There's No Freaking Way I'll be Your Lover! Unless... (Light Novel) Vol. 5

There's No Freaking Way I'll be Your Lover! Unless… Light Novel #5

by Teren Mikami, Eku Takeshima (illustrator)

「がんばるって決めたから!」
わたし、甘織れな子。ふつうの陽キャを目指していた女子だったはずが、なぜこんなことに……!?
ともあれ、大切な人達を幸せにすると決めましたからね! 早速メチャメチャ奮闘するものの……これ結局わたしが幸せにされてるだけかも!?ってことばっかり!
だが、とろけるような日々にも波乱の匂い。がんばるって決めた球技大会で、わたしは過酷な争いにムリヤリ巻き込まれてしまう!
「選ぶということは──、それ以外を選ばないことよ」
わかってるつもりだったのに。選択を迫られたわたしは……。ひたむきな努力はきっと実を結ぶ青春ガールズラブコメ第5弾!
で、紗月さんのメッセージは、一体なんのつもりですかねえ!?

Genres: Yuri, Light Novel

368 pages, Paperback

First published February 24, 2023

Reviews

[Robin · Rating 5 out of 5]

it's probably a pretty good sign that i finish every volume thinking "that was probably my favorite one so far, right?"

[Mathxxl]

Un tome de transition qui voit Renako évoluer dans ses nouvelles relations avec Mai et Ajisai, tandis qu'un confrontation sportive se prépare.

Le récit reste toujours fun et rigolo, mais j'ai surtout pas mal aimé l'évolution de Renako qu'on ressent vraiment par rapport aux premiers tomes. Si elle ne sait pas forcément toujours comment faire, elle cherche à aller de l'avant et à changer.

Also Ajisai >

(Bientôt le vrai trouple ? 👀 )

[Sunset ZT · Rating 4 out of 5]

Las 5déessses no podrían importarme menos... pero al libro tampoco. Toca esperar el vol 6.

[K · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love you ajisai-san me next

[Sophie Nguyen]

why am i enjoying this so much

[Janadzi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Modern Masterpiece, u ain't gonna prove me otherwise. I am very biased

[Violet · Rating 5 out of 5]

Spoilering this because I still want to maintain the surprise at the end of volume 4 for everyone.
So where the last book made me empathize with Renako's anxiety, this one has her autism front and center. Her attempts to handle going from never-having-had-a-crush demisexual lesbian disaster to being the fulcrum in a polycule wedge are hard to watch at times but they are so sincere and honest, and that's what I love about her. And that's what the rest of the Quintet love about her too.
With each book I find myself relating more and more to Renako. Some of the things she says, especially when she's trying to negotiate her relationships both romantic and platonic, could have come right out of my mouth.
This book also has some scenes not from Renako's perspective which is really good to get to know th other girls a little better. I was especially happy when Ajisai and Mai had a scene together where I was yelling at the screen "kiss! Now kiss! You two kiss!" and then turned the page and saw Ajisai suggest just that, I was like, ah, Teren-sensei, you get this! I would be shocked if the author didn't have personal experience with poly relationships, because not once is it mined for the usual mainstream drama of "oh how do I deal with the jealousy? What rules do we have to make this work, and what do we do when someone breaks them?" In fact early on both of these questions get posed by Renako and explicitly shot down by her girlfriends and by the narrative, and instead the drama is caused by outside forces as well as the individual insecurities and autisms of the individual partners.
I wasn't such a big fan of the 5déesses, but even they started to grow on me as the story went on.
I'm so looking forward to the next book and where it goes from here. I believe that Quinticule is endgame but I'm in no rush to get there, especially if the story continues to be this good which I fully expect it will be.