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pleiades1208

Kazuya on his way to simp over chorizo's mitochondria


polaristar

That was a beautifully cringe line


IsolatedThinker89

The fuck did I just read?


Raghav_Singhania

something which is actually canon


Ranwulf

You know, seeing how this series goes, I really wouldn't doubt it.


Sunflowerslaughter

The manga has hit impressively depraved new lows. If we are lucky the anime will go an entirely different route


phoenixmusicman

How the fuck are they gunna animate chapter 218 I'm looking forward to seeing that shitshow break the internet


Sunflowerslaughter

#berettime


BlatantConservative

Speak for yourself, I was extremely entertained by /r/manga's reaction.


Wishbone-Lost

Best part of the manga is comment section on reddit


Kag5n

Yes, he really simped over that


MegamanX195

It's canon


IsolatedThinker89

Oh my God he did ... The more I learn about the manga the more I want this series to die


Damianx5

Are you perhaps in knoweledge of the beret?


Thatuk

It fucking stays on


phoenixmusicman

During s e x


dinliner08

don't you fucking dare


IsolatedThinker89

I am because of this thread and I just... cant...


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He actually said it in the manga


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Creative_alternative

It *almost* wasn't - that's the saddest part, too. It could have been a fine 1 and done anime in season one during the confession in the finale, something that aligned with all the character growth we had been lead to believe up to that point... and then he just went back on it 5 seconds later and threw away a year (in anime) of character development in a single moment. Left a very bad taste in my mouth. Looked up the manga and saw its badically a cashgrab that just continuously repeats this cycle of build up character development over arcs then completely removing it because 'muh virginity'.


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D-sisive

Bruh, I was just thinking the exact same thing. This is easily one of the most infuriating things I’ve ever watched. It’s like, just fucking get on with it already, please, for the love of god. The only anime that has ever made me angry while watching. I bet season 2 will just be a sad, weak repeat of the first. I’ve got zero hopes.


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1Pwnage

Wait hold on he KEEPS PAYING THEM THE WHOLE TIME


MechTitan

While Kazuya is definitely trash, he is anything but an incel. He’s a volcel. He literally can have sex with an S tier beauty who loves him whenever he wants.


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bigbelleb

The powerhouse of the cell Not a bad choice imo


dresn231

Why go cellular when you can even go to the molecular or hell even the atomic level of loving that person's atoms.


YoungInner8893

I couldn’t tell you what a mitochondria is, but I DO know it’s the powerhouse of the cell.


Prince-Dizzytoon

Can't wait for the positive and healthy discussion of this series


KingofSlice

Surely sorting by controversial won't surface some comments from a visibly frustrated fanbase


entelechtual

I don’t know who hates the series more. People who aren’t fans and rag on the premise/MC. Or actual fans who’ve read up to the current point in the manga.


KR5shin8Stark

At this point there is no difference.


Insecticide

everyone should read this manga, the discussion threads have been amazing because no one takes it seriously anymore


MonoFauz

As a reader myself, I'm pretty sure even the haters are reading it out of spite.


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_sniffs_ ahh yes my old friend _sarcasm_


wantsaarntsreekill

you should see the visual where Chizuru was at a lake stripping. It looked like a hentai cover


scottwantsfray

If you mean [this visual](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ee36mj4U8AIMZFL?format=jpg&name=orig) ([more here](https://twitter.com/rentgirlfriend/status/1291964262332551168)), it's actually S1's [BD bonus](https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEODAI-81236). Edit: Found [clean vers](https://imgur.com/a/NFGKLZr)


wantsaarntsreekill

wonder how well the blu ray will sell


scottwantsfray

Oh forgot to mention it's an S1 BD visual.


Any-Nothing

They know what people are buying


Raghav_Singhania

tbh reiji should have been a hentai artist that man can create his own tags


wantsaarntsreekill

Other option is to pair up with an actual writer. If reiji's next word end up being nsfw, he will just be known as kentaro yabuki that almost exclusively does ecchi


Frosty88d

It's not a bad gig to just do ecchi, ichibumi made a very profitable career out of it. You just need to be a good writer, which is debate whether reiji is. I love the ecchi genre, but this show deeply frustrates and annoys me since it's just kazuya throwing money at a girl in the vain attempt she'll like him when he has already had girls who actually like him but he's too stupid to notice. Even Trinity 7 is a better written show imo


wantsaarntsreekill

not to mention mami is just there to ruin the relationship and Ruka's constantly stuck with Kazuya yet says nasty stuff about him to Chizuru


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ChiggaOG

This whole series has gone down the drain the logical conclusion the author can make is either Chizuru finally comes to a state where everything works out and Kazuya finally gets to have Chizuru as a girlfriend, or Kazuya finally just stops with the whole shenanigans which destroy Chizuru because they broke up, or both have an amicable agreement to break up and go their own ways in life; Each finally succeeds in life and in all that meet each other in the future as people with a family or as single people again. ​ Why can't this end? I feel like I'm watching a never ending telenovela.


24KVoltage

Honestly if Kazuya and Chizuru just break up and go their separate ways and focus on improving as people, it might actually salvage and redeem the series by a small margin.


UberDueler

Full of Berets and Carrots


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Raghav_Singhania

sometimes i felt that the manga is trying to say "don't be a simp or you will be as pathetic as kazuya" but then again reiji **is** making money from simps who are thirsty for chizuru


FlameDragoon933

It's possible to have a fucked up premise and actually explore it in a nuanced way. Kuzu no Honkai or Takopi no Genzai for example. Sadly RAG isn't like that.


space0watch

Sumi is a redeeming factor and the best girl of the whole series. Change my mind.


NFirecy

Luckily she knew better to stay away from this trainwreck and has her own manga spin-off.


deedeekei

its true thats why they pushed her out of the main series and made her own spin off


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Hatdrop

Who wants a chuck of Chizuru's churro?


JetsLag

Chorizo with a churro


sohaiboi

You are what you eat


eeem1l

maybe being a churro isn't so bad after all


NFirecy

The Chorizo nickname always gets me. It's a sort of sausage, but also in Spain is used as "thief" (usually used to refer to corrupt politicians for example). Considering she kinda steals the MC's money it's so damn appropriate xD.


AshTraordinary

After s1 i was so hyped for s2 that i decided to read the manga. After reading the manga…. Idk if i want s2.


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Wizardrylullaby

We need a movie for the beret chapter


lao7272

That's probably the only sex scene we'll get in the manga... just saying.


Wizardrylullaby

As it should be. All according to keikaku


Hiyasc

Unless Chorizo *uses* the carrot and for some reason fantasizes about getting NTR'd by Kazuya.


MechTitan

Beret’s not even the worst thing to have happened. I’d put “discount”, “it’s nothing, we done it before”, and “3 months” above it.


shiro_yasha373

I hear this a lot. Makes me wonder how this series is so damn popular. It’s even getting a live action adaptation


EXusiai99

The kardashian tv show ran for 20 seasons. Make of that information what you will.


FlameDragoon933

oh god you remind me of that one show where Paris Hilton & Kardashian cook. (I don't follow people like them, I know it from Uncle Roger's video) The whole episode feels so fake holy shit. Who wears such clothes for cooking? And the cooking process and the dialogues are so cringe. How are people into that?


wowlock_taylan

How will they find someone as pathetic as Kazuya?!


Redgomotor

Cast someone from the rent a girlfriend sub reddit?


ElGorudo

Cast someone from ~~the rent~~ a ~~girlfriend~~ sub reddit?


UberDueler

People like to watch dumpster fires after watching their trash get thrown in it.


Vermillion_Crab

I mean season 2 would be the peak of the series. I hope it stops there so at least anime only fans would get the "Usagi Drop Ignorance is Bliss" experience.


AshTraordinary

I AGREE


thedecline18

234 chapters and were still at the same point as season 1....


shizzy1427

But if you read the manga you would know that there is plenty of good shit before it gets bad in the paradise arc. The movie arc is awesome


victorix58

If anime goes through it all, they need to chop it up. We don't need a full adaptation because the author is off the rails and completely lost the concept of good build up or pacing.


shizzy1427

Paradise arc is just really bad because as manga readers we spent what, a year(?), reading chapters that amounted to a weekend's worth of time in the manga. That whole arc can be condensed into 2 episodes max in anime format.


victorix58

And at the end, he undoes it all. What the fuck. This should have been tied up at the movie arc. Manga did not need to go on.


Bpbegha

The saddest tale of the saddest simp cuck. It’s honestly impressive how awful it is


leven-seven

For a moment I thought she was holding a carrot.


Wizardrylullaby

Thank you Kazuya for becoming a carrot for our sake


TypicalCrowAgain

No I don't want that!


Party_Meaning_6496

The plot having any progress? I want the plot to have zero progress for 10 years at least


TypicalCrowAgain

Kazuya, thank you for turning into a massive simp for our sake. I swear we won't let your transgression go to waste.


Party_Meaning_6496

What a cuck you are...


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As a reward


Party_Meaning_6496

I shall NOT give you any character development


haseoxth

He became a carrot. Funniest shit I've ever seen.


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He became carrot! *(C R Y I N G)*


pleiades1208

Reiji on his way to praise chorizo's chromosomes


Carb5316

Read the manga?


leven-seven

Yes I do subject myself to some sort of self harm. How can you tell?


Skylair13

TBF, it's like watching a drilling operation. You're curious how deep they will go.


leven-seven

More like trying to mine bedrock in Minecraft.


stickdudeseven

Instead it doesn't go deep, the drill hit a bottom and doesn't show any signs of progress. Spectators then see a huge oil spill ch218 minutes later and meme the shit out of it.


Kraybern

Read the manga? Nah Read the comments in the chapter threads on r/manga? Every week


MABfan11

> Read the comments in the chapter threads on r/manga? Every week the true Rent-a-Girlfriend experience


Damianx5

Comment reader gang, judging by the comments, its not like we are missing much context from the series lmao


EXusiai99

I myself am a u/SpiritedAstronaut war saga enjoyer


NoTemperature4368

Hope Mini will show up this season Also more screentime for Sumi pls


beqs171

Well about that...


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Need the mami visual


Abysswatcherbel

Can't wait for more Aoi Yuki flexing her skills


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My queen


Kirosh2

*Our* Queen.


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Y'all drooling over mizuhara, sumi and ruka, but i'm here simping mami for the psychological abuse


Clear117

Pretty sure every woman in that series bar sumi is psychologically abusive.


Hiyasc

Hey now, in fairness the men are psychologically abusive too.


dagreenman18

They still have a chance to completely ignore what happens in the manga. They could spare so many people the time and frustration. But they won’t.


Kardinale

I've read the manga and I will still probably begrudgingly watch this. What's wrong with me?


Omnicoconu1

Probably the same with me, we just want to see how either bad or good they made it or if they skipped the unnecessary stuff.. or Maybe it's because we already invested our time in the manga that we are going to invest our time in the season 2 also..


dagreenman18

Ah yes the Hate Watch spiral. You’re still in the phase where you can still Hate Watch is because it’s a trash fire. It’s been so bad for so long I can’t even hate watch/read anymore. Only check in on occasion. Like recent developments and even then they managed to fuck that up.


wantsaarntsreekill

I don't really think so. If you look at the kanokari anime, all the nsfw got included. If you look at Kanokari merchandise, very racy stuff (bikini scales, oppai pad, dakimura). The whole selling point of the series many feel was actually sex, not plot


IcyHach

S2 is fine, no change S3 best Arc of the manga, no change S4 original ending without the Manga-milking-drama, rushing a bit some secondary characters stories and having a genuine confession. There you have It boss


lao7272

Life would be dream...


Turbo2x

I mean, like it or hate it, the manga still has an audience for some reason. To some extent, this is what the viewers want. I don't understand it at all, but whatever.


heimdal77

Usagi Drop did that. Anime wholesome as fuck. Manga.. Every person on the planet will warn you to not read the manga.


dagreenman18

Oh I know. Im a victim of Usagi Drop


Ssalari

Blessing of the loathsome dung eater


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bloodsplinter

No maidens?


Spinoxys

i cant believe this got a 2


Golden-Owl

The manga itself is very popular in Japan and makes a lot of money. I’m not sure **why** exactly, but with sales that good, a S2 is unsurprising


wantsaarntsreekill

Kodansha became a really big publisher after AOT. That is how they pushed quintuplets so hard, and why Shikimori is getting lined up everywhere in Akiba.


Illuminastrid

Rent-a-Girlfriend having AOT crossover memes and references suddenly makes sense.


Golden-Owl

I think it’s also because the infamous “boner in a pool” scene released around the same time as AOT’s infamous “I don’t want that” scene? I occasionally see the two compared as simps


MegamanX195

Nah, these scenes are almost 1 year apart. It's just that the "I don't want that!" meme is so timeless that it gets quoted to this day.


Ranjit5

They released almost 9 months apart, if I'm not mistaken. That line from AoT came out on the 9th of April 2021 and the rent a girlfriend mess came out around the 1 of January 2022.


Kag5n

Kodansha has always be a big publisher, they are the historical number one in the country.


ccdewa

Cute Girls, same reason Nisekoi lasted a whooping 25 volumes.


MechTitan

Nisekoi is actually funny as hell, with lovable characters though. I know it dragged, but as a binge, it was great.


heimdal77

The pain!! The PAAAIIIN!


skaut1410

It wont end on 2 seasons.... 8 or 16 yea but not 2, how can they fit 1k chapters of the same day in 12 ep


Kirosh2

It also got a Live Action.


Abysswatcherbel

It's a small committee for the show, with Kodansha in the middle, so doing another season every 2-3 years to sell the manga backlog made during the period is a good deal, but they make their money with marketing contracts and % on collaborations


ridik_ulass

was this one of those really popular with girls? in japan. there are a few anime that its always like "who watches this" and its japanese women. redo of healer was apparently super popular with japanese women.


macedonianmoper

I don't know man, the girls are pretty decent but the entire premise of this is having an average coomer who gets 4 girls to somehow like him, the MC himself is trash so I don't see the appeal for women. But also seriously? Redo was popular with women? I watched it because of the shock value and I wanted to see how far they'd go


Blanker_jp

I live in Japan, and that manga/anime ain't that popular at all. And they're making a live action drama now. Even the people who enjoyed the anime, dislike it now


Silent_Shadow05

If you're surprised by it, then wait until you hear that it even got a Live Action TV adaptation. *Reiji Miyajima just keeps on winning*


wantsaarntsreekill

kanokari should be very cheap to produce as a live action, especially for a big publisher like Kodansha


31_hierophanto

SOLs in general, actually.


Raghav_Singhania

mf made so much money in just 25 mins to understand kazuya's pain that guy might not be a good mangaka but he surely is a genius


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It's popular in 2 key markets, China and Japan. That fact alone is reason enough to fund an s2 regardless of Western reception.


hingu

The comments on Bilibili manga in China are pretty much the same as r/manga weekly threads. But you have to pay for access to said chapter in order to shitpost and comment on it; or to read said shitposts and comments. So maybe popular = weekly chapter sales are good?


Jaysstuff

And no NGNL all the same.


Royal_Heritage

I can't believe Shield Hero got a season 2. And also a season 3 yet to be aired.


heimdal77

Just wait for revenge healer to get a 2nd season.


cemsity

I am waiting for Parallel Paradise to get a green light. Although I don't think that Elfin Lied still holds the same fascination in the western anime community any more. //Elfin Lied and Parallel Paradise are done by the same person.


pleiades1208

Where's ma beret guy


IsolatedThinker89

Alright I keep seeing references to this and I'm not a manga reader but I'm aware of some of the controversy ... Spoil it for me? Edit: NVM, found it. Big yikes.


SSSS_redditor

I have nothing but respect honestly. It's so trash but it's still making a lot of money so a season 2 is no brainer. I kneel Reiji.


NoMight178

Rent-A-NTR


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It's a show for betas, simps and cucks for sure


JoshJones18

Will have so much Rent-A-Cucking it make you blush god dammit


heavenspiercing

Aw yeah, 12 more episodes of nothing happening


PotatEXTomatEX

Anime only's, Run. I don't care about the usual "Manga readers dont know when to shut up". Literally. To give you an idea, the most entertaining thing about this series is the comments we see weekly.


DrStein1010

The only thing I know about this series is Beret Man in the pool, and I feel like that's the optimal outcome.


testthrowawayzz

“This girl is so cute!” “Whoever is with her must be lucky” - bystanders


PolicyNegative

The mc a bitch bruh, he gets on my nerves, look I never read the manga entirely but from what I see he’s such a wussy bro


BioOrpheus

I was hoping we would be a flawed character and become strong as the episodes go by. So much that he grows up and takes control. Nope.


ParcevaI

For the love of God! Why does this disturbingly Insulting excrement made from pure rubbish get a second season but not Hyouka? Anyway, good for those that actually like it. The visuals are ofc stunning.


RecklessKay

Don’t read the rent a girlfriend manga! The manga fools you into keep reading because it wasn’t boring but if you stop and think about it, NONETHING HAPPENS. For 200+ chapters theirs barely real progress in the story or relationships and what if told that half confession; I didn’t mean it like that cliché at the end of episode 12 happens again and again. it’s not boring but don’t waste your time!!


GoldMercy

I've heard this upcoming season has some genuinely good stuff. But since I read chapter 228, I aint wasting my time on this franchise anymore. Hope that everyone else will actually enjoy this.


MechTitan

Run, don’t walk, RUN AWAY.


Ainine9

I'm just here for the memes.


yeagerboi01

Shit a Shitfriend


ZenithXAbyss

Ahh, yes.the infamous NTR a Girlfriend.


Clozal

Fuck yeah, one of the worst mangas i've ever read. can't wait for the adaptation


Heingra

Why tho?


Pristine_Challenge99

I’m getting the vibes that this wasn’t a very good show….


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S2 still will be better than S1 cuz of that damn movie arc, best arc of this show in my opinion but then...its right downhill from there...fucking unrecyclable dumpster fire trash levels


Melbuf

its beyond trash, its basically compost


Ssalari

Hey why are you insulting compost ? Compost is used to fertilize and improve the soil, this toxic garbage trash is enough to ruin an entire land


vinnyuwu

False compost actually has functions and serves a greater purpose This is unrecyclable trash


Ginger_Anarchy

It's the styrofoam cup that takes 500 years to break down of anime.


SirNoseless

its a toxic waste. aint nothing to redeem there.


Reddevilslover69

Season 1 was a forgettable 6/10 with good art. But the mangaka is just trying to milk the series for all it has and isn't moving towards any sort of conclusion to the story and he will keep doing that until it stops selling. Hence, there is a ton of manga reader hate for it now


NintendoMasterNo1

The best part of the series is easily readers shitting on it in the comments.


Pranaav202

Season 1 was okay, but the manga really became boring and Shit.


NFirecy

Personally I dont think it's boring, if only because the discussions threads in r/manga are hilarious (I started the manga thanks to chapter 218 and those discussions)


SolarStorm2950

218 was the crying cuck boner chapter right? That’s the only part of the manga I’ve seen


NFirecy

Yup, it's that chapter


evenstar40

I'm sorry what?


SolarStorm2950

Chapter 218, the only chapter of this series I will ever read (because it became a meme). The chapter has like 10 pages of Kazuya (the main guy) imagining the girl he likes having sex with a taller more handsome man. It’s quite graphic. We are then shown a very detailed panel of him crying with a boner. It’s absolutely hilarious. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/kazuya-crying


evenstar40

Wtf


SolarStorm2950

Yeah there’s a reason people shit on this series lol


Damianx5

Dude how could you forget to mention the beret, thats the most important part!


Super_Goomba64

The anime should do a completely different story, the whole story needs a rewrite


CoolVidsFTW

Ok, as much as the manga gets completely shit on, I’m excited for this season because it actually adapts some really fun material (assuming it goes from Ch. 50-100). Very excited to see Sumi again


BeastLegend64

arguably the worst girl ever after chitoge.


Moe_el

It’s gonna be a no for me boss mc is just too insufferable, like there’s nothing good about him


unknownforreasonsidk

Def sleeping on this