"Ah, so it was a professional's doing..." Chizuru Mizuhara drawn on a potato chip bag by the author of Rent-A-Girlfriend praised as "god-tier skill" and creates a buzz

Reiji Miyajima, the author of the manga Rent-A-Girlfriend, shared a photo on his official X account of a Calbee potato chip bag featuring a newly drawn illustration of the heroine Chizuru Mizuhara, accompanied by the comment, "I drew this." Fans expressed awe at this unexpected "hand-drawn illustration" by the original professional creator, cleverly utilizing the blank space on the product packaging.

The published photo shows a silver bag with reduced ink usage, labeled as the "Economy Package" of Calbee's "Potato Chips Lightly Salted Flavor Convenience Store Limited Size." On the blank space at the bottom of the packaging, Chizuru's adorable smiling face is drawn with a black permanent marker. Next to the illustration is a handwritten message reading "Please support Season 6 of the anime!" along with Miyajima's autograph—making it a piece truly worthy of being called god-tier skill, created with just a single black felt-tip pen.

Rent-A-Girlfriend is a romantic comedy work by Miyajima. The story follows Kazuya Kinoshita, a hopeless college student who uses a rental girlfriend service after being dumped by his first girlfriend after just one month, leading him to meet Chizuru, a perfect beautiful girl. The original manga is serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine and has become a massive hit. The TV anime series has also expanded into a broad media franchise, with a sixth season confirmed for production, continuing to captivate fans both domestically and internationally.

When this post was published, glowing comments flooded social media, such as "Ah, so it was a professional's doing...", "For the first time, I thought making potato chip bags black-and-white was the right choice," "This is the cutest potato chip bag I've ever seen," "I want this so bad I can taste it," and "The added value is insane lol." Comments expressing high anticipation also poured in, such as "If they collaborated with Calbee, it would sell like crazy," and "Please draw a Ruka-chan version too!", creating a massive buzz.

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