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More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers
I was fully prepared to detest this anime. The premise is ridiculous. I ended up enjoying it. While it’s not the best rom-com ever made, it’s very sweet…
More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers
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More Than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers
More Than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers begins with a reality-TV premise. Shiori, Jiro, and Akari’s high school has implemented a couples-training practicum, which aims to have…
Episode 251 - More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers
This week, Shaun’s MILF-Hunter senses have been tingling, and his eyes are set on the relatively new studio MOTHER & 3 episodes of their romantic comedy More Than…
First Look: More than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers
Nerdy loser Jiro must participate in the “marriage practical” at school: a test where a male and female student must live together as a married couple and score…
More Than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers – Episode 1
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More than a married couple, but not lovers. – 07 – Okaeri, Akari
I just want to express my surprise and gratitude that Akari’s gyaru-friends Sachi and Natsumi are actually good people too! When they see Shiori with too many bags…
More than a married couple, but not lovers. – 06 – Hearts Racing Together
One morning, Akari is acting like a caring, loving wife, the kind that is again propelling her and Jirou into the top of the practical rankings (which are…
More than a married couple, but not lovers. – 01 (First Impressions) – Mismatch
Fuukoi, as it is also known, begins with the two female leads meeting at a shrine. The “plain” but cute Sakurazaka Shiori stumbles on the stairs and into…
More than a married couple, but not lovers. – 12 (Fin) – Double rainbow
Akari knew she faced an uphill battle to win Jirou’s heart before he and Shiori arrive back at the beach house looking very suspicious. As summer break continues after…
More than a married couple, but not lovers. – 05 – Sharing fabric softener
Akari’s crush continues to be supplanted by feelings for the mock husband right in front of her, and throughout the episode she expresses this though lots of teasing…
More than a married couple, but not lovers. – 11 – Giving Love A Try
Shiori may have been sacred by the voices she heard on the beach, but she’s even more troubled when she hears that both Akari and Jirou were on…
More than a married couple, but not lovers. – 09 – Not Like That Other Summer
Summer Break has arrived, and Kamo has lined up a 3-day live-in beach resort job, both for himself and for Jirou. Jirou is not enthusiastic until he learns…
More than a married couple, but not lovers. – 10 – All the different parts
As expected, Shiori was not gesturing towards the love hotel, but the beach nearby to make a sand castle. She invites Jirou to make a tunnel through it like…
More than a married couple, but not lovers. – 03 – Starting over from zero
Akari knows Jirou is in love with Shiori, but wants to know specifically why he’s drawn to an earnest, family-oriented girl, and what he wants such a girl to…
More than a married couple, but not lovers. – 04 – Shoulder to cry on
During P.E. class when Minami is playing basketball and generally looking like a higher form of life, both Akari and Jirou hear from their friend(s) that he and…
First Impression: More Than a Couple But Not Lovers
Remember those classes in high school where you had to take care of a bag of flour or a baby doll for a couple of weeks to learn…
More than a married couple, but not lovers. – 08 – Lost in the forest of decision
This week was difficult at times, but also necessary in a satisfying way. We start with Shiori, Mei, Jirou, and Akari all alone, wondering how long things will…
More than a married couple, but not lovers. – 02 – Hearing her out to the end
Jirou is having a lovely dream about Shiori visiting him in the night, only to be woken up by Akari wanting the same thing. Not so fast: she…
Rent-a-Girlfriend – 22 – More than a Lie
Kazuya probably feels like Ruka’s kiss, complete with tongue and the requisite saliva strings, lasted the entire week between the last episode and this one. But Ruka felt…
More Than Married, Less Than a Couple #01 — Inappropriate Sex Ed
In my sex ed class, we competed over who got to give the grossest STI report. You know, because we were immature, idiot teenagers. Impressions: I'm deeply curious…
Tune of the Week(ish): Married Couple, but Not Lovers’ TRUE FOOL LOVE
I haven’t watched this show, but it’s got cute girls, so why not give it a listen! The Tune of the Week is the opening theme to the…
Rent-a-Girlfriend – 26 – One More Mug
Ruka’s arrival at Kazuya’s door after dark instantly makes things 100% messier, especialy from his other neighbor Yaemori Mimi’s perspective. And considering she is still official…
Rent-a-Girlfriend
By Andrew Osmond. Rent-a-Girlfriend is a risqué romcom about a young man going online and… It’s as the title says. College student Kazuya is smarting after he’s dumped.…
Rent-A-Girlfriend
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She was the first girlfriend I ever had, and she dumped me after just one month? Welcome you sad lonely souls to the world of Rent-A-Girlfriend! For all…
Kanojo, Okarishimasu (Rent a girlfriend) (Review)
Genres: Comedy, Romance, School, Shounen What is it about? Kazuya Kinoshita is a 20-year-old college student who has a wonderful girlfriend: the bright and sunny Mami Nanami. But suddenly, he doesn…
Kanojo, Okarishimasu (Rent a girlfriend) (Review)
Genres: Comedy, Romance, School, Shounen What is it about? Kazuya Kinoshita is a 20-year-old college student who has a wonderful girlfriend: the bright and sunny Mami Nanami. But suddenly, he doesn…
Rent-a-Girlfriend – 36 (S3 Fin) – Close, But No Sparkler
Well…Kazuya doesn’t light Chizuru’s sparkler. In fact, even when he knows she’s crying, she laughs it off as smoke in her eyes, and the fireworks continue with her…
Rent-A-Girlfriend Vol. 1 MANGA REVIEW
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…
Rent a girlfriend Season 1 [Animé review]
Seasons: 1 Episodes: 12 Runtime: 24 min/Eps Genres: Comedy, Romance, School, Shounen The truth is I almost wound up not watching this animé, why? Excellent question I’m glad…
Rent-a-Girlfriend – Ep. 9
I know Ruka is going to lose but would it hurt to be a bit more subtle about it?
Rent-a-Girlfriend – Ep. 8
Stop, Kazuya. Just stop.
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Rent-a-Girlfriend – Ep. 11
Mami gets her screen time back while Sumi doesn’t have enough.
Rent-a-Girlfriend – Ep. 4
If you told me Kibe is one of smarter characters in this show, I wouldn’t have believed you at first.
Rent-a-Girlfriend – Ep. 2
Am I supposed to feel bad for Chizuru?
Kanojo, Okarishimasu (Rent-a-Girlfriend)
Kanojo, Okarishimasu, AKA Rent-a-Girlfriend, AKA KanoKari, AKA RAG, is an anime that is a trash fire, but a really enjoyable trash fire. The plot premise is that Kazuya…
Rent-a-Girlfriend – Episode 1
The power dynamic between the two leads is so far oddly and satisfyingly balanced (aside from the “girl kicks boy” slapstick), and there is a potentially really interesting…
Rent-a-Girlfriend – Ep. 10
Honestly, Shun slipped my mind as much as it has for Ruka.
Rent-a-Girlfriend – Ep. 6
I question Rent-a-Girlfriend’s comedy but it still remains a fairly interesting anime.
Rent-a-Girlfriend – Ep. 5
It could be worse, Chizuru. Think about what the viewer had to sit through.
Rent-a-Girlfriend – Ep. 7
Still better girlfriend material than Mami.
First Impression: Rent-A-Girlfriend
After a rather abrupt and heart-breaking split from his girlfriend, first year college student Kazuya Kinoshita, in a fit of frustration and desperation, installs an app on his…
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Kazuya Kinoshita is a rich college student who just got dumped after one month of dating. Full of jealousy and loneliness, he decides to use a rental girlfriend…
Rent-a-Girlfriend – 10 – XX
Ruka got a job at the same karaoke parlor as Kazuya, and the boss loves her so she’s not going anywhere. Ruka believes she can “close the gap”…
Rent-a-Girlfriend – Ep. 3
Someone is jealous.
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