Rent-a-Girlfriend (manga) is Terrible Garbage

[@alansuresh2864]

"When I punched her in the jaw her heart rate increased. Am I her soul mate now" These scripts are insane

[@AngiShyGuy]

"I punched a girl and now she wants me to be her soulmate?" sounds like a great anime title.

[@talkinghoorse6936]

@@AngiShyGuy Just add "in another world" and you've got yourself the next big hit!

[@Cosmic_KIn]

@@talkinghoorse6936 Do not give them ideas🤣

[@tonyplays8083]

Bruh if Rukia and Kazya’s genders were reversed this show would of gotten cancelled.

[@monkeydluffy-fu3vj]

Wtf are you talking about?

[@PageAaron]

This manga is basically what people who haven't been in a relationship thinks what relationships are like.

[@Evangylo]

I get you man, like honestly i feel quite sad for them for enjoying this manga and anime for this long. Like, okay the half of the episode and some chapters of the manga was entertaining, but Kazuya personality as a male protag is just dumb and stupid and the plot of the story just feels like a damn loop.

[@checkyourwall]

In reality, one wrong move and you're done

[@nobody2021]

This is how I've felt about a lot of romcom mangas

[@felixcykayou8930]

u guys legit have to go and search for the author's face.. I dont like to judge someones face but he does look like someone that never have a relationship with a girl b4.

[@hydrusdarkness4016]

@@felixcykayou8930 well Reiji has a wife and kid, he's seems like a pretty normal dude on the interview

[@thegoodjames6438]

The greatest tactic of a mangaka: *Making the mc terrible and having him try to confess but be a loser and a chicken so I can stretch the story as long as I can*

[@polarisu7317]

Because it relates to the Virgin weeb who never had a relationship before, that’s why it attracts so much to them

[@digitaljosh_]

@@polarisu7317 Your whole profile screams weeb

[@digitaljosh_]

He tries to confess all the time it's just everyone cockblocking him

[@Replied_ByMeatr1der5]

@@digitaljosh_ Shhhh, no excuses

[@AmieW]

yeah so he can serialize more longer and having more stable income in life, cant be helped though

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

Ah Rent-a-girlfriend, the series where incels could say "I’d be a _waaaay_ better boyfriend than Kazuya." and actually be *right.*

[@mrtrollnator123]

😂

[@KingBreadMan727]

Impossible

[@fordunfocus]

​@@KingBreadMan727 yes, because Kazuya is almost an incel

[@Charcol_x_gameplay]

Facts

[@corundumkrabble5035]

A

[@demonblush]

the author writes these women as if he’s never met one. like. he thinks to himself “oh man! that starbucks cashier was skipping heartbeats when our hands touched!” when that poor cashier is counting the mins til their shift is done

[@isaacyu5520]

man does got a wife and kids I just think he's just shit at writing the manga period

[@ReigoVassal]

"what a creep." is probably what the starbuck employee thinking if she could read his mind.

[@seorwhite3333]

Thats what all the men think when they see a cute girl

[@neocricket9300]

@@seorwhite3333 ...no

[@seorwhite3333]

@@neocricket9300 well not all men, some men are asexual/gay/ they just jerked off

[@ChromaticRed]

Rent a Girlfriend is like a staircase, you're going upstairs but the moment you open your eyes, you realize that you're walking up to an escalator going down.

[@mee2556]

21 hours now, still an underrated comment

[@silentmute4091]

Or a vampire moved you down the stairs

[@kurfew7168]

Polnareff moment

[@mee2556]

@@nukoid damn it went up from 25 to 50 then 80

[@kaiserfloppaiii5214]

@@silentmute4091 a vampire that can pause time for 5 second

[@portraitofablueavatar114]

The manga makes One Piece's pacing look like a goddamn bullet train

[@lucasrienstra4163]

I mean, the one piece manga isn’t badly paced imo

[@portraitofablueavatar114]

@@lucasrienstra4163 Was talking about the anime tho

[@lucasrienstra4163]

@@portraitofablueavatar114 Oh lol, sorry

[@portraitofablueavatar114]

@I have 8 balls now Toei be milking that shiii 💀

[@Onepieceistheworstanime]

@@lucasrienstra4163 no

[@carolinegrace116]

WARNING: This manga will make you want to Rent-a-Better Manga.

[@CoolGuy-pn9jo]

😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😄😅😅🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😁

[@skotvie5663]

This needs more likes

[@Metamorphu_]

Anyone kno the name of the song used when he talks ab Ruka?

[@imin1557]

THER ARE some good manga's out there like vagabond , vinland saga and many more that inspire you to be a better person,yet people get this kind of entertainment to get some guilty pleasure and fell better for themselves and jock of themselves. gosh darn that why entertainment was that bad and buried some good contents that needed some light of attentions.

[@N95j]

lol nice one

[@miyukii2507]

The only thing I like in Rental Girlfriend is whenever a chapter drops I read the comments in r/manga lmao the amount of cope and salt there is humongous

[@herrscherofisaf5592]

I LIKE TO SCREAM EVERYTIME WE GET CLOSE TO SOME PROGRESS REEE.... makes it more enjoyable since I need to know how this end lol.

[@jeebus_christ]

I remember the time they awarded one post heavily and i thought it was a confession finally. Fuckers lied to me

[@maknaar]

@JM1400K 💀

[@14112ido]

I dropped it at chapter 106. Best decision in my life. Now I just check the comment section of online posts about this manga from time to time to enjoy people roasting the shit out of it.

[@jeebus_christ]

@JM1400K You clearly haven't read enough romance manga to recognise which are good and which are not

[@lemonzykat3339]

kazuya doesnt even look like the main character, he looks like the pervy nasty guy in the train that appears for 10 seconds in 1 episode only and gets smacked by one of the popular boys at school

[@luizotavio44]

He looks like the perverted best friend of the MC in harem series that gets really jealous every time he sees the MC with a girl

[@rozanfaust2967]

He looks like the ugly bastard on a H anime that somehow lost weight.

[@kenthh2241]

@@luizotavio44 thats spot on

[@moguri722]

his concept is actually fine for me, not every mc has to be this hot perfect guy but man kazuya is so badly written

[@lemonzykat3339]

@@moguri722 his personality is so disgusting it makes you think what i said on my comment

[@bio_5467]

The story in a nutshell: Did I every tell you the definition of insanity

[@cloudynguyen6527]

The definition of insanity according to Cambridge dictionary: read Rent a girlfriend from the start to finish and expect something different happens

[@potatoewifi]

Good to see Vaas still have some relevance

[@sooryan_1018]

Bruh no wonder Vaas became this insane. He musta read that manga and decided to become a pirate

[@dukenukem3dgaming]

"clicks* pull the trigger, cmon motherfucker, PULL THE TRIGGER" "PULL THE TRIGGER!" " *JUST SHOOT ME, SHOOT ME!* "

[@DaDualityofMan]

@@potatoewifi Vaas is ingrained in popular culture because of that quote, and it's not even his lol

[@AliAlistor]

(SPOILERS) I can confirm at this current date with 300 chapters of this manga THERE IS STILL NO DEVELOPMENT Edit: im back 1 year later and we’re at chapter 355 and STILL nothing has happened theyve only gone on a “date” which is expanded for 30 chapters of buildup

[@atharaxndx]

Hang on comrade and keep giving updates

[@HydragonofDeath]

300 chapt-HOLY SHIT

[@ZerrikanianWitcher]

Thanks for your sacrifice King!!

[@Seepinggrain]

Please has anything happened yet.😂

[@AliAlistor]

nope nothing has happened and we're at i think chapter 315-20 iirc@@Seepinggrain

[@danielbonsu1139]

Haven't watched or read rent a girlfriend, but this doesn't surprise me. For some reason, a lot of anime like to drag out romance stories, with the ultimate goal being "the main character finally confesses", as if a romance story cant exist past a relationship being established.

[@yanikt.8918]

Recently watched Horimiya and I was surprised that they managed to base an anime on a wholesome and somewhat believeable progression of a relationship.

[@danielbonsu1139]

@@yanikt.8918 yea I've seen some clips and scenes of the show and was genuinely surprised. Horimiya actually seems like the first romance anime in recent years where most of the episodes are actually worth your time, and I'm glad that more and more anime and manga are breaking out of this stupid ass trope.

[@stanleychen2584]

money 🤡🤡🤡

[@inactiveunsub8880]

that’s why I fw tonikawa and horimiya, one of the only romance anime I’ve watched that got straight to the point

[@0ffbrand990]

Well it is a romcom anime tho

[@aadreii586]

A grandma with Alzheimer's would probably like this manga's progression ngl.

[@The_D0C70R]

Hold on that’s actually a good point

[@swank2035]

lol true

[@swank2035]

lol true

[@cupcakemcsparklebutt9051]

Lmfaoooo

[@JeromeProductions]

HA

[@unrealisticde6379]

Nami’s entire character is “We do a little trolling”

[@kirisaki.777]

we be engaging in mild amount (kinda) tomfoolery

[@Pyronek]

Funny thing is that she's been in like 30 chapters

[@pamelotms5867]

The worst thing is that there is a way to wright a charechter like that well and if done corecktly is extremly entertaining.

[@kirisaki.777]

@@pamelotms5867 write* character* correctly* extremely* you welcome

[@pamelotms5867]

@@kirisaki.777 There was a time i used to check every word with google translate beafore posting... That time is long past

[@luky4487]

"Your honor, my client was not involved in prostitution. He was simply renting a girlfriend, just like in the popular manga, "Rent a Girlfriend"."

[@mrtrollnator123]

@@nikunjshrestha7076 😔

[@jackbluehq6653]

​@@nikunjshrestha7076prostitute is always a grey area But I mean as long as its all consensual than i don't see why either party's are looked down on

[@lambertmariano1680]

@@jackbluehq6653 dont source me on this but usually its teenage girls doing the compensated dating thing in japan for prostitution

[@Metamorphu_]

Does anyone know the song used when he talks ab Ruka?

[@corundumkrabble5035]

Saul, what the fuck are you talking about?

[@frankrios6549]

You can not defend this series, it's impossible. This is what happens when you know how to draw but don't know how to write.

[@seorwhite3333]

Yooo for real

[@kugelblitzingularity304]

He do know how to get that bread though. Kinda like Redo of Healer. Doesnt matter if there is no plot if its entertaining enough for many people

[@oscarozzieozborne5783]

@@kugelblitzingularity304 Redo of Healer was an easy cash grab and even the author knew it.

[@anon3600]

@@oscarozzieozborne5783 he manipulated the sheeple lmao

[@gm6393]

It's the inverse of the one punch man manga then (don't get me wrong I still love it)

[@szerny1271]

Like a wise man said: “Kazuya is a living bruh moment.”

[@chromv0lt36]

I cant say it better fellow of internet

[@zanga5408]

That man is Gigguk

[@naqeebinstisyar8]

he's the typical "ahhh im such a loser pls help me :(" and then some beautiful pussies just changed his life

[@matthewmoral3872]

@@zanga5408 what video give me a link

[@zanga5408]

@@matthewmoral3872 kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqi6i56GqtKoi6M He says it at 0:42

[@zentanio]

Two things that depresses me: 1. This manga's plot 2. The fact that people likes Mami

[@excaliburblaze4953]

The reason why your probably depressed is because if you do something over and over again without change, it will lose it’s meaning. That is pretty much rent a girlfriend.

[@thediabolicalraisin8953]

There's even a better girl named Mami with blonde hair

[@justasandvich7168]

People like Mami cause she moves the plot along /s

[@LinLin-cz6vp]

@@justasandvich7168 That's basicly it.

[@undead_6662]

Bruh she's carrying the show wdym I really respect that in a character She's like the instability in a uniform system.... Her actions are causing things to happen that normally would never

[@randomdbfan6527]

This cast of characters feel like an inbreed between Twitter and reddit users who then reside on discord 💀

[@tuerculosisgaming6307]

Wow that's a burn A verbal arson

[@LARODEO15]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@dilll3066]

Reiji Miyajima should just be an illustrator for someone else's story. His artwork is actually really good but the plot is so bad that it doesn't even matter.

[@firebreathingguy561]

Agree

[@JoNarDLoLz]

His art reminds me a lot of Nisekoi. That art really carried the entire storyline, even tho it was really mediocre

[@ahmaddeham_]

yeah, he's not murata (One Punch Man manga author), murata does the artwork and story is written by ONE (One Punch Man Webcomic Author)

[@sua_acoustic]

@@ahmaddeham_ your point?

[@ahmaddeham_]

@@sua_acoustic nothing, I'm just saying stuff.

[@foxco83]

"He will confess " being stated every chapter made me drop it (This really blew up)

[@SovereignSoul1717]

EVERYONE is dropping it because of this last arc, including me. It's hilarious.

[@pardolagames8994]

I sit down when I pee. Fuck

[@FiniteMan1933]

Same I got so pissed off because there was no progression dropped it chapter 50

[@foxco83]

@@FiniteMan1933 I stuck around till 120 and just got bored so I dropped And read chainsaw man Best decision of my life

[@FiniteMan1933]

@@foxco83 chainsawman is the shit I honestly don't have patience for bad manga anymore like 20-30 chapters max and if it's crap I'm dropping it

[@mallows9779]

People who defend Rent-a-girlfriend being good are the same people who think Kazuya is a quirky relatable character

[@Replied_ByMeatr1der5]

Every reader of this manga be like basically

[@boyethewise1728]

God, One ofmy objective in life is to break the nonexistant jawline of such losers...and even i am a neckbeard myself

[@4TH4RV]

This chapter ended in a huge cliffhanger AGAIN with him running towards chizuru about to say something to her for the 9282829th time now

[@seik0uu]

theyre the same people who think meliodas from 7ds is a good character

[@vwin9112]

Anyone want to go back to Ouran Host Club...we got ramen and coffee over there?

[@SSB_Master_Hand]

If anyone wants a pallet cleanser after suffering through Rent-A-Girlfriend, I highly recommend Extremely Straightforward Boyfriend x Girlfriend. It's exactly what it says on the tin. It's only got 39 chapters, and that's all it needs. *It's gold!* They get shit done, there's no nonsense misunderstandings, there are no love rivals, the relationship is healthy, the two main characters have a beautiful wedding, and they all live happily ever after with an adorable and likewise extremely straightforward daughter.

[@LazyyUchiha]

I read just it . AND THANK YOU FOR RECOMMENDATION. THIS SHIT IS PEAK 💣💥🔥

[@trevorvanmill]

just read the whole thing in one sitting... WHY HASNT THIS BEEN GREEN LIT YET?????

[@LazyyUchiha]

@@trevorvanmill u ain’t lying. Anime adaptation would be funny AF

[@trevorvanmill]

@@LazyyUchiha crazy how we get stuff like rent-a-girlfriend or redo of healer anime’s but not something that’s actually good

[@alastor8091]

Why can't the Japanese make more grown up stories like that? I don't get the appeal of flim flam romance manga.

[@juandiegomayedarodriguez7530]

*In another universe* Kazuya: I love you Chizuru Chizuru: Lol No Kazuya: Well, shit The end

[@Patta-gf6no]

Kazuya: Grandma this is my girlfriend Chizaru: Uh no? This is a breach of contract. Good bye *Leave* the end

[@chocoburgersenpai1627]

kazuya: I'll pay! chizuru: I take that back lets keep going for now. ( until I drain your wallet dry haha sucker)

[@tonkotsuramen8453]

Kazuya: Hey I love you Chizuru: No Kazuya: ok, wanna be friends tho? Chizuru: sure whatever Kazuya: Hey I love you Chizuru: wtf (Actual manga)

[@mee091000]

If the manga was good he'd drop Chizuru and go for Ruka.

[@hogothehobo1675]

@@mee091000 Did you watch the video dude?

[@kiss-shot_is_bae]

I felt legitimately shocked when I learned that the mangaka is married and has kids, because the story feels like it was written by an incel that has never had a real conversation with a woman (and I don't even mean it in a romantic way).

[@lucky6961]

that's the trick, making an anime that is a self insert of the targeted audience, whoever with the great artstyle it got enough popularity to reach all this people

[@linkingglagoon8254]

I think the mangaka is just teasing people by purposefully writing romcoms for incels? I heard the spin-offs of RAG are actually pretty decent for the most part

[@kiss-shot_is_bae]

@@linkingglagoon8254 that things has spin-offs?! About what?! Who looked at this trash fire and went "now this is a world that needs to be explored beyond the scope of the original story!"?!

[@linkingglagoon8254]

@@kiss-shot_is_bae I think one of the spin offs is about a girl renting another girl to cope with social anxiety because she's a student idol or smth? Dunno, never read it

[@linkingglagoon8254]

@@almostbaldbuffguy You have a point unfortunately. Maybe he's just shitposting or he genuinely fell in love with Chizuru.

[@BknMoonStudios]

The black guy skit was legitimately better than the real plot. It has conflict, an active protagonist, a plot twist and an earned happy ending. Kill me...

[@scoutwaffle6125]

And it also had a crossover with Dr.Doofenstchmirtz

[@cellinemartins]

And it's also funny af

[@dirtpig02]

"But the second you start to use one chromosome of your brain to think about it..." this stikes me as powerful because it's not even a neuron, it's only a part of the neuron what he basically said was using a tiny part of the tiniest part of your brain is already enough to realize that the writing is garbage

[@trevoris18]

recently I figured out one of the main reasons I hate the MC. He is so obssessed with being Chizuru's boyfriend he isn't even her friend. I realised it when chizuru hugs him after her grandmother died. And he just stands there like a fucking moron. And I'm not saying this is the time to ask her out, I'm saying that your friend is crying to you about their dead relative and you're literally too much of an incel to comfort them. I root for Mami at this point because none of the characters deserve a good end, except the grandma

[@saltator8565]

Kazuya is a sack of shit loser

[@lunarsprinkle6580]

@@saltator8565 man is nothing but a total wanker

[@_jjiel]

@@saltator8565 mans a dull-witted coward

[@mikemorro140]

@ツ eh to be fair if I remember right he wasn't trying to get with her at the time when her grandma got really sick he tried to help her get her movie made so that her grandmother could see Chizuru act before she died it was actually I'd say when he was the most likeable and you were able to root for him a bit more hell even after he was trying to cheer her up after her grandmother died

[@Solaire_of_Astora13]

He doesn't care about her. He cares about his relationship with her. That's just so... ugh.

[@RADZIO895]

What would be a realistic character arc for someone like Mami: - MC behaves like an incel - girl laughs at MC's incel behavior - forgets about him and fucks off to somewhere, never contacting him again

[@kanishkdhiman8379]

Why there is no comment

[@DIPSAINT]

bruh where are the comments?

[@zk-vd6uy]

Uh uh uh weather is cold isn't it

[@Bdal]

@@zk-vd6uy Yeah, sure is. By the way, how are you?

[@zk-vd6uy]

@@Bdal baloney fudge and mustards! My life is being ruined by the internet!

[@REDI____]

The fact that this manga was created, and these characters were written the way they are explains a lot about Japan's declining birthrates

[@jik9693]

Ouch

[@ratedr7845]

damn

[@ale_islost]

Bro went for the jugular with that one

[@flavoredtoe15]

@@ale_islost ong he did

[@gendalfgray7889]

why it like that?

[@pepepecaspicapapas4726]

Isn't this the manga where a guy imagines his girlfriend is having sex with another man and he is both crying and having a boner at the same time?

[@kriss41__3s]

Ye

[@angelicaph483]

Yep it is my friend (and if you want to read the chapter that you mentioned.... plsss for fuck sake don't read it or you will gonna have a massive PTSD)

[@vbadimothebadassjackass8011]

@@angelicaph483 PTSD so massive that not even bleach or therapy could cure it.

[@angelicaph483]

@@vbadimothebadassjackass8011 heck, even a damn tons of holy water can't do the trick

[@Weltte]

wait srsly it is?

[@kavabungaman5983]

Like i hate it when good art is wasted on a bad story

[@aspebb]

My thoughts exactly. Reiji's art is amazing, but the story is meh. You can clearly see this story is being drawn out.

[@mitraj7763]

Yep I bet if the art wasn't as good as this it would've become this popular

[@zeru4319]

true, man needs a real writer to help him out

[@shubhampawar8862]

i think the story isn't shit, its that the makers are making its pace so slow that its holy fukkk. you just can imagine that its anime which has 13 episodes completed 50+ chapters. i think the makers should increase pace like f. and the last part was sooo full of shit . they kept on repeating , i have to confess, i have to confess.... there is where i though that they are extending the fukin story, for money

[@guardraillovah7753]

Basically NTR

[@metalhead351_of]

It's funny to think Uzaki-chan has more development than rental girlfriend.

[@potatoewifi]

Booba superiority

[@bobbun]

spoilers for uzaki chan manga dude the mc in uzaki is chad as fuck. at the very moment he realized that he loves her, he literally search for her just to confess

[@boyethewise1728]

@@bobbun WHAT AN ABSOLUTE CHAD OMG

[@joshualabadie6914]

Bruh, i like mami-chan better than chizuru. Chizuru needs to leave kazuya alone, that dude is causing problems and she is stoking the flame, if she likes him, cool, if not leave.

[@potatoewifi]

@@joshualabadie6914 just say "tits" bro, it's not hard, only costs your dignity

[@animeslayer24]

Unless they pull an anime original, then season two is going to be horrible.

[@etam8099]

Oh shit that's right it got announced

[@zeherneyeoh1626]

It'll still be fine, after the freaking cinema arc is when stuff starts to get hella boring. Like I legit dont even read the manga anymore, I treat it as some illustrated picture book, and I will still know theres still no progress. This is a manga with 227 chapters currently that could have been shortened into less than 180 chapters

[@Kuru20134]

@@zeherneyeoh1626 cap

[@animeslayer24]

@SOVEREIGN SUPREME yea trailers been out for a couple of weeks I believe .

[@Gumboklat]

S2 prolly gonna be fire i mean that shit had me crying but god damn did the quality go down immensly after

[@lestradewilson2962]

How to make a good romance anime MC 101: - MC can stand up to himself. - MC does pick the right girl by testing her. - MC can fight back. - MC does confess when it's the right time. - MC straight up tells his family when he's dating someone or hiring a rental GF. - MC only hires a rental GF because he wants to understand women better and takes advice from the girl. - Overall smart and mature w/ his decisions. - Ain't bland and dense af. - Not a sore loser. Edit: Future me here, you may take some of these, but the rest are just edgy and downright bad. I don't know wtf I was on fr. Yes, I did learn how to create a complex character after that.

[@lestradewilson2962]

- Can tell a girl to stfu and move on with her life if he doesn't like the girl.

[@unamedzube7xb297]

Noone would want to read that bland and boring story lol

[@lestradewilson2962]

@@unamedzube7xb297 I mean at least make the MC how a man actually acts realistically.

[@Olmeuu]

Nah i think it would be fine for him to be the pathetic loser he is, if he actually changed and had character development throughout the story. But that's not the case so he's a garbage mc

[@lestradewilson2962]

@@Olmeuu Or maybe try giving him a glow-up. That could work possibly. Also the creator needs to study human psychology and how women.... operate?

[@TwilightWolf032]

I always thought the mangaka's plan was to make the MC grow from being this bratty boy who got dumped by his manipulative girlfriend, learning to stand up for himself and see the evil Mami was instead of always backing down and trying to impress her because of her looks. But as the series went on, I came to realize the small dick energy the MC had was inherit to his character and the author had no intention of changing it. Been months since I've last read a chapter in the series, and I'm fine with not knowing how the story progresses.

[@nuxmitikuna7718]

Yes, I read it expecting that, he changing the way he thought

[@Voldrim359]

That's what we should have expected and what usually happens when a man try to correct his past mistakes with the past relationships... Something like "The skill of lure" (great manhwa by the way, recommend it)

[@nejcvranic3421]

Bang on

[@allknighter5791]

I mean let’s face it, not even a hint character development, just damn common sense, would instantly ruin this plot. How much money, how much time, effort or dedication do you think could he have spent on his future. He’s not even an infuriating or annoying character. He’s depressing, and sad.

[@TwilightWolf032]

@@allknighter5791 I guess that's the realistic portrayal XD

[@crewmatewillthrowthesehand7600]

the fact that Rent-a-girlfriend became more popular than other deserving mangas is one of the reasons I lost faith in humanity.

[@goingunder2548]

Unfortunately profit makes the world go round.You can choose to create a story that's subversive and groundbreaking and isn't for everyone's taste at the high risk of not earning a lot/not becoming very popular because you have a specific audience, or you can create a watered down, easy to digest tale that's been done to death for over 20 years now, with the high chance of it becoming popular with the masses. Such is the dilemma for any budding creator who wants to keep their integrity but also be able to pay the bills.

[@milesmorales6305]

I think it’s only getting popular because of how bad it is

[@chuchu5946]

@Going Under Nah dude. It goes both way. Look at Halo. They watered it down so much that I and everybody else would rather play COD.

[@derryalif8606]

Japanese are weird

[@idontknowwhatmynameis8525]

That’s kidda of a stupid reason to lose faith in humanity

[@jackmayor3574]

This has aged so incredibly well, to the point where you should make a followup video to gloat.

[@thegreatergoo7842]

Chapter 218 was a nightmare 💀

[@angelicaph483]

@@thegreatergoo7842 Its not only a nightmare, its a literally definition of HELL

[@ShionKenobi]

@@angelicaph483 Prolly gonna get even worse, later on.

[@mee2556]

lol ye

[@angelicaph483]

@@ShionKenobi Yeah at this point i dont ever trust reiji now to make something good to this series honestly....

[@dr.deadpool5959]

It’s amazing how one year later and the story somehow got even worse, pray this man doesn’t find out the dumb stuff that’s been happening

[@brooklyn8745]

what happened?

[@dr.deadpool5959]

@@brooklyn8745 the grandma finds out that they have been lying about their relationship so they decided that instead of telling the truth, they make up another lie to cover up for the first one by saying that they are now in a relationship even though they are not. And this is after the grandma gave Chizuru her ring so she can wear it when they get married

[@brooklyn8745]

@@dr.deadpool5959 ......... thank God ge quit 100 chapters ago

[@call_me_iori]

As a man who stopped watching anime for months so I can focus on my studies, I'll never read this manga again; I still need my braincells for exams. Edit: Imagine getting a second season...

[@khledsingleton9063]

Most recent chapter of grand blue was so goated. Glad grand blue my top 1 and not this RAG garbage

[@prathammishra69]

@@khledsingleton9063 Grand blue is masterpiece in comedy genre while Rent a girlfriend is an insult to rom-com genre.

[@ayanu8962]

new Grand Blue chapter was more amazing that I remember every event but RAG can't remember halfway through.

[@ReigoVassal]

Your profile picture is perfect for your comment. But remember, don't drink too much.

[@anush3420]

I hope my college life goes like yours

[@hzmo0]

Mami's backstory is so dumb. She's from a rich family and she had a BF who her parents didn't approve of, so they married her to the son of one of her father's business partners, to her chagrin. Her fiancee bribed the BF into breaking up with her. And that's when she "broke". And now she wants no one to be happy because she isn't happy. Edit: the manga is still trash

[@ferd31]

Bruh hes not much of a boyfriend if he can be bribed outta relationship isnt he. Why would she be broken by that lmao

[@g76agi]

@@ferd31 Because she actually liked him? Things like this do happen, sure not exactly as described above, but your comment was actually the most braindead one ive seen in this comment section, and thats saiying alot considering this comment section

[@SilveryBlue1010]

So instead of take revenge to her parents and people that wronged her, she do meaningless sh!t like this? What a dumb bish...

[@updog9567]

@@ferd31 uuuh what? if she loved him shed obviously be broken by his betrayal and breakup Do you know common sense

[@a-disaster5285]

@@updog9567 "if" she loved him. I haven't read this dumpster fire in awhile but I do remember that when her tragic story got revealed, even though she did have feelings for him, it all went to hell to fuel her desire to drag everyone down with her. And didn't she break up with Kazuya first?

[@frickinfrick8488]

I love how a cute anime girl can be literally the definition of an possessive abusive psychotic person and weebs will still be like “omg she’s my waifu I wish someone cared about me like that”. Friendly reminder for lonely people: being single is ALWAYS better than being in an abusive relationship. Don’t be so blinded by the desire to be loved that you’ll let a crazy person ruin your life, trust me it’s not the kind of love you need.

[@The_Jazziest_Coffee]

facts facts and facts

[@RodimusMinor1987]

Ruka is the embodiment of an abusive relationship

[@m.zahiruddinmohhar6492]

If you want to know how it feels to have abusive relationship do this: everytime you fap came on a $100 note, set it on fire and stare at it.

[@makurei6888]

You are well versed in facts

[@CheeksSquisher]

I was blinded by it but its good i didn't last long

[@drepie7537]

My homework progresses faster than this plot. And i have fucking ADHD

[@Shaaake]

Lol

[@JimmehRulez]

Fr

[@infinity4241]

Same

[@animebro14]

Let's be realistic here. If the cast was gender flipped so it becomes Rent A Boyfriend, Kazuya's role would be loved simply because waifu and Mami's and Ruka's roles would be hated even more. That scene where Ruka cries because Kazuya won't date her? If it was a guy doing that, people would be throwing the simp and loser cards at him.

[@JoNarDLoLz]

Bro, we literally make fun of Ruka because if how pathetic she is. She really fell for this simp because her heart went "doki doki" for the first time like wtf

[@Homodemon]

I'm pretty sure you just described Diabolik Lovers...

[@Homodemon]

@@marieavril9470 at times the game (and the anime for that matter) read like some kind of weird meta narrative on the sketchy aspects of otome games... But is completely earnest and really honestly expects you to like the guys cuz they're hot vampires and your character is stupid like a toddler.

[@foreverconfusedandkindacute]

@@Homodemon I hate that anime with a burning passion I cant put into words

[@findingnemo707]

No way Kazuya's role would be loved even if he's a heroine. People hate weak and pathetic heroine more than anything , look at Diabolik lovers , brothers conflict or any bad reverse harem lmao.

[@ChilledBacon]

Now in some other universe, rent a girlfriend is about a depressed dude who believes he will die alone and without anything (shows a single gravestone) who's trying to feel alive by renting a girlfriend, and she ends up actually helping him get his life out of the dump, and they both end up liking each other. The dude finally confesses, and they start officially going out. The story then turns into a slice of life where the couple gets better jobs, and end up moving together and starting a family. It follows them til the end when the girl is on her death bed (old age), and she says "I'll be waiting for you on the other side". After a few panels of him visiting her grave, and giving a flower (idk some flower from earlier in the story). it then shows him on his death bed, and as he's slowly dying he sees a white light, and his wife reaching to him for a hug, he says "you kept your promise" with a tear of joy, and he slowly gets pulled into the light. Last scene shows the 2 Graves side by side.

[@xxprogamerxx7770]

There's a manga that has a majority of the points you listed excluding depressed dude renting a gf titled "will you marry me again if you are reborn?"

[@ChilledBacon]

@@xxprogamerxx7770 I'll check it out, thanks for the recommendation

[@poolgoldworldwild2163]

Bro I hope u know someone that draws well because you better start writing that shit

[@ChilledBacon]

@@poolgoldworldwild2163 so funny thing, I wrote it down in an idea jar, and if I ever get good at drawing I'll attempt to make it. No promises tho

[@randooo22]

Damn this would be such a good plot for a story My emotional ass would def cry my eyes out

[@atonedmusic547]

It’s chapter 235 by now; they’ve literally kissed and somehow the mangaka managed to disregard it; now the chapters are Kazuya going like “she kissed me; but I don’t think it means anything; that’s how professional Mizuhara is” and cries for 2 and a half pages until they show chizuru looking down without saying anything

[@mely1022]

what even LMAOOO

[@hyruleking3237]

Why does this sounds like casually explained is she into you video

[@OldFantasy]

Bruh 235 chapters of useless plot only for them to do that boring

[@mrjojo4425]

3 MONTH 3 FUCKING MONTH OF CHIZURU GHOSTING HIM FOR WHAT YOU ASK because it would make Ruka sad….. FUCK RUKA LIKE DAMN WHAT A COCKBLOCK JESUS ALSO MAMI BACKSTORY WAS THE ONLY THINGS I LOOK FORWARD TO AND WILL IT WAS MORE OR LESS GOOD IT DOES NOT JUSTIFY HER ACTION AT ALLLLLL SHE LITTERALY IS JUST A BITCH

[@trainmaster997]

Hey to give them credit, they HAVE made progress. The manga is very clear about that. But it is still very much “2 steps forward, 1 step back”. But you gotta admit that’s an upgrade from “1 step forward 2 steps back” so….progress?

[@idotwithmayonaise1157]

2 PAGE SPREAD OF CHIZURU SAYING "I'M ON MY PERIOD" ICANT

[@bblissed]

My favorite thing about the manga is when I realized it was garbage and read berserk instead

[@kingcrow4275]

You whent to the the light side

[@makron1970]

Same, read berserk is like a become zyzz and leave the path of weak simp.😬

[@justajobro1266]

I guess I made the wrong reading berserk rn and planning to read rent a gf manga next??? I’ll read vagabond if I don’t like rent a gf

[@PutraRhm]

It's two completely different genres...you Berserk fans always promoting it everywhere lol.

[@brutaljk5997]

@@PutraRhm bruh it's a joke

[@maxh7085]

I really wish the mangaka would partner up with someone who actually knows how to write a romcom for his next work. The man's art are really good, especially his fashion sense but he doesn't know how to write good characters. Damn this comment aged poorly.

[@kaelthunderhoof5619]

Yeah he should just partner with ONE.

[@madmouse4400]

He should learn from Negi Haruba (the Quintessential Quintuplets author) and Nanashi (Nagatoro author). Those guys wrote good and enjoyable romcom in less than 150 chapters and were serialized in the same magazine (Weekly shonen magazine) . Heck Nagatoro is still running and there's even more progression in Nagatoro plot than in Rent a girlfriend and Nagatoro manga didn't even reach 100 chapters yet.

[@metropunklitan]

Idk man Japanese mangakas can't really write stories. Their art is top tier though

[@ineslazaro3870]

@@metropunklitan One?

[@jionochi]

@@ineslazaro3870 mob psycho 100 and one-punch man author

[@korewadev]

21:12 😭bro, this shits so much better than whats happening in the manga

[@URSSKGB12]

I'm from the future. Rent a girlfriend is already in chapter 300+ and absolutely nothing changed. It even gets worse

[@josephstalin3120]

Let's see how this comment will age Notify me in the future

[@cranburrey]

Omg that’s horrible

[@TheRealYati]

A doujin parody series of Rent a Girlfriend unironnically has better character development and plot progression than the actual show.

[@walterclements4830]

What is it called

[@TheRealYati]

Rental Kanojo Osawari Shimasu

[@rasheedyoufreealrajhi6022]

@@TheRealYati so whats the code

[@theberserker_of_falconia]

@@TheRealYati sauce code

[@TheRealYati]

340523

[@scrub5808]

saying mami is a good villain is an insult to every antagonist

[@deezclops4484]

100% Trueeee!

[@muhammadazrafbinmohdakmam4772]

Mami is literally that one thot in a drama that keeps chasing off rich dudes and suck their money dry.

[@whippyfunnyman]

Doflamingo, Griffith, Yoshikage Kira, Dio, Crocodile and a lot of other good villains are laughing rn

[@mixie8286]

Izaya rolling in his grave rn

[@jan_draws5268]

@@whippyfunnyman Light Yagami, Pain, Itachi, Griffith(?), Ryo, Shigaraki, Kojiro Sasaki, Sukuna. Need I go on?

[@evgeniblanchard675]

Manga industry is turning from story telling and feeling story to "let give the weeb their sexual fantasy". Especialy the isekai case where they dont even care about the whole "discover a new world" stuff but only powerscaling and harem building.

[@nekozombie]

it's pathetic, especially witnessing the sheer amount of people that love this garbage with a passion

[@gaminf6713]

Yeah man, i just avoid Isekai's if they have a harem at this point.

[@dadadadeadgirl5602]

Tbh same people who think "fanservice is freedom of speech" and not an obvious corporate marketing ploy.

[@nekozombie]

@@dadadadeadgirl5602 What the hell, do people really say that? Why not just own it and accept they like corporate trash with no soul instead of partaking in mental gymnastics to justify it?

[@dadadadeadgirl5602]

@@nekozombie Yep. Sadly enough that's that, and they try any way to rationalize it and justify it. Also it's weird how people confuse fan service with ecchi anime. (you have to see it yourself youtube keeps deleting my comments for posting websites just type Why People Hate Fan service or Why People Defend Fanservice).

[@DripBox07]

I've seen some people compare this to Kaguya Sama love is war. That is like comparing rotten bread to the nectar of the gods.

[@brooklyn8745]

fr.

[@deepsea5348]

I have a feeling he got really good at art and then his friends and family were like, “you should write a manga!” And since he can do a comic book art style he thought he could handle it, but that doesn’t fix the fact he doesn’t know how to write a story.

[@thefeel2261]

He probably had good intentions with the manga to begin with, but I guess once he realized it was bringing in the goo ($$) he just kept stretching the story. Although the writing was already kinda lazy at some parts in the beginning

[@lkmusc]

Miyajima is blinded by the money

[@AmiboW]

I mean the movie arc showed he could write up something half decent but he just wants to drag the story out and make bank off of it tbh

[@rorrim0]

@@thefeel2261 Some people legitimately don't know how to end a story, or while writing don't know what progress looks like. It happens a lot more then you think, because manga artists tend to be you know...artists and not writers.

[@Metamorphu_]

Anyone know the music when he talks ab Ruka?

[@walkingcrow4948]

The best end I saw someone suggest for this garbage was having Kazuya finally realize that chasing Chizuru in such a manner (paying for her and lying to his family) is wrong, seeing how negatively his admiration for her is affecting him, admitting that even if they have a relationship it won't be on equal footing and staying as friends with Chizuru rather than continue chasing her romantically. It would transform a poorly written romance into a great cautionary tale about simping and how even a simp can break free of his poor habits. Of course, this was before the 8 pages of NTR which made Kazuya irredeemable and a laughing stock.

[@metakk5428]

dude the ntr bullshit was SO FUNNY. it had me crying laughing for days, kazuya is so irredeemable there's nothing we can do at this point

[@megugu2155]

>tale of simping wait a bit on oshi no ko im pretty sure the author there will do it better in a few chaps

[@peixepistola8098]

So basically re:zero

[@dovhadark7108]

@@peixepistola8098 no, just no, one story is a tragedy the other is for simps incel if you can't make the difference maybe anime are not for you since you can't understand what's going on when you watch them

[@zukiechi]

@@peixepistola8098 Subaru a gigachad, don't compare him to Kazuya. Dude confessed and had the biggest balls on the planet to go for a kiss.

[@destined-for-solitude]

The whole name "rent a girlfriend" sounds like its made for incels

[@aieo471]

Exactly, the name is already a red flag.

[@sorakh4119]

That’s why I stayed clear from this manga until now. This video and the comments are proving that my decision was the correct one

[@James-oj6ru]

I half expected the manga to be like… serious and well written with how concise the title is and the topic it’s delving in? _Well, that didn’t happened_ I rather read Warren Ellis’s anal dogsh|t interpretation of Castlevania in comic forms than this crap, Isekai mangas are better than this

[@Homodemon]

The worst of all is that is a real thing in japan. On the same level as calling in a hooker but exclusively for lonely dudes who want a cute girl of their picking to walk around with them holding hands. Sex is out of the boundaries but that's ultimately not the point service. Is... Sad.

[@James-oj6ru]

It’s also a popular thing in China… and probably Korea as well @@Homodemon… there’s probably a rent a sister thing as well, I pity but also respect the people who are using it as a coping mechanism relating to either break ups, family related drama or the death of their love ones but for the people who does that legitimately… _ah man, that just ain’t a pretty image_

[@lolzach]

17:02 is so funny because the author literally dedicated a whole ass 2 page spread of chizuru just for her saying that she’s on her period LMAO

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

Nahhh aint no way he dedicated an entire two page spread to Cheesy Roo's period.

[@bygxne0]

@@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45 People been talking about him having a very detailed drawing to end a chapter of a bra in a dryer, when the art was normal before

[@Pikminze]

i honestly don't get the hate for that, its actually very rare for any manga/anime to adress this topic at all, and i don't think rag handled it terrible or something, so in my book thats more like a plus point for the series for talking about this theme instead of completely ignoring and and acting like it doesn't exist

[@KMTepi]

@@Pikminze its not actually abt the period part. its the 2 page part. it makes it seem like the author doesnt know shit abt women's anatomy.

[@ydb82]

How dare you describe miraculous ladybug so well without even mentioning it.

[@ruth7352]

💀💀💀

[@impurusvenatore6350]

Bro...☠☠

[@shione717]

That effing love square man....

[@IronIsKing]

its one of those kid shows where everything is forgotten after 1 episode, so even if they did confess it itd probably be forgotten

[@kcluna2187]

Bruh i cackled reading this

[@diogenesofsinope5358]

Finally someone covering this , the manga just feels like a never ending nightmare at this point. Over 200 chapters and the dude still hasn't made any big romantic moves

[@Lackifall]

This is objectively wrong btw

[@diogenesofsinope5358]

@@Lackifall nope

[@Lackifall]

@@diogenesofsinope5358 believe what you want, I can prove this is wrong. Which means you’re either maliciously lying, or you just haven’t read.

[@diogenesofsinope5358]

@@Lackifall read the manga months ago, after reading domestic girlfriend, have been keeping up to date with it since.

[@Lackifall]

@@diogenesofsinope5358 if you read the manga, show that you’ve read the manga.

[@st4rg4zr]

u can skip 70% of the pages in this manga and still not miss out on any story at all 💀

[@aspebb]

I hate how true this comment is

[@dantesamuels2209]

I literally did this and that is so true

[@nereus2929]

Exactly what I'm doing, already wasted enough time on this bs, Might just see it till the end

[@angelicaph483]

Or just dropped this manga and comeback if everyone bring some good news

[@hollowsid9623]

Lmao yeah I skipped to chapter 218 because i knew there was no plot progession And damn I was laughing my ass off

[@RoxLOL]

Mami is actually best girl because she is actually trying to end this trashy series

[@error-try-again-later]

Mami knows what manga she's in and craves the sweet release of death. Very understandable motives.

[@woofer3284]

She is a girl boss 💅

[@anonymoustroll2432]

Its literally School Days mixed with Nisekoi bro!

[@DarkROSkull013]

300+ chapters later and I'm inclined to believe you're right.

[@andyblanton6570]

You say trashy like it's a bad thing

[@C204-e1x]

This video aged pretty well. Chapter 218 was disgusting.

[@clanwargods]

I can't believe that it was real

[@olp3850]

@@clanwargods yeah man that's something that I would see on nhentai

[@angelicaph483]

Yeah..... reiji (the author) did chizuru dirty in this chapter in the span of 8 WHOLE DAMM PAGES of h*ntai bullsh*t

[@ShionKenobi]

@@angelicaph483 He, just like Kazuya, must have a NTR fetish. At this point, Sumi is the only good reason to keep reading this manga...but is better to not. Reiji will eventually ruin things for her.

[@luthfeeghazale6206]

@@ShionKenobi she has a spin-off manga..i would read the spin-off than the original thou

[@meggancunningham6068]

YO you should make more long vids like this, your humor is golden and i need more of it!

[@meggancunningham6068]

also great vid

[@johnpaulcross424]

Fr my man needs to make a bimonthly comedic video essay series

[@fade2611]

Fax

[@Evo.]

fax

[@abike5969]

Fr

[@colonelcider8292]

When you really think about it, the mangaka is a genius. He has created a story where jack shit happens but is entertaining enough and has some great art where you want to know how it turns out. Since there is basically no progression, the story can last until readers get bored. Even if he manages to exhaust all he could with Chizuru, my man could just introduce Chizuru 2.0 for Kazuya to simp after My man has found the money duplication glitch

[@LEBESTOF03m]

Constant loop of kazuya being a pussy and chizuru being childish and not admitting that she likes him , and no a chizuru 2.0 is probably not gonna happen because it's always chizuru and kazuya ,also the manga is gonna be longer than one piece but with that constant loop lol

[@LEBESTOF03m]

I only read a few chapters after the anime and dropped because i just knew it was gonna be the same thing but this is worse than i tought

[@colonelcider8292]

@@LEBESTOF03m Never say never my guy. Anyway I also doubt Chizuru 2.0 will happen as the manga would likely end before everything is exhausted. I'm just saying that if by some chance there is nothing left and there is no way to proceed further with Chizuru. Just replace her. Content for dayz

[@LEBESTOF03m]

@@colonelcider8292 they basically like each other but the author can make it go on forever unless he decides to wrap it up and make them confess also just checked the latest chapter after watching the video / kazuya's parents or grandparents ( forgot ) discover chizuru is a rent a gf because of mami's phone ,but it looks like mami is gonna cover it up next chapter and everything is gonna go like nothing ever happened

[@fellowgamers5417]

Ewwww. Boring

[@SpringersHorchata]

As someone who loves to write stories, this hurts mentally to hear and see like who's idea was it to just repeat the damn same thing with no character Development?! HOW!?

[@Sam939]

I feel you man. I didn't know a show can get me from 7/10 to -1000000/10. It's insane how they manage to let nothing happen after 50 chapters

[@kyzr899]

So true. At first i watch the anime and i was like "well its alright, 7.5/10" but after the manga i was like 🤨😐

[@arma101]

Ikr i first read this a while while back but stopped (forgot why)... Watched the anime when it released then decided to catch up to the manga.... Then i remembered why i dropped it and now dropped it the 2nd time \( '----')/ Okay so i get how ppl enjoy it... But just like he said,,, when u remotely use up one braincell to think about it - welp yeah

[@RodimusMinor1987]

This taught me that if you like something don't start the manga, it can always get worse

[@kol8214]

Especially after the ntr bs

[@starwolfcyberlight4546]

I'm more surprised on how they still manage to let nothing happen in 50 DUCKING CHAPTERS.

[@sakasusuk]

“A GRANDMA WITH ALZHEIMER’S AND WOODEN KNEES MOVES FASTER THAN THIS MANGA’S PLOT.” 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@xyz_xyz575]

If you think this pace is shit, try reading one piece 💀

[@odishikaprime6900]

@@xyz_xyz575 one piece slander? Begone

[@xyz_xyz575]

@@odishikaprime6900 my apologies sir. One piece flawless fr fr

[@FabioBandicootRPD]

One piece's pace is only shit in the anime, and it still is a lot faster than kanokari

[@hellogoodnite8447]

@@odishikaprime6900 It was faster when they first started out. Now it’s slow as fuck. Now they have like a 10 min intro and ed.

[@thegaybucket9840]

watching the anime, i realized how much i related to Kazuya and i honestly felt terrible. The more I watch the more I feel I am disgusting to relate. Once I was done with the anime... I went outside and touched grass lmao and then decided to trash about Kazuya

[@zosiazaremba7479]

I just want to let you know, that I love you and wish you the best. Now you know what you don't like about yourself and can change that! You have my support!

[@thegaybucket9840]

@@zosiazaremba7479 thank you! Random stranger

[@zosiazaremba7479]

@@thegaybucket9840 No problem my dear stranger ❤

[@pisaschitt787]

Better character development than Kazuya lmao. And you didnt take 200+ chapters to realize your mistake

[@kaffka9221]

'Well, nobody's perfect"

[@fluffcake]

It’s really hard to believe that the author has a wife and kids. But it’s easy to believe that he barely spends time with them.

[@Fallen-d5z]

Right

[@mikeb10633]

Every chapter in this manga: 85% Kazuya talking to himself/thinking about something that MIGHT not happen 15% everything else

[@cristian.mendez532]

That's why when i read the manga i skip a big part of the chapter, and only reading the important things that HAPPENS, i fell like it's less boring this way

[@lyna7614]

Rent-a- girlfriend. A manga for weebs who will never experience the touch of love and partnership.

[@lutherkingxcxc214]

A manga for discord mods lmao

[@rozanfaust2967]

A manga for people who hasn’t seen their reflection on the mirror since 1998.

[@dukenukem3dgaming]

also for self loathing losers who will never get laid, so they joined the circle jerk

[@kingofnobody6698]

Finally a manga for me 😃

[@arigatameiwaku]

@@dukenukem3dgaming never getting laid=loser?I am a loner and i don't seek for partner/love/relationship because i feel better being alone. Should i consider myself a loser?

[@всемпривет-и1щ]

“Mami doesn’t have a life. She’s a fucking loser” Wow, she’s perfect for kazuya!

[@Nopeasaurus]

Kazuya deserves the worst honestly.

[@lezanoloserio7944]

Nah man, Mami is shit but she's still too good for Kazuya

[@Djindas]

Can we mention how this fuckin turbo incel is named after the actual god of Tekken. The Name literally translates into "Harmony" and "Peace on Earth" and thats hysterical.

[@zeddii7126]

@@Nopeasaurus just curious, why you hate him so much, i get it he is not a good protagonist at all, lots of frustrating decisions etc... but since the movie arc he was less trash i guess, i wouldn't say he deserves the worst cause he clearly wants to improve, but the author is making situations as for him to not improve, I don't know if u get me lol

[@midnightswami4002]

@@zeddii7126 The word protagonist implies growth within a character and a positive progression against an internal or external force. Yet this fuck named Kazuya has made no progress against his internal demons(his fear of rejection and spineless personality) or the people against him(Mami and the other girl hindering what could be a healthy relationship). He is practically living a simulation with the way he orchestrates his life which is a constant cycle over which he has no control, so if anything I feel he would be more of an antagonist to his own life, if I'm being really generous he would be a pacifist, but considering how he acts and how he is a representation of the people(the girls) he is surrounded by.

[@IceLaic]

“At the time of recording, Chapter 209 is out” Oh you sweet summer child, you had no idea what was coming nine chapters later…

[@hyphensmixtape]

the fact that KissxSis has better character development…

[@tommyortega7796]

damn

[@christopher4227]

Damn

[@danielbonsu1139]

You watched/read kissxsis?

[@totaldan99]

@@danielbonsu1139 who hasn't? That shit is like the one of the most popular ecchi

[@ariffin617]

@@danielbonsu1139 bro i watch that went i was in 4grade

[@roy-cm4wo]

This series blue balls Kazuya confessing to Chizuru so many god damn times, I’m not even joking my guy.

[@unidentifiedgodofdankstruc1510]

Balls be so blue he be the north pole

[@salt9072]

Lmaooo that's the first time I've seen someone use the words blue balls like that

[@cripplingdepression213]

Sorry I'm not a native English speaker, what's blue balls mean? Google just gave me a epididymal hypertension answer.

[@roy-cm4wo]

@@cripplingdepression213 Teasing about something that seemingly will never happen

[@cripplingdepression213]

@@roy-cm4wo thanks I learned another English

[@MarcoAMunoz-mt5yg]

As a manga reader here, I can confirm everything said. P.S: Love the longer video format, keep em coming!

[@dripkidd8572]

Facts. I read 150 chapters before the 12 episodes, and I was so upset that I never even finished the 12 episodes. The main reason why I read the manga was because of his ex, cuz I wanted to know her motive, and I so couldn't see it

[@hansum_AWP]

As a fellow manga reader, I can confirm that this is true

[@reecyboy28]

@@hansum_AWP as a person who's dropped this shit manga due to how shit its become I can confirm what the person in the video has said is true. This man is doing everyone a favour

[@schnoomies8865]

@Drip Kidd her intentions and motives are still not fucking shown until the family resort vacation arc; also she hasnt been appearing in alot of chapters so this is where I expected she does some actual action or end up in futility

[@BanKai-_-]

Bro I don’t know why I like the Manga of RAG probably cause it’s the first manga I’ve ever caught up to but this video had a lot of good points I didn’t realize

[@itzchessy7843]

two years later AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED

[@saxtonhalegaming]

"80% of 'Rent-a-Girlfriend' Viewers Are Redditors, Survey Shows. Roughly four out of five surveyed viewers of the seasonal anime Rent-a-Girlfriend are avid users of Reddit, according to a recent survey conducted by the American Psychological Association." Do what you will with this information.

[@seorwhite3333]

Only incels watch this, and the author is just exploiting these poor people.

[@shawklan27]

Oh.

[@enzocarneiro6748]

@@seorwhite3333 aye more power to him, if those muppets are eating that up than the man should make his money even tho he is producing trash

[@raiyan65]

Lmao if you go on reddit and check the comments under each new chapter its just people shitting on it. I'm pretty sure the majority of people just hate read it.

[@videogamesworld01]

@@seorwhite3333 You are talking out of your ass I have at least 3 friends who like this and are in a relationship and nowhere close to being incels.

[@Pedro.Tree.Hugger]

You described Ruka perfectly. She's selfish and toxic. She claims to love someone and then deprive that person to chase his own happiness.

[@Suika182]

And when he becomes a shut-in, she loses interest and is never seen again....showing that her love was shallow from the start.

[@mrtrollnator123]

Yep clingy bastard

[@cesarllaven831]

you are being to hard, put you in this situation (suposing you are a girl, I believe someone thought i'm homosexual for this situation i'm proposing (It's Ruka situation)), you never feel any emotion for anyone or anything, for that you have 0 experience in those things of love, you don't know what love is and you are young and inmature, someday you met someone who makes you feel something and for that you think he is the man of your life, then you meet a girl and from your pov she has 0 rights about the guy you are in love with, you feel like she's ruining up your oportunity even when she has 0 interest on him, for that you have to make she get out of her life making him fall in love with you, thats the reason for you have to do everything you can do to make your dreams real, I actually think that a person like that would be completely different in a normal situation and if she matured a little I can understand her character and that's the reason why I think she's a great character I can accept the critics about her and still saying, great character, I like it (maybe in the manga that i don't read it her character gets ruined, idk, i'm talking about the anime)

[@lukky6648]

To be fair japanese manga artists are infamous for being oblivious to the outside world. They focus so much on their Art that they forget about taking inspiration from the real world as well.

[@XavierJoseGJose]

Just what Hayao Miyazaki said.

[@Endershock1678]

It why I like manga artists like Akasaka Aka and Araki. Their manga are literally just an excuse for them to write about the stuff they like IRL. Aka will go to Egypt or spend a month playing Apex and write his next chapter about them for fun, Araki will just cram in his favorite fashion magazines because he likes it. The best manga comes from people who experienced life, which might be why so much manga is mediocre nowadays, all they know is other manga.

[@lukky6648]

@@Endershock1678 absolutely , manga artists need someone to either write a story for them or experience life more and then write. Otherwise it's literally just their kink or fantasy showing in the manga

[@LostSpectre496]

@@XavierJoseGJose the GOAT himself you mean

[@corexyz]

@@lukky6648 No wonder many manga artists just make the same boring shit generic Isekai you see on a daily basis. There's nothing unique or interesting to them because it's basically an otaku's wet dream.

[@sigataros]

I don't know why he hasn't hired just a story writer, so he can just draw, would be an amazing anime

[@jumpshotbroken]

It's funny how the spin-off manga is better. Sumi is the best written character in the manga and has the most growth, yet we haven't seen her in over 20 chapters lmao

[@izrosh]

At this point it's like 50 too

[@zenzen5563]

There's a spin off manga about Sumi?

[@solomonmckay3126]

Sumi has been gone for a year in the main story and her spin-off has been on a "short break" for nearly a year as well. Aaaaaaaaarrrrrggggghhhhhh!

[@iagocavalcanti5277]

@@izrosh bro in JANUARY chizuru call kazuya for a date in a coffe shoppe, this Mangaka are trolling everyone who read this shit lol

[@swanliszt]

Sumi's manga is Komi San but without quirky characters and people in the background keep pointing out how beautiful Sumi is

[@birisuandrei1551]

one thing that really sucks is that they didn't exploit the fact that hes spending A LOT on renting Chizuru and, he has said he "has no money" yet he can rent chizuru 🤦🏻‍♂️...so either hes a fucking liar or the writer forgot that 5.000¥ per hour is a lot of money to be spending almost daily especially for a broke student, he gets a job and all but that shouldn't be enough to cover his insane expenses...i would've liked if kazuya ran out of money, broke down crying as he cant pay to rent chizuru for an important occasion and she out of the kindness in her heart goes with him without asking for payment, then i would've liked that to develop further until she'd forget about payments completely as she slowly falls for kazuya 😅

[@Michaeltheweeb]

This... is so much better

[@birisuandrei1551]

@@Michaeltheweeb thank you :-) i was just speaking my desire from this series, since the premise is great but they failed by making the story loop endlessly.

[@Nopeasaurus]

This does sound better but it still going to take some truly excellent writer to write a convincing love story between a pathetic loser and a girlfriend-for-hire.

[@birisuandrei1551]

@@Nopeasaurus no its not that hard surprisingly, afterall they got so many people to watch the anime despite the story going nowhere for the most part.

[@Sir_Zombie1ted]

@@birisuandrei1551 They got "nowhere-going-anime" fans watch it, and surprise surprise, the "nowhere-going-anime"-ness of it was TIGHT 100%!

[@velvet2925]

My ex liked this anime and he ended up being extremely mentally abusive and loved gaslighting and lying He compared himself to the main character. Somehow, he was worse than him. Almost feel bad for Kazuya for that. He left me for a girl he knew for a day lmao. He always cried about his poor ex to me, pretty sure she ghosted him (for good reason) until he SENT SOMETHING TO HER HOME?? That poor girl. This anime always reminds me of that, and learning more about it, makes so much sense. He always compared me to sumi, that makes more sense now. Sorry for the rant, this anime makes me unreasonably angry

[@lordzeno7713]

No fucking way

[@Crosstariale]

Don’t forget to laugh in his face every so often!

[@Ronin-en6hm]

Only one question , how tf does a guy like that get so many girls ? Like , HOW ?

[@Crosstariale]

@@Ronin-en6hm This world works in mysterious ways…

[@ilozone8327]

Idk if you're lying or not smart enough to realize your ex is straight up trash but he ain't shit

[@puppetpawss]

This anime also brings up the ever-growing issue of a male lead who has little to nothing of value being surrounded by adoring women in many other romance animes/manga. A story about a quiet, nerdy, scrawny unpopular guy can absolutely work well, but a huge issue that a lot of authors hit is that they forget that there has to be some sort of appeal to the male lead for his love interests to actually find something in him to like. It's one thing to try and promote that quiet, nerdy, unpopular guys deserve love, it's another to write a literal garbage dump for a male lead and have the same expectations. So many of these romance animes/mangas fail at making a good romance between the lead male and the love interest because their lead male is either bland and boring, has no personality other than being a pervert, so oblivious to the affections of his love interests that you question if he has brain damage, or they're straight up written like a closet r@pist. Sometimes all of the above at the same time. It's cute when it's a story about a shy, unpopular guy who finds a girl who loves and accepts him despite that. It's not cute when the guy in question is actually a restraining order on legs while preaching that they deserve to be given love when they have nothing going for them.

[@imjustbeinghonest2994]

In response to the last paragraph, if you want a story like that, read/watch "My Dress-Up Darling". Marin and Gojo are probably the most functioning main couple of a romcom series that I have ever read.

[@epicbuttcrack15]

@@imjustbeinghonest2994 I’m not a huge fan of mangas similar to Dress-Up darling, so I just watched the anime, and honestly there were parts I didn’t enjoy (obviously, the fanservice, but like 90% of romance anime has excessive fanservice), but my favourite part was that Gojo *was* an unpopular guy, the difference between him and other mc’s was that he wasn’t a massive incel, he actually had skill in a craft and is a decent guy who just likes doing his sewing and working with his grandpa.

[@imjustbeinghonest2994]

@@epicbuttcrack15 Oh. Welp, I tried ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@danielnidhiry5796]

What about Kagaya sama

[@imjustbeinghonest2994]

@@danielnidhiry5796 Kaguya-sama is a good series, but I don't think it's the romance series they want specifically. I would recommend it, though, since it's _wayyyy_ more entertaining than Rent-a-Girlfriend.

[@deathrouter3443]

The author should be a manga artist for writers instead of being that. He could earn more money from it.

[@jamesnicol8352]

You could've at least said he should improve his writing

[@jamesnicol8352]

And do freelance manga artists make more money than manga author artists? Is that even true?

[@poolgoldworldwild2163]

@@jamesnicol8352 nah bro you can't polish a turd. When you that trash at something, it's better to delegate the job

[@deathrouter3443]

@@jamesnicol8352 unless he watches/read to write his own creative story and make a manga adaptation. There were people on internet who make good original fanfic even if they can't draw like manga artist.

[@jamesnicol8352]

@@poolgoldworldwild2163 and is it bad to not give up?? I'd rather overcome an adversity than just giving up from the get go.

[@jilliancrawford7577]

I want to defend the author by saying he probably forgets plotlines due to lack of sleep and the horrendous workhours it takes to make manga, but my sympathy can only stretch so far.

[@anangryaustralian8518]

Nah he just can't write a good romance story

[@aldomeylano9278]

@OneFortyFour artist and writer joint manga? what on earth is that

[@nepnep8444]

@@aldomeylano9278 Exactly what it sounds like, one person writes the story and the other illustrates it.

[@ceerie7487]

@@nepnep8444 kinda like the bakuman anime The 2 main characters (one who writes, one who draws) decides to make a manga and their goal is to get their manga adapted as an anime.

[@ellealine4159]

@OneFortyFour is it? I've read a whole bunch of those

[@angelmartos4099]

This mangaka made Haruhi's Endless 8 into a whole manga

[@echomotion]

LMAO

[@jcs3146]

LMAOOO

[@yazyaz2969]

Endless 8 is better

[@boyethewise1728]

Thats every harem manga out there... But this one is just absolute hunter

[@viniciushenrique6672]

​@@boyethewise1728 Not really. Many Harem mangas actually get to somewhere. Maybe the MC gets with one of the girls, maybe he gets them all, maybe he ends up single, and so on. At least with them, we can feel that the story is going somewhere. But with this manga It's different, we feel like we didn't even got out of the starting line.

[@zhangthehuman]

What makes it even worse is a the manga artist recently announced on Twitter they would start using ai art 😭😭😭😭

[@JonJonFan0237]

Easy money

[@cranburrey]

He didn’t say he would continue using ai art, he was just using it to test to see if it would properly generate an image of Chizuru

[@angelicaph483]

​@@cranburrey As expected.... a few years later and that man hasn't fucking learned a single damn lesson huh

[@tomatosoup1304]

My biggest issues with some romance manga is that there’s either: A) slow plot B) un likeable MC C) ‘humour’ that isn’t even great. That being said there are many I do love and will read romances as there are some that are just wonderful I’m every way

[@aeso3555]

And the worst part is when fans use the "character development" line as an excuse for unlikeable MCs.

[@canavero4288]

my main problem is: uninteresting mc uninteresting mc meets interesting characters all the interesting characters fall in love with the uninteresting mc like how tf does that make sense

[@stevenlee3240]

Bullshit drama that don't make any sense as well.

[@RahmatrianZ]

@@aeso3555 yup most of these loser mc doesn't change even at the end of the series lol

[@thepraetor7434]

Lack of development. I could put up with incredibly shitty characters in the beginning as long as there's character development.

[@BlackDragon10K]

It's funny how Chizaru was hyped to be best girl of 2020 when in reality she's 6/10 at best

[@angelicaph483]

Which is a huge middle finger for all the chizuru fans lol, im not a big chizuru fan (im more a sumi fan than anything else) but i know how they feel especially after chapter 218 events (damm i felt bad for her, poor girl)

[@deandra1735]

But she isn't a bad character though. She just needs more confidence. Also for ruka.... WASNT IT LITERALLY POINTED OUT HOW HER HEART DIDNT BEAT THAT HIGH UNTIL SHE MET KAZUYA! So isn't that the reason that she's staying in the relationship even though Kazuya doesn't like her? How did he miss that????

[@BlackDragon10K]

Sumi is best girl

[@doctorfeedback2993]

I hate that she's the most semi normal cause she barely does anything interesting enough

[@seg162]

"You're average, at BEST"

[@yellomango_6440]

Dude, you know your romcom manga has a problem when you can get better romance progression in Detective Conan.

[@nurazani4719]

Ouch

[@bebos3001]

😂 Oh lord how I wait for the day Detective Conan is actually complete.

[@nurazani4719]

@@bebos3001 while waiting for him to turn back into an adult. I've become an adult 🥲

[@ezrawyvern6795]

Or, really, better overall plot progression in regards to The Black Organization.

[@forSurfingTheNet]

Stop😂 this shit just killed me😂

[@betr8]

It's chapter 301 now and (spoilers) - - - - - - - He still did nothing, and all the comments agree on manga sites really hate it.

[@envy842]

In all my time reading manga, never have I EVER dropped a single one. Until I read this. Yeah, i know that romance isn't about the confession but don't make the story a shitty rougelike where every chapter we go back to square 1. I'm really starting to think that kazuya got castrated as a kid because no matter how long it took he still hasn't grown a pair to just confess.

[@yabazyabacoffee]

Damn, like you've never dropped a single one???? I'm no avid manga reader by no means but I've dropped a hefty amount (whether the plot got dry or I couldn't see any end goal) and I've never went and read any long ongoing mangas such as the ones in shounen jump but if rent a girlfriend was ur first you must've had some insane tolerance to anything else you read

[@envy842]

@@yabazyabacoffee Well, you gain quite a sense when you read the good mangas out there so I avoid the generic stuff as to not waste my time and just end up dropping them. A lot of the mangas I read are obscure and have few chapters to them so that's mostly the reason as to why I haven't dropped a lot. This just went under my radar because the concept was interesting. I mean it's basically prostitution without the good part.

[@TheCapitalWanderer]

weird lol, me too

[@pepz8505]

I've read all of one piece 3 times and found it still interesting. I couldn't stand 5 chapters of Rent A Girlfriend Edit: I've started reading one piece again

[@b3nl555]

@@pepz8505 how many chapters are there for one piece

[@funne3y]

This video aged like a fine wine

[@kikoasnowz]

yes

[@mee2556]

yes

[@stanfordfeynman2796]

Yes

[@gamertech7707]

How? Can someone explain

[@stanfordfeynman2796]

@@gamertech7707 the recent chapter 218 has caused a major uproar lol

[@deezclops4484]

To be honest when Gigguk started praising this manga like the second coming of Christ, I was genuinely excited to read it but once I got caught up I really regret listening to his recommendations now

[@Beyondthegalaxies824]

He has a coomer brain

[@---pt8fk]

His opinions are always so shit

[@aieo471]

lol

[@victory1014]

Nah his taste is shit and that's why I watch him.

[@zukiechi]

@@---pt8fk nahh we all thought Rent-a-girlfriend was good when it first came out, and think they gonna actually develop Kazuya, can't blame him Plus most if not all his other opinions are to some degree pretty based, especially the one on Mushoku Tensei

[@lukeahn0330]

The manga artist has gone insane now, he's in love with the character he made and has a life-sized statue of the girlfriend and claims it's his wife.