"A Little Talk of Old Love" ( ちょっとだけ昔の恋の話, Chotto dake Mukashi no Koi no Hanashi) "The Cage that Forces Love" ( 恋を強いる檻, Koi o Shiiru Ori) "Sorting the Lies" ( 嘘の選別, Uso no Senbetsu) "Where Love Gathers" ( 恋の集まる場所, Koi no Atsumaru Basho) "Lies to Yourself" ( 自分への嘘, Jibun e no Uso) "Can't Lie to Your Heart" ( 心に嘘はつけない, Kokoro ni Uso wa Tsukenai) "A Love Worth Risking Life" ( 命がけの恋, Inochigake no Koi) "The Science of Love" ( 恋の科学, Koi no Kagaku) "A Lie to a Friend" ( 友達への嘘, Tomodachi e no Uso) "A Friend's Love" ( 友達の恋, Tomodachi no Koi) "The Kiss of a Lie" ( 嘘の口づけ, Uso no Kuchizuke) An official fanbook was released on Jin Japan. The English version has been licensed by Kodansha USA, with the first volume being released on August 22, 2017. The French version, licensed by Pika Shonen, was first released on Novem and the fifth volume was released on June 28, 2017. Media Manga Īs of June 2017, 6 volumes has been released by Kodansha. Shū Igarashi ( 五十嵐 柊, Igarashi Shū) Voiced by: Eri Kitamura Misaki's best friend in middle school who seems to know the reason behind Yukari's sudden partner change. She has short red hair in the anime and works with Yajima. Kagetsu Ichijō ( 一条 花月, Ichijō Kagetsu) Voiced by: Tomoyo Kurosawa A member of the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare, assigned to Yukari and Ririna's marriage case. 29 Hajime Yajima ( 矢嶋 基, Yajima Hajime) Voiced by: Kishō Taniyama A member of the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare, assigned to Yukari and Ririna's marriage case. 28 Unlike Yukari, he does not have cooking or cleaning skills. 15 He is very popular with the girls, that they had one of them date him for six months. He becomes aware of the relationship between Yukari and the girls. 2 Yūsuke Nisaka ( 仁坂 悠介, Nisaka Yūsuke) Voiced by: Shinnosuke Tachibana Yukari's friend who is surrounded in mystery. 1-2 He enjoys studying Kofun ancient burial mounds. Before his 16th birthday, he confesses his feelings to Misaki Takasaki which apparently, turned out to be mutual. Yukari has been in love with his classmate Misaki Takasaki since the fifth grade. 8-9 Yukari Nejima ( 根島 由佳吏, Nejima Yukari) Voiced by: Ryōta Ōsaka The main protagonist of the series. Her classmates are envious of her looks and grades, calling her stuck up. 28 When she was younger she was often sick, and when she conversed with girls she was often candid on her thoughts, so she was unable to make friends. 6-7 and perks up whenever there is the topic of love among Yukari and his friends. She is aware of Yukari's feelings towards Misaki and agrees to help him out as she wishes to learn what love is like too, Ch. She is a beautiful girl with rose blonde hair and big eyes where she resembles a doll. Ririna Sanada ( 真田 莉々奈, Sanada Ririna, also "Lilina Sanada") Voiced by: Yui Makino The second heroine of the series.
11 She thinks Ririna is a bit naive when it comes to encouraging her and Yukari to continue relating with each other as a couple. She developed feelings of love for him and his many quirks. She first noticed Yukari in fifth grade when he broke his eraser into two and gave her one half after seeing that she didn't have an eraser since first period.
1-2 She is beautiful and popular among her schoolmates. Misaki is Yukari's first love who is also in love with him. The story follows their adventures of the teens as they try to relate with one another while keeping up appearances with the government.Ĭharacters Misaki Takasaki ( 高崎 美咲, Takasaki Misaki) Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa The first heroine of the series. Ririna is not that thrilled about being assigned, and is very willing to let Yukari freely relate with Misaki so she can learn what being in love is really like. However, when he turns 16, he is assigned another girl, Ririna Sanada. Yukari Nejima finally confesses his love to schoolmate and long-time crush Misaki Takasaki and discovers she has liked him back. Those who do not marry their assigned partner suffer severe penalties. In each other, they find a place where they can grieve for the ones they cannot have, and they share physical intimacy driven by loneliness.In the near future, children who have turned 16 years old are assigned by the government to a partner based on compatibility calculation, in order to increase the country's birth rate. Hanabi is also in love with a teacher, a young man who has been a family friend since she was little. Mugi is in love with Akane Minagawa, a young teacher who used to be his home tutor. Both Mugi and Hanabi have hopeless crushes on someone else, and they are only dating each other to soothe their loneliness. However, outsiders don't know of the secret they share. They are both pretty popular, and they seem to suit each other well. Seventeen-year-old Mugi Awaya and Hanabi Yasuraoka appear to be the ideal couple.