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“Two mismatched teens fake marriage to swap partners with their crushes in a school marriage-practical program.”
More than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers.
夫婦以上、恋人未満。
7.59
1,735 rank · 421,799 viewers · 4,884 favorites
Romance
Love Polygon
School
Seinen
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Synopsis
Two mismatched teens fake marriage to swap partners with their crushes in a school marriage-practical program.
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.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 159 sampled reviews
6.9
/10
What 159 viewers settled on.
73%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 2.43
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.43 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.4 pts
Recommenders 8.5 · others 3.1
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No
Score over time
↓ 2.06
Running avg · Oct 2022 → Apr 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Anime is decent. My issue with the anime is that it's repetitive, the mc is not interesting, the mc has no character development, the plot is cliche and the premise of the whole story doesn't make...”
- 10 “Fuufu Ijou, Koibito Miman delivers a uniquely eventful cohabitation love triangle packed with beautiful girls and constant romance, making it one of the best romance anime out there. The well-drawn...”
- 9 “I can understand the "Not Recommended" or "Mixed Feelings" assessment that many people give it because of the unending cliche, fan service and somewhat milk toast personality of Yakuin, but despite...”
Verbosity
Short · 37%
Medium · 40%
Long · 23%
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- Format 12 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 48m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2022 – Dec 2022 Fall 2022
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-21423 catalog
Produced by
- Lantis Producer
- Rakuonsha Producer
- AT-X Producer
- KlockWorx Producer
- Exa International Producer
- Sun TV Producer
- Kadokawa Producer
- Bandai Namco Music Live Producer