“The art style really gave me a different feeling, and the story is quite funny. When I’m unhappy, reading it instantly makes me laugh. The author didn‘t just want to write a romance — she wanted to write two lives intertwining and influencing each other.”
— Reader

“I followed this comic for a very long time. I watched Bai Hu and Qin Lan slowly figure things out through university life, watched them grow up. Even after it ended, it remains a constant favorite I keep coming back to.”
— Reader

“The art is extremely delicate and clean. Zi Wu A captures the characters’ facial lines and expressions in a captivating way. The whole story is filled with the youthful push-and-pull between a gentle youth and a mature personality.”
— Comic critic

“A story that witnesses the protagonists‘ growth — from mutual misunderstanding and tension to finally expressing their feelings. I ship them so hard.”
— Reader

★ 12.636 billion popularity points on Kuaikan Comics, 3.23 million followers, 1.94 million comments. Completed. Simplified Chinese print edition published up to Vol. 3. Traditional Chinese rights licensed.
★ Author Zi Wu A was named one of Dangdang Book Festival‘s “Influential Original Comic Artists” for two consecutive years. Her previous work “Classmate Relationship?” was reprinted multiple times after its print release and ranked among Dangdang’s annual bestselling comics.
★ Bai Hu, a cool elite young master; Qin Lan, a rebellious motorcycle-riding bassist. They clashed in high school, reunite in university, and become neighbors who see each other every day. “I hate you the most.” — Famous last words. From fierce rivalry to mutual pursuit: a story about finding the right distance through misunderstanding and collision.
★ The comparable title “Given” has sold over 4.5 million copies in Japan, Europe, and the US, proving that BL manga with “modern school life + music + healing relationships” has a mature international readership. “Not Friends” differentiates itself with a high-tension “rivals to lovers” opening and a psychological realism of moving from misunderstanding to understanding.

Bai Hu is the elite young master everyone sees. Rigorous, restrained, meticulous — his life is planned out down to the smallest detail. Qin Lan is the rebellious youth everyone sees. Motorcycle, bass, unrestrained — he carries an unapologetic rule-breaking attitude wherever he goes.

In high school, a deep misunderstanding made them enemies, clashing at every turn. Bai Hu thought he would never cross paths with this person again.

Then university began.

Qin Lan became his neighbor. The kind you see every single day.

From forced coexistence to active probing, from old grudges to new understanding — Bai Hu discovers that beneath Qin Lan’s flamboyant exterior lies a side he never knew. Qin Lan also discovers that beneath Bai Hu‘s “cool” surface is someone more sensitive and delicate than anyone. One snowy day, Qin Lan protects Bai Hu by abandoning his own friends and enduring the cold alone, falling ill with a fever. For the first time, Bai Hu realizes he doesn’t want to stay passively in place anymore.

From “I hate you the most” to “That day you walked into my life,” the two spend an entire university career learning how to face each other. This is not a “more than friends, less than lovers” story. It is a story about “not friends” — not friends, yet closer than friends; not enemies, yet once farther than enemies.

Zi Wu A is a contracted author on Kuaikan Comics, a comic artist and illustrator specializing in youth campus stories. She is loved by many fans for her fresh, delicate art style and nuanced psychological portrayal, and was named one of Dangdang Book Festival‘s “Influential Original Comic Artists” for two consecutive years.
Her major works include “Classmate Relationship?” and “Not Friends.” “Classmate Relationship?” began serialization in 2015 and has been published in a complete 6-volume print edition by World Knowledge Publishing House and other institutions. It was reprinted multiple times after release, ranked among Dangdang’s annual bestselling comics, and each signing event drew over 500 fans.