How do people even watch this shit?

Dattebayo307 said:
One question for rent a gf fans, do you have no life of your own or are you that desperate for a girlfriend...? I dont see any reason to like this anime except a good bunch of harem girls. No character development of the mc, No proper romance at all. The story has not moved one bit, it's still where it started and it's been 3 seasons. I don't think the manga is any better, considering I've not heard anything positive about it. But still I'll try not to comment on something I've not read yet. The mc is an annoying pervert and yet all the girls are after him. Also how lame and cringe can it get? I had my expectations when I started this show but as it went on, they ruined everything. After the 1st season, it's literally unbearable.

Do you guys think this even deserves a rating of 7.03?
Also, will it get any better later on?

Dattebayo307 said:
One question for rent a gf fans, do you have no life of your own or are you that desperate for a girlfriend...? I dont see any reason to like this anime except a good bunch of harem girls. No character development of the mc, No proper romance at all. The story has not moved one bit, it's still where it started and it's been 3 seasons. I don't think the manga is any better, considering I've not heard anything positive about it. But still I'll try not to comment on something I've not read yet. The mc is an annoying pervert and yet all the girls are after him. Also how lame and cringe can it get? I had my expectations when I started this show but as it went on, they ruined everything. After the 1st season, it's literally unbearable.

Do you guys think this even deserves a rating of 7.03?
Also, will it get any better later on?

Dattebayo307 said:
One question for rent a gf fans, do you have no life of your own or are you that desperate for a girlfriend...? I dont see any reason to like this anime except a good bunch of harem girls. No character development of the mc, No proper romance at all. The story has not moved one bit, it's still where it started and it's been 3 seasons. I don't think the manga is any better, considering I've not heard anything positive about it. But still I'll try not to comment on something I've not read yet. The mc is an annoying pervert and yet all the girls are after him. Also how lame and cringe can it get? I had my expectations when I started this show but as it went on, they ruined everything. After the 1st season, it's literally unbearable.

Do you guys think this even deserves a rating of 7.03?
Also, will it get any better later on?

Dattebayo307 said:
One question for rent a gf fans, do you have no life of your own or are you that desperate for a girlfriend...? I dont see any reason to like this anime except a good bunch of harem girls. No character development of the mc, No proper romance at all. The story has not moved one bit, it's still where it started and it's been 3 seasons. I don't think the manga is any better, considering I've not heard anything positive about it. But still I'll try not to comment on something I've not read yet. The mc is an annoying pervert and yet all the girls are after him. Also how lame and cringe can it get? I had my expectations when I started this show but as it went on, they ruined everything. After the 1st season, it's literally unbearable.

Do you guys think this even deserves a rating of 7.03?
Also, will it get any better later on?

Dattebayo307 said:
One question for rent a gf fans, do you have no life of your own or are you that desperate for a girlfriend...? I dont see any reason to like this anime except a good bunch of harem girls. No character development of the mc, No proper romance at all. The story has not moved one bit, it's still where it started and it's been 3 seasons. I don't think the manga is any better, considering I've not heard anything positive about it. But still I'll try not to comment on something I've not read yet. The mc is an annoying pervert and yet all the girls are after him. Also how lame and cringe can it get? I had my expectations when I started this show but as it went on, they ruined everything. After the 1st season, it's literally unbearable.

Do you guys think this even deserves a rating of 7.03?
Also, will it get any better later on?

Trakstar said:

Here's a life lesson for all of you. If you don't like it, STFU, no one cares about your opinion unless they specifically asked you, you have no right to bad mouth a series others enjoy, how would you feel if someone bad mouthed a series you enjoyed? I'm not saying all this because I loved the anime, I enjoyed it, but there are many others better than it. However, the fact that you still say that there is no character progression proves that you haven't watched it all, by season 3 there is a lot of character progression and deep scenes, the fact that people can be so single minded about a show they haven't watched in its completion is simply incomprehensible to me. All you do is base your opinion on that of other people's instead of having your own, and that in itself shows how lifeless one can be. You want to talk about people having no life for enjoying a show, how about you take a good look in the mirror and see who truly is the lifeless one, the one who simply is enjoying a show? Or the one who decided bitch about it online without a valid reason for hating on it other than that "other people said its bad." So how about you try watching it again and see what you think, if you enjoy it then you enjoy it, and if not, STFU, no one cares that you didn't like something because its a natural part of life and the differences in what we enjoy make us human. So have a good long think about what you have written and come to the realisation that either no one cares, or the hate is all for naught, because what the only opinion that matters in a situation like this is that of your own.

angel1309 said:
how? in 2.5x 🤠👎🏼

Mando727 said:
I’ll just make my (obnoxiously long) rant now so I can copy and paste it whenever this question gets asked for the 50 millionth time. (But TL;DR: It’s fun)

As far as writing quality goes, it really is just average. It obviously could be a lot better, but it’s not exactly doing anything wrong, either.

But the biggest strength of the series imo is the characters. So many stories like this will have entertaining female characters, but a bland as fuuuuuuck main male character. So when they’re interacting with the mc, their entertainment value becomes slightly less by proxy.

Kazuya, however, obviously has a whole lot of personality, and a fairly unique one within the genre at that. He’s a porn addicted simp who gets himself caught up in lies to cover up his incompetence with his love life. That right there appeals to my humor greatly. I’m a big fan of “second-hand embarrassment” comedies, such as Prison School and Watamote, and RaG very much excels in that area.

And he of course only gets better when he’s around the other characters. Between Kazuya, Chizuru, Ruka, Mami, and Mini, they’re all just able to bounce off of each other so well, and create a lot of highly entertaining drama and comedic moments in almost every episode. Which as far as I can tell, is exactly what this series set out to do in the first place.

Then there’s the pacing and progression… yeah as far as the anime is concerned, I really don’t see what’s so “objectively bad” about it. Progress is indeed being made, but it’s a slow-burn romance. If you want the story to wrap up within the first season, then this clearly just isn’t the show for you, that’s all. Not to say that there aren’t better slow-burn romance stories, but I also don’t think there’s anything bad about this one… again, as far as the anime goes.

I have heard some pretty bad things about the manga after the events of season 3. That the pacing slows down drastically, and that any character progression made gets thrown out the window for the sake of milking the series. Now, I haven’t read the manga, and considering what’s said about the anime, I’m not going to just automatically take people’s word for it. But at the same time, just looking at the amount of chapters there are currently, I’m inclined to believe that there’s at least some credibility to this. If that is the case, I’m hoping season 4 would greatly cut down and and condense the manga’s content, only adapting the actually important parts. But I guess we’ll see.

But besides that… yeah. I personally see this as a 6/10 anime. Good enough but not great. However, it does give me 10/10 enjoyment, and enjoyment is all I really care about. I’ve loved far worse shows, tbh.

I also think you probably wouldn’t have to ask this question if you had actually put in an effort to think about it and answer it yourself. To me, this topic just screams “blinded by bias.” Could be wrong though, but that’s just how I see it 🤷🏽‍♂️

Mando727 said:
I’ll just make my (obnoxiously long) rant now so I can copy and paste it whenever this question gets asked for the 50 millionth time. (But TL;DR: It’s fun)

As far as writing quality goes, it really is just average. It obviously could be a lot better, but it’s not exactly doing anything wrong, either.

But the biggest strength of the series imo is the characters. So many stories like this will have entertaining female characters, but a bland as fuuuuuuck main male character. So when they’re interacting with the mc, their entertainment value becomes slightly less by proxy.

Kazuya, however, obviously has a whole lot of personality, and a fairly unique one within the genre at that. He’s a porn addicted simp who gets himself caught up in lies to cover up his incompetence with his love life. That right there appeals to my humor greatly. I’m a big fan of “second-hand embarrassment” comedies, such as Prison School and Watamote, and RaG very much excels in that area.

And he of course only gets better when he’s around the other characters. Between Kazuya, Chizuru, Ruka, Mami, and Mini, they’re all just able to bounce off of each other so well, and create a lot of highly entertaining drama and comedic moments in almost every episode. Which as far as I can tell, is exactly what this series set out to do in the first place.

Then there’s the pacing and progression… yeah as far as the anime is concerned, I really don’t see what’s so “objectively bad” about it. Progress is indeed being made, but it’s a slow-burn romance. If you want the story to wrap up within the first season, then this clearly just isn’t the show for you, that’s all. Not to say that there aren’t better slow-burn romance stories, but I also don’t think there’s anything bad about this one… again, as far as the anime goes.

I have heard some pretty bad things about the manga after the events of season 3. That the pacing slows down drastically, and that any character progression made gets thrown out the window for the sake of milking the series. Now, I haven’t read the manga, and considering what’s said about the anime, I’m not going to just automatically take people’s word for it. But at the same time, just looking at the amount of chapters there are currently, I’m inclined to believe that there’s at least some credibility to this. If that is the case, I’m hoping season 4 would greatly cut down and and condense the manga’s content, only adapting the actually important parts. But I guess we’ll see.

But besides that… yeah. I personally see this as a 6/10 anime. Good enough but not great. However, it does give me 10/10 enjoyment, and enjoyment is all I really care about. I’ve loved far worse shows, tbh.

I also think you probably wouldn’t have to ask this question if you had actually put in an effort to think about it and answer it yourself. To me, this topic just screams “blinded by bias.” Could be wrong though, but that’s just how I see it 🤷🏽‍♂️

Dattebayo307 said:
One question for rent a gf fans, do you have no life of your own or are you that desperate for a girlfriend...? I dont see any reason to like this anime except a good bunch of harem girls. No character development of the mc, No proper romance at all. The story has not moved one bit, it's still where it started and it's been 3 seasons. I don't think the manga is any better, considering I've not heard anything positive about it. But still I'll try not to comment on something I've not read yet. The mc is an annoying pervert and yet all the girls are after him. Also how lame and cringe can it get? I had my expectations when I started this show but as it went on, they ruined everything. After the 1st season, it's literally unbearable.

Do you guys think this even deserves a rating of 7.03?
Also, will it get any better later on?

Dattebayo307 said:
One question for rent a gf fans, do you have no life of your own or are you that desperate for a girlfriend...? I dont see any reason to like this anime except a good bunch of harem girls. No character development of the mc, No proper romance at all. The story has not moved one bit, it's still where it started and it's been 3 seasons. I don't think the manga is any better, considering I've not heard anything positive about it. But still I'll try not to comment on something I've not read yet. The mc is an annoying pervert and yet all the girls are after him. Also how lame and cringe can it get? I had my expectations when I started this show but as it went on, they ruined everything. After the 1st season, it's literally unbearable.

Do you guys think this even deserves a rating of 7.03?
Also, will it get any better later on?

Moppit said:
I absolutely agree. I don't know how I got through the 1st season. 4 episodes in 2nd season, I completely dropped it. I couldn't put up with the MC anymore. I can say I tried.

Funnyjuiceman said:

I agree with you but I feel like most of the hate Rent-A-Girlfriend gets is because of the manga, not the anime.

I’ll admit it, I kinda enjoyed season 1 and thought season 2 was alright (I won’t rate it on mal because I forgot too much of it for me to give it a fair rating) and im in the middle of watching season 3. There are some pretty cool parts of RAG (Like the music, art, voice acting, jokes and etc.) and some pretty ehh parts but overall, I didn’t hate it.

And as for the characters, the only one that i really didn’t like was the blonde one, I didn’t think season 1 Kazuya was as much of a pain in the ass as he is now (in manga terms).

But then there is the manga.

I do not want to read the manga at all.

Just watch degenerocity’s video which explains it pretty well.

There are many things wrong with the manga but I’ll list a few (as spoiler free as possible)

“The NTR pool chapter”

“The laundry chapter”

“The toothbrush chapter”
(FUCKING KILL ME THIS IS SO BAD)

“All the bs cucking scenes this schizophrenic man comes up with”

“Kazuya’s constant bitching around”

“Chizuru turning into an npc after around the end of season 3”
(In manga terms)

“The borderline porn that’s being drawn in recent chapters in kazuya’s cucking fantasy sequences”

The list goes oooooooooonn….

SO In conclusion…

RAG is alright… if you forget that the manga exists.

DaiKaizokuJidai said:
Agreed, this show is nothing but a pile of crap. Only reason i kept watching this 3 seasons of bullcrap was to find out whats so special about this hot garbage that perverted degenerates and brainless weebs drool over this anime every now and then

Dattebayo307 said:
One question for rent a gf fans, do you have no life of your own or are you that desperate for a girlfriend...? I dont see any reason to like this anime except a good bunch of harem girls. No character development of the mc, No proper romance at all. The story has not moved one bit, it's still where it started and it's been 3 seasons. I don't think the manga is any better, considering I've not heard anything positive about it. But still I'll try not to comment on something I've not read yet. The mc is an annoying pervert and yet all the girls are after him. Also how lame and cringe can it get? I had my expectations when I started this show but as it went on, they ruined everything. After the 1st season, it's literally unbearable.

Do you guys think this even deserves a rating of 7.03?
Also, will it get any better later on?