#Rent-A-Girlfriend Visual Novel Announced for Switch, PS4

A MAGES-developed Rent-A-Girlfriend visual novel has been announced for the Nintendo Switch and PS4.

The game, which is titled Kanojo, Okarishimasu ~Suiheisen to Mizugi no Kanojo (Rent-A-Girlfriend ~The Horizon and the Swimsuit Girlfriends~) will be released in Japan sometime in 2024.

Rent-A-Girlfriend previously inspired a mobile game titled Rent-A-Girlfriend: Heroine All-Stars, which featured visual novel sections, Match-3 puzzles, and “AR dates.” That game also had characters from several other series, including Fire Force, Domestic Girlfriend, and Fairy Tail.

The Rent-A-Girlfriend romantic comedy manga by Reiji Miyajima began in 2017 in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine and has 36 tankoubon volumes as of April 2024. A TV anime adaptation debuted in July 2020 and has a fourth season set for a 2025 premiere.

Kodansha US describes the manga as: 

In today’s Japan, “rental” services can deliver an afternoon with a “friend,” a “parent,” even a fake girlfriend! After a staggering betrayal by his girlfriend, hapless freshman Kazuya gets just desperate enough to give it a try. But he quickly discovers how complicated it can be to “rent” an emotional connection, and his new “girlfriend,” who’s trying to keep her side hustle secret, will panic when she finds out her real life and Kazuya’s are intertwined in surprising ways! Family, school, and life all start to go wrong, too… It’s sweet but naïve boy meets cute but ruthless girl in this 21st-century manga rom-com!

Rent-A-Girlfriend also has a spin-off titled Kanojo, Hitomishirimasu and a 2022 live-action drama. 

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Source: @kanokari_anime