Rent-a-Girlfriend

Show • 2020 • Animation, Anime, Comedy, …

Rent-a-Girlfriend
Rent-a-Girlfriend

Kinoshita Kazuya is a 20-year-old failure of a college student. He managed to kiss his girlfriend once, but was dumped after a month. Completely spiteful, Kazuya uses a certain method to date a girl. He goes to their meeting place and a beautiful girl brushing her long, black hair behind her ear was there, smiling at him. Her name was Mizuhara Chizuru. Something real is born after just a single rental! A reckless rom-com filled with love and excitement is about to begin!

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StatusReturning Series
ReleaseJuly 11, 2020
Seasons5
Episodes60
Last episodeJune 24, 2026
Origins
  • Japan
Genres
  • Animation
  • Anime
  • Comedy
  • Romance
Tags
  • anime
  • based on comic
  • based on manga
  • harem
  • romance
  • romcom
  • school life
  • shounen
  • slice of life

Seasons

Season 1

12 episodes Jul 2020 – Sep 2020

Jilted and heartbroken after just a month of dating, 20-year-old college student Kazuya Kinoshita turns to a rental girlfriend app out of sheer desperation. This leads him to a fateful encounter with Chizuru Mizuhara, a stunningly beautiful and seemingly perfect girl. However, after a chaotic first date and a sudden family emergency, they discover that they not only attend the same university but also live as next-door neighbors. Forced by circumstances to keep up the charade, their complicat...

Season 2

12 episodes Jul 2022 – Sep 2022

Season 3

12 episodes Jul 2023 – Sep 2023

Season 4

12 episodes Jul 2025 – Sep 2025

Season 5

12 episodes Apr 2026 – Jun 2026

Ratings by episode

Best Episode 7.9/10

First aired: Sep 8, 2023

S3E9 – Parting and Girlfriend

Chizuru, who is staying by Sayuri's side even after she has been rushed to the hospital and remains unconscious, is torn about whether she should tell her now that her relationship with Kazuya is a lie.She also regrets not being able to show Sayuri the movie she starred in, when suddenly Kazuya appears."Hey, wait a minute! What are you doing coming in out of nowhere?!"Chizuru exclaims, surprised and angered. However, Kazuya says nothing, turns on the laptop and projector he was holding, and leaves the hospital room...

Worst Episode 6.5/10

First aired: Aug 28, 2020

S1E8 – Christmas and Girlfriend

Kazuya, who had started a (temporary) relationship with Ruka, lived in constant fear that his relationship with Chizuru might be exposed at any moment.Winter arrived without him being able to see Chizuru, and it was Christmas Day.On his way home from the bank, Kazuya spotted Chizuru, who was dressed more stylishly than usual, and began to consider a "cruel possibility.""Does 'Rental Girlfriend Mizuhara Chizuru' have a boyfriend...?"

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