Kazuya and Ruka have some weird convos but she sees his text message from grandmother and on the first 3 dys of the new year they go somewhere and there things change and revelations are to be had and well some interesting stuff between Chizuru and Ruka and Kazuya's family happens and yep its awkward but such a great moment in that tension and we see Ruka's will to prove to anyone that she should be his GF and I love it! Its so great seeing it from that angle and really makes you invested in the characters. And then there is the stuff with Kuri which was cute and well shows Kazuya as a great friend and finally the panty thing and a great conclusion!
I love it! The drama here is intense but its still light hearted and you can see the love triangle already forming and Kazuya's life becoming complicated which as a reader makes it so much more fun and I love how the mangaka brings about these weird and yet loving situations that makes you invested in these characters! Plus the art gets really good with every volume so there is that so yeah overall great volume and a must recommend!
This time we have our main character once again trying to juggle too many things that he can handle. The first half is more of a idiot trying to save face with his grandma, it is funny, but typical. Second half is a lot more interesting where our lead is trying to make good on offending his friend. It's a nice way to fix things, and something I hadn't expected.
Kazuya finally has a girlfriend who wants to go all the way with him, but it’s not Chizuru, the rental girlfriend his grandmother thinks he’s seeing. With Ruka trying to jumpstart some romance and Kazuya making amends, there’s a lot going on, so better add another female into the mix!
I begrudgingly enjoy Rent-A-Girlfriend and the reason why has been noted in pretty much every review - I cannot get enough of this art. This style keeps me completely content, even when the plot around me is a bunch of hooey.
And, oh, are they ever going for it this volume. One of the chapter title pages has Chizuru in a belly dancing outfit and it’s appropriate enough as the harem has fully arrived.
Ruka is clearly not into Kazuya so much as she is the weird rush to her heart she gets from him. She’d probably date a mackerel if it offered her the same physiological response. Which all just makes her very eager, but gives Kazuya ample reason to keep her at arm’s length.
Chizuru clearly likes Kazuya, for reasons that are conversely completely unclear (a stick of butter and a piece of cork have more chemistry), but won’t admit anything or the series would end.
Mami is still out in the atmosphere waiting to cause trouble (the near-misses in this one are such a letdown since high drama might ensue). Then a fourth girl enters by way of Kazuya doing a favour for Chizuru and now she’ll get entwined in this ongoing hormonal menagerie.
It’s a lot and it’s not a good lot. Kazuya saving his friend from becoming a misogynist piece of crap after events of previous volumes is almost clever except he uses Chizuru to do it AND the correct response to all this is that you shouldn’t need to be pulled back from the brink of being a misogynist piece of crap, you just shouldn’t be one.
Between that and the tortured New Year’s event with Kazuya’s grandmother, which features a lot of people being annoying as hell, there’s not a lot of fun in the writing of this volume. Minimal humour, annoying characters, and plotting that can grate.
Still, 3 stars, and that’s not terribly surprising; it’s 2 to 2.5 stars worth of story with 5 stars worth of art. Seriously, if this was better written or an art book it would be absolute dynamite. Instead there’s a weak story to endure while it looks amazing, so it’s more like a couple of cap guns. But when they’re both firing? Man, this is still worth it.
On one hand, Ruka really shone in this volume by being the most mature and honest character in this clusterfuck love triangle/ quadrangle/ who fucking knows at this point. Calling out Mizuhira for allowing this charade to go on and declaring how serious she is about being Kazuya's girlfriend. Not only that, but despite her reckless and impulsive personality, she still demonstrated emotional maturity in not telling Kazuya's grandma the truth in order to spare her feelings. Yes, this ultimately just draws out the wacky and hilarious hijinxes out unnecessarily, but it does show how multi-dimensional Ruka is.
On the other hand, Kazuya was pretty annoying and basically spent the entire volume spouting lie after lie. I'll give him credit where credit is due, that scene on the balcony was really nice and showed how mature he can be, I just wish we could get more scenes like that. Instead, we just got scene after scene of him being either a) flustered, b) an annoying, lying loser, or c) mopey while he internally monologues. Please Miyajima, please give Kazuya better moments, I really need them at this point.
Complaints aside, this was a solid volume for the most part and I still had fun reading it. I'm curious to meet this new girl and see what her deal is, but I can only hope and pray that next volume isn't going to be Kazuya Lies and Acts like a Dipshit for the Fifty-Fucking-Millionth Time.
The beginning of this volume had me stressed! I honestly had no faith in Kazuya... but my man did well (if only barely). I am getting alittle annoyed with Ruka, I really wish she would just explain to Kazuya about her heart and everything. Also I'm not a fan of her crashing the New Years plan like that and she's been acting really childish; which makes sense because she is younger but still!!! I will say I am very proud of Kazuya for being a really good friend and doing all that he did... with not only Shun-kun but also for Chizuru and Sumi. And speaking of Sumi, shes adorable and I really hope Kazuya can help her! I also have a bad feeling that Mami is up to something and I am not here for it... she better behave but knowing her, she probably won't.
And, that awful girl, Mami, who dumped Kazuya, then when he got with Chizuru, it pissed off Mami so much that she, along with some unknown party, are going to try and ruin both Kazuya's and Chizuru's lives! And to make matters worse, Mami has, by random chance, also seen Kazuya with rental girlfriend #2 (the "real" gf, short black hair), and now, rental #3, the overly shy Sakurasawa! This is slowly becoming a harem comedy, with some very amusing twists.
Kisah Hatsumode menjadi fave pada jilid 5 ini. Punya perasaan campur aduk melihat Ruka yg berjuang XDD Chapter 40 diselipkan Miyajima sensei sebagai penanda kalau ini memang shounen manga yg memenuhi impian para pembaca (cowo) LOL
I think at this point I’m in this for the long haul. 😂 Not a great series, but there are definitely elements I like. I really want to see how these two characters end up together.
Paradoxical situations are created to prolong the broth. Paranoia that can happen in reality. A few laughs escape. The female characters all resemble each other except for their hair. One is curious to see what the author will come up with next.
Drama volume 5 cukup ringan namun intens kita dapat melihat lanjutan cinta segitiga sudah lebih terbentuk sehingga sebagai pembaca menjadi lebih menyenangkan untuk terus disimak, juga untuk gambarnya semakin bagus dan meningkat di setiap volumenya
Ich mag die Reihe, aber Ruka fängt für mich an furchtbar anstrengend zu werden. Was sie tut geht wirklich weit über gewisse Grenzen hinaus. Nicht das sich die anderen Charaktere nicht teilweise auch falsch verhalten, aber sie ist irgendwie so auf Krawall gebürstet. Und sie versteht kein Nein, was ich furchtbar nervig finde. Von den weiblichen Charakteren gefällt sie mir bisher am wenigsten. Alles andere im Manga fand ich aber gut.