Now, her new goal is to become an actual couple with Jirō but struggles to put her feelings into clarity, as well as dealing with Jiro's own insecurities. However, as the story progresses she loses her crush on Minami and falls in love with Jirō for real. Her goal is to become the partner of Minami in the training, and she will do anything, even act like a well-behaved newlywed with Jirō.

While Akari portrays an extroverted and confident nature, deep down she is actually very sweet, shy and kind towards her friends and loved ones. Now with both girls aiming to have Jiro for themselves, Jiro himself struggles to decide which girl he should ultimately pursue.Ĭharacters Main Akari Watanabe ( 渡辺星, Watanabe Akari ) Voiced by: Saori Ōnishi (Japanese) Lindsay Sheppard (English) A gyaru and the main female protagonist of the series, who becomes Jirō's partner during the couples training. 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. Adding to the chaos is Shiori herself, who is revealed to also be in love with Jiro. 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.Īs the story proceeds, Jiro and Akari find themselves developing deeper feelings for each other as they 'pretend' to get along, causing confusion between themselves as they struggle to sort out which feelings are real and which are not. Despite hoping to be paired with Shiori, Jiro is instead paired with Akari Watanabe, a gyaru who finds Jiro repulsive and who would rather be paired with the popular school idol, Minami Tenjin.

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. High school student Jirō Yakuin is an introvert who would rather keep to himself and play video games than interact with others.

Sakurazaka manga