I thought "Even if it's fictional, it's not quite (for me)" about an anime about "renting a lover". so I haven't watched it.

However, I was interested in the costs and business model.

But when I did some research, I found a lot of sites that introduce "rental girlfriends" and "rental boyfriends".

That kind of site was a real turnoff.

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But thinking it again, "rental girlfriend/boyfriend" should be a normal business, and it shouldn't be a surprise to me.

This is the "out-of-store" version of the restaurant business with entertainment.

It can be seen as a win-win resource utilization (exchange of money and time) for the needs of "If I can date, it's good enough".

This is the "cloud of dating" and "resource sharing" that is commonplace in the IT world.

Other benefits include (1) field trials for dates, (2) checklists and debugging before the real date, (3) avoidance of isolation, (4) clothing consultants, etc.

Otherwise, it may be useful as a kind of "mimicry" for people who (a) are in an environment of strong marriage pressure (immediate family, community, organization (company)), (b) are in an environment where there is no understanding of homosexuality, etc., or (c) think that "being alone is bad for their appearance"

I don't know them well.

(To be continued)