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00:00I should pull the trigger! Ask her out! Make the lie the truth! That's it!
00:06Let's put an end to this. Together. All of the lies. Gone for good.
00:12Kazu's a menace. And I'll save you.
00:15What will I do?
00:16A three-day, two-night stay at the Hawaiian Spa Resort!
00:20Hawaii!
00:21All I want is for you to live a happy life.
00:23I'm sorry if I kept you waiting.
00:24I'd never do anything to ruin you.
00:25What if I told you there was a way to be your friend?
00:27I didn't know.
00:28Like, for real.
00:30Hazen.
00:30Look at that. I'm still catching up to you.
00:33So I never gave myself the chance to let loose, especially at a resort like this.
00:37Let's put an end to this right here. Right now.
00:44Thanks for the invite.
00:45Really?
00:46Tell me the truth. Is Kazu just one of your clients or something more?
00:51Do you love him?
00:51You're gonna settle this problem.
00:52Give the ring back and tell Granny Nagomi everything.
00:55I'll be right there with you.
00:57Whoa! Hold it right there!
00:59I can't.
01:01I can't.
01:02Huh?
01:05Huh?
01:14What if I told you to do this as a client?
01:16This is your last chance ticket to freedom.
01:20Huh.
01:22I want to rent you out, Chizuru. You won't say no, right?
02:06ふとした瞬間に君の顔が浮かんでくる一人様は得意の方って思ってたはずなのに友
02:19nhiềuがいい気のせいで最近ちょっと色々あったからなんて言い訳だらけ
02:20That's the sign of the ring
02:26The original and the lyrics are so good
02:31The two of us can't be finished
02:38The story of the story is that
02:45It's always a special place
02:48betes na
03:00People are low-key obsessed with the idea of love
03:03If I want to keep a conversation going at a party
03:05All I have to do is mention hot guys, clingy partners or diets
03:10Just go online or walk past a magazine rack and you'll see it
03:14Look, I'm not saying it's a bad thing
03:16people are free to try to find their soulmates or rent them out.
03:20I mean, you do you.
03:22The truth is, life is all about killing time until we die anyway.
03:26The first time my parents threw away something that I loved,
03:29I was only four years old.
03:31There was Berta, staring at me from inside of an enormous garbage bag,
03:36headed for the curb.
03:38I remember his face more clearly than my maternal grandma,
03:41who died that year.
03:43Class comes from upbringing.
03:46That's what dad always said, at least.
03:48So whenever we kids messed up,
03:50he would take it out on our mom.
03:52That was the norm, unfortunately.
03:55The stereotypical controlling father.
03:57He was staunch in his beliefs.
03:59He made sure we weren't exposed to any ideas that didn't line up with his own.
04:04The first time I met the Hakuba boy,
04:07I was nine years old.
04:08Go on.
04:09Why don't you say hi to our new guest?
04:12It's nice to finally meet you, mommy.
04:14It's nice to meet you here, too.
04:17I had no idea my parents were scheming behind my back.
04:20I read nothing into the frequent dinners we had with their friends who were a good family, as they'd say.
04:26They were just dinners to me.
04:28And he was just some boy who was slightly older than me.
04:32Nothing more.
04:34I went to a combined middle and high school.
04:36Your classic rich girl academy.
04:39Thinking back,
04:40my father's saying was basically its mission statement.
04:43The rules were super strict,
04:44and since it was an all-girls school,
04:46there were almost no interactions with boys.
04:50Also, I didn't learn this until after I'd graduated,
04:53but my dad had influence over the teachers,
04:55and even the principal as well.
04:59I'd come home after school every day to find that my room had been thoroughly cleaned.
05:03Cold is more accurate.
05:06There'd be photos and books missing.
05:08Anything that failed to meet my dad's standards would get thrown away.
05:12I guess he got what he wanted.
05:14I mean, I was the picture of a perfect, classy daughter who did exactly what she was told.
05:20Who wouldn't want an obedient pet like that?
05:23Something was budding inside,
05:25but I didn't know it.
05:27I didn't think much about where my life was headed.
05:29After all,
05:30this was how things had been since I was born.
05:33Thanks to my mom's hand-me-down smartphone,
05:35I was able to have some semblance of a social life.
05:38Wow, a triple combo!
05:41It's hard to know you're a flower about to bloom
05:44when you're busy tapping red and yellow smileys.
05:47It wasn't just me, though.
05:49My dad didn't realize that even pets can have that burning desire to be set free.
05:55Mm-hmm.
05:57Seriously?
05:58Woo-hoo-hoo!
06:00Heck yeah!
06:01You might want to cool it with a celebration, okay?
06:04He was a boy from the next high school over.
06:06He was bright, sincere, and sweet,
06:08and he cared about his family.
06:11I'd seen him at the station a bunch of times before,
06:14but we didn't officially meet until some mutual friends introduced us.
06:17We hit it off talking about the same game we played,
06:20and three weeks later, we were dating.
06:22His name was Taro.
06:24When I asked him what his family name was,
06:26he said Urashima,
06:27just like in the fourth tale, no cap.
06:29I didn't tell my parents, of course.
06:32My father wouldn't be happy about the fact that he wasn't going to a prep school.
06:36And when I told Taro about my circumstances,
06:38he said we could take all the time we needed.
06:40It was wonderful.
06:42We were the kind of couple you'd see at any high school.
06:45We went on your standard dates,
06:48giggled about the silliest things,
06:50fought over stuff that didn't matter,
06:52had normal, boring meals,
06:54dreamed of our future life together,
06:56and made naive promises we could never keep.
07:01Hanging out with him gave me a taste of something I had never experienced.
07:05I was walking a tightrope between a sickeningly sweet romance
07:09and the daily gamble of potentially getting caught.
07:12Looking back on it now,
07:13the whole affair was quite a rush.
07:15I promise, I'm going to make you happy.
07:18I'll be super successful,
07:20and I'll convince your dad, too.
07:22We'll find our happily ever after.
07:33Before long, a fog lifted inside me,
07:36and I could see clearly.
07:38My whole life, I had followed my parents' every word
07:41and stayed on the tracks they laid out for me.
07:43But now, after getting derailed for the first time ever,
07:47I could see the light,
07:48and it was enough to illuminate the feeling that was blooming inside me.
07:52I wanted to lay my own tracks in life,
07:55cherish the things I held dear,
07:57and spend my future with him.
07:59Finally, I had desires of my own.
08:02That feeling intensified over time until eventually,
08:06it sparked a revolution within me.
08:09Are you alright?
08:11You sure about this?
08:13I'd spent 15 years living in darkness,
08:16but now, there was a ray of hope shining ahead,
08:19like a beacon leading me to freedom.
08:22I am.
08:23It took me a while to sneak out.
08:26Why?
08:27Why should I break up with Daro?
08:30Because you're going to marry Hakuba.
08:32Huh?
08:34What?
08:35It's my freaking life.
08:36Why do you get to decide that for me?
08:38Mommy.
08:39Young lady,
08:40don't you care about what happens to the family
08:42your grandfather and I built up?
08:44What?
08:45Really?
08:46Don't you sit there and guilt trip me?
08:48Please, what kind of father treats his kids like pawns in a game?
08:51What the hell gives you the right to tell me who I'll marry?
08:59What would a child like you know?
09:02People bow before power and authority.
09:06Love and passion don't stand a chance in that fight.
09:09They never have.
09:10They act mighty,
09:12but that doesn't change the fact that their hands are tied.
09:15Are you Urashima?
09:16Huh?
09:17Ultimately, when life gets rough,
09:20they bend the knee.
09:33In that moment,
09:35whatever fragments of my inner child still remain
09:39died instantly.
09:42And yet,
09:43there was nothing I could do to change what happened.
09:46Sure,
09:47I thought about running away and starting a new life.
09:49But with college coming up,
09:51throwing my current life away for independence
09:53and starting from scratch seemed unrealistic.
09:57Plus,
09:57I lacked the knowledge,
09:58skills,
09:59and courage to pull it off.
10:00It just wasn't an option.
10:03In the blink of an eye,
10:04my revolution had died.
10:05I thought it so important,
10:07but how easily I let it go
10:09in favor of the safe route
10:10offered by the same people who'd killed it.
10:13My hands were tied,
10:14and I had no choice but to bend the knee.
10:17The stones I desperately stockpiled
10:20for a war against my dad
10:21ended up becoming boomerangs,
10:23coming back to shatter my own glass house instead.
10:26After everything,
10:28part of me wondered
10:28if it was all doomed from the start.
10:30I wanted a happy life with Taro,
10:32so I rejected the will of my overbearing parents
10:35with a big, childish cry for independence.
10:38You could say I did it for love.
10:40On the other hand,
10:41you could say it was my rebellious phase.
10:45I've thought about it a lot,
10:47but honestly,
10:47I still don't know which one it was.
10:49Let's be real.
10:50When things get that intense,
10:52who can accurately label their true emotions?
10:57Alright, here you are.
10:59Love and romance
11:00may make for good conversation starters,
11:03but these days,
11:04I see them as nothing more
11:05than the labels you slap on after the fact.
11:08I'm not resentful in trying to start a war.
11:10I have no delusions
11:12about being able to help someone else.
11:14It's not even about revenge or my ego.
11:16Nothing like that.
11:19The reality is,
11:20when I see two people in love,
11:22all I want to do is tear them apart.
11:25I want to rent you out,
11:27you won't say no, right?
11:33I feel like yelling at them
11:34to quit playing their stupid love games.
11:37This is truly your last chance.
11:41Let's go.
11:41We need to tell her the truth.
11:50It's fine.
11:51Put that away.
11:52I'll go voluntarily.
11:55Seriously?
11:57Alrighty then.
11:58Is there nothing else I can do?
12:01Uh, hello?
12:04I'm sorry, I couldn't reply.
12:06Where are you right now?
12:08It's just that I'm with Cheezeru
12:10and I thought it would be best
12:10to talk in person.
12:12You want to meet in your room?
12:14Got it.
12:14We'll head that way now.
12:23Come on.
12:24It's time to go.
12:33Okay.
12:34Clearly they're taking too long.
12:36What is everyone up to?
12:37Sure, we didn't know
12:38if the grown-ups or the boys would show up.
12:40That rental girlfriend couple
12:41said they'd be here.
12:43Hang on a sec.
12:44It's hard to imagine
12:45they're not together.
12:47What if they just fail
12:48on the whole thing?
12:49Oh no.
12:50What if those two
12:50end up hushing it out?
12:53I don't have a second to waste.
12:55I need to call them
12:55like right now and...
13:03It's you.
13:04What is this guy doing here?
13:06Did he come by himself?
13:07Why?
13:08Why is he staring at me?
13:10It's not like he could have
13:10anything to talk to me about.
13:14I'm sorry.
13:15I was just getting out of the pool.
13:17If it's Kibe
13:18you're looking for,
13:19he's not here.
13:20Being alone with him
13:21would be super awkward.
13:22Plus I have bigger fish to fry.
13:25Not Kibe.
13:31I came out here to see you!
13:33You what?
13:35You hear that?
13:36I came to see you.
13:37He's gonna declare his love.
13:39This kind of thing
13:40only happens at a nice resort.
13:42You don't think
13:42it's a flash mob,
13:43do you?
13:44Like,
13:44I...
13:45I knew you
13:46would be here.
13:48Oh.
13:49Really?
13:50Come on,
13:51this is not the time.
13:53Chizuru and Kazuya
13:53might be together
13:54all alone.
13:56He came to see me?
13:57But why?
13:58What could he want?
14:00Everything about this
14:01is cringy.
14:02It was way weird
14:04when we talked yesterday.
14:05None of this
14:06makes any sense.
14:07There's only one thing
14:08we could possibly
14:08talk about.
14:10Kribayashi,
14:11I want to thank you
14:12for renting me out
14:13the other day.
14:14What's done is done.
14:16You'd better not
14:16bring it up again
14:17after all this time.
14:18The last thing I want
14:19is for Kazuya
14:20to show up
14:20and see the two of us
14:21by ourselves
14:22and think we're getting
14:22cozy or whatever.
14:24I have nothing to gain
14:25from this.
14:26End of story.
14:28You can't do this.
14:30I don't want to talk
14:31alone, okay?
14:32I get it.
14:33We're both here
14:34by some strange
14:34twist of fate.
14:35But it isn't like
14:36we're friends.
14:37We can at least
14:38agree on that, right?
14:40Yeah, I guess
14:42you're right.
14:42I'm sorry.
14:45This is for the best.
14:46I mean, I do feel
14:47bad for him,
14:48but I can't think
14:49of another way out.
14:50Besides, I need
14:51to call those lovebirds
14:52ASAP.
14:54Ow!
14:59Wow, poor kid.
15:00Did he slip?
15:05And he's alone, too?
15:06He's trying to pretend
15:07nothing happened.
15:09Yo, Drama King!
15:10So cringe.
15:12If I end up like him,
15:13kill me.
15:14Kid's a loser.
15:22I forgot to bring
15:23more context.
15:24I only have a day's worth.
15:47I was too chilly after getting
15:48out of the pool, is all.
15:55While I'm here, what did you
15:57want to talk about?
15:59Hold up.
15:59That chick's with him?
16:01But she's like super hot,
16:02though.
16:03I think she's an idol
16:04in my face.
16:04I'm good!
16:05I'm good!
16:06I'm good!
16:06I'm good!
16:31I'm good!
16:32Before your grandma passed away,
16:34did you get to tell her the truth?
16:41I didn't.
16:50It must have been hard for you, and so painful.
16:55But you don't have to worry anymore.
16:57We'll explain everything together like we're on a team.
17:01I'll tell her you didn't do anything wrong,
17:03and that the blame lies with Kazu alone.
17:10Let's go.
17:23Why is he so quiet?
17:25What even is this?
17:26I stayed because he said he wanted to talk to me,
17:28but he's been clammed up for like a whole minute now.
17:31Why am I alone with this weirdo?
17:32This is peak awkward overload.
17:35Seriously, I just can't with this vibe.
17:38So?
17:38We talking or just sitting here?
17:45Oh my gosh, this is so annoying!
17:47Don't hurt me!
17:48Whatever it is you want to say,
17:50can you just be a man and spit it out already?
17:52If you've got a problem with me,
17:53I'll hear you out, okay?
17:54Is this about when I embarrassed you?
17:56I'd be mad about it, too, if I were you.
17:59It makes complete sense after what happened.
18:02So you came here to tell me I was unprofessional,
18:04and you know what?
18:05You're totally not wrong, all right?
18:07Feel free to hurl all the trash talk you want at me.
18:10I can take it.
18:11I hope it'll make you feel a lot better, too.
18:14That's not it!
18:16I'm...
18:17It made me...
18:19Happy to see you.
18:22What?
18:25Like, when your name vanished from the sight,
18:27I started to get kind of worried.
18:31I'm not mad or anything anymore.
18:33I mean, I'm the one who was trying to act cool
18:35when I couldn't get a real girlfriend in the first place.
18:39All I came here to do
18:41was to tell you that, nothing more.
18:46And that's it!
18:47I'm out!
18:48Later!
18:59Jeez, what's this deal?
19:02Oh, is this it?
19:05Such an old-fashioned design, isn't it?
19:07Looks like it's straight out of a period drama or something.
19:11Did you try it on?
19:14Never, no.
19:15Not even once.
19:16Yeah, people might freak out if they see it, huh?
19:19What even matches it, you know?
19:24When we tell her the truth,
19:26I wonder how Granny Nakomi will react.
19:28But you have to admit, she's kind of at fault, too.
19:31Who jumps the gun on a wedding ring
19:33when a couple has only been dating for like a year?
19:37I still remember when we were dating
19:39and he asked me to meet his grandma.
19:40It was like,
19:41whoa, maybe we should slow down.
19:44Look, Nakomi's not a bad person, honestly.
19:46But everyone in the Kinoshita family
19:48is a bit on the weird side, you know?
19:51Like Kazu and his pathetic obsession with you.
19:54It's kind of adorable.
19:56The boy actually thinks he has a shot.
19:58That must be why he keeps dragging the whole ordeal out
20:01even though he knows he's breaking the terms of service.
20:04It doesn't take an expert to know you two are in different leagues.
20:08Come on!
20:08You're gorgeous, you're an actress.
20:10Could he be any more delusional?
20:14He's not alone, of course.
20:16I'm sure you're used to his type by now.
20:19He sees what he wants to see
20:20and why wouldn't he living the cozy life he has?
20:23He thinks if he tries hard enough,
20:25all his dreams will come true.
20:28You could make it sound nice and say that he's a dreamer.
20:31But me, I'd say he's a fool.
20:35Shoot, we're making Granny Noggle me wait.
20:38Let's go.
20:45Is something wrong?
20:48All the stuff you said, you take it back.
20:51What?
20:53I'm sorry.
20:54I don't think I heard you right.
20:56What was that?
21:00I know this may not be what you want to hear,
21:02but this whole thing, you're doing it the wrong way.
21:05You said his family is weird,
21:07but you're talking to his grandmother behind his back.
21:09You don't think that's weird?
21:11Obviously, I know I should have dealt with this on my own by now.
21:15And yes, I know we shouldn't have let the lies snowball into something bigger,
21:18but Kazuya is his own person.
21:20He should be able to decide when he wants to lie
21:23or when he wants to come clean.
21:26I find it hard to believe that he's not looking for an opportunity to do just that.
21:31In fact, I've seen him try a few times already.
21:34I know he's tried time and again to tell the truth.
21:37You're right.
21:38That doesn't excuse the fact that it's been dragging on forever.
21:42Believe me, I feel truly sorry for putting you on the spot like this.
21:45And I'll apologize as many times as it takes.
21:49But still,
21:52that said,
21:53Because we're right here,
21:54you have a fire to help keep you comfy.
21:57You can't deny that our fake relationship has made Nagami genuinely happy.
22:01You see it too, don't you?
22:04Answer me!
22:08So this is what happens to someone who lies every day of their life.
22:11It's so clear to me now.
22:13Huh.
22:14I guess we have different values when it comes to how acceptable lying is.
22:19Can't you see that all you're doing is postponing the pain
22:22and ensuring she'll be miserable later?
22:24Think about your grandma too.
22:26Was lying to her really the kinder choice?
22:29Have you considered the possibility
22:31that your clients may have actual girlfriends waiting for them at home?
22:34Where does that fit in with your conscience?
22:37Even if a lie appears to make someone happy in the moment,
22:40the truth always comes out.
22:42And sooner or later, it's going to hurt somebody.
22:44You may not get it because your entire job is built around a facade,
22:48but lies are wrong.
22:49Just like you.
22:54That's enough.
22:55Let's go.
23:00Nohi.
23:01I can't do this.
23:02It just doesn't feel right.
23:05Let's talk it out some more.
23:06I'm sure I can convince you.
23:11That really hurt.
23:15I'm so sorry.
23:17Truly.
23:18But I'm not going up there with you.
23:20All I can do is ask you not to tell the agency or Grandinagami.
23:24Like it or not, my fate is in your hands.
23:27I get how selfish this might seem to you.
23:29The whole situation is out of control.
23:31And I don't expect you to understand.
23:34But at this point, it's the only option I have left.
23:38Please.
23:40I'm begging you.
23:43At least for now.
23:45Keep our secret.
23:49Please.
23:56The Rent-a-Girlfriend anime hits episode 50 next time.
24:00I'm so glad I get to do the preview with you again!
24:03Mommy? Where's Kasia?
24:05Forget about him! Let's talk about the Hawaiians' resort!
24:08Or better yet, Hawaii!
24:09Oh, we should ask the bigwigs to take us there!
24:12I don't know if that's a good idea.
24:13Just roll with it!
24:15Now, next time on Rent-A-Girlfriend.
24:17Rental?
24:18Girlfriend.
24:18You know what to do, right?
24:19One, two, take me to Hawaii!
24:23See? I knew you would come around!
24:25Well, that makes one of us.
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