And that all has to do with our main protagonist Kazuya who is dumped by his first ever girlfriend Mami and is a sad college boy, totally relatable. We've all been there or wished we had the relationship to put us in a situation where "being dumped" was even a possibility. Our boy Kazuya is basically different from other protagonists because he's not a typical clueless harem protagonist, he's not a typical romance protagonist, he's portrayed as a normal horny college guy, which is what he and most guys in his situation are. What we are as guys in general. Fueled by thoughts that all guys have, can I get a girlfriend ?? Am I always going to be miserable because I can't find one?? Maybe she's the one ?? Wow, I'm a sexually frustrated, horny madlad. What is the point in trying anymore if I can't find someone, is it worth it to keep looking ?? It's all stuff that is relatable to any guy. Kazuya is then relatable to all guys who watch the show/read the book and if you say he isn't then you are being delusional. We all have our moments like Kazuya. We are all naive to women, we all have had our hearts broken in many ways, we all question ourselves about finding a relationship and that if we do is she the one, and we definitely are horny, that's a fact. We are all in some way like Kazuya and that's what makes him an important protagonist.
I definitely am, myself, this is a personal point that while not all of Kazuya's traits are the same as mine because I'm not as big of a piece of garbage as him. I definitely have had my heart crushed. Most recently I even had someone who for the first time things were going well with then I was ghosted for 2 years and nothing; it was probably the worst I've ever felt. Way worse than Kazuya after his one month nonsense. I definitely don't know how to spot a toxic girl when I see one or if I do know she's toxic if she's at least ever shown interest in me I can't back away from the situation. I always feel miserable because I can't find a relationship, it's been 33 years on this Earth and I've only ever been burned or shot down. I am in that group of people like Kazuya who definitely had someone they couldn't get over. I too also, like him, are in that should I give up situation for awhile. And of course like every other man on the planet, that other thing that I shall not mention is true for me like everyone else.
These are things that make Rent A Girlfriend such a great anime/manga, the fact that it's a romantic comedy but one that has legitimately realistic characters and not simple stereotypes all built around a generic dude. While some people may see the shows cover and see a dorky guy and four beautiful girls and think it's another harem show, it is far from it. It's a show where the fact that there is a bunch of girls that this guy has to navigate for various reasons. I think that the girls in Rent A Girlfriend are what drives the type of story you can build, not just that Kazuya is a normal flawed leading man, because while him being a normal boy is a great basis because not a lot of things do that, what type of girls and situations you present will help mold what you think of many things. It will help you think about who should be with Kazuya, should any of them, what kind of girls are these and honestly if you're like me and can already draw parallels to Kazuya (again not a lot because he's garbage but still enough) but if you can draw parallels to him you can draw those same things to girls you may have known or know in your life. You can draw parallels to situations you might have found yourself in and you can draw parallels to what kind of girl you may not have realized that you were looking at. That's what I plan on looking at, the girls relationship with Kazuya and the type of personality they convey. Keep in mind that while I know the manga is long past the anime at this point and I am reading the manga, I only have the current English issues out on shelves so I don't know anything past the anime but that's a lot to go on as far as the type of girl we see. If they all develop later on, if Kazuya develops later on, then I will pleasantly surprised.
And I can honestly say with every bit of me as a person, that I can relate each and every one of these girls and their archetype back to someone I know and liked at some point. Who were they, you'll never know, tough shit, I'm already opening up way more than I should and I'd also NEVER put anyone on blast in an awkward situation. Again, I'm not as trash as Kazuya.
Has everyone met their Mizuhara Chizuru? Well it depends on how you look at it: if it is in a soulmate sense then some people have and if it is in someone that is unattainable yet you can't let go of the idea of being with them (like Kazuya) then people have as well. For me it's the latter, mainly because I'm still a single gentleman so soulmate doesn't exist, no I had an unattainable girl that I couldn't get over for the longest time, most people that know me are probably the ones reading this and they're also the ones that know exactly who I'm talking about. Regardless, I think everyone has met a Chizuru in one of those two forms, and I hope for most people's sake it's the soulmate kind and not the version I had.
That fashion being clingyness.
Will everyone out there meet someone as clingy as Ruka? I guarantee at least once and like I said it doesn't necessarily have to be a bad thing and they may not even realize it is the case. Have I ever met someone like this, absolutely yes, I just passed off the clingy and needy aspects of their personality that were similar to Ruka's because you tend to ignore these aspects when you actually like someone but you can tell just by the way you talk to someone often if they are a clingy/needy person. Again, Ruka's personality and clingy tendencies aren't necessarily a BAD thing they just aren't the most healthy thing I can think of for a relationship to have because it will often times lead to "why aren't you hanging out with me but your friends" moments as I can attest to having seen that myself. Though Ruka is a very honest, caring person and that does make up for a lot of her downfalls.
Which brings up her quality one more time. Toxicity.
Everyone has met a girl like this at some point in their life, worst part is that you don't know it at first. Like Mami, toxic girls act just like every other girl out there, but one of several situations can arise: 1) they can be out to intentionally ruin your life, why, who knows ?? 2) they enjoy the way they act because it gives them some kind of power trip, or 3) the worst type of toxic girl is the kind that doesn't even realize just how toxic they are, the way they act has become so normal and commonplace that it doesn't ever strike them as odd. Personally, I have met and know someone exactly like that, many people told me they didn't understand how I could be manipulated by someone with a toxic personality who was essentially just using me; similar to Kazuya I think it has a lot to do with how, I with this girl and him with Mami, were just kind of in a spot where we liked that person a lot and were willing to look past anything they did. Even if it might have come across as wrong. It's not easy necessarily to spot someone with this type of personality and it's not just girls that are like this, guys can be this way too, but I'm relating everything back to Rent A Girlfriend and in this case Mami. It's not always obvious but the best thing to do, no matter what, when you encounter someone like Mami is to cut them out of your life because their toxicity, depending on how bad, is essentially a cancer and will only make your life worse.
We've all met the shy and quiet girl, some people know they may be that girl, I've run across girls like that in my life and they're the people most like me surprisingly because I too am a shy and introverted person. I don't have as much to say about Sumi's type as I did Chizuru, Ruka, or Mami because unlike Chizuru's unattainable aspects, Ruka's clingy personality, and Mami's toxicity, Sumi doesn't have nearly as many flaws or issues that make it a lot to talk about. Again, she was also only in one episode and just came off as a very quiet and shy but friendly girl that's all.
I WAS UNCANNILY OPEN ABOUT ISSUES I'M DEALING WITH, LIKE A REALLY PERSONAL ONE TO ME. IT'S NOT SOMETHING I THOUGHT I'D MENTION IN MY BLOG. BUT SURPRISINGLY AN ANIME LIKE RENT A GIRLFRIEND ACTUALLY MADE ME FEEL, LESS BAD ABOUT MYSELF FOR BEING SIMILAR TO KAZUYA, A HOPELESS SCREW UP FAWNING OVER FAILED RELATIONSHIP ATTEMPTS............
WHAT DO YOU THINK, IF YOU READ IT LET ME KNOW. IF YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT IT LEMME KNOW............I REALLY HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS ONE, I WORKED HARD !!! :)