The Plot device of “Kanojo Okarishimasu”, featuring the "Guy and Girl Who are Thrown Together by Chance and then Forced to Fake a Relationship Because an Ailing Parent/Grandparent thinks They Are An Item" plot is an OFT overused trope, one I had JUST seen in the recent Nana Seino/Kentaro Sakaguchi romcom “ Konin Todoke ni Han wo Oshita dake desu ga” with a similar set-up!
Konin Todoke:
Kanojo Okarishimasu:
GEE, I wonder if these two will ACTUALLY fall in love while they pretend???
Still, Kanojo Okarishimasu has it charm and I have to say I was laughing through a good bit of it! Starring Ryusei Onishi as Kazuya Kinoshita, a young man who rents a rental girlfriend named Chizuru Mizuhara (Hiyori Sakurada) and ends up having to pretend she is his real girlfriend when said grandparent falls ill, this one is as basic as can be, but somehow pretty entertaining and with very likeable leads!
We’ll see how this goes….
