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    Kanojo, Okarishimasu



    aka Rent-A-Girlfriend, Rental Girlfriend etc.


    Dumped by his girlfriend, emotionally shattered college student Kazuya Kinoshita attempts to appease the void in his heart through a rental girlfriend from a mobile app. At first, Chizuru Mizuhara seems to be the perfect girl with everything he could possibly ask for: great looks and a cute, caring personality. (1st ep spoilers following)

    Upon seeing mixed opinions on her profile after their first date, and still tormented by his previous relationship, Kazuya believes that Chizuru is just playing around with the hearts of men and leaves her a negative rating. Angry at her client's disrespect towards her, Chizuru reveals her true nature: sassy and temperamental, the complete opposite of Kazuya's first impression. At that very moment, Kazuya receives news of his grandmother's collapse and is forced to bring Chizuru along with him to the hospital.

    Although it turns out to be nothing serious, his grandmother is ecstatic that Kazuya has finally found a serious girlfriend, which had always been her wish. Unable to tell her the truth, Kazuya and Chizuru are forced into a fake relationship—acting as if they are truly lovers.



    Ep 1-3 is out.

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    Chizuru seems kind.

    MC is pathetic.

    Mami is such a bitch, so much that she somehow is even less likable than the MC.

    The perfect girlfriend acts are the best parts of this show.

    If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~

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    Honestly, the premise of the anime is too cringe, and I expect nothing but blue-balling and an unrealistic "and then she fell in love with him FOR REALZ!!1"

    Gotta keep you alone her, buff, sorry

    "She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court

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    Well, I'm obviously watching it, since I've been reading the manga since it started, and while this series gets a lot of shit, and I mean a LOT of shit, it's better than most people give it credit for. Some of it is deserved.

    What this series excels at is realism. Primarily in its characters. The situations are at times contrived, but also, this is Japan, not the rest of the world. Compensated Dating has been a thing for a LONG time. They have Rental Families. So a lot of this stuff does have basis in fact.

    Kazuya? He's a beta male. No denying it, and he even admits it in the first episode, and a good chunk of the second. He's one of those guys who in general is a loser, but has a few shining examples of being kinda cool. A lot of readers can't stand the guy, and that's okay. He's normal. He's not a bishonen, he's not an isekai uplifted loser, he's not a hidden badass. He's a normal guy. That's probably why so many readers/viewers fucking hate him. There's no escapism here.

    Chizuru? She's a blissfully two-faced rare gem herself. She's exactly the type of woman you see every day. Nice, pleasant, charming, and underneath she's someone very different. She's meaner, harsher, not submissive in any way. She clearly has a fairly strong and independent streak. She's the antithesis of the typical Japanese dating realm, except when she's on a rental job, where she's aced the act already (meek, demure, caring #1).

    Mami...well, she's pretty obviously the antagonist. She's not supposed to be likeable. You know women like this. They wouldn't care one bit about a particular man unless someone else has him. Then she turns on the act. Until she's captured them. After that, toss em aside, and keep them wrapped around her finger, trying to drive off any other women who might want her territory. She doesn't want Kazuya. She just wants him to only want her.

    All of the character archetypes in this series exist in the real world, and they are fairly well portrayed here, with way more depth than many of the manga readers would ever give the series credit for. And the casting, is fucking perfect. Kazuya is way less punchable here.

    One thing that this series sucks at in the manga is progression. The manga is slow. But the anime isn't. They're jumping through the chapters, partway through Ch 6 by the end of episode 2.

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    I can stand Kazuya's dirty talk and oogling behavior, but dragging Chizuru into parties and grandma meetings pissed me off. I'm sure we wouldn't have a story if it wasn't for that, but that sort of this that Chizuru has to put up with is quite unacceptable to me.

    If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~

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    As a reminder, Chizuru knew he had more time left, commented on it as he fled the aquarium, and followed him to his grandma.

    Her own professional pride started all of their current entanglement. A lot of people overlook that detail. She also could have turned around once she knew exactly which hospital they were headed for. She could have left when he ran off, or any time along the way.

    She even rationalized it as a number of clients have her meet with their families.

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    Ah right. 1st meeting is exempt then.

    If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~

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    It's one of the shows I watch this season, so far it's pretty cool.

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    episode 3:


    I'm not good with twatter or whatever they are using on that phone.
    Who is his ex writing too? Is it some kind of diary - or is she writing MC but MC doesn't get the messages because she blocked him or something? I can't make out anything on that screen.

    The name she writes to, reads out as the same word japanese people use to say when subs translate it as "what a pain". So I'm thinking like it's a nickname she gave MC in her contact list. There is this "locked" symbol too.

    Can someone help out?

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    It's almost certainly LINE. Both it and twitter use @[username], and I think the manga called it twitter due to the translation, but the interface here is definitely more like LINE's.

    I think it has open chatrooms or blog-ish spaces in Japan. Or she's posting to whatever group chat she's found a place to bitch. Filled with other sympathetic and evil toxic people. She was almost definitely using the same room/groupchat the entire time she's been dating Kazuya, and probably even before that.
    I doubt any of them know who she is in person.

    Or she's full on crazy and sending messages to herself or empty space.

    The degree her emotional manipulation goes this episode is beyond revolting.


    FYI, and very minor spoiler: [Her contacts list has Kazuya listed as "The Virgin"]
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    Interesting how despite Kazuya being completely fooled by Mami into thinking she's a nice girl, that he knows how she'll be dissing him completely if he exposes Chizuru's rental status.

    In my mind I'm giving Kazuya a lot of shit, but at the same time I've actually realised this episode that Chizuru really is still rental status to him, and all of Mami's "true self" scenes were behind his back. He's really go no away to know she's a bitch.

    The one thing he CAN control, and I still blame him for, is how impulsive he is with his lying and quickness to impress by pulling shit out of his ass.

    If there ends up being a scene where Mami gets brought to Grandma who then tears her facade down after a brief interaction, I'd be looking forward to it.

    If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~

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    Episode 04

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    "Kazu-chin, you ain't meant to let your dick dictate your love life."

    No truer words have ever been spoken in this show. As off-the-mark Kibe is about the entire thing, his insight into Kazuya as a person, friendship towards him and recognising that Mami bad blood for Kazuya is such a relief to see in a show where the MC is confused and spinless, the girlfriend is regretfully rental and the antagonist is a possessive toxic THOT.

    His words breaking Mami's facade even for just an unnoticed moment was a relief. Someone caught onto her. As for his speech about Kazuya.. someone give him a beer.

    He talked about Kazuya having idiotic optimism, but this guy is this episode's optimism.

    If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~

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    Why does Japan not understand, that this show would have been 3 times better with a "normal" MC that doesn't start crying because of selfpitty all the time.

    I really wonder why? Does the editor say something to the mangaka like "You know, this scene would be better if we make MC a whimp"
    They even went so far and do the "crying boy/girl hand/arm in front of your eyes/face while running away"-pose. Who does that in real life? It's normaly used by comedy shows in anime and nearly never meant seriously.

    I can live with looking at it... but I just don't understand the mindset? Who thinks it's cool/good/natural to have a wimpy MC that is so "close to water" all the time? The average guy can't possibly be *this* bad off to be able to self insert, can he?

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    Quote Originally Posted by KrayZ33 View Post
    The average guy can't possibly be *this* bad off to be able to self insert, can he?
    False. That's the entire reason this type of show exist.
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    Quote Originally Posted by shinta|hikari View Post
    False. That's the entire reason this type of show exist.
    Really? I'm not even talking about being a wimp or not being good around girls. I'm talking about people crying and hugging their legs in front of a girl they like, because of mere self-pity with basically no trauma attached to it other than getting dumped by a girl he has known for *1* month.

    I'm a total wimp myself and probably just as bad around girls and wouldn't notice a flirt when my life depended on it, but damn.

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    I know it is hard to believe, but you have to trust the economics of it. Why would a show like this get animated if they didn't have a target audience?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Krazy33
    I'm a total wimp myself and probably just as bad around girls and wouldn't notice a flirt when my life depended on it, but damn.
    I notice what I think is a flirt, but then I'll go "wait, what if I'm wrong.. let's not jump to conclusions.. maybe it's just me wanting to be desired."

    If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~

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    Quote Originally Posted by shinta|hikari View Post
    I know it is hard to believe, but you have to trust the economics of it. Why would a show like this get animated if they didn't have a target audience?
    Because it has cute girls/college students in it who wear stylish clothes - which is why I'm watching it too, but I could do without MCs "problems".

    edit: what I'm saying is, the premise of this show is that MC can't get a girlfriend and finds love while doing this rental stuff out of spite etc. yada yada. So sure thing, MC is going to be a bit of an introvert, but I doubt the people who are like that in real life would act like he does in front of a potential romance, especially when he actually doesn't even want to be that way.
    Like, he would look away awkwardly, everyone is probably able to tell that he feels sad whenever he thinks about his ex-girlfriend and doesn't value himself as much due to what has happened. But that is a completely different level, especially since, as mentioned, the reason is so "small". It doesn't look like he suffered a life of solitude, he has friends (good friends) who seem rather normal guessing by what has happened in the last episode.

    When you look at the first two episodes, where MC even gets angry about being "played" by the rental-girlfriend, you get a completely different picture about him too. It's just weird when he goes into complete shutdown-mode like that
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    You just reminded me that they're college students and not highschool (or middle school).

    That makes the MC's ineptitude worse.

    If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buffalobiian View Post
    You just reminded me that they're college students and not highschool (or middle school).

    That makes the MC's ineptitude worse.
    I know right?
    It's just not portraying a college student in my book, so I can't even say to whom his character design caters to.
    If high schoolers or middle schoolers want to self insert, they'd probably go for a high-school anime, wouldn't they?

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    The setting mandates college I guess.

    You probably can't be a rental girlfriend while still in school, and having a school boy rent a college girlfriend would have a strange seniority aspect that wouldn't help the story.

    If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~

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