The second season of Kanokari (“Rent-A-Girlfriend”) was announced back on February 28, 2021. It will premiere sometime in 2022, as shown during the presentation on the “Ibento (Event) to Kanojo: Ibekano” event. The author also draws tons of illustrations featuring one of the series’ main girls, Chizuru. This time he drew a new one to celebrate Kanokari manga surpassing 10 million copies in circulation!
What is Rent-A-Girlfriend
“Rent A Girlfriend” is a manga series by Reiji Miyajima. As of now, “Rent a Girlfriend” has 23 volumes. The series also received a 12-episode-long anime adaptation back in the Summer 2020 season. As of now, the Kanokari manga has surpassed 10 million copies in circulation.
You can see the cover for the upcoming 24th volume of the manga below:
Volume 24 will premiere on December 17, 2021, in Japan. Also, if you don’t know what the series is about, you can read the synopsis below:
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…
Kodansha USA
Source: Miyajima Reiji’s Instagram
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