Kanojo, Okarishimasu (Rent-a-Girlfriend)

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English: Rent-a-Girlfriend

Synonyms: Kanokari

Japanese: 彼女, お借りします

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Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jul 11, 2020 to Sep 26, 2020

Premiered: Summer 2020

Broadcast: Saturdays at 01:25 (JST)

Producers: Mainichi Broadcasting System, Kodansha, DMM pictures, DMM Music

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: TMS Entertainment

Source: Manga

Genres: Comedy, Romance, School, Shounen

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.30¹ (scored by 44,293 users)

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Ranked: #2316²

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Popularity: #551

Members: 231,937

Favorites: 2,329

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Kazuya Kinoshita is a 20-year-old college student who has a wonderful girlfriend: the bright and sunny Mami Nanami. But suddenly, he doesn't. Without warning, Mami breaks up with him, leaving him utterly heartbroken and lonely. Seeking to soothe the pain, he hires a rental girlfriend through an online app. His partner is Chizuru Mizuhara, who through her unparalleled beauty and cute demeanor, manages to gain Kazuya's affection.

But after reading similar experiences other customers had had with Chizuru, Kazuya believes her warm smile and caring personality were all just an act to toy with his heart, and he rates her poorly. Aggravated, Chizuru lambastes him for his shameless hypocrisy, revealing her true pert and hot-tempered self. This one-sided exchange is cut short, however, when Kazuya finds out that his grandmother has collapsed.

They dash toward the hospital and find Kazuya's grandmother already in good condition. Baffled by Chizuru's presence, she asks who this girl might be. On impulse, Kazuya promptly declares that they are lovers, forcing Chizuru to play the part. But with Kazuya still hung up on his previous relationship with Mami, how long can this difficult client and reluctant rental girlfriend keep up their act?

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Ichinose, Chizuru

Main

Amamiya, Sora
Japanese

Kinoshita, Kazuya

Main

Horie, Shun
Japanese

Nanami, Mami

Supporting

Yuuki, Aoi
Japanese

Sarashina, Ruka

Supporting

Touyama, Nao
Japanese

Sakurasawa, Sumi

Supporting

Takahashi, Rie
Japanese

Kibe, Yoshiaki

Supporting

Akasaka, Masayuki
Japanese

Kinoshita, Nagomi

Supporting

Nozawa, Yukari
Japanese

Ichinose, Sayuri

Supporting

Sadaoka, Sayuri
Japanese

Kuribayashi, Shun

Supporting

Kajiwara, Gakuto
Japanese

Flea Market Saleswoman

Supporting

Kowaka, Wakana
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Koga, Kazuomi

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Takakuwa, Hajime

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the peggies

Theme Song Performance

halca

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"Centimeter (センチメートル)" by the peggies

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#1: "Centimeter (センチメートル)" by the peggies (ep 1)
#2: "Kokuhaku Bungee Jump (告白バンジージャンプ)" by halca (eps 2-6)
#3: "First Drop" by halca (ep 7)

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Aug 1, 2020

4 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 3

Ashed_13 (All reviews)

468 people found this review helpful

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Ok now where to even begin.I really hope this doesn't turn into a rant but here we go.

The Story- 1/10
There's nothing to be discussed here.End of story.The anime follows a pathetic mc that gets dumped by his girlfriend of one month,partakes in soft core prostitution so he doesn't feel lonely and the only way the story is even pulled out is by having the ridiculously horrible mc keep putting pressure and problems on to the extremely benevolent rental girlfriend.The entire plot is composed of just this so far.Its just an utter failure at a rom com and doesn't even have a story worth discussing.The writing is equally bad.I see no direction that the plot can follow.The dialogue is a bad attempt at being witty.There is no charm to this show anywhere be it the plot,its writing or its jokes.

The Art- 5/10
So far its okay.Its the overused over saturated artwork everyone's familiar with.The character designs themselves aren't all too memorable.The limelight is put on the rental-girlfriends and it seems to me that the mc was just forgotten.Its so damn difficult to differentiate him from bg characters in the show.He has no memorable features and the only surefire way I found to differentiate him is his constantly nervous face.The shading and coloring is good enough though at at least hits a bare minimum standard.

Sound- 6/10
The soundtrack was moderate.Nothing special or good.The voice acting is done rather well,mixing,sound effects and foley handled nicely.All that said there really isn't anything memorable other than the opening.Even that I feel is a plus because its done by the peggies which is a shame because its wasted on this show.The voice actors do relatively well to get the point and emotions across which somehow makes the horrible dialogue somewhat bearable.Props to the voice actors for somehow not making my ears bleed with the dialogues.

Edit:I forgot to mention this before but their sound direction is really weird.Out of nowhere heavy metal starts playing.Normally I love heavy stuff but when its either over a masturbation scene or a bad inner monologue.I really can't find any positives for this show and I keep noticing new flaws.

The Characters- 1/10
Completely and utterly forgettable.Be it the mcs or the side characters no one stuck out or spoke to me.Lets start with Mizuhara. Unrealistic expectation of how benevolent and generous a person can be.Who the hell would put up with what the mc puts them through all that.Somehow this makes her slightly likable. The ex Mami is probably my favorite character only because she disses the mc. Finally the mc whose name I can't remember for the life of me.This is not done for dramatic effect and I genuinely can't remember his name.Anyways where do we start, the mc is pathetic to a point of tragedy.He gets dumped after a month proceeds to beat his meat thrice,partake in soft-core prostitution AND manages to put himself between a rock and a hard place in 24 hours.He has no positives.He does think of what Mizuhara is doing for him but he never thanks her properly or repents.The mc is an unlikable horrible human being that's better off being a ntr character. He is way too horny,unfunny,inconsiderate,unhelpful,pathetic etc etc to be considered likable. The other background characters are nothing special either.None of them are memorable and fall short in helping portray the story and in being likable.You probably won't even care about the characters while watching or after you finish the show.Simply put forgettable,unoriginal,pathetic and boringly written.

Enjoyment- 1/10
This was supposed to be a romantic comedy and I see neither anywhere.The gags are not well written and never even managed to make me smile.Most if not all the jokes/gags made me cringe and the plot is utterly horrendous.The characters are boring and unimportant with mediocre art as a medium.I'm sorry to say there really isn't any positives for the series for me other than its voice acting that gets overshadowed by the horrible characters.Also why tf would a show thats supposed to be relatively lighthearted and fun give me anxiety when a new episode releases.Maybe something is wrong with me but whenever a new episode releases I'm scared to watch it and avoid it until the very last moment.This is the first time I've ever had this sort of feeling with a show and it is just ridiculous.For a show that is supposed to 'lift your spirits' every week all i get is the jitters and a panic attack leading up to the absolute DOOM soundtrack bass drop level drop in my mood.Every episode manages to both give a panic attack AND put me in a slump.

Edit:God damn it.Why is the humor limited to masturbation jokes.I really just give up.It has nothing in terms of humor other than shitty attempts at fanservice.

Overall- 1/10
There's just way too many negatives for me to even recommend this to anyone.Please do yourself a favor and watch something else.This is not worth your time and it never will be from what I have personally seen. KanoKari fails at what it was trying to be and ends up being a show that should be ridiculed.I started this series with high hopes which made the sub-parity of the show even more prominent.This anime is a utter waste of time and the only time it should be recommended is to use as an example of what not to do.

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Jul 31, 2020

4 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 2

LegendaryUseless (All reviews)

266 people found this review helpful

Preliminary

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 read more

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Jul 31, 2020

4 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

Azri3l (All reviews)

255 people found this review helpful

Preliminary

On the first time seeing the harem tag on the show, I thought it was going to be a generic show of one of the genres I hate the most. But after seeing some of the praise it had for being a rom con, I just had to give it a try. Honestly I'm so glad I did.

Story: 8

There are some scenes in the first episode that I cringed pretty hard at tbh, but the story had some good points too that go me hooked the first episode. Personally am enjoying it a lot.

Art: 8

Pretty nice and vibrant.

Sound: 8

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Jul 31, 2020

4 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 3

ElGranM (All reviews)

189 people found this review helpful

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------------------------------------ English - Español ---------------------------------
Coincidence of coincidences; all is Coincidence
"Virgins of the world, unite!" Karl "The virgin" Marx and Friedrich "The pedophile" Engels. The Virgin Manifesto

Before the review, I have to ask an important question: Have you ever masturbated thinking of someone and, when you "finish", you keep thinking of that someone and you think it is love? If your answer is NO, this anime is not for you; If your answer is YES..., Go, for the good of mankind, to a professional.

Decades have passed since the so-called Sexual Revolution and its effects, little by little, have already come to dominate in Advanced Societies. read more

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