Chizuru Mizuhara Looking Back in a Coat is Too Cute! Illustration from the Manga "Rent-A-Girlfriend" Center Color Spread Becomes a Hot Topic: "This Might Be My All-Time Favorite"

The official Rent-A-Girlfriend X account has released an illustration of Chizuru Mizuhara featured as a center color spread in Weekly Shonen Magazine Issue 19, and it has become a hot topic.

The released image is a center color illustration that adorns the title page of Chapter 420. It depicts Chizuru wearing an orange checkered coat, holding a black shoulder bag, gently smiling as she looks back on a winter street corner. The magazine page prominently displays text reading "Center Color Commemorating the Start of Anime Season 5!!" as well as milestone achievements and the latest updates such as "Over 15 Million Copies in Circulation!" and "Volume 45 Releases on Thursday, April 16th!!"

In response to this post, fans have shared reactions such as "This illustration might be my all-time favorite," "Too cute!" "I want her to go on a date with me just once," and "Chizuru's pose and atmosphere are great."

"Rent-A-Girlfriend" is a romantic comedy centered around Kazuya Kinoshita (CV: Shun Horie), an indecisive college student, and Chizuru, a graceful and beautiful rental girlfriend. After being dumped by his first girlfriend within a month, Kazuya impulsively requests a rental girlfriend, setting his fate into motion. The series carefully portrays his interactions with unique and distinctive heroines, and how relationships that begin with lies gradually transform into genuine emotions, boasting explosive popularity with over 15 million copies in circulation worldwide.

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