Rent-A-Girlfriend

Reiji Miyajima's Rent-A-Girlfriend (2020–present, Kodansha USA) follows the cringe-comedy and romantic entanglements of Kazuya Kinoshita, a college student who impulsively rents a girlfriend through a dating app—only to discover the perfect-seeming Chizuru Mizuhara is actually a classmate. Over 36 issues, Miyajima's art captures the awkward, heartfelt, and often hilarious chaos of a fake relationship that refuses to stay fake, as Kazuya's lies spiral and his feelings deepen. This ongoing series has become a defining modern romantic comedy for its unflinching look at loneliness, desperation, and the messy reality of trying to buy love.