Should you watch Rent-a-Girlfriend?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.

Rent-a-Girlfriend
Anime · 2020
Kinoshita Kazuya is a 20-year-old failure of a college student. He managed to kiss his girlfriend once, but was dumped after a month. Completely spiteful, Kazuya uses a certain method to date a girl. He goes to their meeting place and a beautiful girl brushing her long, black hair behind her ear was there, smiling at him. Her name was Mizuhara Chizuru. Something real is born after just a single rental! A reckless rom-com filled with love and excitement is about to begin!
The sides of Rent-a-Girlfriend
- A college student who rents a girlfriend by the hour
- A lie told to his grandmother
- A fake couple that keeps going
Rent-a-Girlfriend is good for you if…
- you like a fake couple that slowly stops pretending.
- you like secondhand embarrassment as a comic engine.
- you want a light rom-com with low stakes.
Rent-a-Girlfriend is bad for you if…
- you don't watch anime.
- you won't read subtitles for a whole season.
- you need a relationship that moves. The arrangement stays about where it started.
About: loneliness · self-esteem · love
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