Lying to Protect Your Feelings: He lies to his grandmother about his fake relationship because he fears that it would hurt her. When she steps into Kazuya's apartment to discuss Ruka with him, Ruka realizes she's done it before which is against company policy, and Chizuru realizes she let her guard down. All Men Are Perverts: Downplayed. Kazuya is constantly thinking with what's inside his pants and not his head, which makes him very easy to manipulate and was one of the reasons Mami dumped him. Although he gets a little better, he can't help but try to get a peek of what's under the girls' clothes and often has perverted fantasies about them, but he refuses to do anything that could possibly hurt them. One example is when Ruka actually offers herself and even bring condoms with her, Kazuya refuses to do it out of his feelings for Chizuru and out of concern that it may break her heart if he actually does it with Ruka.

It's All My Fault: He blames himself for Ruka breaking Kuri's heart, since because Kazuya had rented Chizuru and showed her off to his friends, Kuri had felt the need to rent Ruka to compete. As a result, Ruka fell for Kazuya, then outed herself as a rental girlfriend in front of Kazuya and Kuri to break things off with Kuri and pursue Kazuya. Ep." is shortened form for episode and refers to an episode number of the Rent-A-Girlfriend anime as produced by TMS Entertainment.Harding, Daryl (June 17, 2021). "Rent-a-Girlfriend to Launch Mobile Game With Weekly Shonen Magazine Heroines". Crunchyroll . Retrieved May 7, 2022. Feminine Women Can Cook: Chizuru's shown cooking when Kazuya's grandmother visits him, and even though she had no intention of helping him earlier, she comes to his aid pretending that she was late preparing dinner for them, which in Nagomi's eyes makes her an even more ideal future granddaughter-in-law. Chizuru later offers to cook Kazuya dinner when they discuss plans for the movie, and makes him the most delicious omurice he's ever eaten. MBS listed the series premiere at 25:25 on July 10, 2020, which is effectively July 11 at 1:25 a.m. [32] [33]

Classical Anti-Hero: Kazuya is absolutely plagued by self-doubt and always sees himself as a hindrance to everyone around him, even though they all think that deep down behind his many faults and flaws, he really is a good guy at heart. Mateo, Alex (June 17, 2021). "Rent-A-Girlfriend Manga Gets Crossover Smartphone Game With Other Shonen Magazine Heroines". Anime News Network . Retrieved June 17, 2021. Four-Philosophy Ensemble: The Optimist, as he thinks of doing the right thing, but often without considering logic and rational thinking. Heroic BSoD: When Sayuri's health worsens towards the end of the film project, Chizuru starts to suffer from immense guilt over lying to her about Kazuya, and starts to break down, feeling lost, alone and not knowing what to do. Sayuri has just enough strength to tell her that no matter what choices she makes, she will always love her and be proud of her. Rent-A-Girlfriend 25 by Reiji Miyajima". Penguin Random House. Kodansha USA . Retrieved October 17, 2023.

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Easily Forgiven: Although Chizuru isn't happy with him stalking her on Christmas Eve, causing her to spill her secret of being an actress, and making her friend Umi look bad, she gives Kazuya a mild scolding and still gives him his Christmas "not-a-present". And she doesn't let him take the same train home. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (July 7, 2019). "Kodansha Licenses 6 New Manga, Acquires Saiyuki, Chobits, Clover". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 7, 2019 . Retrieved December 11, 2019. At the end of the crowdfunding campaign, they receive help from one of Chizuru's friends under the condition that he take her to the theater. Kazuya assumes he has ulterior motives, but Chizuru insists it's nothing but two friends hanging out. Umi does declare his desire to date Chizuru and insists on treating her to dinner, and while she turns him down, he still decides to help them.