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More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers

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Jirou is in love with his friend Shiori. In their school's marriage practical, the school selects one male and one female to live together and pretend to be a married couple. Jirou desires that he and Shiori will be paired together. Akari also hopes to be paired with her crush, Minami Tenjin. However, to their dismay, Akari and Jirou are put together. To make things worse for the couple, their crushes were paired together. In order to change pairs and be with their crushes, Akari and Jirou must get enough points to be in the top ten. Thus begins their journey.¹

Immodesty and Nudity

As with most romance anime, especially ones taking place at a school, there are short skirts. Akari always shows cleavage² and nudity is present³. There is also a "glimpse of two people having [coitus] in a character's memory."² We are told to cover our bodies (1 Timothy 2:9) and that there is a such thing as "attire of an harlot" (Proverbs 7:10). Christians should avoid wearing and intentionally putting these things before their eyes. It can easily lead to lust (Proverbs 6:25, Matthew 5:28).

Alcohol

According to IMDb, there is alcohol use as well.² We know that this is not okay because looking at wine is wrong, saith the Lord (Proverbs 23:31). Alcohol ruins lives and families. It ruins churches and testimonies. It would make no sense to fill our minds with it, knowing the evil it is and can cause.

Profanity

This show contains improper language.³ As Christians, we understand that profanity and cursing is not something that we should surround ourselves with. 2 Peter 2:7-8 warns us, using the story of Lot, of what happens when we hear things that are sinful. As such, we ought to be careful the things we listen to. Do you really believe the Lord would be fine with you watching a show with bad language in it?

Co-habitation

A main plot point is that Jirou and Akari are living together. The problem is, they're not actually married nor are they family. The Bible says that we are to abstain from "all appearance of evil" (1 Thessalonians 5:22). An unmarried man and an unmarried woman living together is not abstaining from the appearance of evil.

Conclusion

May we have discernment. May we recognize this show for what it is—a wicked show. We are followers of Jesus Christ, not followers of fleshly things. As Ephesians 5:11 commands, let us not have fellowship with the fruit of wickedness.


Sources:
1. "Fuufu Ijou, Koibito Miman.." MyAnimeList, myanimelist.net/anime/50425/Fuufu_Ijou_Koibito_Miman. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
2. "More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers.: Parents guide." IMDb, imdb.com/title/tt16231800/parentalguide. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
3. More than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers.. Crunchyroll, crunchyroll.com/series/GJ0H7Q5N3/more-than-a-married-couple-but-not-lovers. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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