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Rent-A-Girlfriend Creator Reiji Miyajima's The Shiunji Family Children Manga Gets TV Anime

Kadokawa announced on Wednesday that Reiji Miyajima's The Shiunji Family Children (Shiunji-ke no Kodomo-tachi manga is inspiring a television anime. Miyajima drew an illustration to celebrate the announcement.

The love between brother and sister. The love between man and woman. That which is most forbidden is most unyielding. The two sons and five daughters of the Shiunji family shine like brilliant gems, each with intelligence and beauty in equal measure. And with the pedigree of their wealthy father behind them, how could they not be the talk of the town? Eldest son Arata has spent his life being tossed around by the whims of his colorful sisters, yet a little teasing won't stop him from valuing his family over anything and anyone else. But when his youngest sister turns fifteen, their father reveals a long-hidden secret of the Shiunji “siblings” and knocks Arata's world off its axis…

Miyajima launched the manga on his Fanbox account on February 22, 2022, and in Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine on February 25 that same year. Hakusensha will publish the manga's third compiled book volume on Friday. The manga went on hiatus in June 2022 so that Miyajima could maintain a steady drawing schedule, and the series returned in November 2022.

Miyajima's Rent-A-Girlfriend manga launched in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine in July 2017. Kodansha will publish the manga's 35th volume on Friday. Kodansha USA Publishing is publishing the manga in English, and will release the 23rd volume on March 5.

The Rent-A-Girlfriend manga inspired a television anime that premiered in July 2020 and aired for 12 episodes. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan. The show's second season premiered in July 2022. Crunchyroll once again streamed the second season as it aired. The anime's third season premiered in July 2023, and Crunchyroll streamed the season worldwide except in Asia.

Source: Press release