Rent A Girlfriend Season 5 — when will it get back ?

Rent-A-Girlfriend is coming back. The anime’s production committee has officially announced Season 5, set to air sometime in 2026 — and it’s essentially the continuation of the Hawaiians / Hawaii arc that Season 4 started.

The simplest summary is Season 5 finishes the Hawaiians arc. The production called the second cour the fifth season rather than labeling it “cour 2” of Season 4, which some outlets note is mostly a naming/marketing move. The narrative is a direct continuation of the beach/vacation storyline the anime has already been adapting. Expect more resort hijinks, relationship payoffs, and the small but dramatic beats the manga uses to nudge Kazuya and Chizuru’s fake/real relationship forward. the Hawaii arc is one of the series’ longest single arcs and contains several key character moments and fan-pleasing scenes that anime only viewers have been waiting to see animated in full. Finishing it properly gives the adaptation a tidy emotional payoff before moving on. The announcement confirmed a 2026 broadcast window but did not give an exact date yet, expect a specific month or a PV in the coming months as the committee rolls out promotion. Historically the series streams widely (episodes frequently appear on Crunchyroll soon after Japanese release), so Crunchyroll and major regional partners are the best bets for simulcast information when the studio posts the full schedule.

Online reaction was immediate and loud. Fans who love the franchise celebrated the continuation and the new key art; others expressed fatigue or surprise at yet another season greenlight. The conversation right now looks like excited core fandom with the addition of casual viewers wondering “why keep going?” Which is exactly the noisy popularity the series has cultivated. If you follow socials, you’re gonna see a lot once the PV drops.

Rent-A-Girlfriend is commercially successful and the Hawaii arc was built to be a multi-episodic payoff. If you enjoy rom-coms that lean into awkward, guilty-pleasure dynamics and you’ve been invested in Kazuya/Chizuru’s messy slow burn, Season 5 is exactly what you’d expect.

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