Rent-A-Girlfriend 1

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My God, What Have I Done?: When he realizes that he jumped to the wrong conclusions after stalking Chizuru on Christmas Eve, he's so disgusted at himself that he can barely keep his footing. From that point on, he’s extremely conscious of Chizuru’s boundaries and constantly worrying about whether or not he’s overstepping them with any given interaction.

This gets exploited by Mami during the climax of the Paradise and My Girlfriend Arc. Finally fed up with how long Kazuya and Chizuru planned to drag out the facade of their relationship, Mami decides to drop the bombshell and reveals the lie in front of their friends and Kazuya's family. While doing so, she decides to completely recontextualize the nature of the lie by framing Chizuru as being a Manipulative Bitch who was draining Kazuya's bank account and refused to let the lie go, even when her own grandmother was on her death bed. Rent-A-Girlfriend 25 by Reiji Miyajima". Penguin Random House. Kodansha USA . Retrieved October 17, 2023. Don't Say Such Stupid Things!: Whenever Chizuru gets too down on herself and thinks she has no talent as an actress or is being unprofessional as a rental girlfriend, Kazuya loses control of himself and tells her not to think of herself like that, although he overdoes it and ends up causing a scene. Loo, Egan (June 9, 2022). "Live-Action Rent-A-Girlfriend Series Casts Mio Kudō as Ruka Sarashina". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023 . Retrieved June 9, 2022. In the end, despite their flaws and insecurities, they're both genuinely good hearted individuals, selfless and helpful towards others, although Kazuya is more open about it.

Four-Temperament Ensemble: The Eclectic. Very eclectic, and her different behaviors demonstrate she has a friendly and playful side, a calmer and quieter one, a more irritable one, and a sad one deep down.

Trying Not to Cry: At the end of the cheer up date, Kazuya finds himself describing what his perfect girlfriend is. Realizing he's talking about her, she becomes overwhelmed by feelings of loneliness now that both of her grandparents are gone, and as hard as she tries to fight it, the walls come crumbling down and she completely breaks down in tears. At the end of the crowdfunding campaign, they receive help from one of Chizuru's friends under the condition that he take her to the theater. Kazuya assumes he has ulterior motives, but Chizuru insists it's nothing but two friends hanging out. Umi does declare his desire to date Chizuru and insists on treating her to dinner, and while she turns him down, he still decides to help them. Mateo, Alex (June 17, 2021). "Rent-A-Girlfriend Manga Gets Crossover Smartphone Game With Other Shonen Magazine Heroines". Anime News Network . Retrieved June 17, 2021.

Cant Hold Their Liquor: Implied. During a drinking game at her birthday party, Kazuya surmises that a first-time drinker like her wouldn't be able to keep up with heavy drinkers like him or his friends. In a later chapter, she gets inebriated from three glasses of wine. Dempsey, Liam (July 20, 2023). "Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 3 English Dub Reveals Cast and Crew, Release Date". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on July 20, 2023 . Retrieved July 20, 2023. Lying to Protect Your Feelings: He lies to his grandmother about his fake relationship because he fears that it would hurt her. Although she hides it, she doesn't think she's any less foolish or stubborn than he is. She's very self-conscious and doesn't see herself as anything more than another university student with some starry-eyed dream. Although she thinks it's cheesy that he dreams of introducing a real girlfriend to his family, she doesn't think her dream of her grandmother seeing her on the big screen is any better. She's just as afraid of letting down her own family as he is, and they both want to be as strong as their grandmothers are. Stunned Silence: He's so stunned and can barely even function after Sumi spoke to him without her phone and told him that she's going to help him and Chizuru because they're her friends.