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Sep 9, 6:27 AM
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Ye, Kazuya shouldn't really get ahead of himself and think confessing to Chizuru would be easy at all. One of his biggest obstacles is Ruka.

Mami is also there but for a different reason. But hey, at least he finally got the courage to make his move so that's some progress, I guess? This was long overdue though.
Sep 9, 7:27 AM
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I’m getting sick and tired of episodes not showing up like what am I supposed to do here 😖😖
Sep 9, 9:14 AM
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Shit will go down next episode.

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Sep 9, 9:20 AM
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One more, guys. We'll make through it. Just like always.
Sep 9, 9:21 AM
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The trip from hell continues.. thankfully this mess ends next week lol, but it’s not gonna be before we get some major fireworks you can tell. Mami putting on a masterclass in emotional manipulation and gaslighting, thing is it’s actually going to have the opposite effect and bring Chizuru and Kazuya closer most likely.

“I’m starting to think you’re a nasty girl” I KNOW that ain’t who I think it is calling ANYONE nasty lmao. The fact that she actually got Chizuru contemplating whether she was wrong for taking the ring is insane too. If only Chizuru knew the shit mami was doing behind the scenes here. Somehow she got Chizuru feeling bad for taking the ring and managed to paint Kazuya as the aggressor who’s keeping Chizuru hostage. You could actually see Mami was so close to dropping the nice girl facade all together and just showing her true self there because she’s desperate to break this off now. Generational manipulator.

Now Chizuru’s wondering if Kazuya still has a thing for Mami and what her role in all of this should be. It’s funny that it took until this episode for them to even have a talk about why tf Mami is even there lmao.

The way Nagomi talks about Chizuru like an angel and brags on her grandson pulling her is sooo cute. She’s genuinely very proud of Kazuya and wants the best for him even though he’s a loser. I swear if Mami does something it might make Nagomi have a heart attack :/

Finale is gonna be some bs I already know lol.
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Sep 9, 9:23 AM
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man. what a drag. what a drag.
Kazuya had both of them in the same room for an entire night and he just fell sleep! then woke up and just sat there for Ruka to jump at him without stopping or literally talking to them and clear what is going on!
One more episode to go and I don't think my brain can take it anymore. just please for the love of god finish this
Sep 9, 9:26 AM
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Well, a morning on vacation certainly doesn't bode well for Kazuya, having the beauties all around him...

Day 2 of the Kinoshita family vacation at the pool resort, and Kazuya just continues to fumble getting around Mizuhara playing pretend rental girlfriend at that. As if that's not enough, Mami knowing the secret of the family heirloom ring, to then do the gaslighting by interrogating Mizuhara with her "innocent" face, and then smoothing things out when Granny Nagomi comes around the corner, Mami's a real snively fox that's her usual taking of time to see how things go to curry favour to her end.

Ruka acting like a kid is just her usual, but Kazuya not understanding Mizuhara and the drama she just went through with Mami until said rental girlfriend opened the topic to him, and for as much as they speculate Mami's last-minute "addition" to the drama that "things may have changed", it's just an endless spiral if either one chooses to continue the lie and taking it down, or let the lie out and destroy all the relationship built thus far. As for why Granny Nagomi dragged her grandson out for a pep talk, it's the family issues that she has and keeps near and dear to her heart, and wanting Kazuya to be the same as his parents with Mizuhara.

YELP, Granny Nagomi may've just sent a ticking timebomb within her own grandson, as much as the two in question not knowing what to do next.
The finale for Part 1 next week...and the cucking just can't come soon enough...

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I’m getting sick and tired of episodes not showing up like what am I supposed to do here 😖😖
Go and conplain to Crunchyroll then, they're the ones (ir)responsible for all the (un)planned delays...
Sep 9, 10:45 AM
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Mami sure is coming on strong. Despite how their relationship ended the link between Kazu and Mami is still there after all. So this is the grans last girft to Kazu huh. Quite the dilema that both Kazu and Chi have going.
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Sep 9, 11:03 AM
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Disappointed they didn’t include chapter 218. Edit:I hate that I remember the chapter number to this day.
Sep 9, 11:05 AM
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Mami is the worst She dumped our boi and set off this mess it is none of her business what anybody else does Now she is intending to ruin our bois life She will only spare Chizaru if she helps her in her scheme. She needs to butt out now
Sep 9, 11:15 AM
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The only thing Mami needs is a restraining order.
Sep 9, 11:19 AM

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Imagine if the first compliment your grandmother gives you in 21 years of life is that you managed to get together with a girl, I'm trying in every way to understand and not hate Kazuya's grandmother, but damn it even makes it harder for me too.
Authentic.
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Why did the animation quality drop when they where arguing in the bathroom
Sep 9, 11:58 AM

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I really hope Sumi and Yaemori are enjoying there time away from the show cause I pray they never make it back in they don't deserve the trauma.

Mami once again being the best character managing to try her hardest to push the show forward, really feels like they just grabbed someone watching and shoved their soul into Mami cause she just seems like all of us fed up with everyone in this anime.

Sep 9, 12:23 PM
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Well, Mami is going to screw everyone, isn't she? Even if this is none of her damned business.
Sep 9, 12:25 PM

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Mami is super toxic. I mean, you broke up with him — it’s not your problem what he does with his life!

And I can’t stand Ruka either. She’s so annoying, always trying to control the ML’s life. On top of that, she keeps forcing her feelings on him, as if insisting would make him reciprocate.
Sep 9, 12:41 PM

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Best girl and character here. "Let her cook"
Sep 9, 1:04 PM
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Honestly really excited to see the cliffhanger next week Anime only reactions are gonna be so funny 😂

I’m wondering if they’re gonna air the next cour right after or take a break
Sep 9, 1:15 PM

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Man Mami's just waiting for it kek.
Sep 9, 3:08 PM

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I can never not laugh when watching this anime. The cliffhanger today was crazy. I know it'll probably end up being nothing, but I am really excited for what is to come. I am anime only, so please don't spoil it in the thread!!

I do feel that Mami has to have some legit motivation for doing all of this, but geez, what could it be? I want to think she at least has a singular positive quality about her, but she might just be the most evil bad guy in any romance anime I have ever seen. Really excited for next week as someone that actually likes this show hahaha.
Sep 9, 3:15 PM
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I dont think I can slog through another season of the same shit on repeat man. like damn
Sep 9, 3:16 PM
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Another episode with no Sumi or Yaemori. I’d usually rate rent a gf seasons at least an 8, but this shit is so ass without best girls it’s like a 5. No way they get a season 5… right…
Sep 9, 3:24 PM
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Watching people lose their minds over this anime is 1000 times more entertaining than anything happening is said anime
Sep 9, 3:27 PM

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All Kazuya has to say in case Mami rat them out is something like "ooh yeah we meet through the rental girlfriend thing but we got love at first sight, she left the job immediately and we became a couple, she was doing that job to support her studies to not bother her grandma and I rented her because I was sad over Mami dumping me", is not that hard really. If Mami shows Chizuru's rental girlfriend profile they could say that it is still there but it doesn't mean anything, Kazuya's grandma is dumb and blind as fuck so she would believe anything Chizuru says.

Mami and Ruka are fucking trash, but yeah, Kazuya's grandma is right there too, so fucking annoying.
Sorry if my english is bad (っ˘▽˘)っ~~~
Btw, cry about it.

Sep 9, 3:46 PM
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Ahh RaG hater tears, my favorite beverage, I gotta say I’ve come around on it, it used to aggravate me but now I thrive off the hate, I think that’s the best way to look at it. That aside, we’ve gone full soap opera now (not like we haven’t been for a while lol) with the new developments in this episode. I can’t deny the drama Mami creates is entertaining, but man is she such a rat, she’s got nothing better to do than stick her nose where it doesn’t belong and then tweet to nobody about it, and she’s really done it now with Nagomi overhearing a little too much of what was said between Mami and Mizuhara in the bathroom, I’m sad we just have one more episode of this cour but it’s all about to come to a head in the next one, I feel like it’s not gonna end in a satisfying place so it’s gonna hurt even more waiting for the next cour/season lol.

And there was also the moment between Nagomi and Kazuya, and wow those were some hard hitting words from grandma to our boy, I think that might’ve been the most Kazuya ever wanted to blurt out the truth, like damn she’s over here thanking Kazuya for making such important moments happen in her life, but it’s all from a big lie. Well I’d like to think even if the relationship Kazuya’s family sees is a lie, the moments they’ve had are true, real emotions were felt, so to chalk it up as simply a lie is wrong imo. And I may be the only one rooting for Kazuya, but I do hope he can figure something out, he’s been through too much with Mizuhara to let things end this way.
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TheColonel76 said:
Ahh RaG hater tears, my favorite beverage, I gotta say I’ve come around on it, it used to aggravate me but now I thrive off the hate, I think that’s the best way to look at it. That aside, we’ve gone full soap opera now (not like we haven’t been for a while lol) with the new developments in this episode. I can’t deny the drama Mami creates is entertaining, but man is she such a rat, she’s got nothing better to do than stick her nose where it doesn’t belong and then tweet to nobody about it, and she’s really done it now with Nagomi overhearing a little too much of what was said between Mami and Mizuhara in the bathroom, I’m sad we just have one more episode of this cour but it’s all about to come to a head in the next one, I feel like it’s not gonna end in a satisfying place so it’s gonna hurt even more waiting for the next cour/season lol.

And there was also the moment between Nagomi and Kazuya, and wow those were some hard hitting words from grandma to our boy, I think that might’ve been the most Kazuya ever wanted to blurt out the truth, like damn she’s over here thanking Kazuya for makin such important moments happen in her life, but it’s all from a big lie. I might be the only person to say this, but I hope Kazuya can figure something out, he’s a goofy ass a lot of the time but I don’t wanna see his life come crumbling down, especially after all he’s been through with Mizuhara.

The hate is half the reason this series is still doing super well sales wise lol
Sep 9, 3:54 PM
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Skeltro105 said:
The hate is half the reason this series is still doing super well sales wise lol
I have no idea how the Japanese fans feel about it but it’s possible, if people hate read it like they hate watch it then I wouldn’t be surprised.

Also damn you caught my post before I edited the last part lol, oh well.
Sep 9, 4:01 PM

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It's wild that this series is already four seasons deep, yet I feel like none of the characters have grown at all.
Sep 9, 4:06 PM

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I dont think I can slog through another season of the same shit on repeat man. like damn
@killzone3abc They just... keep writing the same character interactions over and over...
Sep 9, 4:11 PM
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Am I the only one who wishes that they would do an Anime Original episode next week and end the series (the anime). I mean, the manga can run to 2050 for all I care, but after 4 years of this I am ready to throw in the towel.

Now I know it won’t happen, but here’s my perfect Anime Original episode.

1. Mami blows everything up in front of everyone.
2. Chizuru is forced to admit she is a rental GF and everything is a lie.
3. Kazuya goes Super Saiyan and proposes to Chizuru in front of everyone.
4. Chizuru accepts - happily ever after!
5. Mami rides off on a broom, never to be seen again.
6. Ruka joins Losing Heroines S2 as “the transfer student”.

Please.




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my understanding is this arc is nowhere close to the current chapter in the manga.

Mod Edit: As it says at the top of the thread, DO NOT discuss the source material beyond this episode.


Edit: my apologies I did not mean to post spoilers. did it with out thinking.
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@killzone3abc They just... keep writing the same character interactions over and over...

yea, I can't sit through it for another season. At this point, the story has gone on long enough that actual progress should be made, and it's not. i dont even think this is halfway to the current point in the manga.
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Why did the animation quality drop when they where arguing in the bathroom
@Ahohite-killer Thought I was the only one who noticed that, curiously it only happened in that scene; the rest of the episode was the quality that we are used to in the series.
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killzone3abc said:
TheDarkLordOtaku said:
@killzone3abc They just... keep writing the same character interactions over and over...

yea, I can't sit through it for another season. At this point, the story has gone on long enough that actual progress should be made, and it's not. i dont even think this is halfway to the current point in the manga.

Anime is at chapter 210~ (Full season will stop around 250~) while the manga is almost at 400 chapters

If your waiting for the infamous chapter which is apparently a lot of people it’ll likely be in episode 1 of the next cour
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Skeltro105 said:
killzone3abc said:

yea, I can't sit through it for another season. At this point, the story has gone on long enough that actual progress should be made, and it's not. i dont even think this is halfway to the current point in the manga.

Anime is at chapter 210~ (Full season will stop around 250~) while the manga is almost at 400 chapters

If your waiting for the infamous chapter which is apparently a lot of people it’ll likely be in episode 1 of the next cour

I'm not waiting on any particular chapter. I only vaguely know what is currently happening in the manga because it was all over twitter.
Sep 9, 5:59 PM

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Maybe I was inattentive, but was Mami's backstory even shown this season?
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2:00 freaking Ruka man 🤣

9:00 Mami full on 100% aggressive mode now 🤯

Who texted Mami that at the end? Kazuya’s Grandma? 😯

SEASON FINALE NEXT WEEK ALREADY 🤯 FIRST SUMMER 2025 ANIME FINISHING FOR ME! GOES BY SO FAST AS ALWAYS! THIS WAS ALSO THE FIRST TO START FOR ME TOO!
Sep 9, 6:35 PM

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The infamous chapter is definitely episode 1 of the next cour I can't wait to see it getting review bombed that'll be so funny.

Anyways, the episode starts, and Kazuya's already glazing Chizuru. This time it's about...how she looks as good as she did last night. Peak writing. He also looks at Ruka and says "Good morning more like wood morning" which I thought was really funny. This episode has a lot of good lines, another one I like is "No! Are you gonna drag this out, too?"
(me after every Rent a Girlfriend episode. (i promise I like this show)).

So him and Chizuru go to eat, and Chizuru goes to the bathroom. She's confronted by Mami in there, and Mami asks if Chizuru likes him, which she denies because of course she does. Mami also is a bit confusing about this, as she's mad over a misunderstanding despite apparently listening in on them the entire time last episode, but I digress. Kazuya Grandma comes in and asks what they're talkin bout, to which Mami covers up for some reason. Maybe it's gonna be revealed why in the next episode, maybe not. While all this is happening, Kazuya is struggling to send a fairly simple request through message. Never change, Kazuya.

The rest of the episode is kinda just a buncha moping around. Chizuru is walking alone like, "D-Does...does Kazuya still like Mami-san?" Like bitch the flashbacks you're having are from SEASON ONE, EPISODE 4 I don't think Kazuya feels that way anymore gang. Despite all my complaints, the scene with Kazuya Grandma and Kazuya was really well done it was very sweet.

Pretty mediocre episode, went by really fast. Next week marks the end of this cour!!!
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I hope Centimeter plays next week
Sep 9, 7:30 PM
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The guilt has reached a fever pitch, and finally, something has to happen because it's the last episode of the season next week. I just Mami takes a giant fat L and all her plans are ruined somehow.
Sep 9, 8:39 PM
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I was quite bothered by some parts of the episode where the animation seemed to be of inferior quality.

If the next episode is the last of this season, I can already imagine where it will end lol

Sep 9, 10:47 PM

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One more, guys. We'll make through it. Just like always.
@Justifier and I will be waiting for the next season 😂🤣
Sep 10, 7:40 AM

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I feel like the character designs on this episode looked a little off...
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Mami is really the best character in the show simply by being the only one making things happen.

Sep 10, 6:18 PM

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"I honestly can't bear to watch this anymore."
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Best girl and character here. "Let her cook"
@CarbonMD She's been the most intriguing part of this story, when she appears, you know everything about to go to sh*t
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Mami is really the best character in the show simply by being the only one making things happen.

@AnimeNerd99 You know something's about to go to sh*t when she appears
Sep 11, 10:43 AM

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nothing really happened for last few episodes..
(づ ̄ ³ ̄)づ ちゅっ ちゅっ キス (´。✪ω✪。`)

I hate it when anime/manga that I enjoyed ends, especially when there could be much longer plot and when I love main heroine :P

I wish I had magic glasses that let me see real world in anime colors ;)
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And once again everyone tells us that Mami is the pure evil, but she actually actively helped Chizuru in the bath instead of snitching on her... But my favorite scene was when grandma confessed to Kazuya that Chizuru must like him more than she did in 21 years, lol
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