Kazuya and Mizuhara go on a trip to the beach in the upcoming episode of Rent-a-Girlfriend. Episode 4 of the series is titled, Friend and Girlfriend.

Warning: Spoilers from episode 4.

The official preview trailer for the new episode teases that Kazuya and Mizuhara will be going to the beach and he will confess.

“The beach! A field of dreams! The adventure of a summer! What? Sorry, Mizuhara, I might be taking the next step to adulthood,” Kazuya says in the preview trailer.
However, Mizuhara is confused and asks him what is he talking about. She later tells Kazuya that he is busy taking the next step to his adulthood.

In the last episode, Kazuya tells Mami that Mizuhara is not like any other girl and that she is different. However, he confesses to Mami that he still has feelings for her and it doesn’t bother him when she disses him in public. He adds that he is happy she is talking to her. Kazuya tells her that he wanted to be the one who would make her happy. Later, he also tells her that he doesn’t appreciate her badmouthing Mizuhara.

Elsewhere, Kazuya meets Mizuhara and apologizes to her for his bad behavior. However, she reminds him that it is okay and she is just his rental girlfriend. She asks if he was able to get back with his former girlfriend – Mami.

Later, Kazuya and his friends decide to take a trip to the Izu Peninsula. Mami also joins the group and he feels awkward.

He reveals that he messed up with her again.

Rent-a-Girlfriend anime is directed by Kazuomi Koga and Mitsutaka Hirota is in charge of series composition. The music for the series is by composer Hyadain. The original creator of the series is Reiji Miyajima. Kanna Hirayama is the character designer while Minoru Akiba is credited as the art director. The sound direction for the series is by Hajime Takakuwa. Shintaro Sakai is the director of photography.

The voice artists of Rent-a-Girlfriend anime series include Shun Horie as Kazuya Kinoshita, Sora Amamiya as Chizuru Mizuhara, Aoi Yūki as Mami Nanami, Gakuto Kajiwara as Shun Kuribayashi, Masayuki Akasaka as Yoshiaki Kibe, Nao Tōyama as Ruka Sarashina, Rie Takahashi as Sumi Sakurasawa and Yukari Nozawa as Nagomi Kinoshita.

Rent-a-Girlfriend Episode 4 is slated to hit the airwaves on Friday, July 31. Fans can watch the episode online through live streaming on Crunchyroll.