Anime coming July 2020! You can rent a girlfriend, but can you buy love? Reeling from a bad breakup, Kazuya rents the beautiful, polite Chizuru for a date. But rock bottom might be so much lower than he thought! Chizuru is much more than the pretty face and sweet demeanor he thought he’d bargained for…In today’s Japan, “rental” services can deliver an afternoon with a “friend,” a “parent,” even a fake girlfriend! After a staggering betrayal by his girlfriend, hapless freshman Kazuya gets just desperate enough to give it a try. But he quickly discovers how complicated it can be to “rent” an emotional connection, and his new “girlfriend,” who’s trying to keep her side hustle secret, will panic when she finds out her real life and Kazuya’s are intertwined in surprising ways! Family, school, and life all start to go wrong, too… It’s sweet but naïve boy meets cute but ruthless girl in this 21st-century manga rom-com!
A GIRLFRIEND IN NEED! An unthinkable tragedy has left Mizuhara emotionally distant. Something inside is telling Kazuya to help, but he doesn’t know how, or even if he should. Whatever they pretended to be in the past, Mizuhara and Kazuya are only neighbors on good terms now that the movie’s complete. Thankfully, there’s someone the clueless lover can always turn to for advice. It’s time for the Sumi hospitality train to roll out once again! Wait, why’s she taking Kazuya to the beach?!