This season of anime is pretty lackluster compared to spring this year. No complaints from me though, I’m enjoying the slower pace. Wait a minute… what’s that? A season three is airing? Ah for what… oh no. Ah hell nah. How. How the fuck can this be? In what horrific season am I living in that Rent-A-Girlfriend has ANOTHER FUCKING INSTALLMENT OUT? I apologize in advance, I typically like to make sure my articles add at least a tiny bit of value to the world, but this will be nothing but a record of my complaining. The fact that this tremendous failure of a romance got a second season is a mistake that challenges the very existence of a god, and yet we’re currently living in a universe where it has a THIRD season produced and on TV? 

There’s not much I can say about this piece of shit that I haven’t already covered in past articles and reviews. The main character is a braindead simp that makes me reconsider the whole “alpha male” culture just so I never in a million years end up resembling him in any way. The cast of girls in his harem are all equally as pathetic minus Mami, as anyone who falls for this loser’s antics can only be described as painfully gullible. Every scene includes tons of romance tropes as each repetitive line of dialogue scrubs your brain cells away. The MC Kazuya will often get flustered and can’t help himself but to repeat the same piece of information to the audience ten times in a row. “HOLY SHIT! There’s a girl in my room!!! As in, my personal space!! There’s a living female in MY bedroom! That’s where I sleep!!! Yabai! I’m gonna go crazy because a girl is in my room!!!!!!”. That’s the gist of the comedy the series has to offer. And if you’re hunting for a strong narrative go elsewhere. This new season starts off by slapping in an entirely new character with no buildup, explanation, or groundwork and yet they act like they’ve known the MC for years, going as far as to forcefully pull him into their apartment. Because who could resist wanting to be friends with that simpy stud am I right? I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, animation aside I think this might be the worst anime I’ve ever sat through in my life.

Yeah, I fucking know.

So why not just give up and leave it alone you ask? Well, because Kinky and I are torturing ourselves by watching it together. We want to see just how deep the rabbit hole goes, just how excruciating the 20 minutes can reach each week. I understand I hate this series to the moon and back mostly because I can’t drop it like I’ve done with countless other anime after the three episode rule. But if you don’t believe me, just watch it yourself. Regardless of the forced consumption, I hold my belief that this is one of the worst pieces of media the romance genre has produced that has continued to air for three seasons. Are you watching Rent-A-Girlfriend? Are you still mind boggled by which anime get seasonal continuations and which are dropped by studios? Have you ever sat through something you hated simply to see the depths it falls to? Turn on a shit anime, grab some buddies, and try to survive through it in the comments below!