Tokyo's neon lights offer a quick fix for loneliness: a paid companion for every occasion. With a few taps on an app, anyone can rent a placeholder friend, a fake parent, or even a perfect, smiling partner to hold hands with in public. It is a world of transactional affection where genuine feelings are locked behind an hourly paywall, and every sweet word has a price tag.

Enter "hapless freshman" Kazuya, reeling from a brutal betrayal after his real-life girlfriend dumps him out of nowhere. Desperate to heal his sudden heartbreak, he rents Chizuru, a stunning beauty who plays the doting partner to absolute perfection. But when Kazuya lashes out at her artificial kindness, his outburst forces her polite facade to crack, revealing a ruthless, hot-tempered girl behind the customer-service smile. What should have been a one-time transaction spirals into a chaotic manga rom-com setup when a sudden family emergency forces them to play-act as a real couple. With their real lives intertwined at school and home, how long can they maintain this fake dating charade before their secrets blow up in their faces?
romance, comedy, drama, ecchi, harem, fake relationship, college life, secrets, school life, slice of life

Also known as: Rent-a-Girlfriend, Kanokari, Kanojo Okarishimasu.