The original Rent-a-Girlfriend manga has been serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine since July 12, 2017, with 36 collected volumes released thus far. The series has spawned three TV anime adaptations, a live-action drama series and a crossover smartphone game.
The third anime season, directed by Shinya Une at TMS Entertainment, aired in the Summer 2023 anime season. Crunchyroll streams the entire anime series so far, describing the anime as such:
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. “Ugh… Damn it. I never want to go through that again.”
Completely spiteful, Kazuya uses a certain method to date a girl. He goes to their meeting place and suddenly hears, “You’re Kazuya-kun, right?” 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!
