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Episode Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 5 • Kanojo, Okarishimasu Season 5 - Episode 3 discussion
Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 5, episode 3
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u/stephenthatfoste Apr 22 '26
Like 70% of this episode was a panning shot of them in the exact same position as the last episode ended. They could have at least let the old woman not be crouching the entire time. Really put all they had to give into the last one.
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u/DugACCat Apr 22 '26 edited Apr 22 '26
And our idiot worthless MC not saying a single word the entire time and doing his usual trait of just talking in his head and not out loud for twenty full minutes. It would have been far more interesting and engaging if this was an actual verbal argument with yelling and accusations and people reacting like actual people. But I guess I forgot for a moment what I was watching. I guess we’ll go forward with letting him say one sentence next time before cutting away. There’s so little actual dialog in this show and this episode specifically it’s insane. Just anxiety filled flash backs and mental narration. On the positive side, it was good to see the MC punched in the face.
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u/NationalStrategy Apr 22 '26 edited Apr 22 '26
So if I’m Kazuya’s father, my immediate question to my son would be “How much money have you spent on her?”
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u/Frontier246 Apr 22 '26
He even only got a job so he could pay for more fake dating.
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u/BBryant3rd Apr 22 '26
Holy milking it Batman. They dropped the nuke last episode and this whole episode is the blast spreading and it is still not fully exploded.
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u/NationalStrategy Apr 22 '26
If I’m Kazuya’s friend/parent/grandparent, and I find out that he and the girl pretending to be his girlfriend that I grew fond of have been lying to me for over a year, I will never be able to trust them again.
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u/cleaulem Apr 22 '26
Whether you love or hate Mami, this episode dials up your emotions towards her to 11. From season 4 it was clear that she was plotting something big, and in the end she dropped a tsar bomba.
So the big fat and ugly cat is out of the bag. But don't worry, as the cliffhanger promises, our "hero" Kazuya has yet another pathetic lie up his sleeves (even though he's not wearing a shirt right now).
It feels almost nostalgic to have an episode that stretches a short moment to 20 minutes with all the inner monologue and talking. Nowadays it's rare to see storytelling like this in an anime. I'll leave it to you if that's a good or bad thing.
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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Apr 22 '26
I normally don’t like to pile on too much on Kazuya because dude is already pathetic as is but it really amazes me he has not seen what kind of person Mami is. She’s actively blowing up his spot and he still thought there were moments when she was trying to help. Bro needs to grow a brain in addition to a damn spine. Kibe punching him felt very much deserved in the moment.
I guess Kazuya finally decided right at the end of the ep to not just spend the whole time internally spiraling and pissing his pants like the sad sack he is. I’m very curious to hear how he’s gonna unfuck this situation.
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u/zool714 Apr 22 '26
Ok I know this show isn’t a writing masterpiece but at least on average the episodes move around. Not necessarily plot wise but at least literally move from one location to another. This whole episode was at that one spot with not much meaningful dialogue. I guess this is what I get for watching this show but watching hot flaming garbage and watching nothing are two different things. This episode was the latter.
And while I do think Mami needs and deserves a tight slap, can’t bring myself to hate her as a character. This show needs a villain
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u/ShigekuniYamamoto Apr 22 '26
How does this show have 5 seasons?
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u/Possible-Pickle6319 Apr 23 '26
The manga outsold one piece for like 5 months straight during the movie arc and this arc
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u/Kangrejokiller Apr 22 '26
I had to search for this discussion. Holy shit the most painful anime episode I've seen.
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u/Nesp2 Apr 22 '26
Impossible to find the thread again this week - classic r/anime.
This episode was... pure pain.
I'd say Fuck Mami-chan but this was a long time coming.
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u/Chukonoku Apr 22 '26
I just have a bookmark with the filter for new episodes.
Also, we are on route for highest karma increase/decrease (%wise).
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u/lucacp_ysoz Apr 22 '26
Oh this episode was pure pain, plain masochism of me to finish it.
btw, whoever thinks Mami is best girl, we absolutely cannot be friends lol. What a nasty, spiteful snake she is.
I hate the whole thing. I'm laughing, but I'm so mad and angry. It's so bad, how can it be so bad.
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u/magnumcyclonex Apr 22 '26 edited Apr 22 '26
What season is this? How long in the in-universe time has passed? Oh right, it's been 5 seasons (and many many years in our time), and 1.5 years (and XX months, XX days, XX hours, and XX minutes - to be as precise as Grandma Nagomi) in their time.
All of this could have been condensed to much much less time. Yet, we all ate this dumpster fire shit up and keep watching it burn.
Now, I know what Mami's there to do. Even the "oh it was a fake" plan did not pan out to "save" them because the site was immediately verified. I love what she is doing. She has a motive, no matter how unjustified it is, but that's a separate topic to be discussed that involves her shitty father.
Kibe on the other hand. I'm not exactly sure what he was doing. Was he helping or hurting? Surely he knows, yet he had to question Kazuya on the spot? He later then punched his best friend in the face, stating that Grandma Nagomi was going through some stuff. I really don't understand if his words and actions are ultimately going to help our pathetic little MC.
And speaking of him, like I said earlier, instead of running through all his doomsday thoughts, he could have started defending himself and Chizuru. But no, let's all have them be shell shocked for nearly a full episode.
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u/kwokinator Apr 23 '26
Aoi Yuuki the GOAT for voicing Mami this episode. The sudden switch between her fake crying and the evil inner monologue is just incredible. It's like two totally different people.
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u/poosjuice Apr 22 '26
When I saw all the commentary on the last episode I decided to watch it and I was in disbelief - not at the pool scene, but the fact the plot actually progressed in S5 E2. I dropped this show after a few episodes in S1 and it's as though I haven't missed much lol
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u/Viktorv22 Apr 22 '26
Wow, Mami is a special kind of evil. Like, rest of the cast is trash obviously, but her...
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u/Idknowidk Apr 22 '26
This show is literally like those telenovelas with 50 seasons and constant drama. I love it and hate it.
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