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More than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers.

More than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers.

Introduction

Third-year high school student Jirou Yakuin is in love with his childhood friend and classmate, Shiori Sakurazaka. Thus, he hopes to be paired with her for the marriage practical: their school's practice of randomly selecting boy-girl pairs to live as pretend married couples while monitoring and rating them on how close they have gotten. Meanwhile, the lively Akari Watanabe wants to be assigned to her crush, the popular and good-looking Minami Tenjin. Much to their dismay, Jirou and Akari find out that not only have they been paired together, but so have Shiori and Minami! Determined to be with their crushes, Jirou and Akari strive to earn as many points as possible, as the top 10 pairs earn the right to switch their partners—so long as both couples agree. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Audience ratings

MyAnimeList / Tenrai : 7.6/10 · 252303

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Audience reviews

20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.

LNWNAnimeFan

It's a pretty mid anime: 20/10 for how beautiful the animation looks like 5/10 for the plot 2/10 for the personality of main characters 10/10 for how horny and single it makes you feel I'll try to avoid spoilers and stick to the overall vibe of the story and what to expect from the main characters. The other information I talk about are mainly things you can easily understand in the first 6-7 minutes of the first episode. It's basically the story of a crappy school that is teaching students how not to commit to one person for life, cheat on each other, and keep doing sexual acts with someone they don't love if they don't want to fail their school. To make it worse, they don't allow students to select their partners. They are assigned their partner for such an IMPORTANT course RANDOMLY…

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HOLOADDICT

Went in expecting some generic slop, instead I was met with a pleasant feels-good romcom. This has nothing which sets it apart from others which actually plays into its effectiveness as it builds on what works. The plot is unique, but it can definitely feel artificial because it's somewhat too convenient and unrealistic, but what is? The characters set this apart from other romcoms, because even though they can all fit a cookie cutter trope character: - Jiro, unpopular 'otaku' - Kamo, loner wingman - Sakurazaka, childhood first love - Watanabe, enemies to lovers tsundere - Minami, ikemen blonde sociable guy They don't feel like filler, in the sense that they serve more than to fill the gaps of dialogue and interaction. The characters aren't fleshed out, but they don't just exist. The…

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MrSlamboni

Sometimes, you don't even expect much from a romance slop show. You just expect at least a tug at your heart or any moment that gives you a bit of dopamine. Needless to say, this show was so predictable that you couldn't even get that. Loser is paired with a hottie and forced to act like a married couple. Gee I wonder where the plot is gonna go. Also, a loser who only games all day is forced to have the most popular girl in class dote on him. Self insert much? It actually is impressive how unremarkable everything is. I have watched a ton of romcom anime slop but at least there would be one MOMENT where I enjoy something. Whether it be ONE TRAIT that's interesting about a character, or one good line, or one joke. Just ANYTHING. There was none of that. Instead, there's the usual accidentall…

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bambooo_ooo

I'll be quick here, time is precious. Main premise - high school arranging a practical consisting of randomly chosen students set to live together as a married couple and being monitored and graded. Required to graduate. I'm not going to dive into that retarded concept, it's so obviously outlandish there's no point. It's just a vehicle for the plot. Anything can be, right? Characters. Shy guy (Jirou), his childhood friend he loves (Shiori) and that popular girl (Akari). Well there's that other popular guy (Minami) Akari likes. So obviously they are randomly precisely mixed to live with NOT who they wanted. Quite a coincidence huh? Yeah... So there's the main conflict and the love polygon. And that living together -- you know what it will lead to. Well, partially, because Shiori and Minami…

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AnimeExplorer21

I just finished watching this anime and I'm still reeling from the experience. This anime was a wild ride from start to finish, and I'm not just saying that because of the adorable characters (although, let's be real, Akari is the ultimate girlfriend goals). The premise of the show is unique - two high school students, Akari and Jiro, are paired together as "married couples" for a school project, but they're not actually dating. As they navigate their fake relationship, real feelings start to develop, and things get complicated. What I loved most about this anime was the way it explored the complexities of relationships. Akari and Jiro's interactions were so natural and relatable, it felt like I was watching real people navigate love, friendship, and misunderstandings. The supporting cha…

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aachalendra

MC is just another cuck that can't make up his mind, blushes and loses it every time a girl enters his peripheral. The MCs are blushing for so long that I start to wonder if they're constantly drunk. Maybe this show was just an ad about alcoholism? It also checks every cliche/trope on the list, from dumb misunderstandings to characters saying the same thing simultaneously for no reason at all. There is no substance to this show, it's very hollow despite how good it looks from the outside. It's just "the loser at school hooked up with the most popular girl" story all over again. The dead horse is so beat up at this point that it's barely recognizable. There is barely any development at all over the entire season, the comedy is bland and I really don't see anything worth staying for. But the…

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BadGuyBoog

This has the dumbest premise to any show I've ever seen. Fucking Abunai Sisters made more sense because of how nonsensical it was. This show drops the worst premise then asks you to roll with it and take it seriously. So the high school just forces random students in a relationship, forces them to live together, then grades them on how good of a couple they are? Then, only if they are the best couple can they can break up? What the fuck??? They don’t explain or explore this premise at all, it's just an excuse to put these characters in these stupid ass circumstances. It is so fucking obvious that the writer has never been in a relationship before. It’s actually kind of clear with most of these anime. Watanabe and Jirou is just a ripoff of Marin and Gojo from My Dress-up Darling, but with n…

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Subidu001

More than a married couple but not lovers" anime typically explores deep emotional connections between characters who share a bond akin to family. These relationships often delve into themes of friendship, trust, and mutual support, offering a unique perspective on non-romantic yet profound connections in various settings and genres. It so unique that I find it by accidentally and bless by you I ca watch this type masterpiece. It is the most sexiest anime I have shone in my life. It is a masterpiece of showing love in anime. And I am interested to more, How jirou life is going on and who will take over that guy as his real life partner. And that story starts from where season 1 ended and slowly slowly to there adult fase. Plzz I bag you creators plz make another seasons of it please che…

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elvisevangelista

If you're looking for an anime masterpiece like steins gate or hunter x hunter, look no further, this is the perfect anime to watch and enjoy with your fellow siblings. If you did not like this anime it is because you're gay. Have no confusion towards the topic of quality regarding niponic animations, for it is the pinacle of _Homo sapiens_. When discussing Fuufu Ijou, Koibito Miman, it is imperative for us to understand almighty God himself has handcrafted its script, and its characters are brought quite literally to life, as they are potentialized by the atmosphere created on the realms of audio & visual. Were the ultimate power not to exist, present I to you the understanding that such an intricate piece would not be conceived. s very good Visual- 10/10 Sound- 10/10 Stpry- 10/10 Music…

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PanzerIV-J

The amount of internal brain hemorrhaging while watching this show is truly a testament to how annoying and critical the story is in making a decent show. Best way to describe this show is like this, “Rent A Girlfriend Anime, With a Decent MC, with 2 characters that can be considered love interests.” The problem is not that the story is horrible, it's just the fact that the “Marriages” are very cliché, like Romeo and Juliet, but the MC can't decide whether he wants one or the other, like he wants his cake and to eat it too. But at the same time the love interests keep on cheating on their partner because they really just want to be with a different person then that they are assigned with. But even that is a lie, because they can't go through with it, they just want to be with Jirou. The…

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Mury0kush0

Easily skippable unless you’re looking for fan-service or something like that…As the synopsis states the ml is paired up for this marriage practical with a hottie girl he particularly dislikes and both of their love interests are also each others partners. So these two decide to get good rank as only top rankers are allowed to change their partners. Now as you’ll expect they’ll end up having chemistry going and will end up together but it ends up in ambiguous mess. You’ll see lots and I mean lots of skinship and such moments between both (including the fl mistaking his lightsaber as his knee lmaoooo it’s that bad omg) but surprisingly despite all these events they don’t get attracted to each other in the least? There’s no plot, there’s no emotions there’s literally nothing but fanservice…

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Proto57

Well tbh i didnt have a lot of hope while starting the first episode but at least i've been lured by the fact it's a seinen to believe it might be mature. Well ngl i was wrong, this isnt mature. Sometimes it's borderline ecchi but it's not really different from a shounen slice of life. It's been a while now i review those romance animes/mangas and it becomes increasingly boring and hard to find inspiration while writing because it's just a taste of deja vu for me. Like a feeling that everything i write for 75% of those animes could be switched with other animes and so on. It's always the same flaws, the same stories, the same characters... Nevertheless, i'll do it. Well let's start with the characters. The MC is bland, generic indeed it's your basic SOL romance MC with a bland look, a bl…

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CodeBlazeFate

“It gets better” Such a phrase is commonly reserved for multi-season (sometimes action) comedies which take a few episodes or most of a season to experiment before hitting their stride, as well as long-running shounens which tend to explode at a certain arc. That being said, it’s also often used for shows that leave a mediocre or abysmal first impression before allegedly picking up in quality according to a consensus. Chivalry of a Failed Knight, Gundam ZZ, and Symphogear are somewhat popular examples. Whether or not such an argument is convincing or even true is obviously down to preference and case by case basis, but personally, Fuufu Ijou is a rare example of this actually being applicable. There are two tremendous barriers to entry with this series which rear their heads immediately.…

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4lucc

(Texto em PT/BR no final) Fuufu Ijou, Koibito Miman is a typical romantic comedy with a basic love polygon, but presenting the differential of already putting couples together from the beginning, thus allowing the romance and the affective interaction between the characters to be developed from the beginning, making it part of the story and not just a conclusion. The visual style of the work also stands out for talking to Akari's personality, more cheerful and exuberant, but that was just a possibility, after all, the work preferred to be concerned with other types of interaction and in other parts of Akari. To begin with, the initial pace of the anime is flawed, it appears to be rushed, but not because it speeds up events, but because instead of continuing the events, they chose to play…

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Natsuki_SanJuan

Koi to Uso in Toradora fashion? Heck, I’m in! I couldn’t believe how I fell in love with this show. Since the last movie of Karakai Jouzo no Takagi-san, I was yearning for another cute romance to watch. I accidentally stumbled in this show and it is the best accident I’ve ever had. I was not expecting grand will happen since I thought that it would be just another romance like Sono Bisque and Shikimori-san. This show is very sweet and cute to watch. It made me felt on why I fell in love with romance animes from the start. The story is what I’m not expecting it to be. I didn’t watch the trailer or read the synopsis. But I got a glimpse of an idea of a setting that would be focused on marriage. Heck, it’s about marriage but in a practical course. It’s a nice setting because it can be neces…

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Marinate1016

While some may argue that Fuukoi is a Nisekoi rip off and another blue balling romcom, I wholeheartedly disagree. Not only was it one of my favourite shows of 2022, but it’s also one of my all time favourite rom-com stories. Fuukoi does have some similarities with previous romcoms like Nisekoi with the whole fake relationship gradually turning to real feelings set up, but ultimately it sets itself apart with how it handles the characters which is my biggest complaint with most gag romances. The show is pretty transparent. What you see is what you get. My main issue with these types of shows tends to be an indecisive MC who doesn’t know who or what he wants and goes back and forth all the time. The MC in this show is open from the jump about who he wants and using the couples exam as a me…

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RudeusLamperouge

Have you went into an anime series fully expecting it to be the most generic, trope filled dumpster fire of an experience? Many of us have. Don't know why we do it to ourselves, but we watch anime like this all of the time. So when I searched through the seasonal anime section and saw this anime, I fully expected a generic experience and perhaps even a drop after a few episodes. What I found instead was hidden gem. Though this anime has issues - common tropes, needless ecchi, and at times lackluster character development... I honestly really liked it. Many of you who enjoyed it can surely relate to me when I say that something about this show made me come back every single weekend, excited for what the next episode would have for us. The premise of a 'Marriage Practical' is a very inte…

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Mcsuper

I am minimally curious about how enjoyable this “marriage practical” thing would be if it actually was a real thing in real life. Things would be spicy in school, the tea would be spilling nonstop, and it would genuinely be really entertaining to watch the gong show unfold. Sadly, in this anime, this “spicy” premise of the marriage practical felt merely like a farce, and didn’t contribute much to the story other than the first few episodes. After that, it turned into a very generic romcom, but so, so frustrating to watch. Time after time I find myself pausing the episode just to facepalm and groan at how stupid it all felt. At least the bright colour palette looks good, just don’t watch it in a dark room unless you want to ruin your eyes. STORY: The premise of the marriage practical felt…

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KANLen09

What is trash? Is it a dumpster fire, or something that absolutely is worth its name upon that symbolizes something else? In AniManga, we have seen our fair share of trash, or even dumpster fire shows over the years promising something different but with the outcome already written on the wall, and Jim George's quote of "It’s not how you start that’s important, but how you finish!" rings true for all works. This is especially important for works that people have waited eons to get an anime adaptation, and for me, that show is mangaka Yuuki Kanamari's Fuufu Ijou, Koibito Miman. a.k.a More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers. Rom-coms are gotten quite stale over time with the advent of works that pave the way for influences, say in the late 2000s and early 2010s with shows like Toradora!…

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iHateAnimeBro

The synopsis of "More than a married couple, but not lovers" suggests that this show probably won't be anything deep, but rather light, enjoyable, relaxing rom-com. For real - how can so ridiculous concepts like "marriage practical" be treated seriously? This premise, however, seems to be pretty original, comparing it to other similar shows. The closest matches are probably Nisekoi and Koi to Uso (forced marriage/pairing), but none of these shows treated this theme in this type of way. [Story - 7] I appreciate the original take when it comes to marriage practical theme. Even if it seems funny, or even stupid in the synopsis, it works pretty well in the show at the end. It allows the anime to take the path, many rom-com viewers are seeking - "enemies to lovers". The show isn't boring at a…

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