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.

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!

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 th…

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.

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

I'm going to start my review with one simple question: did you like Konosuba? if your answer is yes, this is going to be of your liking simply because it's just Konosuba 2.0 without a fantasy setting inbetween. The Seiyuus are the same and the impressions they make are almost the same (particularly Sora "Vernage" Amamiya sounds 100% like she sounded when she voiced Aqua), the concept behind this is the same (an harem show with four beautiful women that will keep the manly attention firmly in place thanks to well-placed fanservice shots), the names of some of the characters are the same (Kazuya/Kazuma), hell even some details like Mami's hair are very reminescent of something from Konosuba (the hair of Mami is reminescent of Darkness'). That's all you need to know, really, as plotwise and characterwise there's nothing particularly remarkable to begin with (and so it was in Konosuba minus the women being all uberattractive, again nothing out of the ordinary). I'd rather take this show over the animes taken from the works of Rumiko Takahashi (in particular the terrible Maison Ikkoku show from 1983 and Ranma 1/2 Nettohen come to mind) anyday, anytime, TBH. At least the chara is EXTREMELY well done (which wasn't the case for the first example) and the animation is spot on (which didn't happen for the second example). As a side note, thanks to the random haters online for getting from me the attention on this show.

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 ap…

Mangaka Reiji Miyajima, our greatest author for simping and simultaneously A MAN OF CULTURE. If you haven't watched Paolo fromTOKYO's YT video "Day in the Life of a Japanese Manga Creator" featuring Miyajima-san, I HIGHLY implore you to check out the video. Now, back to the anime review. Before I start this review proper, it's actually quite interesting to research on Reiji Miyajima's work on Kanojo, Okarishimasu and where he got the inspiration from. Frankly speaking, majority of you living in the West won't understand the Chinese culture and how society has been harsh on festivities (a.k.a Chinese New Year) of guys bringing back girlfriends to "save face" for themselves, so much so that "renting" girlfriends become a viable option. Miyajima-san ACTUALLY went one step further to be a temporary simp himself to understand Japan's culture of rental girlfriends (by "renting" them of course and understanding their jobs), so much so that this creates the concept of a hopeful simp (which is our merciless ball-less Kazuya Kinoshita) and the vastly different types of how these "people" are like in the dating profession and such as we all have seen in the anime. It's a totally alien concept to people living in the West, but for Asian people it's life as per usual. And it's downright cool that Miyajima-san created a unique story that has everyone balls-to-the-wall shocked and negated every step of the way. SO...WHERE TO BEGIN THIS SHITSHOW? Reddit, MAL, anywhere that this show has been gaining traction for lots of negative criticism. The hopeless, useless, dumbfounded, sex-loving simp that is Kazuya Kinoshita. Truth to be told, the criticisms are warranted, but for people who've been in Kazuya's shoes before, all is but one and the same formula. So think of like all the exes that you were dumped a long time ago, and resorting to dating apps like Tinder and the such. YES, he is a low lifeform for thinking that to merely get a girlfriend to have sex, but in the heart of the truth, he is anything BUT THAT. In fairness, Kazuya is a family man, and because of the expectations of his health-flailing Grandma Nagomi Kinoshita to have a girlfriend before her demise, and having been dumped by the worst girl ever (that I'll get to further in), the college student has no choice but to resort to "renting girlfriends" just to make his grandmother happy. Another point to note is that, he's a college student, and we've all been in his shoes before to unconsciously make too much irreparable mistakes. As a result, he's learning what it means to be an adult, and even true love itself, because young days are days of growing maturity and discovering more of yourself before the harsh realities of life, and Kazuya does this unwillingly and frantically in the most stupidest of ways, but remember this: Kazuya has a heart that's just like us, love it or hate it. And onto the girls, which are the selling hotcakes of the show: "Until now, I've always had a five star rating! Give me back my five star rating right now, got it!?" ― Chizuru to Kazuya The model girlfriend that is Chizuru "Mizuhara" Ichinose. Pretty, neat and full of unparalleled beauty and glamour, along with cuteness, and fitting an overall image of Madonna. The sharp-tongue, calculative and brash behaviour that is her true colours when she finishes the "rent-a-girlfriend" daily business, and clearly showing off her likes and dislikes. Her relations to Kazuya are two-fold: the rental girlfriend business, and an unlikely source of old women BFFs, meaning that both Kazuya and Chizuru MUST constantly "show face" towards their grandmothers and not divulge the truth out. Following their harrowing journey of near misses with friends and business colleagues aside, these two IMO are the perfect pairing of one another in terms of family relationships (that although is not shown in the anime, the manga really goes in deep). If you need someone to count on to protect and stand up for, this perfect woman is it. “New girlfriend a month after breaking up? Is he trying to get back at me or something? What was her name again? Chizuko? Tsuruko? Can't remember. Can't believe he sided with her against me. I'll make sure they break up." ― Mami to herself The bitchy ex-girlfriend of Kazuya's, antagonist Mami Nanami. A stereotypical mind-game player of feelings and emotions run wild, she is constantly seen as the one that most people will NOT want to be with, a control freak to put it simply and wreck Kazuya's life every step of the way. She holds the facade of being a kind, caring and supportive girl, but her reality is way more scarier in that her petty and manipulative character will often desire ominous dark clouds of darkness, aimed squarely to swear and mock her mortal enemy (that is Kazuya) to a possessive-aggressive point of satisfying her own ego. You'd better watch out if Mami is stalking anywhere near you! "I can't stand it anymore. Even if you think I'm weird... Or cringeworthy... just being like this makes me happy enough to shed tears..." ― Ruka to Kazuya The serious girlfriend player, Ruka Sarashina. The girl that has a heart that beats slower than the average person and seeking a lover that will help her cope with her condition. Often referred to as a character who's being straightforward and passionate person who is honest with her feelings, it can come off as pushy and possessive, resulting in her fixated focus on the idea that getting a boyfriend would help her in having a faster heartbeat. To make matters even worse, she is stubborn to realize her faults and will often push to shove then things get difficult. She is a real handful to handle, and Kazuya's constant runaway has proven more than not. Serious, but very clingy. "Kazuya! See you again!" ― Sumi to Kazuya The newcomer into the "rental girlfriend" business, 1st year college student and simultaneously working in Chizuru's agency, Sumi Sakurasawa. The extremely shy, introverted, sign-language-ful person of communication, she's a real hot cutie, AND SHE MUST BE PROTECTED AT ALL COSTS. She's the only rental girlfriend that has LESS screentime than the others, but she has a heart of determination to follow up on things that she can improve in a.k.a Kazuya's mock-up date with her for Chizuru's hand of help. As such, she is one of the series' most coveted characters, and her introverted side will have many guys squeal at her cutesy blushing (mine included). Of all the girls that If I had a choice to "rent": - Chizuru is at the top of the food chain, so maybe on an occasional basis. - Mami? HELL NO, she is SICK BOTH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY. - Ruka is somewhat of a chore to handle, and I personally don't like clingy girls, so she is 50/50. - Last but not least, Sumi, which is A DEFINITE YES, because I can relate to her character the most, and who doesn't like a shy, young girl to hang out with? The difference with Miyajima-san's manga is that Kanojo, Okarishimasu is done digitally, as opposed to the hard-working paper and pencil figure, so putting this into consideration and translating into animation isn't such a chore. And TMS Entertainment did a good job in the translation of the manga into some good ol' animation and vibrant art that I can afford to watch for days on end. The manga art was quite yielding to the standards of when Miyajima-san started (and entered into serialization), but to see all of it animated was such a blessing that I'd not think to see the light of day. On the music side, the peggies are back, and "Centimeter" is such a good ol' boping OP that's a straight banger through and through. Halca's ED of both the general and Ruka's backstory are also great songs. For a series that everyone have divisive views on simping, at least the OST was a nice accompaniment to add onto the messy phase of switching girlfriend after girlfriend. Look y'all, many of you may hate this show to oblivion of the source materials and such, but I'd feel like I nee…

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.

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.

I had to be forced to look through these absolute dogshit reviews from people who either A. Have never had a bad breakup in their life or B. Not willing to admit that keeping up the appearance of being happy to friends and family, using a rental girlfriend to overcome your depression as well, is something some people do. I'm pretty sure these reviews that slam the main character are written by people that use OnlyFans, doujins, and simping vtubers as their sexual gratification so I know for a fact they can't connect with the character. They actually jealous the man is paying to fight his depression. The MC literally saves her from drowning in episode 4 it's not like he can be compared to the typical harem MC that has pussy fall in his lap and he acts oblivious. And even when another girl throws herself on him he doesn't want to get back in the saddle and date someone because he isn't over his ex. He actually doesn't say he gets over her till the last episode.... did people even watch the show?

"Rent a Girlfriend" is an amazing anime for everyone who enjoys funny and romantic moments. The story isn't really anything special, but if your life is introverted, and you struggle with building relationships with people, you can definitely relate to Kazuya. Emotionally, I give it a 10/10 because, from time to time, I appreciate calm, romantic anime with a hint of eccentricity. The animation is fantastic, and I love this style of animation. The characters are more or less realistic and behave like normal college students; being quite quirky myself, I can really immerse myself in it. I think you'll enjoy the anime even if you typically watch action anime or other different genres. Highly recommended!

Kanojo, Okarishimasu is a late 2020 anime from TMS. We know them from such series as Sengoku Otome, Glass no Kamen & Wizardry. So, not the best record. It's based off of a manga by Miyajima Reiji. Who I know nothing about. So, let's delve in and hope this is one of TMS's good ones. Story: Things aren't going well for Kinoshita Kazuya. He's broken up with his first ever girlfriend. His friends are making fun of him. So, feeling vulnerable, he decides to try renting a girlfriend. He rents Ichinose Chizuru and, due to extremely dumb circumstances, their families and his friends find out and they have to maintain the deception. There are a lot of problems with this series. First of all, the amount of bizarre coincidences that force these two together and compel them to keep lying about having a relationship is absurd. It makes Steerforth showing up randomly look like a completely ordinary and probable event. Hell, it makes surviving a bomb inside a fridge look possible by comparison. The second major problem is that the "comedy" is just loud and annoying. It's always based around Shita getting into yet another stupidly improbable coincidence, immediately panicking and blurting out something asinine. Another problem with the series is that the characters never take the completely obvious way out of their situation. Literally all they have to do is say they realised they weren't right for each other and broke up. Series over in two episodes and significantly more tolerable. The romance in this is horrendous too. It's one of those series that has harem elements where the main protagonist has no redeeming qualities and he's pathetic and he would lose a battle of wits to a keychain but physically attractive girls with bland personalities are into him for no discernable reason. Yet another major underlying problem with this series is that the whole thing is really obnoxious and cringey. It's like watching a fifteen year old trying to convince their friends that they're cool by making up the world's most obvious lies for four hours. Characters: The characters in this are steaming rubbish. The potential love interest characters are just fetish fuel archetypes. Shita is a pathetic loser dumbass with no redeeming qualities. It's physically painful to watch his character because he's so incessantly annoying. Maybe he's not the worst protagonist I've ever had the misfortune of seeing, but he's definitely in the bottom ten. And the side characters are a bunch of brain dead, devoid of personality puppets. Art: The art is definitely the least shit element of the series. Sure, the backgrounds frequently look like lazy, no effort backdrops and they use excessive fanservice as a substitute for good character design but it's not all that bad. The animation flows fine and the designs are fine. Sound: The acting is pretty bad in this. And the big problem with the performances is that the actors are either going way over the top like they're elementary students in their first play or they just sound very bored. Horie Shun is the worst offender as Shita. But you also get it from Amamiya Sora, Touyama Nao and the rest. I think part of the problem is the directing and part of it is the writing, personally. I know, for example, that Amamiya can act since she was Jing Xia lin in Appare-Ranman and gave some other strong performances in various anime. The music is just meh. Bland, forgettable. Ho-yay: None of that. Which I'm fine with. They would've just screwed it up like they did their heteronormative romance. Areas of Improvement: 1. You don't need an entire harem of background girls. 2. If you're going to go with the "they have to pretend to be a real couple for the sake of their families" shit, then just have the entire series take place over the course of a single family trip. Then there's a reason that they have to keep up the whole stupid façade instead of them having ample opportunity to just "break up." 3. Your main characters need something. They don't necessarily have to be likeable but they should either be endearing in some way or interesting. These characters are just nothing characters who are extremely aggravating and obnoxious. Final Thoughts: This is, by a good margin, the worst TMS anime I've ever seen. The romance is dreadful. The writing is atrocious. Pieceashita is one of the worst protagonists it's ever been my misfortune to see. The whole anime is just painfully terrible and difficult to sit through. My final rating is a 1/10.

i have never written a single review in all the 1400+ anime i have watched in the past years. Yet i have felt compelled to write one now to express how much i hate this anime. The MC is trash, literally the most trash of any you will ever find in any anime ever created. and rental girlfriend? really? PG version of prostitution? none of the characters are likeable, none of them can even speak their mind clearly characters: Some characters are cute, but that's all whats going for them. It really surprises me to find an anime where i can hate every single character introduced ever, yet here we are. story: what story? there is one? where? error 404 story not found. lying to his grandmother to make her happy? then spending all of his college funds to rent out a girl just so that he can keep up a lie to his grandmother.. can this get any more stupid than this? 3/10 for me STAY AWAY!! you've been warned

I thought the concept of this anime was pretty interesting when I started watching this. Turns out it was the only interesting part of this show. Story: 3/10 I'll say it again: the idea of the anime was pretty interesting: boy rents an online girlfriend and the story continues with the two developing an actual relationship. No complaints here. How the story was executed, on the other hand... It made me want to jump through the screen and punch each character in the face individually. In the end, nothing happened. It just ended the same way it started. As a result, there was no sense of satisfaction after watching it. 0_0 Art: 6/10 Although the anime had some pretty good scenery, the animation of the characters disappointed me. If you have ever watched some good old cultured anime (you know what I mean), you'll start seeing some resemblances in terms of character drawing. That's why it gave me a weird vibe: it felt like watching an adult anime, but it wasn't. Sound: 5/10 Being a musician myself, there was nothing special going on in either the OP or the OST's. The OP, for starters, is very generic and it doesn't get stuck in one's head. (5/10) The OST's were purely there to accompany the animation, which is fine, but I like an OST that makes me feel like I have a connection to the scene in the anime (like Niji no Kanata ni in Sword Art Online: Alicization). (6/10) Characters: 2/10 Oh god where do I start with this. The MC, Kinoshita Kazuya, is easily one of my most hated anime characters of all time. I don't mind whiny/weak MC's, but if they don't have any sort of character development throughout the story, they annoy me a lot. Even in the very end, he kept his weak reputation (even when he finally had the balls to do something significant in his life). The MG, Ichinose Chizuru, is somewhat of the same calibre as Kazuya, the only difference being that she's a Tsundere. Again I don't mind Tsundere's, but if they are too stubborn, I hate them. That was the case with Chizuru. She always has this elitist look on her face, but she's too scared to share her feelings. The only character that had significance in this show was Sarashina Ruka. At least she somewhat resembled a real person and she's at least brave enough to share her emotions with someone. Enjoyment: 1/10 I didn't enjoy one bit of this anime. I wanted to drop it, but I decided to stick to the end, hoping for something to happen. I was truly disappointed. If the anime would have been funny in any way, I might have liked it (since I would have viewed it as a comedy), but the lame attempts at humor didn't help my overall enjoyment at all. Overall: 2/10 I usually don't shit on anime in reviews, since I always respect the authors. In this case I just genuinely didn't like this anime. I won't give it a 1/10, since the scenery in this anime was pretty good and the OP and OST's were average, but man this has to be one of the worst shows I've ever seen. If they ever decide to do a season 2, I will probably watch it to see whether it will have improved, but I don't recommend this anime to anyone.

The story is pretty unique, we have a simpy main character who turns everything into a mess and does so many cringe things, but it is certainly interesting to watch his train-wreck life and how it will turn out. On the other hand we have the perfect Girlfriend Mizuhara, who for me was the waifu of the season. Every gesture of her is just perfectly done, the animation studio did great work there. Same with the other girls, without spoiling too much. There are lots of interesting scenes and also some nice cliffhangers that made me want to watch the next episode. Yes, it is silly and yes, the main character is very dumb, but that's what makes this show so interesting. Certainly not everyone wants to cringe while watching anime, but I was very well entertained and that's why you shouldn't be scared off by the bad reviews but just give it a try. The anime will not be for everyone, but the other half will surely enjoy it. I looked forward to every episode which I also enjoyed, hence I give this show a 9/10.

kanojo Okarishimasu is stupid It felt like torture watching the whole series. Absolutely Pathetic, Has no good Story at all. Characters that I'm desperate to beat the shit out off. All round I expected something at least some form of Story but nope just a cute girl And A desperate boy. One of the most useless animes I've watched. Just a waste of Time if you're expecting something good. Rent A Girlfriend has been on my radar for a while Since a lot of fuss about her being best waifu (she's not) At my desperation and boredom i decided to watch it. At times i think of this show as A great way to get my mind off something and Think about how shit it is. it all starts with Kazuya. One of the most annoying characters I've seen in my life, There have been way too many times where i want to hit my monitor hoping to hurt him in real life. Story was a unique idea i give you that. "rent-a-girlfriend' isn't something you'd see on a daily basis. Being the shit show it is it gets "better" when Kazuya starts to fantasize how his ex-girlfriend is having sexual relation with her new boyfriend. However, from all the feelings that any normal human being would have, for example: rage, grievance, indifference, what he feels is sexual arousal. like what part in being dumped do you find sexual? He says his family is poor but They suddenly have the money to "Rent-a-girlfriend' . The only character i can respect is Chirizu as she's the only character where they put effort in. In the end, If your looking for a show to really wanna beat somebody or just plain torture this is show for you. If youre looking at watching it as an actual show, Don't its one of the best Ways to WASTE a few hours of your life

This one's a bit of a headscratcher. I was discussing the anti-popularity of the series with my girlfriend and we couldn't come up with a solid reason why 'Rent-a-Girlfriend' gets SO MUCH flak. Don't get me wrong - it's a flawed and rather generic series. The characters are meh, the visuals are great, and the premise is just alright with its edginess. 'Rent-a-Girlfriend' can be summarized as a gorgeously animated rom-com with a shitload of clichés, chronically dumb characters, and rather cheap drama. That applies to so many other series, though. And by some law of contradictions, it's exactly these hilariously bad aspects that make the series somewhat enjoyable. Yeah, it could be way better if the story/characters were better too. And yeah, I've heard about the non-existent plot progression; I sure as hell won't be devoting the time to read a 200+ chapter manga for what 'Rent-a-Girlfriend' constitutes. However, as far as Season 1 goes, this dumpster fire was pretty decent. It has its awkward moments, its outright cringe episodes, and young people with raging hormones making hilariously shit (and sometimes unethical) decisions. Life's like this when you're a college freshman (and not only) sometimes. I dunno. I guess the MC being a total wimp didn't phase us that much, I guess? In a way, he's more interesting than Self-Insert #N+1 you'd see in most rom-coms. The same applies to Mami being a bitch, Ruka being a pushy brat with a 'convenient' plot device justifying her obnoxiousness and Chizuru being, dunno, a semi-augmented Mary Sue I guess? All of these are generic approaches to plot building/character shaping but they weren't that atrocious. If anything, the most irritable character is the grandma who is as toxic as a family member can get. In any case, the first season of 'Rent-a-Girlfriend' was a solid 5.5 to 6/10. Perfect for whenever you have some downtime or want to watch something that doesn't involve a lot of thinking. I can't help but feel that quite a bit of the 'anti' reactions are slightly knee-jerky in nature.

Don't waste your time with this garbage like I did. Watching Kanojo, Okarishimasu was the worst experience I have ever had the displeasure of in anime. Every single episode was painful to sit through; the characters are worthless; others might praise the animation but I found it rather bland and uninspired. Not only is it full of fan-service, the plot is devoid of any logic, the music is forgetable and to be honest this anime is so bad it makes me want to forget about it. I sincerely suggest to anyone reading this, do not waste your time watching this, you can spend your time experiencing much better media (almost anything is better than this anime).