Author of Rent-a-Girlfriend Responds to Fan Who Criticized the Manga
The author of Rent-a-Girlfriend has recently become a trending topic after responding to a fan who criticized the length of the manga, comparing it to Dragon Ball, a classic shonen manga that spans 42 volumes—the same number that Rent-a-Girlfriend has now reached.
While Kazuya hasn’t been able to win Chizuru over in 42 volumes, Goku and friends defeated numerous villains and saved the world multiple times in the same number of volumes.
Author of Rent-a-Girlfriend Responds to Fan Who Criticized the Manga
A Twitter user noticed that the manga had reached 42 volumes and commented:
“I can’t help but shed tears over the decline of this country, now that the number of Rent-a-Girlfriend volumes has caught up to Dragon Ball.”
This could have been just another fan criticizing the manga, as often happens, but the author of Rent-a-Girlfriend saw the tweet and replied:
“The characters just wouldn’t move the way I wanted them to, and before I knew it, the story had already reached this many volumes.”
No one would expect the author to personally respond to a criticism like this. Looking at the replies, another user also commented:
“It’s fine to get married during the Tenkaichi Budokai and have a happy ending,” referring to Goku and Chi-Chi, who married early in Dragon Ball, while Kazuya still can’t even date Chizuru. Another fan pointed out this difficulty:
“The thing is, Kazuya can’t even get past the preliminaries of the Tenkaichi Budokai.”
Rent-a-Girlfriend is extremely popular—the manga sells well and the anime is also a hit (which is why multiple seasons are being produced). The large number of critiques is simply a reflection of the manga’s popularity.
Here are some reactions to the author of Rent-a-Girlfriend responding to the criticism:
What a person of good character.
By the way, that quoted tweet is disgusting.
“They don’t behave as you want”? Manga characters don’t have free will, right? Maybe the author just can’t organize everything?
Such a long story…
The author has a great capacity/personality.
I want to read Dragon Ball.
It’s amazing to show the protagonist’s repulsive side for over 40 volumes.
The author is a person of good character. Only problematic people spread malicious posts like that on X.
It’s like admitting he can’t organize things on his own—will he be okay?
I’ve never read this manga, but does he pay the heroine every time?
The contrast between Miyajima, a person of good character, and the senseless haters.
The characters move on their own!? Mizuhara is really incredible…