February means another round of Bad Romance manga here at the Manga Test Drive, and it's only fitting to start with a romance that begins with a demand for divorce.
TO SIR, WITHOUT LOVE: I'M DIVORCING YOU (Haikei Mishiranu Danna-sama, Rikonshite Itdakimasu), based on the light novels by Kori Hisakawa and character designs by Airumu, with art by Iroto Tsumugi. First published in 2023 and first published in North America in 2025.
PLOT:
The last thing Byletta wanted was marriage. Unfortunately she does not get a choice in the matter, as her father has married her off to a promising military officer named Arnald Swangen. No sooner is she brought to her husband's household than he departs for war. That's no problem for Byletta, as it gives her plenty of time to focus on setting up her own dress shop, winning over her younger sister-in-law, and reforming her drunken, wayward father-in-law. In return she has only one condition: when the war ends, she wants a divorce.
Eight years later, the war is over and the first letter Arnald receives is Byletta's divorce ultimatum. He has no desire to let her go and she has no desire to stay, so the two make a wager: he will grant her a divorce...if he cannot manage to impregnate her within a month's time.
