More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers

More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers (夫婦以上、恋人未満。, Fūfu Ijō, Koibito Miman) is a Japanese manga series by Yūki Kanamaru. It has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen manga magazine Young Ace since March 2018. An anime adaptation by Studio Mother has been announced.

More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers
Cover of More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers volume 1 by Kadokawa Shoten
夫婦以上、恋人未満。
(Fūfu Ijō, Koibito Miman)
Manga
Written byYūki Kanamaru
Published byKadokawa Shoten
MagazineYoung Ace
DemographicSeinen
Original runMarch 2, 2018 – present
Volumes8
Anime
Directed by
Written byNaruhisa Arakawa
StudioStudio Mother

Premise

High school student Jirō Yakuin has a crush on his childhood friend Shiori Sakurazaka, but the school has implemented a couples training (夫婦実習, Fūfu jisshū) program, which has the students develop social skills on interacting with a partner as if they were married, and they are judged heavily on how well they work together. Jiro is paired with Akari Watanabe, a gyaru who finds Jiro repulsive at first, but they agree to attain enough points so that they can switch partners to the people they really like.

Characters
Jirō Yakuin (薬院 次郎, Yakuin Jirō)
The main protagonist of the series and force to pair up with Akari in the couples training. His main goal is to pair up with her childhood friend Shiori and he will do anything to reach his goal even to act newlywed with Akari.
Akari Watanabe (渡辺 星, Watanabe Akari)
A gyaru who becomes Jirō's partner during the couples training, an activity held at his school to train someone to become more established when they later have a marriage partner. Her goal is to become partner of Minami in the training, and she will do anything even its to act newlywed with Jirō. She has the nature that looks rough at first like gyaru generally, but actually be kind as the story goes.
Shiori Sakurazaka (桜坂 詩織, Sakurazaka Shiori)
Jirō's childhood friend and crush. Shiori becomes Minami’s partner in the couples training. She also has feelings for Jirō.
Minami Tenjin (天神 岬波, Tenjin Minami)
Shiori's partner in the training, and Akari's crush.
Sadaharu Kamo (加茂 貞春, Kamo Sadaharu)

Media

Manga

More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers is written and illustrated by Yūki Kanamaru. The series began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace magazine on March 2, 2018.[1] Kadokawa has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on October 26, 2018.[2] As of May 2, 2022, eight volumes have been released.[3]

Volume list
No. Release date ISBN
1 October 26, 2018[2]978-4-04-107484-8
2 March 26, 2019[4]978-4-04-108019-1
3 September 26, 2019[5]978-4-04-108590-5
4 April 3, 2020[6]978-4-04-109101-2
5 November 4, 2020[7]978-4-04-110704-1
6 June 4, 2021[8]978-4-04-111364-6
7 December 3, 2021[9]978-4-04-112113-9
8 May 2, 2022[3]978-4-04-112483-3

Anime

An anime adaptation was announced on November 22, 2021.[10] The series is produced by Studio Mother and directed by Junichi Yamamoto, with Takao Kato serving as chief director, Naruhisa Arakawa handling the series' scripts, and Chizuru Kobayashi designing the characters.[11]

Notes
  1. Credited as Chief Director (総監督, Sō Kantoku).

References
  1. ヤングエース新連載は学生の疑似夫婦もの＆「魔砲少女四号ちゃん」が連載再開. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. March 2, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  2. 【10月26日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Natalie (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  3. 【5月2日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Natalie (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
  4. 【3月26日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Natalie (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  5. 【9月26日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Natalie (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  6. 【4月3日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Natalie (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  7. 【11月4日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Natalie (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  8. 【6月4日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Natalie (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  9. 【12月3日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Natalie (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  10. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (November 22, 2021). "Yūki Kanamaru's 'More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers' Manga Gets Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  11. Loo, Egan (May 1, 2022). "'More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers' Anime Unveils Staff, Teaser Visual". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
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