Kanojo, Okarishimasu

If there’s one anime character this year that I want to punch, one character that I want to throw off a bridge, or one character that I simply want to say ‘you’re pathetic’ to their face, it would be Kazuya Kinoshita.

Imagine living in your neighborhood and all of a certain, there’s a hot girl living right next door to you. What’s the first thing you’d say to her? For Kazuya, his first conversation with Chizuru Mizuhara doesn’t exactly go his way. He’s far from an alpha male and his social experience is far from his set of skills. In fact, his girlfriend Mami even dumped ... him from the very first episode. Not more than 10 minutes into the show, Kazuya is single again and he got so desperate that he decided to rent a girlfriend. Talk about being pathetic.

You’re probably asking yourself if Kazuya is worth the time watching at all judging from the first few minutes of the very first episode. If you want to save the time, do yourself a favor and drop the anime altogether. If you’re a curious animal, then Kanojo, Okarishimasu will offer the type of guilty pleasure experience of following the life of Kazuya. It doesn’t take a genius to see that he is a thirsty guy. Even his friends falls into this category with their daydream fantasies. Unfortunately, Kazuya is the biggest culprit of being a pervert. It seems the show can’t go on without a single episode of him dreaming up some perverted fantasy, whether it’s between him or other individuals with some pretty girl. Oh and Kazuya represents the insecurity of a manchild. I could say this more than once because throughout the show, he suffers from a deep inferiority complex. When comparing himself to the girls, they seem way out of his league. He is so insecure that he had to resort to blackmail to impress his friends and grandmother.

Now, watching Mizuhara is a different story. She’s the complete opposite of Kazuya, or at least on the surface. Representing the perfect female role model, she’s beautiful, intelligent, and polite with great manners. But that’s just the tip of iceberg. Deep down, Mizuhara is shown to be a short tempered girl who seems to also be insecure about her own life. I’m not going to lie, seeing Mizuhara’s 180 degree personality change is satisfying. The words she says to Kazuya’s face after her broken façade is exactly what I’d say to him. Their relationship throughout the show is built on lies. It gets to the point where they resort to lying to their families in order to make them happy. In reality, it’s easy to see why since they made their choices. But how long can it go on? Will they take these lies to their graves?

Storytelling also seems to coincide with fate. Kazuya’s meeting with Mizuhara is just one example but later on, he also encounters Ruka, another rental girlfriend. This brings up complicated manners when she decides to be Kazuya’s girlfriend. She even knows the truth about Mizuhara being a fake and it complicates the story altogether. Kazuya himself realizes the hole he dug himself into and has little choice than to comply with Ruka’s wishes. The irony here is that Kazuya himself gets blackmailed after he blackmailed Mizuhara. Kazuya and Chizuru’s relationship also gets more complicated as it takes on a toll for both characters. At first, it’s somewhat easy to feel sympathetic for either of them. But in truth, there should be no pity. They made their choices on their own. No one really forced them to be in a fake relationship. They chose to make their decisions and the consequences of their actions is their own responsibility. That’s some real life drama that can be applied to any relationship. Only here, it just makes both characters look weak and vulnerable.

It’s rather comedic the show is tagged with romance. Of course, the catch is that the romance in this anime is fake built on deception since the first episode. Most characters don’t realize this between Kazuya and Chizuru. Ruka’s entry into the story also adds herself as a rival. Mami, Kazuya’s ex-girlfriend, also shows that she is more manipulative than meets the eye. As such, the series injects many scenes of misunderstandings. Some of these are close calls where Kazuya and Chizuru’s secret almost ends being exposed to public. It’s beyond pathetic to watch some of these scenes although such circumstances naturally fits with this anime’s themes. Still, I do want to admire the show’s integrity to keep up with its main premise. Kazuya and Chizuru represents how two very different individuals manage to come together. They are so different that they’re almost like different species. I’m not going to lie, watching this pair’s strange character chemistry sometimes can be mildly entertaining. And if anything else, Kazuya sometimes makes me laugh unintentionally for just being Kazuya.

Despite the show’s degenerate cast of characters, the artwork style is vibrant with energy. Almost every female character makes the male population turn their heads with their beauty. Mizuhara is the biggest example as she represents the iconic girlfriend, someone who you’d want to show off like a trophy wife. With a slim figure, lavish long hair, and charming smile, Mizuhara serves as the poster girl of the show. Similarly, Mami, Ruka, and Sumi all have their own feminine characteristics that is easily alluring. But if we talk about Kazuya, he just looks like your average guy with his pathetic little smirk and endless fantasies. When applying to the voice acting, I also do applaud Mizuhara’s VA during her personality changes. It’s not always easy to play a character this way but it is convincing. And if we talk about Mami, then she represents the bitch you won’t know what hit you before it’s too late.

If every relationship was built on a lie like Kazuya and Mizuhara, then we would be living in a world of illusions. I hope that’s not the case for you if you’re in a relationship. Fake relationships almost always have its consequences and this anime shows why. Discarding the real life comparisons, this anime itself is one that’s is deceptive to the core. Romance? Forget that because we’re not getting a real storyteller. Every episode makes me despise the main protagonist and he doesn’t get any better. If anything else, this anime taught me not to be like Kazuya.

Look, I like a lot stuff that most people would consider trash. Some of the many 10s I've given out have gone to series that most of MAL, reddit and the rest of the anime community brushed off as bad. I'm easy to please. So when something doesn't please me, it's gotta be subterranean level garbage. That's what KanoKari is. At least in this first season, I've not read the manga so I can't comment on the MC's eventual development blah blah. What I can comment on is the absolute dumpster fire of a first season that this show got. The only. And I mean ... ONLY redeemable quality of this show is the waifus. I love all of the girls except Chizuru and they carry the show for me.

On its own, the concept of renting a girlfriend due to not being able to get one on your own is actually a pretty cool idea for a manga/anime. The idea of the show is not the issue. It's the execution. You have Kazuya, a 20 year old degenerate who is not only a loser by real life standards, he's a real life loser. I mean at least most harem portags are pretty cool and people you could imagine yourself hanging out with. This guy? I wouldn't go near him with a 10 foot pole. He's the most deplorable, scummy and downright trash MC I have seen in a long time. In one of the episodes he literally stalks Chizuru while she's on a date and people downplay it because of a cute moment at the end of the episode.

Again, I am told he gets better in the manga, but this review is for the first season, yes you heard that right, this garbage somehow got popular enough for a second season, of the anime. I honestly struggled to get through some episodes just because of how cringe scenarios and dialogue was. Despite these negatives, I did enjoy the character designs which I think are some of the best in anime, I did enjoy the girls(except mizuhara) and the series has some type of brightness to its aesthetic that sucks you in. I don't quite know how to explain it.

TL;DR This show is trash, but it's addictive trash and sucks you in. You will like the girls, hate the MC and probably rate it as a mediocre rom com. Still, I'd recommend giving it a go.

Kanokari gets 5 ribbon headbands out of 10.

Prostitution with an extra step.

Rent-a-girlfriend. An app that allows you to rent a girlfriend for a large fee. Mediocre humor with a bunch of thots. Nothing is worse than bad humor with cringe. I'm not sure if I can last all 12 episodes. It's not even good shit.

Story - 1/10
Slightly unique storyline. Obviously not the first time we've seen this. Throwing in more and more girls. Just a big mess. Basically becomes a harem show and it seems like all the girls fall in love with the main character.

Art - 7/10
The art looks really nice. It's well-drawn and well animated. Pretty cute. It ... has a distinct art style.

Sound - 7/10
I don't know about you but I enjoyed the intro. The intro is done by the peggies and I really like them. They have done intros and endings for other animes like Bunny-girl-senpai, Naruto next-gen, and Sarazanmai. The ending song is average.

Characters - 2/10
The number of bitches and thots are scary. None of the characters seem to have any sort of story to them. They throw in characters to 'spice it up'. The main character who all the girls fall in love with has no appealing points. He is just really really awkward. To sum it up it's horribly bland.

Enjoyment - 2/10
As I said before mediocre humor and cringe isn't my thing. Bad comedy is never good unless there are quality tits. I hated it and I will watch this anime with my brain turned off.

Overall - 2/10
Theres 2 types of trashy animes. Trash that's worth watching and Trash that's worth burning. This is trash worth burning to the ash so no one will ever see it. What is this bulls**t? Horrible trash. I enjoy listening to the intro than watching the whole anime. I don't recommend this to anyone.

This is a positive review on Kanojo, Okarishimasu. So if you wanted to watch it but were discouraged from some of the other reviews, this is for you,

So basically this is the first review I have put out there on MAL. Konojo, Okarishimasu has had my interest for a while, basically since it was announced. For the past episodes I have really enjoyed this anime. The main genre of anime that I watch is Romance Comedies so this is right down my ally. Every episode so far is enjoyable and the endings make me want to see what happens next.

When you decide to watch this ... or maybe not, its a pretty different plot from a bunch of other RomComs that I have seen which is what makes me like it so much. The main character is easily taken advantage of and you will see this and can be easily seen with watching just the first few episodes. This annoyed but in the end it will make the anime even better in my opinion

Story 9
Art 9
Sound 8
Character 9
Enjoyment 10
Overall 9

This show is very enjoyable and I would recommend it to anyone who loves RomComs.

Everyone really be out here hating on this show for its depiction of a hopelessly perverted protagonist and a morally questionable theme whereas I’m just over here enjoying the heck out of this cute yet cringy anime.

Rent-A-Girlfriend is the latest installation in the ever popular RomCom genre. Anime of this nature are often criticized for generally following similar structures and plot progression, so each individual one often comes with its own “quirky’” gimmick in an attempt to set itself apart from the crowd and draw in some intrigue. The one in this anime happens to revolve around rentable girlfriends. That’s right weebs of culture! ... No longer do you have to suffer through complicated emotions in a fruitless attempt to find true love. All you need to do is click a few buttons (and have enough money to pay her of course) and boom! Instant girlfriend for a day. And the bonus? She’s super cute and will have a perfect personality. Since, you know, she’s payed to be like that. This is the situation that protagonist Kazuya finds himself in after getting dumped by his first ever girlfriend and fapping away his sorrows. And it comes to the surprise of no one that Kazuya and his rental girlfriend Chizuru get caught up in an aWkWArD misunderstanding that causes them to fake a real relationship and lie to their friends and family while truly falling in love along the way…yeah, you get the picture.

So it’s no secret that asides from the gimmick, the narrative is pretty plain. The show goes just about as you’d expect. Kazuya and Chizuru have their share of awkward and funny moments. Other girls, Mami the masquerading home-wrecker and Ruka the eternally ignored short haired girl who’s super dedicated, come into the picture to add a little drama and humor. There’s also this girl named Sumi who makes an appearance in the second to last episode, which I thought was a weird decision to include her so late by the directors. Kazuya also has two friends and a grandma who surprisingly get involved in the narrative, which I liked.

What’s probably the most unique aspect of Rent-A-Girlfriend is the sheer amount of times that it made me cringe. It got so bad that I actually paused the show several times and had to tell myself that it’s just fiction, there’s no need to feel this way. But you know what’s funny? I actually liked this approach. It was clearly intentional by the author and gave the show a little more flavor. I mean, I cared enough to actively facepalm and feel mild discomfort whenever Kazuya did something stupid (which was probably every episode), so that definitely has to be a positive, right?

The plot certainly isn’t the focal point of Rent-A-Girlfriend, but it’s solid enough to let the show’s most important aspect take the spotlight…the girlfriends.

Three of the four main girls in the show start off as rental girlfriends. Chizuru is the first, and she’s the type of girl who can easily change her personality to fit the mood. She’s also a pretty dependable person and provides good support to Kazuya. Some might say that she acts a little TOO nice to him considering the crap he pulls sometimes, but you gotta remember that the guy saved her life and simps for her like crazy with many a cash donation, so her behavior totally makes sense. Mami brings some nice early tension and drama before disappearing from the show entirely until the very end. Ruka ended up being my favorite character because of her great energy and personality. Too bad the short haired girls almost never win. And Sumi…is cute. Yeah, there’s not much else to say about her honestly.

Now one aspect of the show that might turn off viewers is the apparent glorification of the rental girlfriend industry. Each of the girls has a reason for entering the business, and the anime definitely portrays the profession as being beneficial to character development for both the girls and their clients. Now I’m sure people dislike such an industry, but I personally like to keep fiction and reality separate. I mean there’s tons of anime and other media that deal with far worse topics that have plagued society such as pedophilia and slavery. Yes, I’m vehemently against all of these practices, but to me, it’s just a show trying to be different, so I don’t care if the subject material might be a little controversial. I can understand being against it since it seems to glorify an unethical practice, but as long as it plays its role in the show well and contributes something of value to the narrative, I’m generally fine with whatever content is being displayed. And hey, if you just can’t make the separation, then that’s obviously fine too.

Aside from the whole buying a shallow substitute for an actual romantic partner ordeal, the most polarizing aspect of this show seems to be the protagonist himself. I’ve seen Kazuya get a lot of hate for being a mostly wimpy guy who sexually fantasizes about the cute girls in his life constantly. And you wanna know the worst part? Get ready…Kazuya faps! *totally shook* Wow, no wonder people hate him!

Yeah, people probably would deny this, but it just feels like Kazuya is hated for essentially acting like a typical horny dude would. He’s no OP anime hero and, while admittedly overblown in his cringyness (I mean he stalks Chizuru for an entire day at one point), generally acts like a regular guy. But wait, he occasionally has moments of heroism and selflessness befitting an anime protagonist that make girls fall for him, so I guess he’s not completely irredeemable! While far from great, I think he’s a fitting protagonist for this type of show and is an overall positive for the anime.

I mean, the show itself even knows that he’s trash and constantly pokes fun at him by writing things like “He is the problem.” Kazuya being this way is intentional and the anime utilizes his cringyness well.

Getting to the technical aspects of the show, the art is the highlight of the anime. Character designs are on point and the girls are equipped with cutely designed outfits. The cast is extremely expressive and the facial aesthetics really contribute to selling the comedy, romance, and awkwardness of numerous scenes. Even though they’re done by different studios, the art really reminds me of Nisekoi in terms of how characters are drawn when they go all blushy blush, and it’s great. Background visuals are pretty basic and I feel like fluidity could be better in that some scenes just look stiff, but overall the show is pretty good animation wise.

Let’s just take a moment to appreciate the great vocal cast. The studio really went out of their way to hire a collection of well known and established seiyuu to voice the four main girls. They all did a wonderful job and really enhanced their respective characters with their vocal performances. The music is fine, though did anyone else notice that one of the OSTs sounds like a remix of Chopin’s Funeral March at the beginning? Just me? Well, I thought it added an extra layer of irony by basically implying that Kazuya was digging his own grave in a lot of these instances due to the cringy situations he constantly found himself in. I also ended up really liking the episode 7 ending theme not just for the catchy tune but also for the clever visual portrayal of Ruka’s backstory. I thought this was an imaginative way to explain her past without it taking up too much space in the actual show. It was quite captivating and effective in my eyes, and was definitely a highlight of the anime for me.

What can I say, I thought Rent-A-Girlfriend was a fun anime. I got decently invested in the show and was smiling throughout most of my time watching. The solid production values combined with the entertaining cast really elevated the show for me. It’s nothing particularly great, but it’s definitely a fun RomCom that I would recommend watching…if you can handle boatloads of cringe that is!

Wonderful, magnificent, splendid, extraordinary! I couldn't take it, I went to the manga, and it improved my impression, with its exciting and totally addictive story.

History:
The story has a striking premise, as it is different and denotes potential. In spite of this, it starts in a simple way, with some situational constraints creating a love triangle, involving an ex-girlfriend, a rental girlfriend, and a boy with problems typical of the age and culture to which he belongs. However, this is just a hook for something much more complex, dramatic, and profound, with many other things being inserted into a great plot.

It is a story that has ... a lot of content, which talks about the relationship problems of young people. But it also speaks of dreams, determination, sacrifices, traumas, respect, values, family, and love, among other things. These things are transmitted in a natural, non-expository way, and pass a lot of emotion.

Image:
The anime is not action to need scenes very fluid, and full of special effects. It is also not very "artistic", very conceptual, to ask for very bold designs. Now within what he proposes, of being a romance anime with everyday life, has nothing to complain about. The drawings are constant, ,they are detailed in the characters, they are attractive, there is nothing wrong with them and there is no lack of fluidity in the animation. The palette of colors, shadows and some lights is also agreed with the anime proposal. And there are great hits from the director in the framings. Finally, if there is a defect, is not having done something of extreme spotlight, such as very detailed scenarios.

Sound:
Sound is the least talked about. The track as a whole was adequate, the sounds are the right ones for the desired effects at the moments illustrated. The music tracks are not bad, but they were not spectacular either, despite the peggies being the same group as Bunny Girl.

Characters:
The characters are all well developed, showing the past, the motivation, and all of this being used properly within the anime. They are also not characters with unidirectional characteristics, the good guys are not always good guys, and bad guys are not always bad guys. In more they produce great dialogues, that convey emotion, that match the situations and that have something to go tell.


Kazuya - He is a young character, who has weaknesses, who is immature, who is innocent, who is inexperienced, and who makes his mistakes. But, his mistakes are not due to malice, and he is a virtuous person in principle, therefore, his successes are so good that they win over anyone.

Chizuru - An extremely charismatic character, with a strong personality, who imposes herself, but who also knows how to be very seductive, sweet, gentle and kind. At first she seems simple, but this is to hide that she is actually complex, that it has many layers. In addition, she is a character who can pass various types of emotion intensely.

Mami - The first alleged villain in history, initially has evil actions based on selfishness, envy, contempt, superiority, and other similar adjectives. But, she is a person who is looking to understand herself, to find her identity, and to know what she really wants.

Ruka - She directs herself in a technical way, and when she decides for what she wants, she struggles with all the forces unimaginable for her goals. It is a character that has great prominence in the work, and reciprocates by creating several great scenes.

Sayuri - It is the origin of the driving force behind much of the plot. It provides pleasant, emotional, inspiring dialogues, and with lessons. The anime should not get to adapt the most dramatic parts that this lady offers the story.

Nagomi - A lovely grandmother, who does a lot for her grandson, and whom her grandson does everything to not disappoint.

Kibe - Kazuya's childhood friend. He is someone who truly helps and cares for his friend.

Kazuo - A great father, concerned that his son will follow good values.

Sumi - A beautiful girl, a friend of Chizuru, who is very shy.

Shun - Kazuya's troubled friend, who also has several of his weaknesses.

Japanese voice actors match the characters, are very experienced, and have a lot of feeling. They have even acted in anime with a similar proposal.


Pleasure:
The novel excites, the anime captivates, and creates the expectation of knowing how it will proceed until the end. And for those who have already gone ahead and read a good part of this manga like me, the drama of the story is strong, addictive.

I see that some people speak ill of this anime, but speak with prejudice, pre-formulated concepts about the premise, and especially about the protagonist's weaknesses. What I can say is that these people give themselves a chance, and watch more open-minded episodes have changed their minds. Otherwise they will be missing out on a great experience, that anime is much more than that, and that without these things there would be no problematization to create an extraordinary plot. With a history that has a lot to pass of content and to thrill.

Way too many people fail to understand what this story is all about.

It's NOT a story about renting....
It's NOT a story about lying....
It's NOT a story about a useless protagonists....

It's a story about unlikely relationships!
It's a story about funny mishaps!
It's a story about discovering your true feelings, doing the right things despite all odds and fighting for those you really care about.

... A MASTERCLASS in character design and development:

- Kazuya - yes, that same stupid wuss that you think is simping over his evil ex and "lying" to his sick relatives actually shows incredible GROWTH in character to become a strong, reliable, responsible (and maybe not so much wiser) man.

You are watching A COMEDY! I'm not sure in what world people decided to expect of the main protagonist of A COMEDY to be some womanizer with slick moves and irresistable charm that gets all the girls with a snap of his fingers.
(if you are looking for that I can tell you: you started watching the show with THE WRONG expectations!)
His character looks pathethic - but if you look carefully he's not (WATCH C A R E F U L L Y) What he does, when he does it, how he does!
Watch him fight for those he cares about
Watch him do the right things as he desperately tries to resolve the (often silly and funny) issues that keep happening in his life.
Watch him learn to truly love another person
Watch as his sense of justice leads him to protect and stand for his family, friends and loved ones

W A T C H !

As the silly comedy protagonist turns into a decisive, selfless, strong-willed lover!

- The girls - I could write about 5 pages for each of the girls as their characters are even more complex than Kazuya.
But let's summarize it down to a simple answer of the question:

"How come each of the girls falls for such protagonist?"

* Mizuhara / Ichinose Chizuru - She doesn't! She finds herself stuck with him as a result of A COMEDY = funny accidents and misunderstanding that put the main characters in even more silly and unbelievable situations creating a big mess of - what? you guess it - C O M E D Y (yes, this is a genre of anime where you are supposed to laugh).
Chizuru is by far the most complex and intricately designed character in the whole manga (yes, this IS an ANIME review, thank you for noticing).
As a main character she is a center figure throughout the whole story and her character goes through the most development. She does have some tsundere traits and moments - but it's sort of a modern take on the this type of character with a lot more complexity and internal conflicts.

* Nanami Mami (a.k.a the "evil" ex) - her character has been a topic for major debates in the community for years already. She has more of a "mysteriously dark" aura around her, rather than a meaningless evil character with a solo purpose to break the relationships of the main protagonist.
Mami also doesn't fall for the main protagonist - at least not initially. Due to her secretive nature her true feelings and motives are often rather difficult to decipher which makes her very unpredictable and highly interesting character

* Sarashina Ruka - as of the time of writing of this review she hasn't appeared in the anime yet, so... it's probably not good to dive too deep into analysing her character. She has a rather interesting background story and fairly standard motives to go for Kazuya. She's probably the only girl that has actually trully fallen in love with the protagonist.

* Sakurasawa Sumi - the special snowflake of the show. So special in fact she got her own manga spin-off. As a side character she fulfills several different roles - including: supportive, caring, she and innocent, but also strong and decisive when necessary. She also has her own internal fights and motives.

I’m not a big fan of harems. I personally dislike harems (judging from the trailer and cover) so i didn’t think this show would be anything above average, yet i still gave it a try since i just loved the art

story: 7

to be honest I found that parts of the episodes were cringey especially the first episode, but I liked the fact that i usually don’t see a “rent a girlfriend“ thing, i got to give it props for making me laugh quite a bit!

art: 8

I liked the art style it was very refreshing to look at!

... sound: 8

the op is so catchy and bubbly!

character: 8

kazuya at first seemed really annoying chasing after his ex that harshly dumped him, but i thought about it and came to realization that he is a caring character especially for his grandmother and to chizuru’s feelings.

enjoyment: 9

I would say without including the cringey parts I really laughed at the show displaying the embarrassment I had for kazuya and the funny remarks.

overall: 8

this show excelled my expectations, I am quite excited for the next episodes! :O

Story: 10
Art: 8
Sound: 7
Character: 10 (Main character: 10; side characters: 8 or 9)
Enjoyment: 9
Overall: 9
Okay so there are a LOT of hate comments on this anime and let me tell you this: it's all personal opinion. I relate a LOT to this MC and I KNOW what he's going through. This anime is NOT for people who hate the MC. After watching the first 4 episodes, if you still hate him, then you should probably stop watching because this anime is NOT for you. I personally LOVED the anime. The story was extremely realistic and the characters were all really good. The main character was ... extremely relatable and I LOVED him. He has a lot of bad qualities in him as a human being and THAT's what makes him a human being. He's the total opposite of Hikigaya Hachiman or Ayanokoji Kiyotaka. He's a pathetic failiure at love and he is a HUGE simp. And he KNOWS that. He KNOWS that and he HATES himself. He tries his BEST to change himself but since he's a 20 year old, he's still expiriencing things so its TOTALLY fine. Im younger than the MC, but I'm a HUGE simp myself, so I KNOW what he's going through and I hope you give this anime a try. Don't worry, he gets A LOT better. This anime is all about a trash simp MC becoming a CHAD likable one. Im an anime only viewer, but thats what the manga readers say so yeah... it wouldn't matter either way, because I already LOVE the MC. I rate the MC 10/10 for being realistic and relatable :)
Either way, this is just my review. This is my first anime review so I hope my grammer is not THAT bad... Have a good day.

Let’s make one thing clear: I don’t care about the animation, I don’t care about the soundtrack, and I don’t even care about the overall story. All of those things are perfectly serviceable. My issue, the giant festering problem of this Anime, is the main character: Kazuya Kinoshita.

This man is, without exaggeration, one of the worst protagonists I’ve ever had the misfortune of watching. He isn’t just pathetic he’s weaponized pathetic. Every second he’s on screen feels like psychological torture.

He’s naïve to the point of brain damage, horny to the point of parody, and weak-willed to the point where you wonder if he even has ... a spine. Watching him stumble through life is like watching someone trip on the same rock over and over again, except instead of getting up and learning, he just cries about the rock while licking it.

Anime has given us introverted, cynical, or socially awkward protagonists before Oreki from Hyouka, Hachiman from Oregairu, even Araragi from Monogatari. Those characters are flawed, but they’re written with depth, intelligence, or at the very least some self-awareness. Kazuya, on the other hand, is just… garbage. He doesn’t grow, he doesn’t reflect, he doesn’t evolve. He wallows in his own self-inflicted misery and expects us to sympathize. Spoiler: we don’t.

It’s actually insulting how aggressively unlikable he is. Every decision he makes is the dumbest possible option. Every thought he has is either desperate whining or obsessive lust. Every action he takes makes you want to scream at the screen: “STOP EXISTING.”

And the worst part? The show keeps rewarding his idiocy. Despite being a black hole of charisma and dignity, the narrative bends over backwards to give him chances he doesn’t deserve. It’s like watching a cockroach win the lottery every episode.

To put it bluntly: if Kazuya existed in real life, nobody would tolerate him. He’s the kind of guy people block on social media after two DMs. He’s the type of guy whose own reflection would file a restraining order.



Final Thoughts:

This anime could’ve been tolerable, maybe even decent, if it wasn’t chained to this irredeemable excuse of a protagonist. Instead, every episode feels like an endurance test. Watching Kazuya isn’t entertainment it’s suffering.

If you’re curious about Rent-a-Girlfriend, do yourself a favor: read about the premise, admire the character designs, and then move on. Don’t subject yourself to the walking dumpster fire that is Kazuya Kinoshita.

Because life is too short to watch anime where the main character is the human embodiment of secondhand embarrassment.

Rent a girlfriend, the title says it all but I'll actually explain.
Our main character is known as a simp. Or if you are reading this when that word is no longer a thing, Somebody/Sucka who Idolizes Mediocre Pussy.

He is a desperate virgin obsessed his ex-girlfriend. A girl he only seems to really like because she is attractive. At least he never says much about her personality when talking about her.
After she breaks up with him for very good reasons, he goes online and pays a girl to date him.
A girl would goes to school with him...and lives next to him...and their families know each other...
All ... you need to know is that plot will always find a way to bring them together. Also because he is a compulsive liar, he constantly makes the situation worse for both of them. Which apart for it affecting the girl's time and social life, works for her because he pays a lot.

Obviously, it is popular to hate him in the community. But the waifu wars are strong.
And to be a lot more spoilery. His ex keeps him on a leash. Why date him when he will probably stick around any way. That and the plot drags them together anyway. And we still have more girls to add to this weird harem thing that isnt really a harem.

Of course this show is very popular this season and if you are here later you should very much still watch it. Love it or hate it you are gonna wanna finish it. It is just one of those shows.

Enjoy guys . Actually i wait this because Chizuru ! .

Story = 1/10

Art = 8/10

Heroine = 7/10

MC = -11/10

... Many say, that Kazuya reflects people in the real world. Hello B*tch! There isn't anyone like Kazuya in the real world! I am sure the writer is exaggerating. Moreover, Kazuya is a college student. I might be able to understand if Kazuya is still in grade 3 junior or grade 1 high school. Maybe Kanojo, Okarishimasu forgot to include the "SLICE OF SH*T" genre.

Remember that in the MC manga the garbage is not so visible, but after being made Anime then from the first episode have seen garbage that is really rubbish.

Yes, it can be seen in the manga review that Kazuya (MC) barely gets insults like "Garbage MC" .etc

Score +
Maybe the creator wants to make a story that is always talked about by people even though what s said is rubbish. And the creator managed to make us always talk about this anime. Especially the main character in this story, truly the BEST MC EVER.

Rental GF is the next entry in my Despair Saga and as usual it has taken a toll on me.
If it wasn’t noticeable by the already highly upvoted influx of negative reviews this series isn’t good by any criteria of requirement.

The romance genre in anime is vast and popular. In recent years however it seems to have become the trend to adapt more “incel” type stories. Yes, I will not beat around the bush here, Rent a GF is an incel anime. This is not to insult anyone who potentially gets enjoyment out of this series by implying they are such, but the main character ... is the splitting image of a self-destructive virgin in denial of their own toxic masculinity that you typically find on reddit. If you have any mercy, a good personality or hope left for humanity, you might go into this show with the potential outlook of character development of the main character, for him to eventually realize his toxic flaws and slowly overcome them to feel worth of a woman’s grace
Well, good luck because you will not find it here.


The show starts out with immediately fishing for sympathy for the main character, Kazuya. After 21 years of his life as a virgin loser his first girlfriend, Mami, dumped him rather ungracefully and now he is in despair. Therefore Kazuya decides to go on a date with one of these “rental girlfriends” – which is an actual service in japan, more or less – to numb the pain a little bit. He does this without actually reading the terms of agreement and using his common sense, which would make him realize that yes this is a professional service and “fake”, he instead decides to go on inner monologues to stroke his terrible self-esteem to even worse proportions and starts shaming himself and the rental girlfriend for doing this. The series sets a certain tone right from the get go with this. Rental GFs are just fakers. It doesn’t outright disrespect the profession and make one or the other social critique on it – which would make the series perhaps better if it had – but instead tortures you with an utterly pathetic display of a main character. Because of dumb anime-circumstances that connect both Chizuru’s and Kazuya’s grandmothers they accidentally present themselves as a couple to them, and therefore Chizuru has to play the actual fake-girlfriend for Kazuya the whole rest of the show. It’s a very typical fanfiction like premise and I promise you the fanfic writers did it better.
To come back to Kazuya’s behaviour towards Chizuru for a moment, he does get put into his place after he goes on several rants in front of her by complaining how fake it all is and other incel nonsense, but the series doesn’t commit to this in the long run. Chizuru scolds him a few times at the start of the series, making valid points all over the place, calling him out on his unprofessional and disrespectful behaviour towards her, but she sadly also is just a victim of the narrative and the narrative demands her to become dumb and meek and eventually fall for him for no reason whatsoever.


Rental gf does nothing exceptional in the romcom category whatsoever. It’s not that funny, the MC is not likeable nor does he grow or redeem himself over the course of the series and the rest of the cast is nothing to write home about either. Kazuya stays a piece of shit and the show lets you know it. He runs around in circles in his inner monologues how he is not deserving of a girl like Chizuru (he isn’t) but it’s so clearly presented as sympathy fishing it actively offended me.

Rent a gf is one of the few shows where sex is an active motivator and characters are “shown” to participate in sexual activities, only in Kazuya’s fantasies though, but it is present. In other series characters doing or wanting to do the deed is generally something I consider a positive, in this show however it feels more like a torture method. Kazuya gets left by his gf at the start of the series and after a while he starts fantasizing on how she might be fucking other dudes by now because he didn’t get to fuck her yet, this makes him jack-off. Yes, we kind of see this dude jacking off. And even when we don’t, most of the time when we get introspective shots into his apartment, tissues just lie around all over the place. The show’s direction actively point your eyes towards this as well. It keeps focusing shots on used tissues and I’ve never felt so grossed out in my damn life. It’s not subtle at all. It’s not even implications. It’s just what happens.

And even though the show is not categorized as an ecchi series, some of the shot compositions reminds me of such. Sometimes shots are flat out pointed towards breasts or ass (typically ass) Legs too. It’s almost always distracting. But I understand that it is shot this way to really show off how hot the girls are which is… depending on the taste of the sight of the beholder.


Chizuru is by far the only decent character in this show. She declines in character writing later too but she is the most bearable and by far the prettiest character. Which the show will remind you of constantly. The girls in this are specifically glossed up at all times. I have to give it to the production team, while the show lacks in various areas, the character art at least in close ups is pretty gorgeous especially the eyes. There was some effort put in there and the character artstyle in general is pretty cute. The coloring is kind of eye-candy as well but there is a certain problem.


The show is ugly. Which sounds contradictory from what I just said but I will explain. It is true that the character designs and art especially the fashion sense (except Kazuya which you might expect) is pretty sleek, well drawn and nice looking but the moment the shots shift away from close ups to more far distance shots it becomes an offense to art. The backgrounds especially have to be among the worst I’ve ever seen in my life. The outlines are so shaky it feels like they commissioned someone with Parkinson's to draw them. The art itself isn’t good. They aren’t well drawn. They don’t fit well with the characters. When there is a wide shot, the characters pop out like paper cut-outs. If your production is actually good, this wouldn’t happen.

But not just that, the moment the characters are in a wide shot their heights and proportions are just fucked. I hardly ever notice height differences feeling off putting, but this show managed to make me notice. The character art also becomes the exact opposite of sleek, well drawn and nice looking. It’s clear to me that the production struggled with these rather taxing and demanding character designs even though the last episode was among the best looking ones, which only other one would really just be episode one. It’s not good.


The OST is also to put it bluntly: Fucking garbage. Except one track which I like to call “the sexy saxophone” one, the OST is more geared towards a video game like sounding one, which is confusing because nothing in this show warrants this type. The tracks are always distracting and loud, overplay scenes and are unintentionally hilarious. A character will scream at another one and a Tetris type beat will start invading your eardrums. How am I supposed to take this seriously? The answer is I don’t.


Rental gf is just full of problematic writing. Mami turns out to be a femcel and talks shit on her private account on twitter behind Kazuya’s back while leading him on here and there for her own self-satisfaction, semi-implying a typical incel “all women are out to betray you” type relationship which kind of gets shafted less than halfway through the show. Which is funny because it is honestly the only interesting subplot this series has to offer.
Chizuru gets roped and black-mailed into a fake relationship-turned professional relationship against her will, gets stalked by the main character for an entire day, even his grandmother tells another rental girlfriend that she has fallen in love with Chizuru. Literally. Not to mention the various times of accidental sexual harassment, like how he flashed a boner because he hid with Chizuru under a blanket in episode 1.

The other later introduced rental girlfriend, Ruka, who is underage by the way, meets Kazuya by all typical-anime-bullshit running into him and flashing her panties. This however makes her heart rate go up and therefore decides that she is now in love with him.
There is a whole backstory montage rushed in an ED explaining how she has a heart condition and it has to be among the dumbest backstories I have seen in all of time.

Besides that, even though Ruka shows clear romantic and sexual interest in Kazuya he continues to ignore her because of his now crush on Chizuru. He does this by gaslighting Ruka consistently, even telling his family that she is a pathological liar (pretty hard accusation) and they just believe him. Even though Kazuya is so pathetic and everybody knows it he gets away with so much crap it would make anyone with common sense rage.


This all wouldn’t be such an issue if there was actual character development of Kazuya. But there just isn’t. If anything, he gets worse over time since he just gets enabled left to right by basically everyone. Chizuru even humors the thought of him just being a sadboy, misunderstood “nice guy” by the end of this season. Even though you know… disrespected her profession, stalked her, sexually harassed her and all that. It hurts to watch.

There is so much crap in this, ranging from a bad production to toxic relationships. It is not a good time. All this show has to say is that no matter how big of a piece of shit you are, if your ideologies and personality are somewhere in the “nice” area, you pass.
Spare yourself.



Overview

Story: 1/10 – Absolutely terrible
Art & Animation: 4/10 – Ranging from good eye-candy to ugliness incarnate
Sound: 5/10 – The OST is terrible, the voice acting is really good, the general sounddesign is competent to say the least
Character: 2/10 – Awful
Enjoyment: 1/10 – I do not enjoy a single minute of this show
Overall: 2.0 (range: 1.5 -2.5, light 2)

This is a show I get surprisingly passionate about. I honestly thought about putting it higher simply because of how much of a reaction I get out of watching it. Unlike many other shows on this list, it’s not boring and there was never a dull moment. I wouldn’t say I was invested in it, but it always had my full attention when watching it and I plan to continue watching it because of masochism or something idk. That being said, what sounds like a complement in actuality is what I hate most about this show. This is a dumpster fire that I simply cannot ... stop watching. This is a show that makes me irrationally angry. It’s not even ironically good either, this is a pain to watch through and through. I despise everything about this show. Nothing else has made me more upset than watching this shit. I have thrown my phone or things at my phone at least 15 times throughout its runtime. I have audibly yelled at the screen, fantasized about beating the ever living shit out of the characters (no joke), and it makes me want to commit unspeakable atrocities. This is everything I hate about anime (especially anime Rom Coms). Before we get into the meat of what makes this show so bad there are a few things on a technical level that really rub me the wrong way. The first is the music. The love motif isn’t bad, however it is excessively overused. The characters don’t even have to do anything, they can just be in the same room and the theme would play. The other music is annoying and distracting. Like most rom-com anime, there is nothing visually interesting to latch onto. It’s as boring as the camera can get. The anime noises are annoying and excessive, the dialogue is written incredibly unnaturally and the fan service (also annoying and excessive) is obviously where most of the effort was put in animation-wise. All of the anime trademarks are there: the ‘in-love’ sparkling background, the annoyed tick mark, the overexaggerated sweat, the simplified chibi drawings for humor etc. It’s as basic and lazy as it gets. Even Uzaki, which I consider to be the blandest, most copy and paste modern romcom I ever saw, wasn’t as excessive when it comes to these anime trademarks. But this is all trivial compared to what comes next. “Half of romcom anime problems could be solved if the characters just explained the situation”. This sentiment has never been more true than in this anime. These types of shows thrive on contrivance, coincidence, and stubborn misunderstandings but this show takes it way the hell too far. In fact the premise of the show is based off of these. This guy goes to visit his grandma in the middle of his fake date and the Rental Girlfriend goes with him but surprise surprise, her grandma is also there to, is best friends with his grandma and now both families think they are a couple and will probably commit terrorism or something if it turns out they're not (other than them being disappointed I really don’t know why they can’t just tell them). First it off, coincidence on how their grandmas are best friends, contrivance on why she went with him in the first place and misunderstandings that they refuse to clear up. This drives the plot and it all happens in the first episode. The coincidences are way too forced and they happen all the time. This man could move to America in the most desolate town that isn’t even on the map somewhere in the desert in Arizona and he’d still somehow be neighbors with one of the girls. And I wouldn't be surprised. They just appear out of nowhere with no rhyme or reason for no other purpose than to misunderstand something and/or spawn even more bullshit. The plot is nonsensical and even worse, it never progresses. The problems keep piling up and get more complicated but it never feels to get any worse or better. Things just happen and his situation never actually changes. If someone is trying to say something to break the lies, you can bet your ass some unbelievably convenient coincidence is going to stop it. If he confesses he’ll just cover it up. If something happens the next episode will resolve it in two seconds. So much shit happens but none of it matters because the situation stays the same anyways rendering it all pointless. It’s repetitive, it’s tiresome and it’s frustrating. And it doesn’t help that the stuff that does happen is stupid as shit.As far as the episodic ‘plots’ go, this show’s drama is: Should I add her as a friend and get her contact info? (been together for a year). Should I make her wear a cute outfit? Should I tell her I went to her play? This girl forced herself to come over, how do I not get raped by her and then how do I convince other girl that I did not have the sexy time? Wow my friends or family are about to find out I’m a fake and get no bitches, how do I dig myself into a deeper hole and/or hide like Solid Snake? All this dude does is lie and he’s not even good at it. These fuckers are just gullible and def. It’s just as bad as it sounds. And it’s all held up by the truly worst part of the show: The characters. These are the most annoying and terrible people in anime. Kazuya is the worst protagonist of any show. Beta male is not low enough to describe him. He is the world's first Omega Male. And he doesn’t need to be an Otaku to do it. He is the lowest of the low. This is the guy who jerks off to his ex’s instagram. Everytime Chizuru is on screen he talks about how attractive she is. He gets excited way too easily. Literally she was just taking out the trash and this dude made a huge deal out of it, blushing freaking out and probably got a hard on. He is so fucking pathetic. And that’s not to say you can’t make a pathetic character interesting. Shinji from Evangelion, Onizuka from GTO, Sato from NHK. These are all pathetic but interesting characters. Kazuya is just frustrating and creepy. He at one point stalks Chizuru and he finds out he’s in love with her through, I kid you not, a jerk off scene (fuck this show for making me watch that). I want him to get better but he never will. Why do any of these girls like him? Speaking of the girls, let's start with my favorite character of the show, Sumi. She’s shy, quiet, cute, but most importantly, completely fucking pointless. She’s in about 3 episodes total. She literally cannot speak and has about 2 lines throughout her entire runtime. That’s why she’s my favorite. Because she doesn’t do anything to annoy me. She’s automatically the best girl only because she’s not an outright bitch. That’s all it takes. She’s not even a good character, and I’m afraid if they give her more screen time they will make her a bitch. Some other decent characters include the grandmas, who cause 30% of the problems but are the only source of decent humor, and Kibe, who had a great scene that made him seem like a chad but then they remind you that he’s friends with Kazuya. Chizuru wouldn’t be so bad, she’s hard working, kind and doesn’t like complications. But she is way the hell too distant. Like you’ve been wrapped up with this guy for about a year, can’t you at least consider him a friend? I mean I get it, he’s Kazuya, I wouldn’t want to be friends either, so then you should be finding a way out of it. Either admit to yourself like him and talk to him like a normal human being or stop leading him on. All this ‘professionalism’ bullshit just gets annoying after 2 episodes, much less the entire runtime. I don’t mind her setting the ground rules and explaining it’s never going to happen but she can at least show him human decency (not that he deserves it but when he’s the protagonist that means we have to deal with it too). That coupled with the fact that she goes on fake dates for a living (they try to justify this and it’s stupid) and you got yourself a certified bitch. Though she’s not nearly as bad as Mami. Mami is Kazuya’s ex who dumped him for apparently no reason (not that he doesn’t deserve it, it’s just they never explain it) and is now meddling in his life for no apparent reason. She goes out of her way to ruin his relationships and investigates his situation and for what? She has no motive. If the motive is she still likes him then that is just stupid and she certainly doesn’t act like it. She does nothing the entire show except pop up out of nowhere and question everything and to be a bitch. She is a nuisance meddling in her ex’s affairs whilst being condescending the whole time, all without a reason. But she still isn’t as bad as Ruka who is by far the worst character in the show and it makes me mad when people defend her. Ruka is the girl who is most actively trying to get with Kazuya because he was able to raise her heart rate (it’s as dumb as it sounds). She is loyal, devoted, obsessive, manipulative, scheming, selfish, jealous, near-psychotic, entitled, creepy and of course, a certified bitch. Reverse the roles and think if a dude did this to a girl and tell me if it’s alright with you. Ruka becomes his “girlfriend” through blackmail even though she knows he is in love with Chizuru. She’s trying to convince him to have sex with her and forcefully kisses him and forcefully stays at his house. At every opportunity she attempts to sabotage his relationships and ruin his life. This dude is having a family dinner with Chizuru and she stalks him and introduces herself as his girlfriend even though she knows, that’ll ruin his relationship with his family. She is a selfish entitled brat who doesn’t give a shit about Kazuya. People defend her by saying ‘she’s loyal’ but Rem from Re:Zero is also loyal but she respects Subaru's feelings and accepts her loss. She supports him nonetheless because she cares for his happiness. Ruka doesn’t give a shit about Kazuya, only herself. She is a selfish, certified bitch. Everyone in this show sucks. This show sucks.

Story:
First of all the story, but they are not really true to reality. But to say it is not too bad. The layout, as well as the psychological development of the character are quite good. That's the point of the story: it's about changing to become a worthy person, as well as being a man.
But: But the anime was cut a lot compared to the manga so actually.... Meh

Art :
As for the art, it's really good. I have seen many anime but to say the drawing is quite cute, lovely, close. Especially for the emotional description.

Sound:
The music is really catchy. So really there's not ... much to say because I'm not a music expert.

Character:
The way to build characters is quite new. Partly because I was bored with the current anime trend.

Enjoyment:
As said, everyone has a hobby. For me the movie was entertaining to me. If to say, sometimes annoyed with the story because of the main character but that is also a plus point of the anime.

=>After all, the number of points I can give anime is 8

Honestly i didn't expecti this show to be this good, def my new favourite, better than berserk, whoever wrote this story is a real master, those characters are the best ones i've ever seen, their writting is flawless and the plot is perfect. The story is very unique, i've never seen something similar, it surprised me in every episode, and its deepsness is amazing. The characters are, as i said earlier, amazingly written, they're very human and complex, all of them have a perfect development an deepening.
I think this is actually the best fictional story i've had the pleasure to experience. The only ... thing that i consider that could make people dislike this show is that it's very deep and complex, and everyone who throws hate to it are people who didn't get the real point of the story. It's hard to understand, but, if you do, it's really a lifechanging experience, i don't see the world the same way i did before i watched rent a girlfriend

This left such a bad taste that I couldn't help leave my first review.

Story - 1/10
There is no story. It is a bunch of forced interactions strewn up together to result in an unbearably horrid plot. This is supposed to be a college rom-com. There is neither romance nor comedy. But I suppose that is only natural, after all, how can a grade-schooler with an immeasurable libido in the body of a college student with no dignity or self-respect, falls in love with a rental girlfriend knowing that she is being a professional and providing the required service, whilst still having an erection whenever he ... sees his ex who dumped him after a month and belittles him afterward- be in any proper relationship? I'm not sure what the comedy aspect is, but if it is the situations driven by the necessity felt by the mc and rental to keep up their façade to please their friends and grandmothers for some reason (who should in no way have a say in their fake relationship), it fails miserably. However, I find it incredibly curious how the mc keeps pulling out the $$$ to be able to rent the girl. Maybe he works part-time when he is not busy being an idiot? That would definitely be a more interesting story.

Art - 7/10
The art is amazing. The character designs are really good as well. The scenes and characters are beautifully drawn and at first look, it could deceive you to resemble an actual romcom. Too bad such good art is wasted on such a trash plot.

Sound - 6/10
While there is nothing exceptional to point out about the sound, the voice actors have pulled their weight on this project. The sound effects aren't bad, but again, nothing notable. The opening and ending felt mediocre, but I'd rather watch that on loop than the actual anime.

Character - 1/10
Oh god, where do I start. The mc is so insufferable and forgettable that I only remember his name when someone says it in the show. The mc, who isn't actually terrible looking, is a college student, with no maturity, confidence, pride and dignity. He is the literal embodiment of pathetic.
The rental girlfriend, Mizuhara is more respectable however. She tries to be a professional in her service, only to sometimes be a little unnecessarily friendly due to... the mc, her client, is sad??? He needs to please his grandmother and friends??? Her break in character feels so bizarre. On the other hand, the ex, Mami seems to be the mysterious type whose actions and motivations are yet to be explained. However, I must thank her for insulting the mc when she did.
The grandmothers and friends are unbearably nosy, however they are necessary since it is their expectations the mc must meet to forcefully push the plot along.

Enjoyment - 0/10
None. This anime makes me question my life choices and how I spend my time.

Overall - 1/10
I'm unsure why this was made into an anime when there are better source materials out there. I watch this so I can appreciate actual romcoms better. I would a 100% not recommend watching this dumpster fire, unless you are making a list of top worst animes, then you just might've found your number 1.

Rent-a-GF, I really wanted to like you because you had good art, had a banger of an OP, and had stellar waifu designs, but I just couldn't. You were a toxic relationship, and one that I want to forget as soon as possible.

Rent-a-GF has a unique story I guess. You rarely encounter "romantic comedies" where a guy conveniently rents a girlfriend to get rid of his woes after a break-up. However, this novelty was all I enjoyed about rent-a-GF because although the plot was passable in its own bizarre way, the characters weren't.

Chizuru was an odd character and one that I didn't really ... like up until the end. She started of as a professional in her part-time job (i.e. a rental girlfriend), but slowly diverged from this professionalism and became a lot more intimate (in her unique way) with her client Kuzuya. She acts cold and harsh towards him but also spoils him on the side. It wasn’t until the last episode that it became apparent to me that she really cared for him despite Kuzuya being a horrible person. Chizuru's ability to accept Kuzu for who he truly is made her likeable.

Mami was your crazy ex that dumped you for no clear reason, but when you find someone else, decides that she was wrong and wants you back in the most indirect way possible through stalking and sabotaging your current romance.

Ruka had the best design out of all the waifus (in my opinion), but she became pretty clingy in a heartbeat and became too fixated in the “love” that she was feeling. I mean, how can you still be friends with a person that basically embarrassed you in front of his family by calling you a pathological liar not to mention wanting to be that person's girlfriend?

Sumi was the only decent character of the series. She’s just a really shy and awkward girl that wants to better herself. Yeah, you could argue that her being unable to speak with other people is a kinda a drag, but at least she acknowledges her weakness and tries to work on it.

Then finally, we have Kuzuya, the star of the show and the most annoying character I have ever gotten the displeasure of meeting. The dude has some good points, don’t get me wrong. When he saved Chizuru and stood up for Sumi was great. However, as soon as he does these “heroic” deeds, he equally reverts to being a lying scumbag. As mentioned, he embarrassed Ruka, he "faked" a confession with Chizuru and the list goes on and on that, I would rather not elaborate because it will come off as ranting. The dude is way too immature and indecisive for being a college student, and I feel there is no means of salvation from his scumbaggery.

Overall, rent-a-GF was a show that I thought would get better with time. I acknowledge how good the art and music were and the plot in itself wasn’t really bad. However, most of the characters were unlikeable and the comedy was a fiasco of cringe and awkwardness.

There are a lot of unnecessary hate on the mangaka and this series. In this era where the market is flooded with isekai anime, its great to have a unique anime about college romance which is unusual. The story is unique, theres no other anime with similar plot like isekai anime which all have similar plot. The artstyle also great. The characters also add some spices to the story. If you want something sweet and heartwarming, then you may proceed to other romance anime. But if you are in for the rollercoster, come join the ride. If you find a character that annoys you, ... then you are free to drop and watch other anime. Theres no need to harbor hatred on this series.

Without a doubt, one of the most stressful experiences I've ever had when watching an anime. There are very few things that save here, I even liked the changes in tone caused by the change in personalities performed by the character Chizuru Ichinose that comes up unexpectedly and changes the tone of the plot for some time, but that's practically just that.

I even understand what he wants to try to accomplish, trying to be this anime that will play with these everyday conventions of anime of the same genre, on paper he can even try to do that, but the formula itself does not escape ... much from this model. He is so formulaic that you can easily guess how the director will frame each scene so obvious and without creativity that it is, but at the same time he tries to squander some more creative devices that do not articulate with everything else that the director proposes, it is very hard to know what kind of anime Kanojo, Okarishimasu really wants to be.

But what really made me give up is how he likes to praise the virgin wanker protagonist. The character is always represented as a victim of the story, the anime wants us all the time to feel sorry for him, and for him to end well with a girl, otherwise he will hurt his little voice. When the anime does not present everything in a formulaic way, it frames the character in a vulnerable position as if he were in the greatest loneliness on earth, it becomes pathetic. In the 10:00 minute of episode 5, when the anime shows us fascinating and dazzling masturbation of the character in a festive and almost romantic way, because he is the poor thing in the story, I couldn't stand it and gave up.