyeing it. nope. not for me.
and then a tiktok edit got me. one cute edit and i folded completely. zero resistance. zero dignity.
went in expecting nothing and honestly?? it’s kinda good?
the story is not reinventing anything. forced “married couple” situation, slow burn tension, you can already see the endgame from episode one. but here’s the thing it doesn’t really matter? because the chemistry carries it. especially in the quieter moments. those scenes hit different when you’re not expecting them to.
the art style helps sell it too. bright, clean, a little soft around the edges. it matches the vibe perfectly and makes everything feel a bit more drea…
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Have you ever wondered what “Kuzu no Honkai” would be like if it was a happy-go-lucky romantic comedy instead of an agonizing, despair-ridden tale of hopeless, fruitless love? Well, look no further (and suffer no longer): I present to you “More than a Couple, Less than Lovers”! (or “Fuukoi” for short).
Here’s a quick checklist of all you will find in this show (no spoilers):
- Spineless nerdy bastard protagonist gets thrown in a slightly different excuse for a plot that forces him into a situationship with the hottest gyaru in school? Check.
- Spineless nerdy bastard protagonist never has the balls to take the initiative with the girls (except in the first episode because the plot demanded so and because the author needed to hook your horny ass) but still gets all the action because… ye…
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9/10, a bold rating so high because it convinced me, a non-romcom anime person, that pure romcoms could be really interesting.
The Plot:
The "marriage practical" is perhaps one of the most absurd anime plot devices I've happened to come across. It's phenomenal. Want to get a whole bunch of characters into unpredictable and uncomfortable situations? LOOK NO FURTHER! It makes you laugh out loud at the mere idea that a school would dream of doing this, but it handily delivers the right situation to create good tensions in the show.
One of my only gripes was that by mid-season it became somewhat apparent how things would shake out. The other thing is that I wish they had spent more time on the side characters' "arranged marriages" too! There are 75 couples and we only really see into 2! Ther…
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I don't understand why everyone's saying, "It's so good, you must watch it." If a new season comes out, it'll either go back to the harem or childhood friend lose, it's obvious.
It's a very average show. The drawings are average, the animation is also average, the characters are standard, there's no character development or I don't remember any.
The only different thing was the story. There's a school, I don't remember the name, that has a program to prepare students for married life. In this program, they have to live together as a married couple, a girl and a boy until the end of high school. They live in the same house, come to school together, etc. All the students are chosen as couples by lottery and given a two-person apartment. If they maintain a good relationship, they earn point…
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I hate this anime. I truly, genuinely hate it — and not because it’s bad, but because of how deeply frustrating it is to watch
More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers managed to put me through emotional torture in a way I didn’t expect. The source of that pain? Jiro — a protagonist so unbelievably dense that it becomes almost unbearable
Akari practically handed her feelings to him on a silver platter. Not once, not twice — over and over again. She hinted, she pushed, she opened up… and at times, she didn’t even hint — she confessed. Clearly. Directly. And what does Jiro do?
Nothing
He keeps chasing Shiori like he’s stuck in some delusional loop, completely blind to what’s right in front of him. It’s infuriating. Painfully so. Watching him ignore Akari, misinterpret her feelings, and…
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More than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers is the very definition of mid or better said, the hype around it was completely worthless. It honestly made me question whether I should keep watching romance anime or if it would just be another More than a Married Couple experience.
(SMALL SPOILERS!!!)
The show focuses on a school that has a “marriage practical,” where students need to pretend to date in order to score points. The idea is a bit odd, but every romance story needs some kind of quirk to make it interesting.
There we meet our MC and FMC: Jirou and Akari. Jirou is the usual loner boy, while Akari is the popular gyaru girl. Unsurprisingly, they get paired together, and we quickly see that they don’t get along very well. However, there’s a twist, Jirou’s childhood friend, who he has…
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the story was decent but HOLY F the fanservice was so distracting and shit for the enjoyment of the show. Its like shots that had no business being as raunchy as they were, or raunchy shots that had no business existing in the first place were just shoved into whatever gap they just so happened to fit in. Genunely horrendous. If you have some semblance of ethics, wear an eyepatch so you only see half of the bad stuff. worth the eye gouging fanservice for the plot tho. 7/10.
I think the art was decent. there are some places in which it massively went down the seven deadly frames route. The OP song isnt particularly enjoyable, but holy shmoly the ED is such a jam. I love the artstyle they used for the end credits. Its the same feeling of watching an ass show purely for the OP, and you sit…
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Have you ever watched a series and there was this couple that had so much chemistry that you shipped them whole heartedly, but the show writers never turn them into a couple?
Well, what if that was turned into an anime ... and then doubled.
The anime premise of the childhood friend vs the person you fall in love with because you spent enough time with them in the right context is not new but this anime does it well.
There are many cliches in this anime but honestly I don't mind them.
They're used accurately within the anime and it feels genuine like people would actually do and think the same as the characters.
Unless you're just someone who doesn't have low self-esteem, the main character feels relatable and not just the typical clueless MC.
All in all, would watch again and would rec…
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"More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers" is built around a school imposed "marriage" system that forces two students to live together and act as a couple for academic evaluation. What begins as a purely artificial arrangement gradually develops into genuine emotional dependence, complicated by the fact that both of them are still emotionally tied to their original crushes.
Story and Writing:
The anime starts with a strong and relatively uncommon rom-com concept. Instead of relying on the usual "lonely MC meets popular girl" setup, it immediately forces its leads into a domestic relationship, which naturally creates tension and intimacy. This alone is enough to make the premise engaging.
However, the overall plot structure is uneven. The series tries to balance slice-of-life rel…
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First romcom I ever watched... Definitely biased because of it. Loved it.
Guy is a bit of a air head and oblivious but feel like that's most guy protagonists these days.
Art work is genuinely amazing, though at times it becomes a bit generic/boring.
fan service is ehhhh... I would say fine but a bit much (some will definitely be turned off by it).
Honestly the whole concept seems kinda funny, like imagine if we had ts in real life. I would die brah lmao.
The anime seems to be abandoned though unfortunately, so if you want to finish the story, you're stuck with reading the manga which IMO is a drag. I liked the anime much more than the manga just because of pacing and ofc, its anime
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Students have to pretend to be married and do activities to gain points so that they'll pass an exam...confusing, weird. Let's see...
It starts generically, but things develop in a surprising way. And here I'm talking about the MC and FMC's development specifically. I liked that the MC isn't the typical nerd, like you see in Rent a Girlfriend. He actually starts to express his opinions and we can see him get better at communicating. He gets much better as the episodes go on. The FMC, the typical gyaru tsundere. What I loved about her was that she wasn't hiding her feelings, or trying to negate the fact that she likes the MC a little. She was blunt with her feelings. Maybe a little too direct sometimes, but that's what makes her more likeable. Their dynamic really touched me, made the conf…
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