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Jun 20, 2024 6:12 PM
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I think the story will be better and interesting in a gender swapped / shojo version. The story will probably be the same with MC being a female and she had to rent a boyfriend to impress her parents and friends and had a reverse harem too.

I think the story will be fun if the girlfriend were guys instead and the females cast had to rent them and if Mami were a guy character instead , I think he might be more hated or not.

If That Shoujo story exist, I might watch it and enjoy it.
Jun 20, 2024 6:35 PM
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It would still be trash, but it does sound more appealing. A pathetic girl who rents out various handsome men to pretend to be her boyfriends sounds more fun to watch.
Jun 20, 2024 7:54 PM
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I hate the original Rent-a-Girlfriend. I would never consider watching any alternative version of it. Except a version where all of the characters are replaced by entertaining, likable, relatable, or otherwise compelling characters who have more to offer than just half-decent designs.
Jun 20, 2024 8:11 PM
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I dropped 1st episode because I hated the parents and the grandma even more that the main couple, so nope.
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Jun 20, 2024 9:12 PM
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kimi ni todoke already exists, s3 will air this summer, prepare to see sawako simping over her boyfriend and making weird faces
Jun 20, 2024 9:58 PM
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Tag me when you create a similar thread for One Piece, because I want to see a gender swapped Nico Robin.
Jun 20, 2024 10:12 PM
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kimi ni todoke already exists, s3 will air this summer, prepare to see sawako simping over her boyfriend and making weird faces
@Catalano Sasuga dana ne katarano senpai yahari kono onna kao ga makoto ni mitainda yoo lolll dakara gonna watch it prequel bfr s3 airs then lollll


Jun 21, 2024 12:08 AM
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The viewership would plummet instantly. There are a lot more horny men than women out there, so this wouldn't work from a profit perspective. It wouldn't really make the story better either cuz it's the exact same garbage formula.
Jun 21, 2024 1:35 AM
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No, because girls don't need to rent a boyfriend, they just ask a few horny boys until 1 says yes.

I would however watch if only the male MC switches sex.
Jun 21, 2024 1:37 AM

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The writting would still be utter shit.
Jun 21, 2024 1:43 AM
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"Would you watch a gender swapped Rent-a-Girlfriend?"

No, thank you.
Jun 21, 2024 1:54 AM

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I am not sure if i want to see fem!Rentarou frustatingly masturbating to the image of her faux boyfriend screwing with other girl. Still would be a better story than what we have.
Jun 21, 2024 10:04 AM

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Who would watch Reverse Harem? Btw, imagine female version of Kazuya, don't believe that kind of female characters exist.
Jun 21, 2024 10:10 AM

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"rent a boyfriend" sounds like the dumbest fucking thing ever. Imagine guys getting paid to date a girl in a world where men are suffering from loneliness crisis and besides it would take away all the appeal of the show.

Also, you're a male. Why would you enjoy seeing a "reverse harem" with cute looking guys and shit? What? That's just gay dawg and mind you it's punishable by death in some states

Jun 21, 2024 10:45 AM

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RedTea33 said:
Would you watch a gender swapped Rent-a-Girlfriend?


Probably not. Rent-a-Girlfriend as is, is already a cringe train wreck where the only reason someone like me would even continue watching this series is simply just to see how colossal the train wreck can get. None of the characters are likable to begin with for me and I doubt things would change if suddenly all the genders of the characters were switched. In fact, I think quite a large portion of viewers would be less likely to want to watch Rent-a-Girlfriend if suddenly all the unlikable cringe female characters in the Anime were suddenly all turned into unlikable cringe male characters.

Either way, I doubt it would even be a "Shoujo story" to begin with even if the genders of the characters were switched because one of the remote redeeming qualities this Anime franchise offers it's viewers is the "extremely" mild cringe sexual fanservice and Shoujo Anime isn't exactly well known for pandering to their viewers with cringe sexual situations of accidental boob grabs to brief panty shots. Simply turning Rent-a-Girlfriend into a Shoujo Anime would automatically turn off a large portion of the male "depraved and degenerate" audience and a story about an unlikeable degenerate female cuck renting a bunch of unlikable cringe male characters wouldn't likely suddenly garnish a flood of new viewers either.

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Jun 21, 2024 11:26 AM

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01Sharjeel said:
Why would you enjoy seeing a "reverse harem" with cute looking guys and shit? What? That's just gay dawg

Not necessarily, depends on execution and also target audience. A shounen reverse harem exists and it ain't gay: https://myanimelist.net/anime/52865/Romantic_Killer
Jun 21, 2024 11:30 AM

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The viewership would plummet instantly. There are a lot more horny men than women out there, so this wouldn't work from a profit perspective. It wouldn't really make the story better either cuz it's the exact same garbage formula.
@SimplyBrazen You underestimate the degeneracy of female weebs. If wanna know more just look at the JJK and MHA fandoms.
Jun 21, 2024 11:33 AM

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AshuAmbrose said:
@SimplyBrazen You underestimate the degeneracy of female weebs. If wanna know more just look at the JJK and MHA fandoms.

Not in shoujo harems tho. The jjk and mha cases are just teens fujoshis having no self-control. You mostly find these fans in shonen, which is why I said it wouldn't really work for shoujo anime.
Jun 21, 2024 11:52 AM
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I can sort of see the "cute girl" appeal I guess but no. The concept of rent-a-girl is terrible. Why would I want to watch an anime about someone being cucked? Or, you know, PAYING something to go on a date with you? That sounds very sad.

The MC also seems to be pathetic. I don't mean that as an insult but as a type. You know, tepid reactions, can't handle any sort of sexual or romantic situation without freaking out, cowardly, worthless (if the show has combat) etc. Easily the most dislikable type of protagonist.
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Jun 21, 2024 12:20 PM

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"Would you watch a gender swapped Rent-a-Girlfriend?"

No, thank you.
Serafos said:
"Would you watch a gender swapped Rent-a-Girlfriend?"

No, thank you.


Same here as I'm unlikely to be interested or it's not my kind of anime to watch.
Jun 21, 2024 12:34 PM

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Just how ugly would a girl need to be to resort to renting a bf, though?
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Jun 21, 2024 12:48 PM

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Just how ugly would a girl need to be to resort to renting a bf, though?
@LostSpectre

I would imagine them being someone who would more likely reflect a Tomoko Kuroki type character from "WataMote: No Matter How I Look At It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!". Just being a completely depraved pathetic cuckquean at a college age. A female who would likely do some of the exact same gross and cringe things Kazuya Kinoshita would do. Either way, if a character like Tomoko Kuroki was exactly the same type of pathetic cuck Kazuya Kinoshita is in Rent-a-Girlfriend, I highly doubt they would be any more likable. In fact, I would imagine a Tomoko Kuroki cuckquean would be even more cringe and unlikable than the already depraved pathetic cuck Rent-a-Girlfriend already offers with Kazuya Kinoshita.

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Jun 21, 2024 2:15 PM

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@LostSpectre

I would imagine them being someone who would more likely reflect a Tomoko Kuroki type character from "WataMote: No Matter How I Look At It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!". Just being a completely depraved pathetic cuckquean at a college age. A female who would likely do some of the exact same gross and cringe things Kazuya Kinoshita would do. Either way, if a character like Tomoko Kuroki was exactly the same type of pathetic cuck Kazuya Kinoshita is in Rent-a-Girlfriend, I highly doubt they would be any more likable. In fact, I would imagine a Tomoko Kuroki cuckquean would be even more cringe and unlikable than the already depraved pathetic cuck Rent-a-Girlfriend already offers with Kazuya Kinoshita.

@ColourWheel Yeah, a realistically trash female character doesn't sound any more appealing, that's for sure.
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Jun 21, 2024 3:20 PM

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Yes we need more femcel representation in anime.
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Jun 21, 2024 3:30 PM

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Why not? Sounds like it would be a fun experience.
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Jun 21, 2024 6:17 PM

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LOL.

If the only difference is that Kazuya is swapped with a cringy female version, and the quality of the writing remains the same, then most likely no.

Unless it turns out to be a bigger trainwreck than RAG right now.
Jun 23, 2024 1:49 AM
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No I wouldn't, that would be some reverse harem with a weird story, I feel like I watch too much shit anyway lol.
Sep 14, 2024 7:03 PM

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The writing will still be bad regardless of the genders. Although, I could see Kazu being a bit less hated since it seems like a lot of people like cute dorky anime girl and that men should "man up". They would probably also sympathize with her more since she would be a female who is getting abused by men. I think the adorkable girl trope is boring and that there should be more vulnerable men in fiction, it's just that this one went about it the wrong way. The girls though will probably be more hated as males. But people tend to excuse them more because they're females.
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