Rent-A-Girlfriend Season 5 Officially Set for April Premiere 🌸
Good news for Rent-A-Girlfriend fans — the rom-com chaos isn’t slowing down anytime soon. The anime’s staff confirmed on Thursday that Season 5 will premiere in April, airing on the Animeism programming block. Alongside the announcement, the first key visual for the new season was also revealed.
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Season 5 is technically the second cour of Season 4, which was previously announced as a split-cour season. The fourth season aired from July to September, ending with its 12th episode, and covered the beginning of the Hawaiians arc — an arc that will continue directly into the upcoming season.
Production duties remain in familiar hands. TMS Entertainment continues as the animation studio, while Kazuomi Koga, who directed the first two seasons, returned as director starting with Season 4 and will also oversee Season 5.
A Quick Look Back
- Season 1 debuted in July 2020
- Season 2 aired in July 2022
- Season 3 premiered in July 2023
- Season 4 began in July 2025 as a split-cour season
Crunchyroll streamed all seasons worldwide (excluding Asia) as they aired.
Story Recap
The story follows Kazuya Kinoshita, a hopeless college student who turns to a rental girlfriend service after a rough breakup — only to find himself entangled in emotional chaos with the stunning and complicated Chizuru Mizuhara. What starts as a fake relationship slowly turns into something far messier… and maybe real.
Reiji Miyajima’s manga has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine since 2017 and is published in English by Kodansha USA. The franchise also inspired a live-action TV drama in 2022.
With emotions running high and the Hawaiians arc reaching deeper territory, Season 5 is shaping up to be one of the most dramatic (and painfully awkward) chapters yet 💔🌴