Rent-A-Girlfriend
| Yes, yes, I understand that we are all annoyed by the MC in this anime. But beyond that, is it really a bad show? The main criticism for this show is focusing so heavily on annoying incel MCs and generic stuff like the classic harem dislike that sometimes I feel like this show gets so much salt and criticism most of the time just because of the annoying MC and not the most popular genre in our time. |
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| yes. imagine getting a rental girlfriend 😭 |
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| Honestly I don't care if it's considered good or not, for me what maters is if the show is entertaining, and if "trash" is entertaining, then so be it. |
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Ulises1264 said: We all know that it is not amazing but it is actually really entertaining. For me it is very overhated Nowadays, so many things are overhated for a variety of reasons. But in the case of other shows, people at least try to come up with more reasons than "this protagonist is annoying, this is a bad show". |
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| I don't really know why the rating is this low? imo it's not a good show but still kinda entertaining? a guilty pleasure for sure let's agree, we watch it only for the cute girls ʅ（◞‿◟）ʃ never thought I would defend rent a girlfriend |
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yukyuuu said: I don't really know why the rating is this low? imo it's not a good show but still kinda entertaining? a guilty pleasure for sure let's agree, we watch it only for the cute girls ʅ（◞‿◟）ʃ I think part of it depends on the spread of the show's bad reputation. The rating for the first season is noticeably higher despite the fact that it already had some rather dubious moments that weren't in the second season. |
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Ulises1264 said: RobertBobert said: yes, I just think that rent a girlfriend is the most popular 'trash show' so a lot of people hate it without thinking about it.Nowadays, so many things are overhated for a variety of reasons. But in the case of other shows, people at least try to come up with more reasons than "this protagonist is annoying, this is a bad show". Actually, most of the reasons why people hate it have not been animated yet. Well, it's not mainstream shonen like SxF or Kimetsu, which is still trendy to hate, but you have to sound convincing to do that. In this case, you can just be memetic and sarcastic, perceiving this show as the second Eromanga Sensei. I'm not denying that the manga may contain some no less creepy stuff than the first season, but it's unlikely that any of these people follow the manga. |
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| Only MC is bad. But bad protagonist can drag entire show down with them. |
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Piromysl said: Only MC is bad. But bad protagonist can drag entire show down with them. Even if it's an old-fashioned harem, where is the MC somewhere between a self-insert and a reason to get a couple of pretty girls together? |
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RobertBobert said: Piromysl said: Only MC is bad. But bad protagonist can drag entire show down with them. Even if it's an old-fashioned harem, where is the MC somewhere between a self-insert and a reason to get a couple of pretty girls together? None of it is the issue. The problem is, that despite being deeply flawed individual and having a lot of potential for development, it goes absolutely nowhere, which makes Kazuya total waste of potentially great character and that's the biggest sin possible in my book. |
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Piromysl said: RobertBobert said: Even if it's an old-fashioned harem, where is the MC somewhere between a self-insert and a reason to get a couple of pretty girls together? None of it is the issue. The problem is, that despite being deeply flawed individual and having a lot of potential for development, it goes absolutely nowhere, which makes Kazuya total waste of potentially great character and that's the biggest sin possible in my book. Well, again, this is the problem of the MC himself, not the show as a whole. This is not ReZero, where literally a lot of things only happen because of Subaru's boner. |
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RobertBobert said: Piromysl said: None of it is the issue. The problem is, that despite being deeply flawed individual and having a lot of potential for development, it goes absolutely nowhere, which makes Kazuya total waste of potentially great character and that's the biggest sin possible in my book. Well, again, this is the problem of the MC himself, not the show as a whole. This is not ReZero, where literally a lot of things only happen because of Subaru's boner. And I tell you that people hate this show because of protagonist and problems he causes, nothing more. |
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Piromysl said: RobertBobert said: Well, again, this is the problem of the MC himself, not the show as a whole. This is not ReZero, where literally a lot of things only happen because of Subaru's boner. And I tell you that people hate this show because of protagonist and problems he causes, nothing more. My thread is literally about the fact that this is the main reason for criticism of this show. |
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N3rull said: I don't mind Kazuya so much, although his inability to sensibly conclude conversations is sometimes over the top. The insight into his thinking is not a bad thing - as a lonely romantic overthinker throughout most of my juvenile years, I relate to most of it. What pisses me off most is the cardinal overuse of the "moment killer" trope. I seems like every other chapter of the manga, sometimes every single one in a consecutive series thereof, has one of those. Considering the chapter count is at 244 right now, this is quite a lot of annoying interruptions. Anime is no different. In my time, this was called the Nisekoi problem, as the author of this manga was notorious for creating false important arcs that led nowhere and did not end with anything real. |
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MisterJD05 said: The show isn't, but the manga right now is terrible. The story isn't going forward and the characters are still the same 100 chapters after. The mc doesn't have the balls to change the status quo and it's annoying as hell The last time I looked at the manga, there was some shit with her family. |
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| Idk I remember back then scrolling on Facebook and this was being hyped up by a lot of people when I watched like 2-3 episodes I started hating it bc I found out the premise to be stupid and the mc was stupid as well like he’s very down bad like move on. |
RobertBobert said: Yes, yes, I understand that we are all annoyed by the MC in this anime. But beyond that, is it really a bad show? The main criticism for this show is focusing so heavily on annoying incel MCs and generic stuff like the classic harem dislike that sometimes I feel like this show gets so much salt and criticism most of the time just because of the annoying MC and not the most popular genre in our time. It is fine for me but i am not able understand this much hate only because of the MC? For who hate this show- don't hope for every show to be a masterpiece, beside it's annoying MC this is really good from my perspective. So don't expect too much from a show or it will be always be disappointment what ever you watch, enjoy the show. It will be considered as bad if it's give us a bad animation and phasing like Sheild Hero S2 after giving a best work like S1 of Shield Hero but even in that fans excepted bit too much even knowing that story of that part will be the most boring part of the whole story (LN). In the end I say it's depends on you because different people have different views and intrest. . . . .  |
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RezarR said: RobertBobert said: Yes, yes, I understand that we are all annoyed by the MC in this anime. But beyond that, is it really a bad show? The main criticism for this show is focusing so heavily on annoying incel MCs and generic stuff like the classic harem dislike that sometimes I feel like this show gets so much salt and criticism most of the time just because of the annoying MC and not the most popular genre in our time. It is fine for me but i am not able understand this much hate only because of the MC? For who hate this show- don't hope for every show to be a masterpiece, beside it's annoying MC this is really good from my perspective. So don't expect too much from a show or it will be always be disappointment what ever you watch, enjoy the show. It will be considered as bad if it's give us a bad animation and phasing like Sheild Hero S2 after giving a best work like S1 of Shield Hero but even in that fans excepted bit too much even knowing that story of that part will be the most boring part of the whole story (LN). In the end I say it's depends on you because different people have different views and intrest. . . . . Was the second season of The Shield that bad? I started watching it, but after the second episode I got bored and hold it. |
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| I don't like it because of the cuck protag lol. |
| "Well, she's flatter than a pancake" -Mimi Alpacas |
| I think its entertaining as what it is. I think its a fun show. |
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| At this part of the series, most definitely no. People overhate this season for things that won't even happen in it. |
RobertBobert said: Yes, yes, I understand that we are all annoyed by the MC in this anime. But beyond that, is it really a bad show? The main criticism for this show is focusing so heavily on annoying incel MCs and generic stuff like the classic harem dislike that sometimes I feel like this show gets so much salt and criticism most of the time just because of the annoying MC and not the most popular genre in our time. The MC basically makes up half of the series, if not more, so I don't understand what you mean when you say "just" the MC. The plot revolves around the MC and his actions. I think disliking the series because of the MC is totally justified. There is nothing wrong with liking the series, of course. The girls are pretty cute, and some people just like watching a train wreck. But I don't think it is over hated at all. |
Saku_k said: RobertBobert said: Yes, yes, I understand that we are all annoyed by the MC in this anime. But beyond that, is it really a bad show? The main criticism for this show is focusing so heavily on annoying incel MCs and generic stuff like the classic harem dislike that sometimes I feel like this show gets so much salt and criticism most of the time just because of the annoying MC and not the most popular genre in our time. The MC basically makes up half of the series, if not more, so I don't understand what you mean when you say "just" the MC. The plot revolves around the MC and his actions. I think disliking the series because of the MC is totally justified. There is nothing wrong with liking the series, of course. The girls are pretty cute, and some people just like watching a train wreck. But I don't think it is over hated at all. It's a pretty classic harem, so I never thought the MC would play a big role here. Yes, Kazuya is downright annoying, but mocking the show itself just for him is an overreaction to me. |
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RobertBobert said: Saku_k said: The MC basically makes up half of the series, if not more, so I don't understand what you mean when you say "just" the MC. The plot revolves around the MC and his actions. I think disliking the series because of the MC is totally justified. There is nothing wrong with liking the series, of course. The girls are pretty cute, and some people just like watching a train wreck. But I don't think it is over hated at all. It's a pretty classic harem, so I never thought the MC would play a big role here. Yes, Kazuya is downright annoying, but mocking the show itself just for him is an overreaction to me. It isn't really a classic harem. Classic harem would be all the girls like the protagonist, but he seems completely oblivious about it. In this series, Kazuya makes it clear numerous times that he is in love with Chizuru, even if it means rejecting other girls. The entire series is about him simping for for Chizuru. Paying her to hang out with him, then crying and thanking her for it later. It's ridiculous. That isn't what classic harem is at all. |
Saku_k said: RobertBobert said: It's a pretty classic harem, so I never thought the MC would play a big role here. Yes, Kazuya is downright annoying, but mocking the show itself just for him is an overreaction to me. It isn't really a classic harem. Classic harem would be all the girls like the protagonist, but he seems completely oblivious about it. In this series, Kazuya makes it clear numerous times that he is in love with Chizuru, even if it means rejecting other girls. The entire series is about him simping for for Chizuru. Paying her to hang out with him, then crying and thanking her for it later. It's ridiculous. That isn't what classic harem is at all. Not necessary. Clannad is literally a pure harem formula and Tomoya is fully aware of all the girls' affection for him. The existence of an obvious main pairing has always been one of the options in this kind of show (it's called unwanted harem), like Love Hina. |
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RobertBobert said: Saku_k said: It isn't really a classic harem. Classic harem would be all the girls like the protagonist, but he seems completely oblivious about it. In this series, Kazuya makes it clear numerous times that he is in love with Chizuru, even if it means rejecting other girls. The entire series is about him simping for for Chizuru. Paying her to hang out with him, then crying and thanking her for it later. It's ridiculous. That isn't what classic harem is at all. Not necessary. Clannad is literally a pure harem formula and Tomoya is fully aware of all the girls' affection for him. The existence of an obvious main pairing has always been one of the options in this kind of show (it's called unwanted harem), like Love Hina. Clannad is not a harem series. Multiple girls != harem. Notice how harem isn't one of the tags for the series. Love Hina is a classic harem series. But it is very different from what Kanojo Okarishimasu is. "Existence of an obvious pairing" has nothing to do with harem. Is Toradora a harem series? Anyway, let's look at Love Hina. What is it about? The protagonist made a promise with a girl when he was a kid, and now is aiming to enter Todai. The overarching plot is A) trying to get into Tokyo University and B) Finding the girl he made the promise with. The characters don't confess their love for one another until the end. This is classic harem. Another example of this formula, albeit changed somewhat, in the modern era, is a series like 5-toubun no hanayome. What exactly is Kanojo Okarishimasu about though? It isn't really about anything. And the protagonist's feelings for the girl are already established in the beginning. Because of this, nothing ever actually happens in the series. I won't say it isn't harem, but it most definitely isn't classic harem. The protagonist is a completely legitimate reason to dislike this series. |
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