Ruka and Kazuya will start their temporary romance arrangement in Rent-a-Girlfriend Episode 8. However, Kazuya seems to miss Chizuru despite being Ruka’s temporary love interest.

Warning: Spoilers from episodes 7 and 8

Rent-a-Girlfriend released the official synopsis for episode 8. According to the official summary, Kazuya is unaware when his relationship with Chizuru will break apart. He is temporarily dating Ruka.

Meanwhile, it is winter and Christmas Day has arrived and it has been a while he met Chizuru. On his way back home from the bank, Kazuya sees Chizuru, who looks more fashionable than usual.

He begins to think about cruel possibilities. He wonders if Chizuru has started dating someone or maybe hired a rental boyfriend.

In the previous Rent-a-Girlfriend episode, Kazuya learns that Ruka knows about Chizuru is a rental girlfriend. Kazuya rushes to her in order to stop her from spilling her secret.

He wants to safeguard Chizuru. However, Kazuya in an attempt to convince Ruka accidentally touches her chest. Fuming with anger, Ruka slams her purse across Kazuya’s face. Kazuya apologizes for his actions and tells her that it was unintentional.

Later, Ruka reveals she is a rental girlfriend, just like Chizuru. During the episode, Ruka tells Kazuya that he should date her temporarily.

Meanwhile, Chizuru is angry about how Ruka is hampering the business and being unprofessional. Elsewhere, Ruka blackmails Kazuya to date her. She is convinced that Kazuya is in love with Chizuru.

However, Kazuya takes a mature approach and decides to let Chizuru handle this messy situation with Ruka.

Things are complicated in the anime as Kuri, Kazuya’s friend is dating Ruka. It will be interesting to see how the Christmas episode explores the dynamics between Ruka and Kazuya. Also, Kazuya is still exploring his feelings for Chizuru.

Watch Rent-a-Girlfriend Episode 8 online via live streaming on Crunchyroll. The episodes are available on the streaming website in Japanese with English subtitles.

The episode is directed by Hidehiko Kadota, and screening direction by Yasushi Tanizawa, Kei Naito and Taibou Taidou.

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.

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