The first step to winning the Love Game is saying “I love you.” So how do you lose? By admitting you’re in love!
Let the games begin! Since childhood, Yukiya Asagi and Miku Sakura have played the Love Game, where they try to fluster each other with a simple “I love you.” But after falling in love for real and refusing to admit it, neither of them can afford to lose this battle!
After leaving behind his image as a quiet nerd, Yukiya’s ready to break hearts and take names with the ultimate high school glow-up. Well, he’s really just got one girl in his sights - his best friend, Miku! Using her favorite shojo manga as his weapon, he’s ready to pin her to the wall and gaze at her with a perfect smolder. Will his moves get her heart racing?
I Want to End This Love Game is currently airing and will have 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 愛してるゲームを終わらせたい, Aishiteru Game wo Owarasetai
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The story centers on Mizuto and Yume, a former couple who enjoyed a relationship in junior high school, but became more and more irritated at each other, and used their graduation as an opportunity to break up. But on the day before entering high school, the two reunite in the most unlikely way: with their parents announcing a marriage, with Mizuto and Yume now becoming step-siblings. Wanting to prioritize their parents' relationship, the two promise to not fool around with each other, establishing a rule where "the first one to get aroused" loses.
My Stepmom's Daughter is my Ex has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 継母の連れ子が元カノだった, Motokano, Tsurekano
2. Class de 2-banme ni Kawaii Onnanoko to Tomodachi ni Natta
I, Maki Maehara, was the loner boy in my class, until I made my first friend, Umi Asanagi. Asanagi is always at the center of attention, and boys considered her to be "the second cutest girl in the class." I thought I was just a guy in the shadows, living in a completely different world from her, but it turned out that she liked B-movies, too! Now Asanagi-san secretly comes over to my house on Fridays after school. We have a great time together, as we share the same interests in movies, games, and manga.
"Sit next to me and we can read manga together."
"This is my bed......."
"It's my bed for now. Come on, come over here."
Isn't that a bit too close, Asanagi-san?
I Became Friends with the Second Cutest Girl in My Class is currently airing and will have 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: クラスで２番目に可愛い女の子と友だちになった, I Became Friends with the Second Cutest Girl in My Class, Kuranika, クラにか
1. Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen
Known for being both brilliant and powerful, Miyuki Shirogane and Kaguya Shinomiya lead the illustrious Shuchiin Academy as near equals. Everyone thinks they’d make a great couple. But with pride and arrogance in ample supply, the only logical move is to trick the other into instigating a date! Who will come out on top in this psychological war where the first move is the only one that matters?
Kaguya-sama: Love is War has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: かぐや様は告らせたい～天才たちの恋愛頭脳戦～, Kaguya Wants to be Confessed To: The Geniuses' War of Love and Brains
