More Than A Married Couple, But Not Lovers.

Director(s)Junichi Yamamoto
Production year2022
Genre(s)Animation, Comedy, Romance
Approx. running minutes24m
CastLindsay Sheppard, Ben Balmaceda, Macy Anne Johnson

More Than A Married Couple, But Not Lovers.

moderate sex references
Classified Date:
29/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

MORE THAN A MARRIED COUPLE, BUT NOT LOVERS is a Japanese animated series; in this episode, Jiro and Akari are thrown together as reluctant partners in their high school’s Marriage Training Programme.

sex
Moderate sex references include comic comments about virginity, ‘Incels’ and the breast sizes of characters in videogames. There is also occasional focus on the physical attributes of female characters.
additional issues
There is mild and very mild bad language (‘crap’ ‘asshole’, ‘shit’, ‘piss’, ‘frigging’, ‘butt’, ‘freaking’, ‘damn’ and ‘hell’).
moderate sex references
Classified Date:
29/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

MORE THAN A MARRIED COUPLE, BUT NOT LOVERS is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, Akari changes into her pyjamas right in front of Jiro and Shiori visits him when he is ill.

sex
There are moderate sex references, such as focus on a young woman's large cleavage and disparaging reference to a youth as a "little virgin."
additional issues
There is also mild bad language ('crap', 'dork', 'dammit').
moderate sex references
Classified Date:
29/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

MORE THAN A MARRIED COUPLE, BUT NOT LOVERS is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, Jiro inspires Akari to give Minami a home cooked bento.

sex
There are frequent moderate sex references and innuendo including mentions of virginity and sexual fantasies. A woman straddles a man and starts to underdress but no sexual activity takes place. There is a focus on women's physical attributes.
additional issues
Mild bad language ('crap', 'piss', 'frigging') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'hell'.
infrequent strong sex references
Classified Date:
29/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

MORE THAN A MARRIED COUPLE, BUT NOT LOVERS is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, gossip spreads after Sadaharu thinks he sees Akari and Minami kissing.

sex
There is a strong visual reference to oral sex as a male character observes his female classmate sucking a lolly. The episode also features moderate verbal sex references and innuendo, for example references to erections and to characters being virgins. There is some focus on female characters' physical attributes.
additional issues
Other issues include mild fantasy violence and bad language, including uses of 'crap', 'freaking', 'shiz', 'screw', 'damn' and 'hell'.
sexual threat, strong sex references
Classified Date:
29/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

MORE THAN A MARRIED COUPLE, BUT NOT LOVERS is a Japanese animated series; in this episode Akari’s friends tease her about her interest in Jiro, while an encounter between Jiro and Shiori threatens to get out of control.

sex
A clothed teenage girl pushes her buttocks and breasts against a boy repeatedly as they sit together on a sofa. Characters make undetailed verbal references to virginity, penises, 'horniness', sexual arousal and attraction. The bodies of female characters are shown in a sexualised way, with close-ups on clothed breasts, buttocks and cleavage.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A teenage girl protests when a boy continues to touch her face and lie on top of her when she has asked him to stop. He continues to make sexual advances on her before being interrupted by a nosebleed. A teenage boy imagines being threatened with castration by a girl.
additional issues
There is moderate bad language ('bitch') as well as milder terms which include 'shit', 'crap, 'piss', 'fricking' and 'hell'. A character has a nosebleed, resulting in a small amount of blood. A man is strangled with a neck tie in a fantasy sequence.
moderate sex references
Classified Date:
29/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

MORE THAN A MARRIED COUPLE, BUT NOT LOVERS is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, Jiro tries to figure out why Akari has started using his last name.

sex
There are moderate sex references, such as focus on a young woman's substantial cleavage and her upper thighs and a woman remarking to a youth "Did you let her make you a man?".
additional issues
There is also mild bad language ('crap', 'screw').
implied strong language, moderate sex references
Classified Date:
29/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

MORE THAN A MARRIED COUPLE, BUT NOT LOVERS is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, Akari's friends suggest the firework festival as a good opportunity for her to clarify her feelings about Jiro and Minami.

language
There is infrequent implied strong language ('mofo'). There is also mild language ('crap', 'ass').
sex
There are moderate sex references, such as focus on a young woman's bra-clad cleavage and references to a youth as a 'perv' and 'virgin dweeb'.
strong sex references
Classified Date:
29/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

MORE THAN A MARRIED COUPLE, BUT NOT LOVERS is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, Akari catches Jiro naked in the bath.

nudity
There is a rear view of a seated naked woman, showing partial breast and buttock nudity. Other sex references include focus on a young woman's huge and wobbling cleavage and a moment of sexual temptation illustrated by sight of sperm swimming up the screen.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('crap', 'piss').
strong sex references
Classified Date:
29/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

MORE THAN A MARRIED COUPLE, BUT NOT LOVERS is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, the students get summer jobs, Akari shows Jiro something exciting and Shiori tries to tell Jiro how she feels.

sex
There is titillatory focus on a young woman's large and wobbling cleavage. There is an innuendo-laden conversation in which a young man and woman discuss making a sundae.
additional issues
There is also mild bad language ('crap', 'jerk'', 'hell', 'God').
strong sex references, nudity
Classified Date:
30/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

MORE THAN A MARRIED COUPLE, BUT NOT LOVERS is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, Akari and Jiro spend time at the beach.

sex
As well as sexualised focus on the physical attributes of female characters, such as enlarged breast movements and close-ups of a young woman's crotch in a bikini, there are innuendo-laden conversations between a couple.
nudity
There is sexualised female breast and buttock nudity.
additional issues
Bad language is mild ('crap', 'tits', 'ass', 'piss', 'freaking'), and is accompanied by other milder terms ('screw', 'hell', 'jerk' and 'damn'). A young woman is grabbed in a scene of sexual harassment, but this situation ends reassuringly.
moderate sex, sex references
Classified Date:
29/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

MORE THAN A MARRIED COUPLE, BUT NOT LOVERS is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, Shiori reveals her true feelings for Jiro.

sex
A brief flashback scene depicts characters having sex. This is accompanied by partial female breast nudity and lacks detail. Comic verbal references are made to foreplay and intercourse. There is sexualised focus on female characters' physical attributes, including a close up on a woman's cleavage.
additional issues
Mild bad language ('frigging', 'crap') occurs, as well as very mild bad language ('screw up', 'jerk', 'hell').
moderate sex references
Classified Date:
30/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

MORE THAN A MARRIED COUPLE, BUT NOT LOVERS is a Japanese animated series; in this episode, as Jiro continues to wrestle with his feelings, he unexpectedly crosses path with Shiori at a bookshop.

sex
The clothed bodies of female characters are presented in a moderately sexualised way. There are references to sexual intercourse. A man fears someone thinks of him as 'a perv' and characters make fleeting references to virginity and 'hanky panky'.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('piss', 'crap') as well as milder terms which include 'freaking' and 'hell'.
Please note: each rating can only be used for the distribution method listed in the Use column. For more information on each Use click here.
Classified Date:
29/08/2023
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Crunchyroll Limited
Classified date29/08/2023
LanguageEnglish
sex
Moderate sex references include comic comments about virginity, ‘Incels’ and the breast sizes of characters in videogames. There is also occasional focus on the physical attributes of female characters.
additional issues
There is mild and very mild bad language (‘crap’ ‘asshole’, ‘shit’, ‘piss’, ‘frigging’, ‘butt’, ‘freaking’, ‘damn’ and ‘hell’).
moderate sex references
Classified Date:
30/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
The clothed bodies of female characters are presented in a moderately sexualised way. There are references to sexual intercourse. A man fears someone thinks of him as 'a perv' and characters make fleeting references to virginity and 'hanky panky'.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('piss', 'crap') as well as milder terms which include 'freaking' and 'hell'.
strong sex references, nudity
Classified Date:
30/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
As well as sexualised focus on the physical attributes of female characters, such as enlarged breast movements and close-ups of a young woman's crotch in a bikini, there are innuendo-laden conversations between a couple.
nudity
There is sexualised female breast and buttock nudity.
additional issues
Bad language is mild ('crap', 'tits', 'ass', 'piss', 'freaking'), and is accompanied by other milder terms ('screw', 'hell', 'jerk' and 'damn'). A young woman is grabbed in a scene of sexual harassment, but this situation ends reassuringly.
moderate sex, sex references
Classified Date:
29/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
A brief flashback scene depicts characters having sex. This is accompanied by partial female breast nudity and lacks detail. Comic verbal references are made to foreplay and intercourse. There is sexualised focus on female characters' physical attributes, including a close up on a woman's cleavage.
additional issues
Mild bad language ('frigging', 'crap') occurs, as well as very mild bad language ('screw up', 'jerk', 'hell').
strong sex references
Classified Date:
29/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There is titillatory focus on a young woman's large and wobbling cleavage. There is an innuendo-laden conversation in which a young man and woman discuss making a sundae.
additional issues
There is also mild bad language ('crap', 'jerk'', 'hell', 'God').
strong sex references
Classified Date:
29/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
nudity
There is a rear view of a seated naked woman, showing partial breast and buttock nudity. Other sex references include focus on a young woman's huge and wobbling cleavage and a moment of sexual temptation illustrated by sight of sperm swimming up the screen.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('crap', 'piss').
implied strong language, moderate sex references
Classified Date:
29/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is infrequent implied strong language ('mofo'). There is also mild language ('crap', 'ass').
sex
There are moderate sex references, such as focus on a young woman's bra-clad cleavage and references to a youth as a 'perv' and 'virgin dweeb'.
moderate sex references
Classified Date:
29/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There are moderate sex references, such as focus on a young woman's substantial cleavage and her upper thighs and a woman remarking to a youth "Did you let her make you a man?".
additional issues
There is also mild bad language ('crap', 'screw').
sexual threat, strong sex references
Classified Date:
29/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
A clothed teenage girl pushes her buttocks and breasts against a boy repeatedly as they sit together on a sofa. Characters make undetailed verbal references to virginity, penises, 'horniness', sexual arousal and attraction. The bodies of female characters are shown in a sexualised way, with close-ups on clothed breasts, buttocks and cleavage.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A teenage girl protests when a boy continues to touch her face and lie on top of her when she has asked him to stop. He continues to make sexual advances on her before being interrupted by a nosebleed. A teenage boy imagines being threatened with castration by a girl.
additional issues
There is moderate bad language ('bitch') as well as milder terms which include 'shit', 'crap, 'piss', 'fricking' and 'hell'. A character has a nosebleed, resulting in a small amount of blood. A man is strangled with a neck tie in a fantasy sequence.
infrequent strong sex references
Classified Date:
29/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There is a strong visual reference to oral sex as a male character observes his female classmate sucking a lolly. The episode also features moderate verbal sex references and innuendo, for example references to erections and to characters being virgins. There is some focus on female characters' physical attributes.
additional issues
Other issues include mild fantasy violence and bad language, including uses of 'crap', 'freaking', 'shiz', 'screw', 'damn' and 'hell'.
moderate sex references
Classified Date:
29/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There are frequent moderate sex references and innuendo including mentions of virginity and sexual fantasies. A woman straddles a man and starts to underdress but no sexual activity takes place. There is a focus on women's physical attributes.
additional issues
Mild bad language ('crap', 'piss', 'frigging') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'hell'.
moderate sex references
Classified Date:
29/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There are moderate sex references, such as focus on a young woman's large cleavage and disparaging reference to a youth as a "little virgin."
additional issues
There is also mild bad language ('crap', 'dork', 'dammit').
moderate sex references
Classified Date:
29/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
Moderate sex references include comic comments about virginity, ‘Incels’ and the breast sizes of characters in videogames. There is also occasional focus on the physical attributes of female characters.
additional issues
There is mild and very mild bad language (‘crap’ ‘asshole’, ‘shit’, ‘piss’, ‘frigging’, ‘butt’, ‘freaking’, ‘damn’ and ‘hell’).
Director(s)Junichi Yamamoto
Production year2022
Genre(s)Animation, Comedy, Romance
Approx. running minutes24m
CastLindsay Sheppard, Ben Balmaceda, Macy Anne Johnson
Classified Date:
29/08/2023
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Crunchyroll Limited
Classified date29/08/2023
LanguageEnglish