Rent-A-Girlfriend

This article is about the manga series. For the service, see Girlfriend experience.
Rent-A-Girlfriend
First tankōbon volume cover of Rent-A-Girlfriend, featuring Chizuru Mizuhara
彼女、お借りします
(Kanojo, Okarishimasu)
Genre
Manga
Written byReiji Miyajima
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintShōnen Magazine Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runJuly 12, 2017 – present
Volumes38 (List of volumes)
Manga
Rent-A-(Really Shy!)-Girlfriend
Written byReiji Miyajima
Published byKodansha
English publisher
  • NA: Kodansha USA
MagazineMagazine Pocket
DemographicShōnen
Original runJune 21, 2020 – present
Volumes3 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by
  • Kazuomi Koga (S1–S2)
  • Shinya Une (S3)
Written byMitsutaka Hirota
Music byHyadain
StudioTMS Entertainment
Licensed by
Original networkJNN (MBS, TBS)
English network
Original run July 11, 2020 – present
Episodes36 (List of episodes)
Television drama
Rental A Girlfriend
Directed byDaisuke Yamamoto
Written byKumiko Asō
Music byYuki Munakata
Licensed byViki
Original networkANN (ABC TV, TV Asahi)
Original run July 3, 2022 – September 25, 2022
Episodes10
Video game
Rent-A-Girlfriend: The Horizon and the Girl in the Swimsuit
DeveloperMages
PublisherMages
GenreVisual novel
Platform
Released
  • JP: November 28, 2024
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Rent-A-Girlfriend (Japanese: 彼女、お借りします, Hepburn: Kanojo, Okarishimasu), abbreviated as Kanokari (かのかり), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Reiji Miyajima. It has been serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine since July 2017, and has been compiled into thirty-eight tankōbon volumes as of October 2024. The series is licensed in North America by Kodansha USA, which released the first volume in English in June 2020.

An anime television series adaptation produced by TMS Entertainment, aired from July to September 2020 on MBS's Super Animeism block. A second season aired from July to September 2022. A third season aired from July to September 2023. A fourth season is set to premiere in 2025. A live-action television drama adaptation also aired from July to September 2022.

By March 2024, the manga had over 13 million copies in circulation.

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