Rent-A-Girlfriend
Rent-A-Girlfriend (彼女、お借りします, Kanojo, Okarishimasu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Reiji Miyajima. The series began serialization in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine in July 2017, and has been compiled into 14 volumes as of March 2020.[2][3] The series has been licensed in North America by Kodansha Comics, which will release the first volume in English on June 2, 2020.[4] An anime television series adaptation by TMS Entertainment is set to premiere on July 10, 2020 in the Animeism block.
Rent-A-Girlfriend | |
Cover of Rent-A-Girlfriend volume 1 by Kodansha | |
彼女、お借りします (Kanojo, Okarishimasu) | |
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Genre | Romantic comedy[1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Reiji Miyajima |
Published by | Kodansha |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | July 12, 2017 – present |
Volumes | 15 |
Manga | |
Written by | Reiji Miyajima |
Published by | Kodansha |
Magazine | Magazine Pocket |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | June 21, 2020 – present |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Kazuomi Koga |
Written by | Mitsutaka Hirota |
Music by | Hyadain |
Studio | TMS Entertainment |
Original network | JNN (MBS, TBS) |
Original run | July 10, 2020 – scheduled |
Episodes | 12 |
Summary
Kazuya Kinoshita has broken up with his girlfriend Mami Nanami after dating for about a month. He uses an online app to rent a girlfriend named Chizuru Mizuhara, a beautiful and attractive girl. However, because she appears to be too perfect, he writes her a low rating, but then Chizuru berates him for that and reveals she is meaner than he expected. However, when Kazuya's grandmother collapses in the hospital, he brings her along and the grandmother is smitten with how great she is. Kazuya continues renting Chizuru in order to keep up appearances with his family and friends, but things get complicated when they discover they are next-door apartment neighbors and attend the same college. Later, other girls from the girlfriend business also join in dating and showing interest in Kazuya.
Characters
Main characters
- Kazuya Kinoshita (木ノ下 和也, Kinoshita Kazuya)
- Voiced by: Jun Fukushima (2017 commercial),[5] Haruki Ishiya (2018 commercial)[6], Shun Horie (anime)[1]
- A college student who, following a painful breakup with his girlfriend Mami, decides to rent a girlfriend.Ch. 1 He soon finds himself in situations where he has to continue renting Chizuru to keep up appearances with his family and friends. He then develops romantic feelings towards Chizuru.
- Chizuru Mizuhara (水原 千鶴, Mizuhara Chizuru)
- Voiced by: Sora Amamiya (2017 commercial, anime),[5][1] Aoi Yūki (2018 commercial)[6]
- A college student who moonlights as a girlfriend-for-rent for the Diamond company. She is proud of her exceptional ratings in the service, but becomes annoyed and abrasive when Kazuya embarrasses her and gives her a bad rating.Ch. 1-3 At school, she goes under her grandmother's family name Ichinose, and has a nerdy appearance with large dark-framed glasses and braided pigtails.Ch. 2 It is soon shown that Chizuru and Kazuya are next-door neighbors in their apartment complex.Ch. 3 She continues to let Kazuya rent her services in order to help his grandmother, and to help him develop as a person. Later, it is revealed that her reason for going into the girlfriend business is to develop role-playing experience and to become an actress.Ch. 31
- Mami Nanami (七海 麻美, Nanami Mami)
- Voiced by: Aoi Yūki (2018 commercial, anime)[6][1]
- Kazuya's former girlfriend. She has short blonde hair.Ch. 1 She appears to be friendly on the outside, but harbors jealous and possessive feelings that scare her friends sometimes. She is shocked and suspicious that Kazuya has found another girlfriend so soon after dumping him.Ch. 4-6
- Ruka Sarashina (更科 るか, Sarashina Ruka)
- Voiced by: Nao Tōyama[1]
- A girl who is introduced as Kazuya's friend's girlfriend, but is actually also working as a girlfriend-for-rent for another company. She wears a ribbon headband. She wants to date Kazuya for real after seeing how kindly and passionately he treats Chizuru and her.Ch. 20-25 She has a health condition where she has a low heartbeat rate that she monitors, and Kazuya is the first guy who elevated her rate.Ch. 28
- Sumi Sakurasawa (桜沢 墨, Sakurasawa Sumi)
- Voiced by: Rie Takahashi[1]
- A girl who also works as a girlfriend-for-rent with Chizuru's company. She is in her first year at college and is a newcomer to the industry. She has pink hair with a braid styled on one side. She has a shy personality, and through Chizuru's urging goes on dates with Kazuya in order to improve her skills as a girlfriend-for-rent, later developing feelings for him.
Supporting characters
- Nagomi Kinoshita (木ノ下 和, Kinoshita Nagomi)
- Voiced by: Yukari Nozawa[7]
- Kazuya's maternal grandmother. She is thrilled to find out that Kazuya and Chizuru are a couple.Ch. 1 She is also friends with Chizuru's grandmother.
- Yoshiaki Kibe (木部 芳秋, Kibe Yoshiaki)
- Voiced by: Masayuki Akasaka[7]
- Kazuya's childhood friend and college schoolmate.Ch. 4 He occasionally gives Kazuya advice about how to deal with his relationships.
- Shun Kuribayashi (栗林 駿, Kuribayashi Shun)
- Voiced by: Gakuto Kajiwara[7]
- Kazuya's friend and college schoolmate. He has short light hair and wears glasses.Ch. 4
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Reiji Miyajima, the series began serialization in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine on July 12, 2017,[8] and has been compiled into 14 volumes as of March 2020.[2][3] The series has been licensed in North America by Kodansha Comics, which will release the first volume in English on June 2, 2020.[4]
A spin-off manga series, also written and illustrated by Miyajima, is currently being serialized in Kodansha's Magazine Pocket app on June 21, 2020. The series will focus on the character, Sumi Sakurasawa.[9]
No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN | English release date | English ISBN | |
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1 | October 17, 2017[10] | ISBN 978-4-06-510221-3 | June 2, 2020[11] | ISBN 9781632369970 | |
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After having been dumped by his girlfriend, college student Kazuya Kinoshita uses an online app to hire a girl for a date, and meets the beautiful and stylish Chizuru Mizuhara. However, after reading online comments that she acts nice to all her clients, he gets upset and starts criticizing her behavior on their next date. Chizuru pulls him aside and criticizes him back for giving her a low rating and for embarrassing her in public. When he finds that his grandmother Nagomi had collapsed; he takes Chizuru to the hospital, but Nagomi is extremely excited and elated to see that he finally has a girlfriend. They agree to part ways afterwards, but discover they attend the same college, where Chizuru dresses up like a nerd to avoid attention. Kazuya rents Chizuru again for another hospital visit, but they discover Chizuru's grandmother has also been staying there. At home, they discover they are next door neighbors, and have to deal with Nagomi visiting. Kazuya agrees to rent Chizuru once a week to keep up appearances with his family, but on one of their dates, they bump into Kazuya's friends, who invite them to a dinner party that includes his ex, Mami Nanami. During the conversations, Mami talks about Kazuya's flaws until Chizuru tells her to stop it. | |||||
2 | December 15, 2017[12] | ISBN 978-4-06-510221-3 | August 11, 2020[13] | ISBN 9781632369987 | |
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3 | February 16, 2018[14] | ISBN 978-4-06-510970-0 | October 13, 2020[15] | ISBN 9781646510634 | |
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4 | April 17, 2018[16] | ISBN 978-4-06-511207-6 | TBA | — | |
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5 | June 15, 2018[17] | ISBN 978-4-06-511621-0 | TBA | — | |
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6 | September 14, 2018[18] | ISBN 978-4-06-512239-6 | TBA | — | |
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7 | November 16, 2018[19] | ISBN 978-4-06-512994-4 | TBA | — | |
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8 | January 17, 2019[20] | ISBN 978-4-06-513937-0 | TBA | — | |
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9 | March 15, 2019[21] | ISBN 978-4-06-513937-0 | TBA | — | |
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10 | May 17, 2019[22] | ISBN 978-4-06-515139-6 | TBA | — | |
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11 | August 16, 2019[23] | ISBN 978-4-06-515727-5 | TBA | — | |
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12 | October 17, 2019[24] | ISBN 978-4-06-517162-2 | TBA | — | |
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13 | December 17, 2019[25] | ISBN 978-4-06-517546-0 | TBA | — | |
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14 | March 17, 2020[3] | ISBN 978-4-06-518556-8 | TBA | — | |
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15 | June 17, 2020[26] | ISBN 978-4-06-519178-1 | TBA | — |
Chapters not yet published in volume format
These chapters have yet to be published in a tankōbon volume. They were originally serialized in Japanese in issues of Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on December 15, 2019. The series is animated by TMS Entertainment and directed by Kazuomi Koga, with Mitsutaka Hirota handling series composition, Kanna Hirayama designing the characters, and Hyadain composing the music. It will premiere on July 10, 2020 in the Super Animeism programming block on MBS and other networks.[1] The anime will run for 12 episodes.[27]
References
Works cited
- ^ "Ch." is shortened form for chapter and refers to a chapter number of the Rent-A-Girlfriend manga as published by Kodansha Comics.
Web sources
- "Rent-A-Girlfriend Manga Gets TV Anime in July". Anime News Network. December 15, 2019. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
- "彼女、お借りします」既刊一覧 講談社コミックプラス" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
- "『彼女、お借りします(14)』(宮島 礼吏) 製品詳細 講談社コミックプラス". 講談社コミックプラス.
- "Kodansha Licenses 6 New Manga, Acquires Saiyuki, Chobits, Clover". Anime News Network. July 7, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
- Miyajima, Reiji (October 29, 2017). "昨日夜よりYouTubeにて「彼女、お借りします」TVCM公開されてます!CVはなんと 和也:福島潤さん 千鶴:雨宮天さん です! 自分が「このすば」ファンだと伝えたらこんな夢みたいなことに…!!是非ご覧になってください!" (in Japanese). Twitter. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
- "【「歌い手は誰でしょう?」PV正解発表】 ↓前回の一人二役&超早口な、激ムズPV↓". Kanojo, Okarishimasu official Twitter account (in Japanese). Twitter. June 22, 2018. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
- Egan, Loo (June 26, 2020). "Rent-A-Girlfriend Anime's New Ad Unveils More Cast, July 10 Premiere". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
- 「AKB49」宮島礼吏が描く、“レンタル”から始まるラブコメディ始動. Natalie (in Japanese). July 12, 2017. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
- Hodgkins, Crystalyn (June 15, 2020). "Rent-A-Girlfriend Manga Gets Spinoff About Sumi". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- "『彼女、お借りします(1)』(宮島 礼吏) 製品詳細 講談社コミックプラス". 講談社コミックプラス.
- "Rent-A-Girlfriend 1 by Reiji Miyajima: 9781632369970 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com.
- "『彼女、お借りします(2)』(宮島 礼吏) 製品詳細 講談社コミックプラス". 講談社コミックプラス.
- "Rent-A-Girlfriend 2 by Reiji Miyajima". PenguinRandomhouse.com.
- "『彼女、お借りします(3)』(宮島 礼吏) 製品詳細 講談社コミックプラス". 講談社コミックプラス.
- "Rent-A-Girlfriend 3 by Reiji Miyajima". PenguinRandomhouse.com.
- "『彼女、お借りします(4)』(宮島 礼吏) 製品詳細 講談社コミックプラス". 講談社コミックプラス.
- "『彼女、お借りします(5)』(宮島 礼吏) 製品詳細 講談社コミックプラス". 講談社コミックプラス.
- "『彼女、お借りします(6)』(宮島 礼吏) 製品詳細 講談社コミックプラス". 講談社コミックプラス.
- "『彼女、お借りします(7)』(宮島 礼吏) 製品詳細 講談社コミックプラス". 講談社コミックプラス.
- "『彼女、お借りします(8)』(宮島 礼吏) 製品詳細 講談社コミックプラス". 講談社コミックプラス.
- "『彼女、お借りします(9)』(宮島 礼吏) 製品詳細 講談社コミックプラス". 講談社コミックプラス.
- "『彼女、お借りします(10)』(宮島 礼吏) 製品詳細 講談社コミックプラス". 講談社コミックプラス.
- "『彼女、お借りします(11)』(宮島 礼吏) 製品詳細 講談社コミックプラス". 講談社コミックプラス.
- "『彼女、お借りします(12)』(宮島 礼吏) 製品詳細 講談社コミックプラス". 講談社コミックプラス.
- "『彼女、お借りします(13)』(宮島 礼吏) 製品詳細 講談社コミックプラス". 講談社コミックプラス.
- "『彼女、お借りします(15)』(宮島 礼吏) 製品詳細 講談社コミックプラス". 講談社コミックプラス.
- "Rent-A-Girlfriend Anime Listed With 12 Episodes". Anime News Network. June 15, 2020. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
External links
- Anime official website (in Japanese)
- Rent-A-Girlfriend (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia