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REVIEW: Rent-A-Girlfriend Season 4 Anime Series Review

Sad thing is, we apparently got another season of this rubbish coming very soon.

I've been reading the manga which became one of my favorites after the first couple of volumes because I thought this series had great potential for character building. After reading volume 35 which recently released, I had become extremely frustrated with the deconstruction of Kazuya's character this late into the story so I did something I have never done before. I looked ahead at the Japanese version which has already reached to volume 44. An event takes place in chapter 380 which is absolutely devastating to the readers and I don't want to include any spoilers so you will need to look it up if you want to know.

Season 4 of the anime ends on chapter 214. I believe this was done to make season 5 worth watching (and I won't ruin it for anyone by stating why). After season 5, the anime series is going to take a dive and they may not even have any intention of making a season 6.

I noticed there's no mention of the shy girl in this review, I assume that's a reflection on how much she brings to the table? Seriously is there any point of that character??

spoiler[Chizuru turned him down? That's good, because he sucks and she deserves better.]

I looked it up and unless I got the wrong chapter I don't get what's devastating? spoiler[Chizuru turned him down? That's good, because he sucks and she deserves better.]

frankly she's wasting our time just as much as kazuya is at this point

Bern73 wrote:

frankly she's wasting our time just as much as kazuya is at this point

That is pretty much how the reviewers felt that are keeping up with the weekly chapter releases.

The devastation for the readers is that in chapter 239 Chizuru states spoiler[she needs to figure things out]. Then 141 chapters later...no real progress and Kazuya being more pathetic than when the story started.

yeehaw wrote:

I noticed there's no mention of the shy girl in this review, I assume that's a reflection on how much she brings to the table? Seriously is there any point of that character??

Probably because Sumi is like the most legit/likeable of all the love interests and as such would overshadow everybody and be a better choice for Kazuya were she more prominent.

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spoiler[Chizuru turned him down? That's good, because he sucks and she deserves better.]

spoiler[I mean, the rejection also made her look pretty bad.]

I noticed there's no mention of the shy girl in this review, I assume that's a reflection on how much she brings to the table? Seriously is there any point of that character??

GSAttack wrote:

Bern73 wrote: frankly she's wasting our time just as much as kazuya is at this point That is pretty much how the reviewers felt that are keeping up with the weekly chapter releases. The devastation for the readers is that in chapter 239 Chizuru states spoiler[she needs to figure things out]. Then 141 chapters later...no real progress and Kazuya being more pathetic than when the story started.

Oh ok yeah. That's a whole lot of chapters to 'figure things out'. Yikes.

MFrontier wrote:

yeehaw wrote: I noticed there's no mention of the shy girl in this review, I assume that's a reflection on how much she brings to the table? Seriously is there any point of that character?? Probably because Sumi is like the most legit/likeable of all the love interests and as such would overshadow everybody and be a better choice for Kazuya were she more prominent. Quote: spoiler[Chizuru turned him down? That's good, because he sucks and she deserves better.] spoiler[I mean, the rejection also made her look pretty bad.]

I watched the season where she was introduced and her entire deal was just "Shy". Unless she has some insane character development I doubt she would be the best in my eyes. My fave is Mami because she's the only one who treats Kazuya like the trash he is

yeehaw wrote:

GSAttack wrote: Bern73 wrote: frankly she's wasting our time just as much as kazuya is at this point That is pretty much how the reviewers felt that are keeping up with the weekly chapter releases. The devastation for the readers is that in chapter 239 Chizuru states spoiler[she needs to figure things out]. Then 141 chapters later...no real progress and Kazuya being more pathetic than when the story started. Oh ok yeah. That's a whole lot of chapters to 'figure things out'. Yikes. MFrontier wrote: yeehaw wrote: I noticed there's no mention of the shy girl in this review, I assume that's a reflection on how much she brings to the table? Seriously is there any point of that character?? Probably because Sumi is like the most legit/likeable of all the love interests and as such would overshadow everybody and be a better choice for Kazuya were she more prominent. Quote: spoiler[Chizuru turned him down? That's good, because he sucks and she deserves better.] spoiler[I mean, the rejection also made her look pretty bad.] I watched the season where she was introduced and her entire deal was just "Shy". Unless she has some insane character development I doubt she would be the best in my eyes. My fave is Mami because she's the only one who treats Kazuya like the trash he is

i would not go that far. is he immature? yes! but he is definitely not trash. that honor goes to makoto ito and him alone as a male lead character.

and while the characters themselves are all bad personality wise, at least the manga author did not made our lead characters into unforgivable teritory ala domestic girlfriend, scums wish and ESPECIALLY netsuzo trap which are TEN TIMES WORSE than rent a girlfriend!