Episode 6

## A Male Virgin, but No Female Virgin.

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****"A Male Virgin, but No Female Virgin."**** (童貞以上、処女未満。, *Dōtei Ijō, Shojo Miman.*?) is the sixth episode of the More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers anime series.

## Short Summary

During their usual morning routine, Akari starts calling Jirō by his last name again. Although Akari appeared to be in a good mood and acting normal, even telling her partner that she got chocolates from Sachi and they should eat them together later that day, Jirō is bothered by the sudden change and is concerned that their relationship intimacy has dropped. Sadaharu witnesses Jirō try to search for relationship solutions on his phone and they confide in each other about how they wished their wives should be more straight forward with their words instead of demanding them to figure it out themselves. The two then witness a girl being rejected by Mei after the former had confessed her feelings to the latter. Mei apologizes to her and consoles her after the girl requested that she call her by her first name. At home, an ecstatic Akari reports to Jirō that they have reached A-Rank in the latest report. As she dries Jirō's hair in glee, the boy is still bothered by Akari calling him by his last name. When Jirō recalls the interaction between the girl and Mei, he starts calling Akari by her first name. While initially embarrassed, Akari is happy that her partner has finally called her by her given name and tells Jirō to keep doing so as she wishes for him to indulge their spousal relationship a little longer while they are still together. At lunchtime, Mei expresses her disappointment at Shiori for failing to make any progress with Jirō. A stray soccer ball knocks Shiori out and she is sent to the infirmary. Taking advantage of this situation, Mei informs Jirō about Shiori and demands that he visits her with a drink and a sandwich. During his visit, the two started discussing the marriage practical which leads to Shiori awkwardly asking Jirō for a "practice kiss". As they contemplate on whether or not to proceed, Sachi walks into the infirmary. She notices a pair of boy's and girl's shoes and sounds of squeaky bed noises before awkwardly walking out, believing that there are people engaging in sexual acts. As Shiori and Jirō hid from her, they ended up kissing by accident and Jirō walks out in embarrassment. Meanwhile, Akari has been trying to text Jirō to which he hadn't replied. Sachi joins her and tells her about her about encounter in the infirmary, as Jirō sends her a text about visiting Shiori in the infirmary. Thinking that Jirō had "done it" with Shiori, Akari becomes depressed.

Hesitant on going back home to Jirō, Akari decides to spend her time at the coffee shop where Minami works. She comes home late to find Jirō had passed out on the sofa after eating the chocolate that she had gotten from Sachi that had unknowingly contained alcohol. After noticing their mugs on the table, Akari realizes that Jirō had been waiting for her so they could eat the chocolate together. Feeling guilty, Akari strips to her underwear and sleeps next to him, while pleading to the unconscious Jirō to at least wait until they are no longer together before going all the way with Shiori. The next morning, Jirō is shocked to find a half-naked Akari sleeping next to him. Since he is unable to remember anything that happened last night, Akari takes the opportunity to make Jirō believe that the two of them had sex. Jirō is baffled and asks Akari if that meant that he was no longer a virgin anymore. The question made Akari realize that Jirō never had sex with Shiori. Akari then drops the act and reveals to him that she was lying about the two having sex, much to Jirō's anger.

## Plot

### Prelude

In the morning hours, a recently awake Jirō enters the bathroom and greets Akari, who is freshening herself up near the sink. Akari greets Jirō back while calling him by his last name. Jirō takes note of this considering that it has been a while since she last called him by his last name. As their morning routine continues, Akari again refers to Jirō by his last name. Jirō is perplexed by this as he observes that Akari does not appear to be mad at him but is instead in a good mood and treats him normally. After the two discuss about the upcoming mid-month postings of the practical scores, Akari shows Jirō a bag of chocolates that was given to her by Sachi and happily says that they should eat them together later at night. Feeling bothered over Akari calling him by his last name again, Jirō ponders on why that is happening.

### Act 1

While sitting in the school cafeteria, Jirō is searching for solutions on his phone on why a girlfriend would call their boyfriend by their last name. His efforts are noticed by Sadaharu who is curious on the reason he is looking this up. Jirō asks him if he and his practice wife argue to which Sadaharu says that they do but wishes that she would be direct with him on what she wants. Jirō agrees, saying that it would be easier if the girls would just say something to them if they have a problem.

Their conversation is cut short when they overhear Mei talking to someone outside. The scene switches to Mei who is shown gently rejecting a girl who had just confessed to her. Jirō and Sadaharu eavesdrop on their exchange, with the latter seemingly confirming that the rumours about Mei being popular with the girls are true. The duo then see Mei hugging the girl while also thanking her for falling in love with her. As Mei comforts her and encourages her to find a better person to love, the girl requests one last thing from Mei, which was to call her by her first name. Mei grants her wish and calls her by first name, which is revealed to be "Manami."

The scene switches to Jirō lying underneath a bridge, still figuring out the reason why Akari is calling him by his first name but to no avail. He suddenly remembers the time where Akari asked him to call her by her first name but is not entirely convinced that not calling her by her first name was the reason. Jirō returns home and gets ready to take a shower. Akari also returns home, barging into the bathroom to show the surprised Jirō that the mid-month scores for the practical have been posted and that they have reached A-Rank. Jirō is stunned at revelation as the elated Akari hugs him in joy but the celebration is cut short when Jirō, who is half-naked, awkwardly tells her that he wants to take a shower first.

After Jirō finishes his shower, he is seen sitting on the couch while Akari is sitting behind him and drying his hair with a towel while still calling him by his last name. Jirō appears saddened that Akari is not calling him by his first name anymore. Reminding himself once again about the time Akari asked him to call her by her first name, Jirō begins to repeat Akari's first name while she is blowdrying his hair. Akari, not hearing him due to the noise made by the blowdryer, turns it off and catches Jirō saying her first name. Jirō realizes that he said her name out loud to point that she could hear and attempts to backtrack but Akari nervously responds, calling him by his first name.

After hearing her saying his first name again, Jirō repeats her first name and Akari again responds while calling him by his first name. Jirō, now more convinced that calling Akari by her first name was the solution, continues to repeat it as Akari increasingly grows flustered. While hiding his joy, Jirō tells her that there was no need to get embarrassed but Akari denies being embarrassed and blasts him with hot air from the blowdryer. She then leans against Jirō and holds his hand as she tells him that she prefers if he called her by her first name from now on as they only have a few weeks left now that they reached the rank that they wanted and it would make her happy if he continued to indulge her before that time comes. Jirõ realizes that this means that they will soon no longer be together and their relationship will go back to the way it was before they were partnered with each other, with Akari being just his classmate and nothing more.

Meanwhile, Mei is shown in the locker room, drying herself off after a sports session. She looks at her phone and is shocked after seeing Jiro's and Akari's ranking on the practical. The scene switches to Mei and Shiori who are sitting on a bench on the school grounds. Mei desperately lectures to Shiori that if she does not do something to get Jirō to fall for her soon, she will lose him to his practice wife. Shiori meekly responds saying that getting Jirō to notice her more is something that is easier said than done, but Mei reassures her by saying that she will set up something for the two. Moments later, Shiori is accidentally struck by a soccer ball and collapses to the ground.

In the school hallways, Mei informs Jirō that Shiori was sent to the infirmary and tells him to go visit her. Jirō is hesitant to go see her but Mei bluntly tells him that there is no excuse on why he shouldn't be by her side while she is recovering. Mei then hands him a sandwich to bring to Shiori before sending him on his way. As Jirō heads to the infirmary, Mei questions herself on what Shiori sees in a coward like him.

Shiori, who is lying in bed, receives a text from Mei that Jirō is on his way to the infirmary. As she nervously gets herself prepared to see him, Shiori tries to convince herself that she can kiss Jirō. As Jirō enters the infirmary, he sees Shiori and sits by her bedside. Upon noticing the exact same sandwich and drink on the table next to her, Jirō learns that Minami had visited also visited Shiori. The two then start talking about the practical, with Shiori noting Jirō's high placement and pointing out how things between him and Akari are working out. Jirō retorts by saying while they are starting to improve, they still argue a lot and lose points. Shiori then says that despite knowing Jirō for so long, she has never seen him angry and would like to see that side of him if they do end up partnering together. Shiori then laments about still being anxious around boys and not being more mature like all the other girls. Shiori then continues saying that doing more adult things like kissing would turn off any potential partner because she is not experienced. As Jirō states that a person's first kiss is precious, Shiori nervously asks him for a favour; to help her practice kissing.

Jirō is taken aback by the request and asks Shiori why she chose him to practice kissing. Shiori responds by saying that he was the only one she could ask before apologizing to him. Jirō nervously agrees to the request which follows with Shiori sitting up in a *seiza* position and waiting for him to make his move. As he begins to go for the kiss, Shiori begins to have second thoughts and stops him, claiming that they should not do it as they aren't married to each other. Suddenly, they are interrupted by the infirmary door opening as Sachi enters the room with the intention of taking a nap there. Jirō falls on top of Shiori, causing the bed to creak. Sachi hears this and switches her attention to the bed. Behind the bed's curtain she catches a glimpse of Jirō's foot sticking from the bed and Shiori's shoes on the floor. Falsely believing two students were having sex, a repulsed Sachi decides to leave the room, unaware that it was Jirō and Shiori the whole time.

    The scene switches to the bed with Jirō lying on top of Shiori with the two have their lips pressed again one another's. Jirō hastily pulls away from the lip lock while Shiori catches her breath. He apologizes to her, claiming it was an accident but Shiori tells him not to worry. After an awkward exchange with Shiori hinting to Jirō that she wants to be left alone, he obligingly leaves the infirmary as Shiori sits speechless on the bed.

Meanwhile, Akari is shown standing in the school's outdoor corridor and spamming text messages to Jirō after not receiving a response from him. She notices Sachi approaching her and asks her why she was not taking a nap in the infirmary. Sachi grumbles that she left the infirmary after she spotted two students behind the bed's curtain and hearing creaking sounds. Akari asks her if she assumed that the two were having sex to which Sachi affirms. Akari then receives a text from Jirō, saying that he was visiting Shiori in the infirmary after she collapsed. Akari is shocked as she realizes that the two students that Sachi were talking about were Jirō and Shiori.

### Act 2

Back at the training dorm, Jirō is in the kitchen and notices that the chocolates that Akari had promised to eat with him tonight are still in the fridge. Upon checking the time and seeing that it was already 10'o clock in the evening, Jirō wonders why Akari is late.

Akari is next seen sitting alone in a coffee shop, visibly sad as she reads texts from Sachi and Natsumi, who both appear to be concerned about her. Minami, who is employed at the coffee shop, is asked by his boss to give Akari extra toppings for her drink at no charge because she appears to be upset. As Akari is served her drink, she happily enjoys it before noticing a message written on the cup about her feeling down and being given extra toppings. Akari appears embarrassed about this, not knowing her sadness was visible for everyone to see but accepts the fact that she is depressed.

Akari later heads back home but hesitates on opening the front door into her dorm. She still is unsettled over Jirō possibly having his first experience with Shiori and despite being his wife, nothing should have changed yet she feels that the Jirō will no longer be the person she knows. Akari enters the dorm, wonder if Jirō had already fallen asleep. She notices that the TV was on and Jirō is asleep on the couch. Her confusion switches to annoyance when she sees that Jirō's dirty clothes are scattered all over the living room. Akari begins to scold him over his sloppiness but Jirō doesn't awaken, having passed out from the alcohol that was in the chocolates that he had eaten. Akari then notices that the chocolate and their mugs a were placed on the coffee table. She realizes that Jirō had been waiting for her to come home which makes her feel guilty. As she continues to talk to the unconscious Jirō, she strips down to her underwear, puts on his jacket, and lies down on next to him while placing her head on his shoulder. She asks Jirō if he and Shiori really did have sex in the infirmary before revealing that she hates the feeling that he is becoming an adult without her and is leaving her behind. Before falling asleep, Akari reaffirms to Jirō that she is cheering for him to be with Shiori but begs him to wait until he is no longer her husband.

The next morning Jirō wakes up and is baffled to find a half-naked Akari asleep on his arm. Akari awakens soon after and tries to greet him but Jirō keeps his distance as he is confused over the situation. He asks Akari why she is not wearing any clothes, to which she nonchalantly zips up the jacket she is wearing to cover exposed underwear. Jirō tells Akari to put on some clothes as he has a lot of unanswered questions to go through with her but she responds by saying there is no point considering that he was the one who stripped her of her clothing. Jirō is dumbfounded over what she said as she playfully berates him for forgetting what happened last night. She then hints that the two had sex last night with Jirō being the one that was dominating her. This revelation shocks Jirō as he is unable to remember anything from last night. He tries to convince himself that things would never get like that between them until he remembers that it had nearly happened before during their study session.

Now completely unsure about what had happened last night, Jirō frantically grabs Akari by the shoulders and asks her if it means he is no longer a virgin. Akari is taken aback by the question and tells him to let go of her, to which he does. Akari then asks Jirō if last night really was his first time to which he confirms if it indeed really did happen. After threatening him with no dinner if he was lying and hearing Jirō reaffirm the statement, Akari realizes that he and Shiori never had sex in the infirmary after all. Jirō then start to apologize to Akari for the perceived trauma he put her through considering that he was a virgin. Before he can finish, Akari drops the act and reveals to him that she was lying. This does not bode well with Jirō as he yells at Akari while she laughs it off. Exhausted from the stress, Jirō tells Akari that there are some things that she can't just lie about. Akari then tells him that he should at least act a bit disappointed but when Jirō confirms that he is disappointed, she is stunned. Jirō then clarifies that he is disappointed because it meant that he was still a virgin, causing Akari to become vexed and she starts pulling on his ears. Jirō screams in pain as he apologizes to her, saying that he should have known that she would never be with a guy like him. Although he couldn't hear her, she tells Jirō that she would never going that far with him as long as he still loves Shiori and he should have just said that he didn't want to lose his first time to someone he doesn't love. Anguished, Akari finally tells Jirō that she hates how he makes her feel.

### Post-Credits

The scene goes back to the moment after Shiori was hit by the soccer ball that sent her to the infirmary. Before she collapsed, she commented on the nice feeling and wanting to sleep like this. It turns out that the injury caused her to see hallucinations of multiple Jirōs before the scene switches to her lying in the infirmary room's bed, happily enjoying the moment.

## Characters In Order Of Appearance

* Akari Watanabe
* Jirō Yakuin
* Sadaharu Kamo
* Mei Hamano
* Manami *(Debut)*
* Shiori Sakurazaka
* Sachi Takamiya
* Keiichiro Kamo *(Debut, Unnamed)*
* Minami Tenjin
* Natsumi Ōhashi *(Text Messages)*

## Anime & Manga Differences

* In the anime, Akari tells Jirō that she received chocolates from Sachi and tells Jirō that they should eat them together later. This scene was not present in the manga.
* The name of girl that confesses to Mei is revealed to be "Manami" in the anime. Her name is not mentioned in the manga.
* In the anime, Jirō decided to call Akari by her first name after remembering Mei call Manami by her first name when the latter requested it. In the manga, he simply remembered that Akari liked being called by her first name.
* Jirō lying underneath bridge thinking about why Akari is calling him by his last name is exclusive to the anime.
* The manga shows that Mei was talking to some of her club mates in the locker room before seeing the posted scores of the practical. In the anime, she is not shown interacting with anyone and is instead seen wiping herself off with a towel by her locker before seeing the posted scores.
* The anime shows that Shiori and Mei are talking outside on the school grounds where they discuss the urgency for Shiori to further her progress with Jirō. In the manga, they are instead talking to each other on their phones.
* In the anime, Shiori was sent to infirmary when she was knocked out by a soccer ball that was accidentally launched into her face. In the manga, Mei tells Jirō that she was sent to the infirmary after she collapsed from sleep deprivation due to overstudying.
* The anime shows Mei giving Jirō a packaged sandwich to bring with him to the infirmary. In the manga, she gave him a bottled drink.
* In the manga, Jirō is shown to be nervous before seeing Shiori because he is unsure on what conversation topics he could come up with. When he opens the curtains to Shiori's bed, he humorously closes them due to the excitement of seeing Shiori before he decides to sit by her bedside. This was cut from the anime.
* The anime also cuts out the scene where Jirō bumps into Mei in the hallway when he ran out of the infirmary and the subsequent conversation that followed between Shiori and Mei about the kiss.
* In the anime, Sachi tells Akari what she witnessed in the infirmary while they are standing in an outdoor corridor. In the manga, Sachi tells Akari about what she saw while they were eating lunch in the classroom.
* The manga has Natsumi present when Sachi talks about the incident she saw in the infirmary. In the anime, she does not appear.
* In the manga, in an effort to avoid going home and seeing Jirō after learning what happened from Sachi, Akari is shown having fun in a karaoke room with Sachi and Natsumi. Despite Akari's request to continue doing activities throughout the night, Sachi and Natsumi decide to call it a night but are aware that something is bothering Akari and they both tell her to contact them when she is ready to talk. The anime cuts this scene with Akari immediately going to the coffee shop instead though it was implied in their text messages that they did hang out but couldn't do an all-nighter before she went to the coffee shop.
* In the manga, Jirō is at home, thinking about what happened between him and Shiori in the infirmary. He is also shown making himself some cup noodles before learning that Akari had not returned home despite how late it was. This was shortened in the anime, where Jirō does not think about Shiori but instead wonders why Akari is out so late after seeing the chocolates that she promised to eat with him was in the fridge.
* Akari was shown ordering her drink at the coffee shop in the manga. This was cut from the anime.
* The manga shows that Keiichiro and Minami are having a conversation while preparing Akari's drink before Keiichiro intimidates Minami about putting himself as the one to serve Akari her drink. This was shortened in the anime, where Keiichiro just tells Minami to prepare extra toppings for Akari's drink.
* While the manga simply shows that Jirō fell asleep on the couch while waiting for Akari, the anime expands on the reason why he fell asleep which was that he passed out after he ate Sachi's alcohol-laced chocolate.