A recent debate in the Japanese forums has finally focused on Reiji Miyajima manga, “Kanojo, Okarishimasu (Rent a Girlfriend) ”, With users expressing Strong criticisms of the series, despite its great popularity and the imminent fourth season currently in production. Some praised the artistic quality of drawing, but others could not avoid pointing out that writing a story is not the author's fort.
«It has a great drawing quality, the girls are beautiful, there will be a fourth season, 40 volumes are already», It was the comment that opened the debate in the aforementioned forum. However, despite all these aspects that many other franchises would definitely envy, they soon arrived criticism, especially towards the amount of volumes of a story without significant advance. «What is happening that almost 40 volumes are going and nothing important happens yet?», Said another user, and many pointed out that the story has been stagnant for years.
But far from history, what the Japanese could not stop criticizing was the protagonist, Kazuya Kinoshita, whom they described as “disgustingly unbearable.” A user described it as “A protagonist with intellectual disabilities“, While another said that”Your brain is a disaster and it is a complete idiot” Nevertheless, It is definitely a surprise that such a story, with void development and such an unbearable protagonist has lasted for more than 40 compilation volumes And be one of the pillars of Weekly Shonen Magazine for more than seven years.
The answer is simple: the design of the female characters is sublime. Despite the obvious problems of the author Reiji Miyajima for writing a good story, the appearance of the girls is attractive enough to continue reading. In the end, everything summarizes a comment from the community with an approach that definitely concentrated this idea: «The protagonist is disgusting, heroines are annoying, the story is a disaster, but the drawing is spectacular». The key question, however, is still: How long will this formula “Kanojo, Okarishimasu” continue to work?
Fountain: Yaraon!
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(Tagstotranslate) Kanojo-Okarishimasu
