More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers
Premise. High school student Jirō Yakuin has a crush on his childhood friend Shiori Sakurazaka, but the school has implemented a 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. 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. Kadokawa has collected its chapters into individual "tankōbon" volumes. The first volume was released on October 26, 2018. As of December 3, 2021, seven volumes have been released. Anime. An anime adaptation was announced on November 22, 2021.