I Want to End this Love Game cover art

Anime Like I Want to End this Love Game

Aishiteru Game wo Owarasetai
愛してるゲームを終わらせたい
Felix Film · 2026 · 12 eps · 24 min/ep · Manga · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
AniList 75/100 · MAL 7.28/10 · Ranked #3,172 · 73,320 members
ComedyRomanceSlice of Life
// WHY IT HITS

Two people have been saying "I love you" to each other as a game for six years. Neither one knows the other actually means it. Every episode shrinks the distance between them while they both stay frozen, convinced they'll lose if they move first. The comedy comes from watching two people torture themselves with words they're terrified to actually mean. By the end, you stop laughing at the game and start aching for them to break it.

SYNOPSIS

Yukiya and Miku have been inseparable since childhood, but there's one thing they've never managed to be honest about: each other. Years ago, they turned their feelings into a game. Every so often, one of them declares "I love you" out loud, and whoever blushes or breaks composure first loses. It's a clever way to hide what they actually mean. Now in high school, the game has become routine. Almost comfortable. Except their hearts aren't playing by the rules anymore. Every confession hits harder than the last. Every laugh shared feels weighted with something unspoken. The real question isn't who wins the game anymore,it's whether either of them has the guts to stop playing it. What starts as comedy between two people who know each other completely becomes something tender and uncertain. This is about two people terrified that naming their feelings out loud might change everything, when staying silent already has.

TAGS

HeterosexualFemale ProtagonistMale ProtagonistTsunderePrimarily Teen CastComing of AgeShounenCGISchoolVideo Games
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