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Anime has a long history of female worship, which can have varied reasons and expressions.

Rent-A-Girlfriend, or RAG, as it shall be known, takes this up a notch as the main character, I don’t even want to call him a protagonist, having a moment of weakness after being dumped, decides to use a PG-13 callgirl service. He ends up, through a series of mishaps, lying to everyone in his life and draining the money his parents gave him for school to maintain the lie and retain the callgirl as his “girlfriend” (escort), eventually even falling in love with her as he does.

If this were a comedy pointing out the hilarity of the simp lifestyle or a drama about the dangers of women using their allure to draw men into sinkholes of despair, it would be a top notch series. Unfortunately, the show instead tells the audience that the callgirl isn’t just a flawed person doing a job because she needs the money, but elevates her as a goddess-tier woman.

In this age of OnlyFans and Tinder, young men need a dose of reality about the nature of women. RAG is the opposite.

Anime has a long history of female worship, which can have varied reasons and expressions. Rent-A-Girlfriend, or RAG, as it shall be known, takes this up a notch as the main character, I don’t even want to call him a protagonist, having a moment of weakness after being dumped, decides to use a PG-13 callgirl service. He ends up, through a series of mishaps, lying to everyone in his life and draining the money his parents gave him for school to maintain the lie and retain the callgirl as his “girlfriend” (escort), eventually even falling in love with her as he does. If this were a comedy pointing out the hilarity of the simp lifestyle or a drama about the dangers of women using their allure to draw men into sinkholes of despair, it would be a top notch series. Unfortunately, the show instead tells the audience that the callgirl isn’t just a flawed person doing a job because she needs the money, but elevates her as a goddess-tier woman. In this age of OnlyFans and Tinder, young men need a dose of reality about the nature of women. RAG is the opposite.

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Unfortunately it doesn’t do that. I’ve been morbidly fascinated with the story and reading scans of the manga only to see the story introduce several other girls who are flawed and interesting be ignored due to his obsession with this one “perfect” PG prostitute.

It doesn’t have to be dire, but something in between simp city and suicide would be great. Maybe a realization as he’s flipping burgers and struggling to get back into college after being estranged from his family that he should make better choices. Hell, even meeting a cute fry cook at the place with a promise of a healthy relationship rather than his sick faerie tale obsession paying off.

And you’re right. There’s an obsession with moe girl harems with a variety pack for all tastes. It’s what sells merch. The other I see a lot of is youth nostalgia shit. If you believe anime, high school was the greatest time of their lives, even for those having the worst of times. Says a lot about how shit being an adult in Japan is. No wonder people are choosing fantasy over reality and living with their parents.