More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers (夫婦以上、恋人未満。, Fūfu Ijō, Koibito Miman, abbreviated Fuukoi) is a Japanese manga series by Yūki Kanamaru.
It has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen manga magazine Young Ace since March 2018, with its chapters collected and published in twelve tankōbon volumes as of June 2024.
An anime television series adaptation by Studio Mother aired from October to December 2022.
High school student Jirō Yakuin is an introvert who would rather keep to himself and play video games than interact with others.
He has unrequited feelings for 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 through monitoring.
Learning that if they attain enough points, their current partners can be switched, both Jiro and Akari agree to put their differences aside and work together.
Complications reach a near breaking point when during a time alone together, Minami tactfully turns down Akari's confession and helps her realize that she ended up actually falling in love with Jiro.
[21] It was later confirmed to be a television series produced by Studio Mother and directed by Junichi Yamamoto, with Takao Kato serving as chief director, Naruhisa Arakawa handling the series' scripts, Chizuru Kobayashi designing the characters, and Yuri Habuka composing the music.
She notices a pair of boy and girl shoes and sounds of squeaky bed noises before awkwardly walking out.
Akari meets up with Sachi and Natsumi for the festival only to find that Minami was unable to make it because of work.
Jirō and Akari's ranking in the marriage practical drops to thirteenth position, which means they are still together for another month.
Unable to spot it again, a distressed Akari flirtatiously and surreptitiously asks Jirō to stay with her just in case it shows up again.
As they discuss if they could have dated if they meet under different situations, the tiny "spider" showed up scaring Akari who groped an embarrassed Jirō.
Jirō suggests getting a bug spray for next time, but Akari refuses saying that she prefers to be rescued by her husband.
Sadaharu invites Jirō to a live-in summer job with his older brother, who is opening a café at the beach.
While Sadaharu takes the opportunity to exercise his lechery, Shiori unconsciously teases Jirō by touching his hand as they make a tunnel underneath the sandcastle.
During work, Shiori tells Jirō about her "scary" encounter at the beach shack and feels nonplussed on how she will be at the test of courage event later that night.
She unwittingly mentions to Jirō that she will be okay if they are paired together, resulting in an awkward moment as she walks out to take out the trash.
Akari decides to go the shrine and prays for divine intervention, while Shiori and Jirō are privately bewildered about their latest kiss.
They continue to be confused and bewildered as they chat about their recent trip/job at the beach and take a photo together when a rainbow appears.
Jirō went back to his family home and started playing games when Akari texts him, telling him that she's bored and wants to ask him out on a date in two hours.