"I want to learn to love myself—just the way I am!" Renako Amaori, a former gloomy and socially awkward girl, reinvented herself for high school and successfully made her debut. She even managed to join the top-tier popular group... only to be suddenly confessed to by two of its brightest stars?! One is the school’s ultimate prince, Mai Oduka. The other, the beloved angel of the campus, Ajisai Sena. There’s no way she can handle both their affections—no freaking way! While still struggling to give them an answer, Renako agrees to help her friend Kaho by joining a cosplay event. It’s the perfect excuse to delay her reply… or so she thought. But as she witnesses Kaho's passion firsthand, something begins to stir inside her. What is it that she truly wants? What is she truly searching for? Can she really not become someone’s lover? Or has that "no freaking way"... not been so impossible after all? (Source: REMOW) Note: The anime first premiered in theaters across Japan on November 21, 2025. It was later split into 5 parts on TV, labelled as episodes 13-17.
Japanese study overview
Watashi ga Koibito ni Nareru Wake Naijan, Murimuri! (※Muri ja Nakatta!?): Next Shine! is a Japanese anime of 26,267 characters, with 1,982 unique words and 710 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,982 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
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Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 私I×237
- 真唯Mai×91
- 紫陽花bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla)×78
- 香穂Kagaho×76
- 言うto say×71
- 好きliking×63
- 思うto think×44
- 人person×34
- ２人two persons×32
- 今now×26
- 紗月Satsuki×26
- 自分myself×25
- レナ子Renako×24
- 陽キャcheery person×8
- 陰キャgloomy person×6
- 瀬名Sena×6
- 皆口Minakuchi×5
- 王塚Outsuka×5
- 撮影会photography event×4
- 自己肯定感self-esteem×3