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Rent-A-Girlfriend: An Example of Head Scratching Character Writing      One of the hottest new shows this season that has sprung a number of internet memes and waifu's has definitely been Rent-A-Girlfriend ( Kanojo, Okarishimasu ) .  It's a show revolving around a man in college named Kazuya Kinoshita, a self-proclaimed virgin who is awkward around women and who just had his girlfriend dump him. In his sadness of losing his girlfriend, Kazuya stumbles across an advertisement for a Rent-A-Girlfriend, an industry that lets men rent out women to pretend to be their girlfriend for a day. Through this he meets a beautiful girl named Chizuru Ichinose and a web of lies and drama ensues as these two's lives become intertwined with one another.  For this show there is a lot to talk about when it comes to the characters and how they act, but the biggest and most standout character that just leaves a bad taste in your mouth has to be the main character in Kazuya. Ther

SUPER HXEROS: To Ecchi or Not To Ecchi       With this new season of anime we welcomed in a new batch of shows. There's returning shows like Oregairu , A Certain Scientific Railgun , Fire Force , and Re:Zero , as well as new shows like The God of High School , Rent-a-Girlfriend , and Uzaki-san Wants to Hang Out . Among those new shows is SUPER HXEROS. The show is currently five weeks into its series and it has been the most curious show to me. Not because the animation is great. Not because the characters are revolutionary. And not because the story is engaging or fascinating. The thing that has caught my attention about this weird show is the censorship. Ecchi shows have always been a genre that are an "acquired taste" when it comes to the anime community. Some don't like it because it seems immature while others don't like it because of the predictability of certain tropes that characters experience. These days, ecchi shows are watched more for their me