Rent-a-Girlfriend is a rom-com manga and anime that slowly reveals itself to be a heartbreaking read and watch.
The show's artstyle is clean and the plot is decent (update not decent it's repetitive 80% of the plot his Kazuya fawning over the girls), but I can't give this a pass because the girls are cute. It's mediocre .
In an incredibly poignant moment, Kazuya's words come from the deepest level of his heart as he tells Chizuru she is the only one he wants to be with. She just stands there, stunned -- until Kazuya loses his nerve and amends his words by saying he meant that she's special as a rental girlfriend.
After being dumped by his girlfriend, a college student enlists a dating service to "rent" a girlfriend who, unbeknownst to him, happens to be both a fellow student and his neighbor.
The Rent-a-Girlfriend love triangle doesn't quite make fans ask who will get the guy like other series do. It seems readily obvious that the two main characters, Kazuya and Chizuru, will end up together. Ruka doesn't really have a reason to be with him besides how he makes her heart race.
Kazuya's Harem Gets More Crowded for Season 3 of Rent-a-Girlfriend.
Type of Villain
Mami Nanami is the main antagonist of the 2017 romantic comedy manga Rent-A-Girlfriend and its 2020 anime adaptation. She is a student of Nerima University and the ex-girlfriend of Kazuya Kinoshita whom she dumped in favor of dating someone 'new', thus setting off the some events through the series.
English. Chizuru Ichinose ( 一 いち ノ 瀬 せ ちづる, Ichinose Chizuru?), alternatively known as Chizuru Mizuhara ( 水 みず 原 はら 千 ち 鶴 づる , Mizuhara Chizuru?) in her "rental girlfriend" persona, is the main female protagonist of the Kanojo, Okarishimasu series.
The first season aired from July 11 to September 26, 2020, on the Super Animeism programming block on MBS and other networks. The second season aired from July 2 to September 17, 2022. A third season is set to premiere on July 8, 2023.
The way the characters talk and handle situations later on in the series makes it feel much more targeted towards adults. Many manga readers note that the way the characters speak in the mangaise different from anime.
Genuinely touched by Kazuya's effort to save her life, Chizuru decides to continue being his rental girlfriend for as long as he needs.
Rent-A-Girlfriend is an anime series adapted from the manga series of the same title written by Reiji Miyajima. The second season featured returning staff and casts, with Studio Comet cooperating in the production. The season aired from July 2 to September 17, 2022.
Kazuya's act of "renting a girlfriend" and paying for a fake romance may seem absurd, but this aspect of the anime is firmly rooted in reality. In Japan, "rent-a-person" services are fairly popular and, more than that, actually serve a public good.
English. Kazuya Kinoshita ( 木 き ノ 下 した 和 かず 也 や , Kinoshita Kazuya?) is the main male protagonist of the Kanojo, Okarishimasu series.
The first compiled book of Rent A (Really Shy!) Girlfriend was published in September 2020. After that, the second compiled book volume of the manga was published back in February 2021, and now the third volume is set for publication in May 2022.
Following up the first season in 2020 and the second season in 2022, the highly-anticipated third season of the Rent-a-Girlfriend TV anime is set to premiere in Japan on July 7, 2023, and stream on Crunchyroll as it airs.
The romance in Rent-a-Girlfriend is terribly toxic but not the way you expect. I'm at chapter 121 and I noticed a really weird and irritating dynamic in this manga. The first example that comes to my mind is him booking her for weeks to fund her dreams.
Then there's Kazuya Kinoshita from Rent-A-Girlfriend.
She breaks up with Kazuya after a month saying she likes someone else. This is often a strategy people use to break up with each other when they feel uncomfortable in doing something.
The scene begins in the final moments of Episode 9 with Kazuya leaving to use the bathroom, and continues as the first scene in Episode 10. As Kazuya enters the next room and heads towards the bathroom, Ruka Sarashina waits there emotionless and grabs him by the tie, initiating the one-minute-long kissing scene.
Chizuru, who was quiet the whole time just listening to everything, finally moves and kisses Kazuya!
The last moments of Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 2's premiere showcase why protagonist Kazuya Kinoshita is the perfect romantic love choice for Ichinose Chizuru. Moments after Chizuru's tragic loss of a potential dream career opportunity, she meets up with Kazuya and they share an important bonding moment.