Rent-A-Girlfriend (Season 2)
Movies
Alternate Title
彼女、お借りします(第2期)
Synopsis
Kazuya Kinoshita is a lonely college student who decides to use a rental girlfriend service and meets Chizuru Mizuhara, the ideal girlfriend in every way. After going out on a date, he lies to his family and friends that she is his actual girlfriend and must continue to rent her to keep his lie from being found out. Soon, Kazuya is surrounded by other rental girlfriends, each cute and quirky in their own way.
There’s Ruka Sarashina, an assertive girl with a heart condition who is searching for someone who can make her heart beat faster, and Sumi Sakurasawa, a painfully shy girl who easily gets flustered and is trying her best to change herself. Then there’s his ex-girlfriend, a devilish girl named Mami who seems to be a bit jealous after seeing Kazuya with Chizuru and begins to closely follow their relationship.
Drinking parties, swimming, hot spring trips, Christmas, New Year’s…Kazuya’s feelings for Chizuru continue to grow through the memories they’ve made together. But then Chizuru makes a confession that will shake their relationship: she’s thinking of quitting being a rental girlfriend!
Background
Rent-A-Girlfriend started as a manga series written and illustrated by Reiji Miyajima that began serialization in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine in July 2017. As of May 2022, 26 collected tankobon volumes have been published under the Shonen Magazine Comics imprint. The series is licensed for English release in North America by Kodansha USA, who will publish the 13th volume in June 2022.
A spin-off manga titled Rent-A-(Really Shy!)-Girlfriend also written by Reiji Miyajima began serialization in Magazine Pocket in June 2020, and three volumes have been published as of May 2022. Similarly to the main series, it is also licensed for English release in North America by Kodansha USA, who have published two volumes as of January 2022.
A cross-over mobile game titled Rent-A-Girlfriend Heroine All-Stars developed by Enish was released in September 2021. It stars Chizuru, Mami, Ruka, and Sumi along with heroines from other Weekly Shonen Magazine manga including Fairy Tail, The Seven Deadly Sins, and Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches to name a few.
A live-action TV drama adaptation is also in the works starring Ryusei Onishi as Kazuya and Hiyori Sakurada as Chizuru. It will premiere on ABC and TV Asahi in July 2022.
The second season of the TV anime adaptation was announced in September 2020. The anime is once again being produced by TMS Entertainment with Studio Comet providing production assistance. Returning staff members include Kazuomi Koga as director, Mitsutaka Hirota as series composer, Kanna Hirayama as character designer, and Hyadain as music composer. The anime’s opening theme song is "Himitsu Koi-Gokoro" by CHICO with Honeyworks, and the ending theme song is "Ienai” by MIMiNARI featuring asmi. The anime will premiere in Japan on July 1, 2022 and will air during the Animeism programming block on MBS, TBS, and their affiliates. It will be streamed overseas by Crunchyroll as it airs.
Characters
Kazuya Kinoshita (Voiced by: Shun Horie)
Kazuya is a college student living in Tokyo. After a painful breakup with his girlfriend Mami, he comes across a rental girlfriend service that he decides to try and meets Chizuru when he rents her for a date. Due to lying to his family and friends about Chizuru being his actual girlfriend, he must continue to rent her to keep up appearances.
Chizuru Mizuhara (Voiced by: Sora Amamiya)
Chizuru is the ideal girlfriend who is beautiful and sweet. She has a serious personality and works hard every day to fulfill her dream of becoming an actress. She meets Kazuya while working as a rental girlfriend and goes along with his lie to his family and friends that she is his girlfriend. She goes by the name Chizuru Mizuhara as a rental girlfriend, but her real name is Chizuru Ichinose.
Mami Nanami (Voiced by: Aoi Yuki)
Mami is Kazuya’s ex-girlfriend who is a bit of a seductress. She and Kazuya dated for only a month before she broke up with him. Despite her sweet appearance and air, she sometimes shows her dark side. She seems curious about Kazuya’s relationship with Chizuru.
Ruka Sarashina (Voiced by: Nao Toyama)
Ruka is a super assertive little sister-type idol girl. She is full of energy and has a cheerful personality. She has a short bob which she styles with her trademark ribbon. While searching for someone who could make her heart beat faster, she meets Kazuya, who is also serious about rental girlfriends, and becomes his temporary girlfriend, albeit with conditions.
Sumi Sakurasawa (Voiced by: Rie Takahashi)
Sumi is a healthy and hardworking girl with a cute smile. She is a junior at the rental girlfriend company that Chizuru works for and is extremely shy. While working hard to change herself, she is introduced to Kauzya by Chizuru and the two go on a practice date together. She is growing day by day as a rental girlfriend.
Music
Opening Theme Song: "Himitsu Koi-Gokoro" by CHICO with Honeyworks
Ending Theme Song: "Ienai” by MIMiNARI feat. asmi
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Staff
- Original Creator: Reiji Miyajima
- Director: Kazuomi Koga
- Series Composition: Mitsutaka Hirota
- Character Design: Kanna Hirayama
- Art Director: Minoru Akiba
- Color Design: Fumiko Ishiguro
- Director of Photography: Shintaro Sakai
- Editing: Yumiko Nakaba
- Sound Director: Hajime Takakuwa
- Music: Hyadain
- Animation Production Assistance: Studio Comet
- Animation Production: TMS Entertainment