Last February, the creator of the manga Kanojo, Okarishimasu (Rent A Girlfriend), Reiji Miyajimaopened a highly successful fundraising campaign for the franchise, in order to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the manga and the second season of the anime adaptation (currently airing), to pay for an in-store ad. Tokyo Shibuya Stationthe second busiest train station in the world.
The huge success saw the fundraising campaign reach its goal of 6 million yen (more than 43 thousand dollars) in less than 25 minutesfinally ending with over 12.3 million yen (more than 88.8 thousand dollars), more than double the amount requested with 647 donors. The promotional was scheduled to be installed sometime in July and, punctually, it is already there, in Shibuya, including the following illustrations.
The second season has been broadcast since July 1 in Japan and is confirmed with a total of twelve episodes, while the platform Crunchyroll handles its distribution in the West. Reiji Miyajima manga publication started Kanojo, Okarishimasu through the magazine Weekly Shonen Magazine from the publisher Kodansha in July 2017.
Sinopsis de Kanojo, Okarishimasu
Kazuya Kinoshita is a 20-year-old college student who has a wonderful girlfriend: the brilliant Mami Nanami. But suddenly, not anymore. Without warning, Mami breaks up with him, leaving him heartbroken and lonely. Seeking to ease his pain, he hires a girlfriend for hire through an online app. Her partner is Chizuru Mizuhara, who through her incomparable beauty and cute behavior, manages to win Kazuya’s affection. But after reading similar experiences from other clients Chizuru had, Kazuya is certain that her caring personality and warm smile were just an act to play on her heart, and he puts her down.
Aggravated, Chizuru criticizes him for his shameless hypocrisy, revealing his true temperamental personality. However, this one-sided exchange is cut short when Kazuya discovers that her grandmother has collapsed. They run to the hospital and find Kazuya’s grandmother already in good condition. Puzzled by Chizuru’s presence, Grandma asks who this girl could be. On impulse, Kazuya introduces her as her real girlfriend, forcing Chizuru to play her role. But with Kazuya still anchored to Mami, how long can this difficult client and reluctant rental girlfriend keep up her act?
Fuente: Official Twitter Account
(c) Reiji Miyajima / Kodansha / “She, I will borrow” Production Committee 2022