Eku Takeshima – illustratör

EVERYBODY'S GETTING MARRIED! UNLESS...While the drama with Renako’s sister has now been resolved, Renako’s life isn’t getting any easier. First, Oduka Mai was engaged to the adorable Lucie, but now she’s apparently marrying Satsuki. Neither of whom are her girlfriend, and spoilers: she has two! Even the school festival isn’t enough to lift Renako and Ajisai’s moods, as they’re left wondering about this fake marriage plot from the sidelines. Meanwhile, Lucie isn’t prepared to let her engagement fall apart without a fight. Can the throuple repair their relationship amid all of this chaos?

RELAXING, REJUVENATING, ROMANCE-FREE ROAD TRIP! UNLESS…Absolute angel Ajisai-san has an awful argument with her family and decides to decamp to the seaside for the summer. In other words: she’s running away from home! Renako Amaori can’t let this innocent ingenue wander the big, bad world alone. She’s coming along, too! Will their high school hearts and minds be healed by bouts of ping-pong and wholesome spells in the hot springs, or will romantic drama find them, no matter where they go?

A high school yuri comedy about fake dating, real dating, competitive dating–and one very overwhelmed girl who’s accidentally doing all three at once?! Don’t miss the manga adaptation, also from Seven Seas, or the anime!Awkward, introverted Amaori Renako is leaving her lonely middle school life behind, determined to become an outgoing and popular high schooler. Glamorous, confident Oduka Mai is Renako’s total opposite: wealthy, carefree, and a literal fashion model. Against the odds, the two girls form an immediate connection. Renako thinks she may have found the best friend of her dreams…until Mai’s love confession sends her feelings into a tailspin. Renako wants to prove to Mai that being BFFs is better than being girlfriends, but Mai is dead set on convincing Renako that they’re destined to be lovers!

IT'S HAPPILY EVER AFTER! UNLESS...Amaori Renako is walking on sunshine. Everything’s gonna be totally great forever! The End. Except the story’s not quite over. It turns out dating’s harder than she thought. Plus, she’s got that strange text from Koto Satsuki to reckon with. How on earth did things turn out like this? For now, Renako resolves to spend time with both Sena Ajisai and Oduka Mai while preparing to battle the Quintet’s rivals in an inter-class athletics competition basketball game! Welcome to season two of There’s No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover! Unless..., where becoming lovers is only just the beginning!

There’s no freaking way there’s more to this yuri/Girls’ Love rom-com series! Unless… A brand-new collection of short stories featuring Renako and all of your favorite characters from the hit light novel and manga series, There’s No Freaking Way I’ll be Your Lover! Unless…!After a traumatic middle school life where she spent most of her time in her room playing video games, Amaori Renako set out to become the ideal version of herself in high school. Now, she’s a member of a group of popular girls called the Quintet, dating the most beautiful girl in school, and living the high school dream! Now her daily life is so exciting that you could even fill a book with all the stuff she and her friends got up to in between the drama and romance!

SHE’S GOT THIS TOTALLY UNDER CONTROL! UNLESS…High school gal pals Amaori Renako and Oduka Mai battled it out to decide if they’d be friends or lovers…and ended in a tie! Now they’re trying a bit of both at once as "friends with Rena-fits". Their in-between arrangement could be the relationship of Renako’s dreams, but then Ashigaya High’s gorgeous ice queen Satsuki-san asks her on a date too! Caught between the two prettiest girls in school, what’s an ex-social-misfit to do?!

EVERYTHING’S GONNA BE THE SAME! UNLESS...After a sudden confession, Amaori Renako has just one month to answer Sena Ajisai’s feelings. But in the meantime, hey, it’s Koyanagi Kaho’s time to shine! While working through her feelings for both Oduka Mai and Sena Ajisai, Renako finds herself being roped into a whole bunch of cosplay activities with Kaho. Cute costumes? ASMR? A love hotel??? Is this really what life’s like as an extrovert?

LIKE SISTER, LIKE SISTER! UNLESS...Equipped with her two girlfriends, Amaori Renako feels like she can overcome any challenge that comes her way. But when her status as a mature, reliable oneechan is put to the test, she quickly realizes she has no clue how to communicate with her sister, let alone solve her problems! It’s time to summon the Quintet to help find out why Amaori Haruka’s been skipping school and what they can do to fix it.