Zettai ni Tokimeite wa Ikenai!

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After getting turned down by the guy she had a crush on for ages, Sakura thought things couldn't get much worse...until she realized that she had been seen! Embarassed, defeated, and exhausted, the only thing keeping her going was that she was about to meet her cute little step-brother...until it turns out that her "cute little brother" was not only a tall, handsome guy in her class, but he was the one who'd seen her get rejected! Now Sakura has to pretend everything is cool, but with an over-protective "little brother" who sees the best in Sakura, and an aloof crush who starts to take an interest, Sakura's high-school life will be anything but easy!

Official English

Type

Manga

Related Series

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Associated Names

We Must Never Fall in Love!

You must never be in love.

يجب ألا تقع في الحب أبدًا !

ห้ามใจไว้อย่าให้ตึกตัก

絕對不能為他心動！

絶対にときめいてはいけない！

绝对不能心跳不止！

절대 두근거려서는 안 돼!

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Lemonade Scans

Latest Release(s)

v.4 c.14 by Lemonade Scans 4 years ago

v.4 c.13 by Lemonade Scans 5 years ago

v.3 c.12 by Lemonade Scans 5 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

10 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

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User Rating

Average: 7.5 / 10.0 (56 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.07 / 10.0

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Last Updated

March 28th, 2025 12:20am PDT - 4 months ago

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Genre

Comedy Romance School Life Shoujo
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Recommendations

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Author(s)

TSUKISHIMA Haru

Artist(s)

TSUKISHIMA Haru

Year

2017

Original Publisher

Kodansha

Serialized In (magazine)

Dessert (Kodansha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

INKR

Kodansha USA (9 Volumes - Complete; digital)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #699

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Monthly Pos #1960 (No change)

3 Month Pos #3397 (No change)

6 Month Pos #5104

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Year Pos #6123

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List Stats

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On 135 wish lists

On 70 completed lists

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Cliched but fun to read.

by Oukow
3 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

I thought I had read this manga before but when I saw how recently it was published, I realized I was wrong. It has all sorts of cliches which is why it felt so familiar and yet it wasn’t executed poorly so the story felt pretty natural. The characters were easy to understand and never acted too wild for the sake of unnecessary drama.

And the art is pretty cute!!

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Your lighthearted classic shoujo

by LienHoa
5 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

Wow, i thought this was written some long time ago... Because everything seems, at first, so cliché, but the characters act in their unique way.

Firstly, our main couple don't just get sexually attracted or whatever in the very start.

They begin as two helpful people who care for each other, that's what i may say. They care and love their parents, so they try hard to be good siblings. In short, this story has a loving atmosphere in it - in the family, which is warm.

Secondly, uhm.... I like our female lead's aura.

[ beneath-reviewer-san ( 🙂) ), i get why (maybe) you say she's selfish or something, i think it is not unbearable 😂 in fact, that her being "annoying" to me is just a breath of wind. Overacting because of high consciousnesses or embarrassment is not unrelatable (in the beginning)

She does blush, she does cry but she's not that self conscious around her step bro. She acts naturally, is kind and care about people and tries to be a good older sister, which is a very nice spirit XD

Also, our couple is actually very communicative. And that's a very good point. They communicate the problem when they start living together, apologize and stuff. And i really the FM (and also the ML) being straight forward about their feelings.

Thirdly, i thought this shoujo was an old-published one as it has all of your "classic shoujo scenes". [spoiler] Step sibling living together, ML sees FM naked accidentally, ML rescues the FM, hiding her head (to protect her from being hit on), the FM jumps from some second floor and the ML stands there catching her, they fake kiss so not to be caught by the policman, hiding in the blanket so not be caught by the parent and of course, the appearance of our second male lead (wow i almost can't quite bear the cheesiness as i am typing this) [/spoiler] but as i said, the author has her unique touch in all of these scenes so i think most of them are very lovable and absolutely enjoyable to read. My heart feels stimulating all the go :">

very lovely yet heart-stimulating, i really liked this, that's it. That's why it deserves a 9 from me.

... Last updated 5 years ago

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Too easy

by theabbster1
7 years ago

Rating: N/A

In the beginning, the female lead was pretty annoying. Like the type to just punch for no real reason. Just kind of selfish. She gets better but I still don’t get why the male lead likes her—it’s too quick.

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