Rent-a-girlfriend 1

Name: Rent-a-girlfriend 1
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9781632369970
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By Reiji Miyajima

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Rent-a-Girlfriend 1 by Reiji Miyajima introduces Kazuya Kinoshita, a college student who, after a personal setback, rents a girlfriend, Chizuru Mizuhara, to deal with his loneliness. However, complications ensue when they must maintain the charade for their families and friends. This comedic and emotional story explores themes of love, relationships, and the challenges of maintaining appearances.
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Catch up on the manga before Season 2 of the hit anime, coming soon! You can rent a girlfriend, but can you buy love? Reeling from a bad breakup, Kazuya rents the beautiful, polite Chizuru for a date. But rock bottom might be so much lower than he thought! Chizuru is much more than the pretty face and sweet demeanor he thought he'd bargained for...

Rent-a-girlfriend 1

ON BORROWED TIME

You can rent a girlfriend, but can you buy love? Hapless college first-year Kazuya Kinoshita, reeling from a bad breakup, rents a few hours of friendly companionship at the aquarium with the idol-beautiful and polite Chizuru. But rock bottom might be lower than Kazuya thought! Family, school, and life all start to go wrong, and to make matters worse, Chizuru is much more than the pretty face and sweet demeanor he thought he'd bargained for...

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781632369970

Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 June 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Kodansha Comics

Illustration: 1 Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 146.0mm

Height: 208.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 1

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About the Author

Reiji Miyajima is the award-winning author of several long-running shonen manga, from Edo samurai stories to comedies set in modern Japan. Rent-A-Girlfriend is Miyajima's first manga to be published in English.

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